Orders of magnitude (volume)
Comparison of a wide range of volumes
The table lists various objects and units by the order of magnitude of their volume .
Chain structures in meteorite fragment ALH84001
Electron micrograph of icosahedral adenovirus
A scanning electron microscope image of normal circulating human blood showing red blood cells, several knobbly white blood cells including lymphocytes, a monocyte, a neutrophil and many small disc-shaped platelets
California poppy seeds
Mustard seeds
Peas in pods
Measuring spoons of 1 tablespoon and 1, 1 ⁄2 and 1 ⁄4 teaspoon
Copper measuring jugs of 1 and 1 ⁄2 gill
375 mL stubbie of beer
A 1 ⁄2 -peck apple bag
A standard 200-litre (55 US or 44 imp gal) drum A cubic metre of concrete
A TEU container
An Olympic swimming pool
LZ 129 Hindenburg
Great Pyramid of Giza
The Three Gorges Dam
Sydney Harbour
Solar System bodies with Earth volume or less
The Cat's Eye Nebula on left (about 3× 1046 m3 ) and the dark cloud Barnard 68 at top (about 6× 1046 m3 ) are of comparable volumes; the Stingray Nebula between them is smaller with a similar volume as the small yellow light-month radius sphere, about 2× 1045 m3 .
The Bubble Nebula (NGC 7635) at left with about 520 cubic light years ( 4.4× 1050 m3 ) dwarfs the Dumbbell Nebula's 12 cubic light years ( 1× 1049 m3 ) (very approximate figures)
The globular cluster Messier 5 at upper left with about 2 million cubic light years ( 1.7× 1054 m3 ) dwarfs the much smaller Bubble Nebula at lower right.
Sub-microscopic
Microscopic
Human measures
Volume (m3 )
Example
5.92× 10−8
One imperial minim
6.16× 10−8
One US minim
7× 10−8
Volume of a large grain of rice 3 mm wide by 12 mm long
2× 10−7
Average volume of a pea
1× 10−6
One cubic centimetre or one millilitre
1.18× 10−6
One imperial fluid scruple
1.23× 10−6
One US fluid scruple
1.80× 10−6
One sai
3.55× 10−6
One imperial fluid drachm
3.70× 10−6
One US fluid dram
3–5× 10−6
Average human ejaculation [ 2]
3.55–5× 10−6
One teaspoon
1.14× 10−5
One ligula
1.42–2.0× 10−5
One tablespoon
1.639× 10−5
One cubic inch
1.80× 10−5
One shaku
2.84× 10−5
One imperial fluid ounce
2.96× 10−5
One US fluid ounce
3.5× 10−5
Average amount of blood lost by a woman during menstruation
4.5× 10−5
One cyathus
6.8× 10−5
One acetabulum
1× 10−4
Maximum volume of non-exempt liquids, gels, and aerosols allowed in a U.S. air traveler's carry-on luggage
1.18× 10−4
One US gill
1.36× 10−4
One quartarius
1.42× 10−4
One imperial gill
1.80× 10−4
One gō (a common size for serving sake )
2.73× 10−4
one Roman hemina or cotyla
3.3–3.75× 10−4
Volume of stubby or steinie of beer (Europe–330 mL, Canada–341 mL, Japan–350 mL, US–355 mL, Australia–375 mL)
4× 10−4
Rough volume of the human urinary bladder
4.73× 10−4
One US liquid pint
5.46× 10−4
One sextarius
5.51× 10−4
One US dry pint
5.68× 10−4
One imperial pint
7.5× 10−4
The most common volume for wine and liquor bottles, also the size of an Australian long neck of beer; sometimes called a 'fifth' in the United States for its approximation to the once-common one-fifth-gallon bottle
9.46× 10−4
One US liquid quart
1× 10−3
One cubic decimetre or one litre
1.000028 × 10−3
Volume of 1 kilogram of distilled water (at the temperature of maximum density (3.98 °C or 39.16 °F) and standard atmospheric pressure (101.325 kPa))
1.10× 10−3
One US dry quart
1.14× 10−3
One imperial quart
1.0–8.2× 10−3
Typical range of automobile engine displacements
1.4× 10−3
Human brain cavity
1.80× 10−3
One shō (formerly a common sake-bottle size)
