A View from the Back of the Envelope top

Area
m2
Scale of some things
Landmarks
Length Area Volume
[ Scale | Other ]
Rough Draft
m2
...
10-30
10-29
10-28 barn
10-27
10-26
10-25
10-24
10-23
10-22
10-21
10-20
10-19
10-18 nm2
10-17
10-16
10-15
10-14
10-13
10-12 um2
10-11
10-10
10-9
10-8
10-7
10-6 mm2
10-5 sphere w 1mm radius
10-4 cm2
10-3 in2
10-2
10-1 ft2
100 m2 | yd2 | skin
101 sphere w 1m radius
102 lungs
103
104 hectare | 2 acre | capilaries
105
106 km2 | mile2 | 1 kg of sorbent
107 sphere w 1km radius
108
109
1010
1011
1012 (Mm)2
1013 individual continents
1014 Earth land, individual oceans, sea ice | lunar surface
1015 Earth surface | walkable surface in solar system
1016
1017 Jupiter "surface"
1018 (Gm)2
1019 Sun "surface"
1020
1021
1022
1023
1024
1025
1026
1027
1028
1029
1030
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A View from the Back of the Envelope
Comments encouraged. - Mitchell N Charity <mcharity@lcs.mit.edu>