The Measure of the UniverseBriefly presents the comparative dimensional scale from atoms to the universe for length, area, volume, mass, density, pressure, time, speed, and temperature. |
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CONTENTS Introduction | 1 |
The Ladder of Length | 2 |
UPWARD | 4 |
Copyright | |
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000 atmospheres 000 cubic metres 000 exametres 000 exatonnes 000 kilograms 000 pascals 000 seconds 000 square metres animals asteroid astronomical attograms average cells Celsius centimetres comets cubic metres daltons decimetres degrees Celsius dekametre density diameter distance Earth Earth's surface eons equal exametres fastest galaxies gametres gigametres gigapascals grams half-life hectograms height helium human Jupiter kelvin kg/L kilograms per litre kilometres per hour kilometres per second kilopascals kilotonnes ladder larger largest length light will travel liquid mass-level mass-range massive measure megametres per second metres per second metric system micrometres millimetres molecules Moon move nanometres nearly neutron nucleus object orbit orders of magnitude ordinary ounces parsecs particles petametres picometres planet prefix pressure proton range reach satellites Saturn smaller smallest Solar system speed sphere square kilometres square megametres square metres stars STEP surface area temperature terametres total mass troy unit visible volume waves