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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orders_of_magnitude_%28length%29   The linked pages e.g.: 10-9 m need to be cleaned up.  I've done some, but others can pitch in too.   --We need to remove commas that are used to separate thousands   --Correct erroneous or bad SI practices.   Euric   Orders of magnitude (length) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopaedia. Orders of magnitude Area � Length � Mass � Time � Volume � Power � Numbers � U.S. money � Data Related articles SI base units � SI derived units � SI prefixes This is a list of orders of magnitude for length. 10-35 m 1.6�10-35 -- Planck length; lengths smaller than this do not make any physical sense, according to current theories of physics [...] 10-24 m = 1 yoctometre (ym) 10-21 m = 1 zeptometre (zm) 10-18 m = 1 attometre (am) size of a quark sensitivity of the LIGO detector for gravitational waves 10-15 m = 1 femtometre (fm) size of a proton classical electron 10-14 m scale of the atomic nucleus range of the weak nuclear force 10-13 m Compton wavelength of electron 10-12 m = 1 picometre (pm) distance between atomic nuclei in a white dwarf wavelength of gamma rays 5 pm -- wavelength of shortest X-rays 10-11 m 25 pm -- radius of hydrogen atom 31 pm -- radius of helium atom 10-10 m = 1 �ngstr�m wavelength of X rays 100 pm (0.1 nm) -- covalent radius of sulfur atom 126 pm (0.126 nm) -- covalent radius of ruthenium atom 135 pm (0.135 nm) -- covalent radius of technetium atom 153 pm (0.153 nm) -- covalent radius of silver atom 154 pm (0.154 nm) -- length of a typical covalent bond (C-C). 155 pm (0.155 nm) -- covalent radius of zirconium atom 175 pm (0.175 nm) -- covalent radius of thulium atom 225 pm (0.225 nm) -- covalent radius of caesium atom 500 pm (0.50 nm) -- width of protein α helix 10-9 m = 1 nanometre (nm) 2 nm -- diameter of DNA helix 10-8 m = 10 nm 20 nm -- thickness of bacterial flagellum 40 nm -- extreme ultraviolet wavelength 90 nm -- human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) (generally, viruses range in size from 20 nm to 450 nm) 100 nm -- 90% of particles in wood smoke are smaller than this 10-7 m = 100 nm size of chromosomes 100 nm -- maximum particle size that can fit through a surgical mask 120 nm -- maximum particle size that can fit through a ULPA filter[1] (http://www.ristenbatt.com/filt_eff.htm) 280 nm -- near ultraviolet wavelength 300 nm -- maximum particle size that can fit through a HEPA filter 380-430 nm -- wavelength of violet light -- see color and optical spectrum 430-450 nm -- wavelength of indigo light 450-500 nm -- wavelength of blue light 500-520 nm -- wavelength of cyan light 520-565 nm -- wavelength of green light 565-590 nm -- wavelength of yellow light 590-625 nm -- wavelength of orange light 625-740 nm -- wavelength of red light 10-6 m = 1 micrometre aka micron (�m) 1-10 �m -- diameter of typical bacterium 1.55 �m -- wavelength of light used in optical fibre 6-8 �m -- diameter of a human red blood cell 6 �m -- anthrax spore 7 �m -- width of strand of spider web [2] (http://www.carnicom.com/micro2.htm) 7 �m -- diameter of the nucleus of typical eukariotic cell 10-5 m = 10 �m 10 �m -- typical size of a fog, mist or cloud water droplet 10 �m -- width of cotton fibre 10.6 �m -- wavelength of light emitted by a carbon dioxide laser 12 �m -- width of acrylic fibre 13 �m -- width of nylon fibre 14 �m -- width of polyester fibre 15 �m -- width of silk fibre 17 �m -- dust mite excreta � (http://www.ristenbatt.com/filt_eff.htm) 20 �m -- width of wool fibre 25.4 �m -- 1/1000 inch, commonly referred to as 1 mil 50 �m -- typical length of Euglena gracilis, a flagellate protist 80 �m -- average width of human hair (ranges from 18 to 180 �m) 10-4 m = 100 �m 125 �m -- dust mite 200 �m -- typical length of Paramecium caudatum, a ciliate protist 300 �m -- diameter of Thiomargarita namibiensis, the largest bacterium ever discovered 500 �m -- MEMS micro-engine 500 �m -- diameter of a human ovum 500 �m -- typical length of Amoeba proteus, an amoeboid protist 10-3 m = 1 millimetre (mm) 2.54 mm -- distance between pins in old DIP (dual-inline-pins) electronic components 5 mm -- length of average red ant 7.62 mm -- common military ammunition size 10-2 m = 1 centimetre (cm) 1.5 cm -- length of a large mosquito. 2.54 cm -- 1 inch 3.1 cm -- 1 attoparsec (10-18 parsecs) 4.267 cm -- diameter of a golfball 10-1 m = 1 decimetre (dm) 10 cm -- wavelength of the highest UHF radio frequency, 3 GHz 10 cm -- diameter of the cervix upon entering the second stage of labour 10.16 cm --Hand using in measuring height of horses (4 inches) 12 cm -- wavelength of the 2.45 GHz ISM radio band 15 cm -- height of a Lilliputian from Gulliver's Travels 30.48 cm -- 1 foot 50-65 cm -- a pizote's tail 66 cm -- length of the longest pine cones (produced by the sugar pine) 89 cm -- average adult height of a Hobbit 90 cm -- average length of a rapier, a fencing sword 91 cm -- 1 yard 1 m = 1 metre 1 m -- wavelength of the lowest UHF and highest VHF radio frequency, 300 MHz 1.7 m (5 feet 7 inches) -- average person's height 1.435m -- Standard gauge of railway track 2.77 - 3.44 m -- wavelength of the broadcast radio FM band 108 - 87 MHz 3.048 m -- (10 feet) height of the basket in basketball 5.5 m -- height of tallest animal, the giraffe 10 m = 1 decametre (dam) 10 m -- wavelength of the lowest VHF and highest shortwave radio frequency, 30 MHz 18.44 m -- distance between the pitcher's rubber and home plate on a baseball field 20 m -- length of a cricket pitch 21 m -- height of High Force waterfall in England. 