List of orders of magnitude for mass | Decade of mass | Mass using SI prefixes | Mass of item | Item |
| 10-35 kg | | 7 eV/c² = 1.2 × 10-35 kg | upper limit of the rest mass of an electron neutrino |
| 10-34 kg |
| 10-33 kg |
| 10-32 kg |
| 10-31 kg | | 510.99906(15) 1 keV/c² = 9.1093897(54) × 10-31 kg | rest mass of an electron |
| 10-30 kg |
| 10-29 kg |
| 10-28 kg | | 105.658389(34) MeV/c² = 1.8835327(11) × 10-28 kg | rest mass of a muon |
| 10-27 kg | 1 yoctogram (yg) | ≈ 1.6605402 yg | 1 atomic mass unit (amu) or Dalton (Da) ≈ mass of a hydrogen atom |
| 938 MeV/c² = 1.6726231 × 10-27 kg | mass of a proton - a neutron is the same mass to 3 places (mass of neutron > mass of proton) |
| 10-26 kg | 10 yg | ≈ 30 yg | mass of a water molecule |
| 6.941 amu | atomic mass of lithium |
| 47.867 amu | atomic mass of titanium |
| 10-25 kg | 100 yg | 107.8682 amu | atomic mass of silver |
| [259] amu | atomic mass of nobelium |
| 10-24 kg | 1 zeptogram (zg) | 1.6605402 zg | = 1 kilodalton (kDa) |
| 10-23 kg | 10 zg |
| 10-22 kg | 100 zg |
| 10-21 kg | 1 attogram (ag) |
| 10-20 kg | 10 ag | 10 ag | mass of a small virus |
| 10-19 kg | 100 ag |
| 10-18 kg | 1 femtogram (fg) |
| 10-17 kg | 10 fg | 1.1 × 10-17 kg | mass equivalence of one joule |
| 4.6 × 10-17 kg | increase in mass by heating 1 g of water by 1 °C |
| 10-16 kg | 100 fg | 6.65×10-16 kg (665 fg) | E. coli bacterium |
| 10-15 kg | 1 picogram (pg) |
| 10-14 kg | 10 pg |
| 10-13 kg | 100 pg |
| 10-12 kg | 1 nanogram (ng) | 1 ng | mass of a human cell |
| 10-11 kg | 10 ng | 15 ng | Lethal dose of Botulinum toxin, the deadliest substance known, is about 200 pg/kg, so a 15 ng dose would kill almost anybody. |
| 10-10 kg | 100 ng |
| 10-9 kg | 1 microgram (µg) | 2 μg | Uncertainty in the mass of the prototype kilogram |
| 10-8 kg | 10 µg | 2.2 × 10-8 kg | the Planck mass |
| 4.6 × 10-8 kg | increase in mass by heating 1 Mg of water by 100 °C |
| 10-7 kg | 100 µg | 100 µg | average dose of a "hit" of LSD |
| 200 µg | average lethal dose of ricin |
| 10-6 kg | 1 milligram (mg) | ≈ 0.3 mg–13 mg | mass of a grain of sand |
| 1–2 mg | typical mass of a mosquito |
| 10-5 kg | 10 mg | 10–30 mg | Dose of DXM per labeling on most products |
| Caffeine in most non-coffee drinks is in the bottom half of this range. |
| 10-4 kg | 100 mg | | Caffeine in a cup of coffee is in this range. |
| 0.2 g | 1 metric carat |
| 100–200 mg | Maximum legal caffeine pill in United States |
| 0.3 g | average hallucinogenic dose for mescaline |
| 10-3 kg | 1 gram (g) | 1 g | 1 millilitre of water, approx. |
| ~2.3 g, ~7 g | United States dime: ~2.3 g, quarter: ~7 g, other common coins intermediate |
| 10-2 kg | 10 g | 10 g | approximate lethal dose of caffeine for an adult |
| 17 g | approximate mass of a mouse |
| 24 g | amount of ethanol in one drink |
| 28.35 g | 1 ounce (avoirdupois) |
| 10-1 kg | 100 g | 150 g | average mass of an adult human kidney |
| ≈ 454 g | 1 pound (avoirdupois) |
| 1 kg | 1 kg | 1 kg | 1 litre of water, approx. |
| 2–6 kg, 3 typical | a newborn baby |
| 4.0 kg | women's shotput |
| 5–7 kg | a typical housecat |
| 5–9 kg | a pizote |
| 7.3 kg | men's shotput |
| 101 kg | 10 kg | 10–30 kg | a CRT computer monitor |
| 15–20 kg | a medium-sized dog |
| 70 kg | an adult human |
| 102 kg | 100 kg | 100 kg | quintal (mainly U.S. - other countries have different definitions) |
| 250 kg | approximate mass of a lion |
