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To help compare different orders of magnitude, the following list describes various mass levels between 3.6 kg and 3 kg.

Factor (kg) Value Item
10−36 3.6 kg Electron neutrino, upper limit on mass (2 eV/c²)
10−35    
10−34    
10−33    
10−32    
10−31 9.1 kg Electron (511 keV/c²), the lightest elementary particle with a measured nonzero rest mass.
10−30    
10−29    
10−28 1.9 kg Muon (106 MeV/c²)
10−27
yoctogram (yg)
1.661 kg Atomic mass unit (amu) or dalton (Da)
1.673 kg Proton (938.3 MeV/c²)
1.674 kg Hydrogen atom, the lightest atom
1.675 kg Neutron (939.6 MeV/c²)
10−26 1.15 kg Lithium atom (6.941 amu)
2.99 kg Water molecule (18.015 amu)
7.95 kg Titanium atom (47.867 amu)
10−25 1.79 kg Silver atom (107.8682 amu)
1.6 kg Z boson (91.2 GeV/c²)
3.1 kg Top quark (173 GeV/c²), the heaviest known elementary particle
3.2 kg Caffeine molecule (194 amu)
3.45 kg Lead-208 atom, the heaviest stable isotope known
10−24
zeptogram (zg)
   
10−23    
10−22 1.1 kg Haemoglobin A molecule
10−21
attogram (ag)
   
10−20 10−20 kg A small virus
10−19    
10−18
femtogram (fg)
   
10−17 1.1 kg Mass equivalent of one joule
4.6 kg Mass equivalent of a calorie
10−16 7 kg Escherichia coli bacterium
10−15
picogram (pg)
   
10−14    
10−13    
10−12
nanogram (ng)
10−12 kg Average cell of the human body (1 nanogram)
10−11 1.5 kg Lethal dose of botulin toxin (the deadliest substance known) -about 200 pg/kg of body mass, so a 15 ng dose would kill almost anybody.
10−10    
10−9
microgram (µg)
2 kg Uncertainty in the mass of the prototype kilogram (2 micrograms)
3 kg Small grain of sand (0.063 mm diameter, 3 micrograms)
10−8 2.2 kg Planck mass
10−7 10−7 kg "Hit" of LSD (100 micrograms)
2 kg Lethal dose of ricin (200 micrograms)
10−6
milligram (mg)
1–2 kg Typical mass of a mosquito (1–2 milligrams)
10−5 1–3 kg Dose of DXM per labeling on most products (10-30 milligrams)
9 kg Large grain of sand (2 mm diameter, 90 milligrams)
10−4 1.5 kg Typical amount of caffeine in one cup of coffee (150 milligrams)
2 kg Metric carat (200 milligrams)
1–2 kg Maximum legal caffeine pill in United States (0.1–0.2 grams)
3 kg Hallucinogenic dose for mescaline (0.3 grams)
10−3
gram (g)
10−3 kg One millilitre of water (1 gram)
8 kg Typical coins: euro (7.5 grams) and U.S. dollar (8.1 grams)
10−2
decagram   (dag)
1 kg Lethal dose of caffeine for an adult (10 grams)
1.2–4 kg Adult mouse (Mus musculus, 12–40 grams)
2.4 kg Amount of ethanol in one drink (24 grams)
2.8 kg Ounce (avoirdupois) (28.35 grams)
10−1
hectogram   (Hg)
0.15 kg Human kidney (150 grams)
0.454 kg Pound (avoirdupois) (454 grams)