3.8× 10−3
One US liquid gallon
4.36× 10−3
One semimodius
4.40× 10−3
One US dry gallon
4.5× 10−3
One imperial gallon
5× 10−3
Approximate volume of the blood in one adult human
6× 10−3
Average total volume of the lungs of a male human
8.81× 10−3
One US peck
9.09× 10−3
One imperial peck
1.31× 10−2
One urna
1.80× 10−2
One to
1.85–3.6× 10−2
One Ancient Greek amphora
2.62× 10−2
One Roman amphora
3.4× 10−2
One French amphora
2.83× 10−2
One cubic foot
3.52× 10−2
One US bushel
3.64× 10−2
One imperial bushel
3.7–4.2× 10−2
One firkin
6.0× 10−2
Gasoline fuel tank in a car (Volvo 240 )[ 3]
6.8–6.9× 10−2
One rundlet
7.1× 10−2
Average volume of an adult human
7.4–8.3× 10−2
One kilderkin
9.55× 10−2
One US barrel for cranberries
1.16× 10−1
One US dry barrel
1.17× 10−1
One US beer barrel , 31 US gallons
1.19× 10−1
One US fluid barrel (apart from oil or beer), 31.5 US gallons
1.59× 10−1
One oil barrel , 42 US gallons, about one tierce (158–160 L)
1.64× 10−1
One imperial barrel , 36 imperial gallons
1.80× 10−1
One koku
2× 10−1
Standard drum size used for shipping bulk cargo
2.2–2.5× 10−1
One hogshead
3.1–3.2× 10−1
One puncheon or tertian
4.7–4.9× 10−1
One butt (an old unit for beer and wine )
5.24× 10−1
One culeus
7.65× 10−1
One cubic yard
9.5–9.8× 10−1
One tun (an old unit for beer and wine )
1× 100
One cubic metre , one kilolitre or one stère —volume of a large domestic fridge-freezer (external dimensions)
3.85× 101
External volume of a standard 20-foot ("TEU ") cargo container , which has a capacity of 33.1 cubic metres
7.7× 101
External volume of a standard 40-foot ("FEU ") cargo container, which has a capacity of 67.5 cubic metres
Terrestrial
Volume (m3 )
Example
1.05× 102
Volume of a rear-engine Leyland Titan London double-decker bus
1.49× 102
Volume of any A Division New York City Subway car
1×10 ^ 3 m3 (35,000 cu ft; 1.0× 10−6 km3 )
One cubic decametre or one megalitre
1.233× 103
One acre-foot
2.5× 103
Volume of an Olympic size swimming pool of minimal depth (50 m × 25 m × 2 m) .
3.054× 103
Volume of each of the nine spheres of the Atomium in Brussels
1.13× 104
Gas volume in the first zeppelin LZ 1
1.1866× 104
Amount of concrete in Trbovlje Chimney
1.56× 104
Quebec 's 2001 output of maple syrup
5.0× 104
Typical volume of a large gasometer
8.5–9.9× 104
Volume of the Royal Albert Hall auditorium[ 4]
1.84× 105
Volume of gas in the USS Macon (ZRS-5) zeppelin
2.11890 × 105
Volume of gas in the Hindenburg zeppelin
6.50× 105
Volume of crude oil that can be carried aboard the Knock Nevis supertanker
9.66× 105
Volume of Taipei 101 's gross floor space[ 5]
1×10 ^ 6 m3 (1,300,000 cu yd; 0.0010 km3 )
One cubic hectometre , one gigalitre or one kilostère
1.4× 106
Volume the 1910 Lakeview Gusher oil spilt (the biggest oil gusher in US history)
1.5644× 106
Volume of concrete in the Panama Canal Locks
2.6006× 106
Volume of stone in the Great Pyramid of Giza
3× 106
Approximately amount of mud and clay that slid into the South Nation River valley as a landslide on 20 June 1993
3.33× 106
Volume of concrete in Hoover Dam
3.664883 × 106
Volume of the NASA 's Vehicle Assembly Building
8× 106
Volume of chalk excavated in the construction of the Channel Tunnel
1× 107
Volume of Chagan Lake , artificial lake created by nuclear explosion
1.7× 107
Volume of material in the Gatun Dam , completed in 1913
2.8× 107
Volume of concrete in the Three Gorges Dam , the world's largest concrete structure
4.3× 107
Volume of Aswan Dam
9× 107
Volume of gas required per day by India in 2005
