Orders of magnitude (angular velocity)
This page is a progressive and labeled list of the SI angular velocity orders of magnitude, with certain examples appended to some list objects.
List of orders of magnitude for angular velocity
Factor (rad·s−1) |
Value (rad·s−1) |
Value (prefixHz) |
Value (rpm) |
Item |
10−16 |
7.96×10−16–8.85×10−16 |
127 aHz |
7.61×10−15–8.45×10−15 |
Galactic period of the Sun[1] |
10−12 |
7.73×10−12 |
1.23 pHz |
2.05×10−14 |
Rate of Earth's axial precession and corresponding precession of the equinoxes.[2] |
10−11 |
1.65×10−11 |
2.63 pHz |
1.58×10−10 |
Sedna's average sidereal orbit rate |
10−10 |
8.03×10−10 |
127 pHz |
7.66×10−9 |
Sidereal orbit rate of Pluto |
10−9 |
1.21×10−9 |
192 pHz |
1.15×10−8 |
Sidereal orbit rate of Neptune |
10−8 |
1.68×10−8 |
2.2 nHz |
1.6×10−7 |
Sidereal orbit rate of Jupiter |
10−7 |
1.06×10−7 |
16 nHz |
1×10−6 |
Sidereal orbit rate of Mars |
1.99×10−7 |
31.7 nHz |
1.90×10−6 |
Sidereal orbit rate of the Earth around the Sun |
10−6 |
2.66×10−6 |
424 nHz |
2.54×10−5 |
Moon's sidereal orbit rate around the Earth |
10−5 |
7.27×10−5 |
11.6 µHz |
6.94×10−4 |
Earth's sidereal rotation rate |
10−4 |
1.45×10−4 |
23.1 µHz |
1.39×10−3 |
Hour hand on an analog clock |
1.75×10−4 |
28 µHz |
1.68×10−3 |
Jupiter's sidereal rotation rate |
10−3 |
1.75×10−3 |
278 µHz |
0.0167 |
Minute hand on an analog clock |
3.5×10−3 |
560 µHz |
0.033 |
The London Eye giant Ferris wheel |
10−2 |
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10−1 |
1.05×10−1 |
16.7 mHz |
1 |
Second hand on an analog clock |
100 |
3.49×100 |
556 mHz |
33⅓ |
LP record |
6×100–1.3×101 |
1–2 Hz |
60–120 |
Low-speed diesel engines (used in ships) |
101 |
1×101–3×101 |
2–5 Hz |
100–300 |
Early diesel engines |
2×101–5×101 |
3–8 Hz |
200–500 |
Audio compact disc |
4.7×101 |
7.5 Hz |
450 |
Rotor blades of a helicopter in flight |
9.4×101 |
15 Hz |
900 |
Spin cycle of a typical washing machine |
102 |
1.0×102 |
16 Hz |
960 |
The wheels of a typical automobile driving at 112 kilometres per hour (70 mph) |
1.0×102–1.2×102 |
17–18 Hz |
1000–1100 |
Barrel assembly of M61 Vulcan cannon |
1.3×102 |
20 Hz |
1200 |
High-speed diesel engines (lorries, yachts, generators, etc.) |
2×102 |
30 Hz |
2000 |
Engine speed of typical automobile traveling at 100 kilometres per hour (60 mph) |
3.14×102 |
50 Hz |
3000 |
Turbo generator in an electrical power plant for a 50 Hz grid |
5.8×102–7.3×102 |
92–120 Hz |
5500–7000 |
Redline of typical automobile engine |
7.54×102 |
120 Hz |
7200 |
Consumer hard disk |
103 |
1.01×103 |
161 Hz |
9650 |
Pulsar PSR B1257+12 |
1.08×103 |
173 Hz |
10,400 |
CD in 52× CD-ROM drive[3] |
1.6×103 |
270 Hz |
16,200 |
Flagellar motor top speed under light load[4] |
2×103 |
300 Hz |
18,000 |
Redline of a V8 Formula 1 race car (pre-2014) |
4.50×103 |
716 Hz |
43,000 |
Pulsar PSR J1748-2446ad (fastest known)[5] |
9.42×103 |
1500 Hz |
90 000 |
Zippe centrifuge |
104 |
1.4×104 |
2.2 kHz |
130,000 |
Analytical ultracentrifuge[6] |
1.6×104 |
2.5 kHz |
150,000 |
Turbocharger |
8×104 |
10 kHz |
800,000 |
Ultrasonic dental drill |
105 |
order of 2×105 |
order of 30 kHz |
order of 2,000,000 |
Microfabricated gas turbine[7] |
107 |
6.28 x 107 |
10 MHz |
600,000,000 |
Man-made rotational speed record: a calcium carbonate sphere, only four millionths of a metre in diameter, levitated using a laser in a vacuum chamber and spun up to speed using circularly polarized light.[8] |
1044 |
1.16545×1044 |
1.85×1043Hz |
1.1×1045 |
Planck angular frequency |
See also
References
- ↑ see Sun
- ↑ "Precession of the Equinox". Wwu.edu. Retrieved 2015-04-13.
- ↑ "Hi Fi Writer – Killer CDs?". 2003. Retrieved 2007-12-13.
- ↑ "The speed of the flagellar rotary motor of Escherichia coli varies linearly with protonmotive force". 2003-06-04. Retrieved 2013-08-28.
- ↑ Hessels, JWT; Ransom, S. M.; Stairs, Ingrid H.; Freire, Paulo C. C.; Kaspi, Victoria M.; Camilo, Fernando (2006-01-16). "A Radio Pulsar Spinning at 716 Hz". Science 311 (5769): 1901–4. arXiv:astro-ph/0601337. Bibcode:2006Sci...311.1901H. doi:10.1126/science.1123430. PMID 16410486.
- ↑ "Beckman Coulter ultracentrifuge product info page". BeckmanCoulter.com. Retrieved 2006-07-23.
- ↑ Liu, L.X.; Teo, C.J.; Epstein, A.H.; Spakovszky, Z.S. (2005). "Hydrostatic Gas Journal Bearings for Micro-Turbomachinery". Journal of Vibration and Acoustics 127 (2): 157–164. doi:10.1115/1.1897738.
- ↑ Yoshihiko Arita; Michael Mazilu; Kishan Dholakia (28 Aug 2013). "Laser-induced rotation and cooling of a trapped microgyroscope in vacuum". Nature Communications 4: 2374. Bibcode:2013NatCo...4E2374A. doi:10.1038/ncomms3374. PMC 3763500. PMID 23982323.
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