23 m -- height of the obelisk of the Place de la Concorde, Paris. 25 m -- wavelength of the broadcast radio shortwave band at 12 MHz 27.43 m -- distance between bases on a baseball field 30 m -- length of a blue whale, the largest animal 31 m -- wavelength of the broadcast radio shortwave band at 9.7 MHz 40 m -- average depth beneath the seabed of the Channel tunnel 49 m -- width of an American football field (53 1/3 yards) 49 m -- wavelength of the broadcast radio shortwave band at 6.1 MHz 52 m -- height of Niagara Falls 55 m -- height of the Leaning Tower of Pisa 60 m -- Pyramid of Djoser 70 m -- width of soccer field 70 m -- length of the Bayeux Tapestry 91.44 m -- length of an American football field (100 yards, measured between the goal lines) 100 m = 1 hectometre (hm) 100 m -- wavelength of the lowest shortwave radio frequency and highest medium wave radio frequency, 3 MHz 105 m -- length of a soccer field 109.73 m -- total length of an American football field (120 yards, including the end zones) 112.34 m -- height of the world's tallest tree, a Coast redwood 137 m -- height of the Great Pyramid of Giza 147 m -- original height of the Great Pyramid of Giza 168 m -- height of the Bungsberg, highest point in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany 187 m -- shortest wavelength of the broadcast radio AM band, 1600 kHz 193 m -- the approximate length of New Jersey State Highway 59 244 m -- height of the City Gate building in Ramat-Gan, Israel 300 m -- height of the Eiffel Tower 340 m -- distance sound travels in air in one second; see speed of sound 400-500 m -- approximate heights of the world's tallest skyscrapers of the past 70 years. 541 m (1,776 ft) -- height of the planned Freedom Tower at the World Trade Center site 553.33 m -- height of the CN Tower, the world's tallest free-standing land structure 555 m -- longest wavelength of the broadcast radio AM band, 540 kHz 647 m -- height of the Warszawa radio mast, formerly the tallest man-made structure, collapsed in 1991 1,000 m = 1 kilometre (km) 1 km -- wavelength of the lowest medium wave radio frequency, 300 kHz 1609 m -- 1 international mile 1852 m -- 1 nautical mile 8850 m -- height of the highest mountain, Mount Everest 10,000 m = 10 km 11,518 m -- Mindanao deep 35 km -- width of the English Channel 100,000 m = 100 km 111 km -- one degree of latitude on Earth 106 m = 1,000 km = 1 megametre (Mm) 3,480 km -- diameter of the Moon 6,400 km -- length of the Great Wall of China 107 m = 10,000 km 12,756 km = equatorial diameter of the Earth 40,075 km = length of the Earth's equator 108 m = 100,000 km 384,000 km -- Moon's orbital distance from Earth 109 m = 1 million km = 1 gigametre (Gm) 1,390,000 km -- diameter of the Sun 1010 m = 10 million km 1011 m = 100 million km 150 million km -- 1 astronomical unit (AU); mean distance between Earth and Sun. 1012 m = 1 billion km = 1 terametre (Tm) 1.4 billion km -- orbital distance of Saturn from Sun 5.9 billion km -- orbital distance of Pluto from Sun 1013 m = 10 billion km 13.8 billion km -- distance of the Voyager 1 spacecraft from sun (May 2004), the farthest man-made object so far 1014 m = 100 billion km 1015 m = 1 trillion km = 1 petametre (Pm) 9.5 trillion km = 1 light year -- distance travelled by light in one year 1016 m 3.26 light years -- 1 parsec 4.2 light years -- distance to nearest star (Proxima Centauri) 1017 m 1018 m = 1 exametre (Em) 1019 m 1020 m 100,000 light years -- diameter of galactic disk of Milky Way Galaxy 1021 m = 1 zettametre (Zm) 52 kiloparsecs (1.6 � 1021 m) -- distance to the Large Magellanic Cloud (a dwarf galaxy orbiting the Milky Way) 54 kiloparsecs (1.66 � 1021 m) -- distance to the Small Magellanic Cloud (another dwarf galaxy orbiting the Milky Way) 1022 m 22.3 Zm (2.36 million light years or 725 kiloparsecs) -- distance to Andromeda Galaxy 50 Zm (1.6 Mpc) -- diameter of Local Group of galaxies 1023 m 300-600 Zm (10-20 megaparsecs) -- distance to Virgo cluster of galaxies 1024 m = 1 yottametre (Ym) 200 million light years (2 Ym, 60 megaparsecs) -- diameter of the Local Supercluster 500 million light years (5 Ym, 150 megaparsecs) -- length of Great Wall, the largest observed superstructure in the universe 1025 m 1026 m 10 billion light years -- estimated distance to certain quasars, the farthest observed objects in the universe 13.7 billion light years -- distance the cosmic background radiation has traveled since the Big bang 1027 m [edit] See also