1.01× 108
Volume of the Grimsel reservoir
1.73× 108
Volume of Lake Baldegg , Switzerland
2.05× 108
Volume of material excavated in the construction of the Panama Canal
2.2× 108
Volume of Lac de la Gruyère , Switzerland
2.85× 108
Volume of Lake Halwill , Switzerland
3.20–3.35× 108
Volume of the Great Wall of China
3–5× 108
Volume of all humans alive on the planet (based on an average mass of 40–70 kg per human)
4× 108
Predicted volume of natural gas required per day by India in 2025
5× 108
One sydharb —volume of Sydney Harbour , Australia[ 6]
6.93× 108
Volume of Lake Murten , Switzerland
1×10 ^ 9 m3 (1.3× 109 cu yd; 1.0 km3 )
One cubic kilometre or one teralitre
1.2× 109
Approximate volume of rock ejected during the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens
1.3× 109
volume of Lake Biel , Switzerland
2.5× 109
volume of Lake Walen , Switzerland
3.2× 109
volume of Lake Zug
3.9× 109
Volume of Lake Zürich
4.168× 109
One cubic mile
5× 109
Volume of crude oil consumed by the world in a year
5.17× 109
volume of Lake Brienz
5.2× 109
Volume of the artificial Gatun Lake (Panama Canal )
6.5× 109
Volume of Lake Thun
6.5× 109
volume of Lake Lugano
1× 1010
Estimated volume of rock ejected during the 1991 eruption of Mount Pinatubo
1.4× 1010
volume of Lake Neuchâtel
1.45× 1010
Volume of Lake Lucerne
3.52× 1010
Volume of Lake Mead , the reservoir of the Hoover Dam
3.7× 1010
Volume of Lago Maggiore
5.5× 1010
Volume of Lake Constance
8.89× 1010
Volume of Lake Geneva
1× 1011
Estimated volume of rock exploded in eruption of Mount Tambora volcano on 12 April 1815
1.33× 1011
Volume of Lake Nasser
1.44× 1011
Volume of Fedchenko Glacier and its tributaries
2× 1011
Estimated volume of the annual net inflow of seawater to the Black Sea (from the Mediterranean Sea via the Bosporus )
2.8× 1011
Volume of Lake Onega
~3× 1011
Volume of crude oil on Earth
3.2× 1011
Estimated volume of the annual inflow of freshwater to the Black Sea
4.84× 1011
Volume of Lake Erie
8.37× 1011
Volume of Lake Ladoga
1×10 ^ 12 m3 (1.3× 1012 cu yd; 1,000 km3 )
One petalitre
1.1× 1012
Volume of the Aral Sea in 1960
2.76× 1012
Volume of Lake Victoria
2.8× 1012
Volume of magma erupted by the Toba supervolcano 74000 years ago
4.918× 1012
Volume of Lake Michigan
5× 1012
Volume of the Fish Canyon Tuff erupted by the La Garita Caldera
5.5× 1012
Volume of the asteroid 433 Eros
1.2232× 1013
Volume of Lake Superior
1.84× 1013
Volume of Lake Tanganyika
2.36× 1013
Volume of Lake Baikal
5.5× 1014
Volume of the Black Sea
1× 1015
One exalitre
1×10 ^ 15 m3 (1.3× 1015 cu yd; 1,000,000 km3 )
Volume of the Mariana Trench in the Pacific Ocean , which contains the deepest point on the Earth 's surface
2.6× 1015
Volume of Greenland ice cap
3.7× 1015
Volume of the Mediterranean Sea
1.54× 1016
Volume of water contained in the rings of Saturn (rough estimate)
3× 1016
Volume of water contained in the Antarctic ice sheet (rough estimate)
3× 1017
Volume of the Atlantic Ocean and volume of the Indian Ocean (rough estimates)
4.5× 1017
Volume of Ceres
1× 1018
One cubic megametre or one zettalitre —volume of the Pacific Ocean (rough estimate)
1.335× 1018
Volume of all oceans on Earth
Astronomical
Volume (m3 )
Example
3× 1018
Estimated volume of Europa 's oceans
6.4× 1018
Volume of Pluto
2.2× 1019
Volume of the Moon
6.1× 1019
Volume of planet Mercury
1.6× 1020
Volume of planet Mars
9.28× 1020
Volume of planet Venus
1× 1021
One yottalitre
1.08× 1021
Volume of planet Earth
2.25× 1021
Volume of all the rocky planets in the Solar System
