A View from the Back of the Envelope top

Energy
J (Joules)
Scale of some things
Landmarks
Mass
[ Scale | Other ]

Rough Draft
joules
10-27
10-26
10-25 hc | 10-42 kg
10-24
10-23
10-22
10-21
10-20
10-19 eV | 10-36 kg
10-18 visible photon
10-17 metabolism of a glucose molecule
10-16 keV
10-15
10-14 electron
10-13 MeV | 10-30 kg
10-12
10-11 nucleon excitation
10-10 GeV | amu | nucleon excitation
10-9 to boil a nucleus
10-8
10-7 TeV | erg | 10-24 kg
10-6
10-5
10-4
10-3
10-2
10-1 10-18 kg
100 Joule | Watt second
101 calorie
102
103 Btu | your kinetic energy running (½mv2) | person decending 1m
104 kilocalorie | dietary "calorie" | W·h
105 10-12 kg | 40W bulb for 1 hr | your kinetic energy at 60 mph
106
107 kW·h
108
109
1010 ton TNT | lightning bolt
1011 10-6 kg
1012
1013 megaton TNT
1014
1015 100 megaton TNT (largest nukes)
1016
1017 kg (of massergy, mc2)
1018 Krakatoa volcano explosion
1019 your mass (mc2)
1020 Lake Toba (Sumatra) volcano explosion
1021
1022
1023 106 kg
1024
1025
1026
1027
1028
1029 1012 kg | Earth's rotational
1030
1031 Earth's heat content
1032
1033
1034
1035 1018 kg | Sun's rotational
1036
1037
1038
1039
1040
1041 1024 kg
1042 Earth's massergy
1043
1044
1045
1046
1047 1030 kg
1048
1049
1050
1051
1052
1053 1036 kg
1054
1055
1056
1057
1058
1059 1042 kg
1060
1061
1062
1063
1064 1048 kg
1065
1066
1067 ~ massergy of visible(?) universe
1068

A View from the Back of the Envelope
Comments encouraged. - Mitchell N Charity <mcharity@lcs.mit.edu>