Orders of magnitude (time) (original) (raw)
| Powers of 103seconds | equal to... | common units | orders of magnitude |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 yoctosecond | 10-24 s | -- | 1 ys, 10 ys, 100 ys |
| 1 zeptosecond | 10-21 s | -- | 1 zs, 10 zs, 100 zs |
| 1 attosecond | 10-18 s | -- | 1 as, 10 as, 100 as |
| 1 femtosecond | 10-15 s | -- | 1 fs, 10 fs, 100 fs |
| 1 picosecond | 10-12 s | -- | 1 ps, 10 ps, 100 ps |
| 1 nanosecond | 10-9 s | -- | 1 ns, 10 ns, 100 ns |
| 1 microsecond | 10-6 s | -- | 1 �s, 10 �s, 100 �s |
| 1 millisecond | 10-3 s | -- | 1 ms, 10 ms, 100 ms |
| 1 second | 1 s | minute = 60 s | 1 s, 10 s, 100 s |
| 1000 seconds | 16.7 minutes | hour = 3600 sday = 86 400 s | 103 s , 104 s , 105 s |
| 1 million seconds | 11.6 days | month = 2.6 x 106 syear = 31.6 x 106 s | 106 s , 107 s , 108 s |
| 1000 million seconds | 32 years | century = 3.16 x 109 s | 109 s , 1010 s , 1011 s |
| 1012 seconds | 32 000 years | -- | 1012 s , 1013 s , 1014 s |
| 1015 seconds | 32 million years | -- | 1015 s , 1016 s , 1017 s |
| 1018 seconds | 32 billion years | -- | 1018 s , 1019 s and more |
The pages linked in the right-hand column contain lists of times that are of the same order of magnitude (power of ten). Rows in the table represent increasing powers of a thousand (3 orders of magnitude)
Orders of magnitude of other quantities: length, area, volume, mass
See also SI, SI prefixes, SI base units, units, time, orders of magnitude