Factor (kg) Value Item
1 kg
kilogram (kg)
1 kg One litre of water, approx.
3 kg Newborn human baby
4.0 kg Women's shotput
5–7 kg Housecat
7.3 kg Men's shotput
101 10–30 kg A CRT computer monitor or television set
15–20 kg Medium-sized dog
70 kg Adult human; large dog
102 100 kg Quintal (mainly U.S. - other countries have different definitions)
180–250 kg Mature lion, female (180 kg) and male (250 kg)
700 kg Dairy cow
907 kg Short ton (U.S.)
103
megagram (Mg)
1000 kg Metric ton/tonne; one cubic metre of water
1016 kg Ton (British) / 1 long ton (U.S.)
800–1600 kg Typical passenger automobiles
3000–7000 kg Adult elephant
104 1.1 kg Hubble Space Telescope (11 tonnes)
1.2 kg Largest elephant on record (12 tonnes)
1.4 kg Bell of Big Ben (14 tonnes)
6.0 kg Largest Meteorite, Hoba West Meteorite (60 tonnes)
8–10 kg Largest known dinosaur, the Argentinosaurus (80–100 tonnes)
105 105 kg Largest animal, the blue whale (100 tonnes)
1.87 kg International Space Station (187 tonnes)
6 kg Antonov An-225 (the world's heaviest aircraft) maximum take-off mass (600 tonnes); payload: 250 tonnes
106
gigagram (Gg)
1.5 kg Individual gate of the Thames Barrier
2.041 kg Launch mass of the Space Shuttle (2041 tonnes)
107 1.1 kg Annual production of Darjeeling tea (11,000 tonnes)
2.6 kg RMS Titanic (26,000 tonnes)
9.97 kg Heaviest train ever (99,700 tonnes): Australia's BHP Iron Ore, 2001 record
108 6.5 kg Largest ship, Knock Nevis, when fully loaded (650,000 tonnes)
109
teragram (Tg)
4.3 kg Amount of matter converted into energy by the Sun each second
6 kg Great Pyramid of Giza
1010 6 kg Amount of concrete in the Three Gorges Dam, the world's largest concrete structure
1011 2 kg Amount of water stored in London storage reservoirs (0.2 km³)
3 kg Total mass of the human world population
1–8 kg Total biomass of Antarctic krill, Euphausia superba, thought to be the most plentiful creature on the planet
1012
petagram (Pg)
3.91 kg World oil production in 2001
1013    
1014 2–3 kg Amount of rock that exploded in the Mount Tambora volcanic eruption in 1815
1015
exagram (Eg)
1 kg Estimated total world coal reserves economically accessible using current mining technology
1016 1 kg 951 Gaspra, the first asteroid ever to be closely approached by a spacecraft
1017 3 kg Prometheus (moon), a shepherd satellite for the inner edge of Saturn's F Ring.
1018
zettagram (Zg)
5 kg Earth's atmosphere
5.7 kg Hyperion, a moon of Saturn
1019 3 kg 3 Juno, the fifth largest asteroid in the main Asteroid Belt
1020 8.7 kg Ceres, the largest asteroid in the main Asteroid Belt
1021
yottagram (Yg)
1.35 kg Earth's oceans
1.6 kg Charon, the moon of Pluto
2.3 kg Total mass of the Asteroid Belt
1022 1.2 kg Pluto
7.35 kg Earth's Moon
1023 1.2 kg Titan, largest moon of Saturn
1.5 kg Triton, largest moon of Neptune
1.5 kg Ganymede, largest moon of Jupiter
3.2 kg Mercury
6.4 kg Mars
1024 4.9 kg Venus
6.0 kg The Earth
1025 3.0 kg Lowest estimate of the mass of the Oort cloud
8.7 kg Uranus
1026 1.0 kg Neptune
5.7 kg Saturn
6.0 kg Highest estimate of the mass of the Oort cloud
1027 1.9 kg Jupiter
1028 1–17 kg Brown dwarf stars
1029    
1030 2 kg Sun; one solar mass
2.9 kg Chandrasekhar limit (1.44 solar masses)
1031 4 kg Betelgeuse, a red supergiant star
1032    
1033    
1034    
1035    
1036 2 kg The supermassive black hole at the center of our Galaxy, associated with the radio source Sagittarius A*
1037    
1038   Typical mass of a globular cluster
1039    
1040    
1041 3.6 kg Visible mass of the Milky Way galaxy
1042 2 kg Total mass of the Milky Way galaxy
1043    
1044    
1045    
1046 2 kg Virgo Supercluster
1047    
1048    
1049    
1050    
1051    
1052 2 kg Mass of a critical density Universe
3 kg Mass of the observable universe

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Orders of magnitude (mass)

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