| 700 kg | approximate mass of a dairy cow |
| 907 kg | 1 short ton (U.S.) |
| 103 kg | 1 tonne (t)
(1 megagram (Mg)) | 1000 kg | 1 cubic metre of liquid water, approx. |
| 1016 kg | 1 ton (British) / 1 long ton (U.S.) |
| 0.8–1.6 t | typical passenger automobiles |
| 3–7 t | adult elephant |
| 104 kg | 10 t | 11 t | Hubble Space Telescope |
| 12 t | largest elephant on record |
| 14 t | bell of Big Ben |
| 80–100 t | mass of largest dinosaur, the Argentinosaurus (estimate) |
| 105 kg | 100 t | 100 t on average | mass of largest animal, the blue whale |
| 187 t | International Space Station |
| 600 t | Antonov An-225 (the world's heaviest aircraft) maximum take-off mass |
| 106 kg | 1000 t
(1 gigagram (Gg)) | 1.5 × 106 kg | mass of each gate of the Thames Barrier |
| 2.041 × 106 kg | launch mass of the Space Shuttle |
| 107 kg | | 1.1 × 107 kg | estimated annual production of Darjeeling tea |
| 2.6 × 107 kg = 26 000 t = 26 kt | Titanic |
| 9.97 × 107 kg | heaviest train: Australia's BHP Iron Ore, 2001 record |
| 108 kg | | 6.5 × 108 kg | mass of largest ship, Knock Nevis, when fully loaded |
| 109 kg | 1 teragram (Tg) = 1 Mt | about 6 × 109 kg = 6 Mt | mass of Great Pyramid of Giza |
| 1010 kg | | 6 × 1010 kg = 60 Mt | mass of concrete in the Three Gorges Dam, the world's largest concrete structure |
| 1011 kg | | at least 3 × 1011 kg = 200 Mt | Total mass of the world's humans |
| 2 × 1011 kg = 300 Mt | Mass of water stored in London storage reservoirs |
| 1–8 × 1011 kg | Estimated total mass of Antarctic krill, Euphausia superba, thought to be the most plentiful creature on the planet |
| 1012 kg | 1 petagram (Pg) = 1 Gt | 3.91 × 1012 kg = 3.91 Gt | World oil production in 2001 |
| 1013 kg |
| 1014 kg | | 2–3 × 1014 kg | Estimated mass of rock exploded in eruption of Mount Tambora volcano in 1815 |
| 1015 kg | 1 exagram (Eg) = 1 Tt |
| 1016 kg |
| 1017 kg | | 1.23 × 1017 kg = 123 Tt | Mass of a typical asteroid |
| 1018 kg | 1 zettagram (Zg) = 1 Pt | 5 × 1018 kg = 5 Pt | Mass of Earth's atmosphere |
| 1019 kg |
| 1020 kg | | 8.7 × 1020 kg = 870 Pt | Mass of 1 Ceres |
| 1021 kg | 1 yottagram (Yg) = 1 Et | 1.35×1021 kg | Total mass of Earth's oceans |
| 1.6×1021 kg = 1.6 Et | Mass of Charon |
| 2.3×1021 kg | Total mass of the Asteroid Belt |
| 1022 kg | | 1.2 × 1022 kg | Mass of Pluto |
| 7.349 × 1022 kg = 73.49 Et | Mass of Moon |
| 1023 kg | | 1.2×1023 kg | Mass of Titan |
| 1.5×1023 kg | Mass of Triton |
| 1.5×1023 kg | Mass of Ganymede |
| 3.2×1023 kg | Mass of Mercury |
| 6.4×1023 kg | Mass of Mars |
| 1024 kg | 1 Zt | 4.9 × 1024 kg | Mass of Venus |
| 6.0×1024 kg = 6.0 Zt | Mass of Earth |
| 1025 kg | | 8.7 × 1025 kg | Mass of Uranus |
| 1026 kg | | 1.0 × 1026 kg | Mass of Neptune |
| 5.7 × 1026 kg | Mass of Saturn |
| 1027 kg | 1 Yt | 1.9 × 1027 kg | Mass of Jupiter |
| 1028 kg |
| 1029 kg |
| 1030 kg | | 2 × 1030 kg | Mass of the Sun = 2000 Yt |
| approx. 3 × 1030 kg | Chandrasekhar limit |
| 1031 kg | | 4 × 1031 kg | Mass of Betelgeuse |
| 1032 kg |
| 1033 kg |
| 1034 kg |
| 1035 kg |
| 1036 kg |
| 1037 kg |
| 1038 kg | | | Typical mass of a globular cluster |
| 1039 kg |
| 1040 kg |
| 1041 kg | | 3.6 × 1041 kg | Visible mass of the Milky Way galaxy |
| 1042 kg | | 2 × 1042 kg | Total mass of the Milky Way galaxy |
| 1052 kg | | 2×1052 kg | Mass of a critical density Universe |
| 3 × 1052 kg | Mass of the observable universe |
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