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This page is a progressive and labeled list of the SI angular velocity orders of magnitude, with certain examples appended to some list objects.
| 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 Sun1 |
| 10-11 | 1.65×10−11 | 2.63 pHz | 1.58×10−10 | Sedna's average sidereal orbit rate |
| 10-10 | ||||
| 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 | 2.31 µHz | 1.39×10−3 | Hour hand on an analogue clock |
| 1.75×10−4 | 28 µHz | 1.68×10−3 | Jupiter's Sidereal rotation rate | |
| 10−3 | 0.00175 | 278 µHz | 0.0167 | Minute hand on an analogue clock |
| 3.5×10−3 | 560 µHz | 0.033 | The London Eye | |
| 10−2 | ||||
| 10−1 | 1.05×10−1 | 16.7 mHz | 1 | Second hand on an analogue clock. |
| 1 | 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) | |
| 10 | 1×101–3×101 | 2–5 Hz | 100–300 | Early diesel engines |
| 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 | 1.0×102–1.2×102 | 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) | |
| 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 | |
| 9.4×102 | 150 Hz | 9000 | Redline of high-performance automobile engine (e.g. Lamborghini V12) | |
| 103 | 1.01×103 | 161 Hz | 9650 | Pulsar PSR B1257+12 |
| 1.08×103 | 173 Hz | 10,400 | CD in 52× CD-ROM drive2 | |
| 2×103 | 300 Hz | 20,000 | Redline of Formula-1 race car | |
| 4.50×103 | 716 Hz | 43,000 | Pulsar PSR J1748-2446ad (fastest known)3 | |
| 104 | 1.4×104 | 2.2 kHz | 130,000 | Analytical ultracentrifuge4 |
| 1.6×104 | 2.5 kHz | 150,000 | Turbocharger5 | |
| 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 turbine6 |
| 106 | > 2×106 | > 300 kHz | > 20,000,000 | Man-made rotational speed record: steel ball 0.8 mm diameter, suspended in vacuum (Jesse Beams, 1946).7 |
| 107 | ||||
| 1044 | 1.16545×1044 | 1.85×1043Hz | 1.1×1045 | Planck angular frequency |
See also
External links
References
- ^ see Sun
- ^ "Hi Fi Writer - Killer CDs?" (2003). Retrieved on 2007-12-13.
- ^ Hessels, JWT et al. (2006-01-16). "A Radio Pulsar Spinning at 716 Hz". Retrieved on 2006-09-14.
- ^ "Beckman Coulter ultracentrifuge product info page". BeckmanCoulter.com. Retrieved on 2006-07-23.
- ^ The Fuel and Engine Bible
- ^ Liu, L.X.; Teo, C.J.; Epstein, A.H.; Spakovszky, Z.S. (2004-07-26). "Hydrostatic Gas Journal Bearings for Micro-Turbomachinery". Journal of Vibration and Acoustics (New York: American Society of Mechanical Engineers) 127 (2): 157–164. April 2005. doi:. ISSN 1048-9002. OCLC 21012339.
- ^ "Laboratoire de Systèmes Robotiques". Retrieved on 2006-11-15.
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