Fundamental Quantities

-----------------------------------------Position
The distance to the nearest star?

-----------------------------------------4 x 1016 m
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The distance from the Earth to the Sun?

-----------------------------------------1.5 x 1011 m
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-----------------------------------------Position
The distance from the Earth to the Moon?

-----------------------------------------1.5 x 1009 m
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-----------------------------------------Position
Radius of the Earth?

-----------------------------------------6.378 x 106 m
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-----------------------------------------Position
Diameter of hydrogen atom?

-----------------------------------------10-10 m
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-----------------------------------------Position
Diameter of proton?

-----------------------------------------10-15 m
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Fundamental Quantities
-----------------------------------------mass
?of observable universe?

-----------------------------------------1052 kg
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-----------------------------------------mass
approximately --- SUN

-----------------------------------------1030 kg
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Fundamental Quantities
-----------------------------------------mass
?sun?

-----------------------------------------1.98 x 1030 m
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-----------------------------------------mass
?Earth?

-----------------------------------------5.97 x 1024 kg
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Fundamental Quantities
-----------------------------------------mass
?man?

-----------------------------------------75 kg
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Fundamental Quantities
-----------------------------------------TIME
Age of universe?

-----------------------------------------1019 s
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Fundamental Quantities
-----------------------------------------TIME
Age of earth?

-----------------------------------------1017 s
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Fundamental Quantities
-----------------------------------------TIME
Age of homo-sapiens?

-----------------------------------------1014 s
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Fundamental Quantities
-----------------------------------------TIME
Passage of light across an atom?

-----------------------------------------10-19 s
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Fundamental Quantities
-----------------------------------------TIME
Passage of light across a nucleus?

-----------------------------------------10-23 s
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Fundamental Quantities
-----------------------------------------ENERGY
Released from a supernova

-----------------------------------------1044 J
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Fundamental Quantities
-----------------------------------------ENERGY
Radiated by the sun in a second

-----------------------------------------1028 J
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-----------------------------------------ENERGY
In a lightning discharge

-----------------------------------------1010 J
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Fundamental Quantities
-----------------------------------------ENERGY
To remove an electron
from the surface of a metal

-----------------------------------------10-18 J
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