6.38× 1022
Volume of planet Neptune
7.02× 1022
Volume of planet Uranus
9.23× 1023
Volume of planet Saturn
1× 1024
One ronnalitre
1.53× 1024
Volume of planet Jupiter
2.59× 1024
Total volume of all the planets in the Solar System
1× 1027
One cubic gigametre or one quettalitre
1.41× 1027
Volume of the Sun
~1× 1030
volume of Alcyone , brightest star in the Pleiades [ 7]
~1.7× 1031
Volume of Arcturus , brightest star in Boötes [ 8]
3.4× 1032
Volume of Rigel , the brightest star in Orion [ 9]
~5× 1032
Volume of a red giant the same mass as the Sun
1.4× 1033
Volume of γ Crucis , a red giant in Crux [ 10] [ 11]
~1× 1034
Volume of Deneb , a white supergiant in Cygnus [ 12]
6.4× 1034
Volume of η Carinae , a white supergiant in Cygnus [ 12]
1.3× 1035
Estimated volume of S Orionis [ 13]
1.5× 1035
Volume of Antares , a Mira variable in Orion [ 14]
~2.75× 1035
Volume of Betelgeuse
1× 1036
One cubic terametre
4× 1036
Possible volume of μ Cephei (estimates vary)
8× 1036
Estimated volume of VY Canis Majoris , a red hypergiant star[ 15]
3.9× 1038
volume of a sphere which would enclose the orbit of Neptune
6–10× 1039
Possible volume of the Heliosphere inside the termination shock
1.1× 1041
Daily increase in volume of the Cat's Eye Nebula [ 16]
4× 1043
Annual increase in volume of the Cat's Eye Nebula [ 16] [ 17]
1× 1045
One cubic petametre
~1.7× 1045
Approximate volume of the Stingray Nebula [ 18]
~2.7× 1046
Volume of the bright inner nebula of the Cat's Eye Nebula [ 16]
5.5× 1046
The volume of a Bok globule like Barnard 68 [ 19] [ 20]
4.4× 1047
The volume of a Bok globule one light year across[ 19] [ 20]
8.47× 1047
One cubic light-year
~1.7× 1048
Volume of the Oort Cloud , assuming a radius of 50000 AU
~1.6× 1049
Volume of the Dumbbell Nebula
2.94× 1049
One cubic parsec
4.4× 1050
Approximate volume of the Bubble Nebula (NGC 7635) (assuming a radius of 5 light years, sources differ)[ 21] [ 22] [ 23]
1× 1054
One cubic exametre
3× 1055
Estimated volume of a small dwarf galaxy like NGC 1705
3.3× 1055
Estimated volume of the Local Bubble , assuming a radius of 100 parsecs (~39 million cubic light years)
3× 1058
Estimated volume of a dwarf galaxy like the Large Magellanic Cloud
2.94× 1058
One cubic kiloparsec
~3.3× 1061
Volume of a galaxy like the Milky Way
1× 1063
One cubic zettametre —approximate volume of whole Milky Way including Globes
~5× 1068
Volume of the Local Group
6.7× 1071
Volume of the Gemini Void
1× 1072
One cubic yottametre
1.2× 1072
Volume of the Local Void (about 1.4× 1024 cubic light years)[ 24]
3.5× 1072
Volume of the Virgo Supercluster [ 25]
1× 1073
Volume of the Sculptor Void (about 1.1× 1025 cubic light years)[ 24]
2× 1073
Least volume of the Southern Local Supervoid (about 2.2× 1025 cubic light years)[ 26]
3.4× 1080
Volume of the Observable Universe
1× 1081
One cubic ronnametre
7.1× 1081
Lower bound on the volume of the universe based on analysis of WMAP [ 27]
6.7× 1083
Lower bound on the volume of the entire universe
1× 1090
One cubic quettametre
~1× 10113
rough upper bound on the physical size of the present universe, a result of the maximum number of Hubble volumes .[ 28]
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^ Its radius is 113 times the Sun's.
^ = 11488.213 * 9.4605284 × 10(power of 15) X 1,000,000,000 meters long (appr)
^ a b Its radius is estimated to be 200 to 300 times the Sun's
^ VizeR page for Antares , retrieved 18 November 2009: "5.1e+02 solRad"
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