The following table lists various orders of magnitude for momentum, in kilogram meters per second (kg·m/s).
Contents
1Less Than 1 kg·m/s
21 kg·m/s to 100 kg·m/s
3Greater than 100 kg·m/s
4See also
5References
5.1Notes
6External links
Less Than 1 kg·m/s
Factor (kg·m/s)
Value (kg·m/s)
Item
10−24
2×10−24
An electron in a hydrogen atom[1]
10−3
0.00912
A garden snail at its top speed[2]
1 kg·m/s to 100 kg·m/s
100
1
A 420 gram football (FIFA specified weight for outdoor size 5) kicked to a speed of 8.6 km/h.
2.6
9x19 mm 7.5 gram pistol round launched at 350 m/s
3.8
5.56 mm (0.223) 4 gram rifle round launched at 945 m/s
5.83
A fast baseball pitched in the major league.[3][4]
6
The total impulse of a class C model rocket engine, which can be found in amateur fireworks.
6.52
Planck momentum, the unit of momentum in the system of Planck units[note 1]
101
16
The momentum of the famous football kick of the Brazilian player Roberto Carlos in the match against France in 1997. The football had a speed of 137 km/h, making it one of the hardest kicks measured.
20
The total impulse of a class D model rocket engine, which also can be found in amateur fireworks.
43
12.7x99 mm (0.50 BMG) 50 gram rifle round launched at 860 m/s
95
An average person walking at an average walking speed
Greater than 100 kg·m/s
103
2167
A cheetah at its top speed[5]
104
25050
A regular small car weighing 1.5 tons crashing at 60 km/h
27000
A small car on a city street[6]
43420
An SUV weighing 2.6 t (2.6 Mg) crashing at 60 km/h
108
1.1×108
A cruising Boeing 747, with passengers and baggage.[7][8]
4.95×108
Apollo 11 launched from earth to orbit
1010
1.63×1010
Space Shuttle launched from earth to orbit
1025
7.52×1025
Momentum of the Moon[9][10]
1029
1.78×1029
Momentum of the Earth[11][12]
1032
1.215×1032
Momentum of the Sun[13][14]
See also
Orders of magnitude (mass)
Orders of magnitude (speed)
References
↑Carl Zorn, "How fast do electrons move?", Jefferson Lab. Retrieved 2018-08-17
↑"Garden Snail", Speed of Animals,. Retrieved 2018-10-03
↑Christina Lee, "Mass of a Baseball", The Physics Factbook, 1999. Retrieved 2018-07-04
↑Anna Ostrovskaya, "Speed of the Fastest Pitched Baseball", The Physics Factbook, 2007. Retrieved 2018-07-04
↑"Cheetah", Speed of Animals,. Retrieved 2018-10-05
↑Yana Zorina, "Mass of a Car", The Physics Factbook, 2000. Retrieved 2018-05-24
↑The Editors of Publications International, Ltd. "Boeing 747 Specifications" 18 October 2007. HowStuffWorks.com. Boeing 747 Specifications. Retrieved 2018-07-08
↑John Cox, Ask the Captain: Boeing 747 is still the fastest passenger plane, USA Today, 2016. Retrieved 2018-07-08
↑Fraser Cain, "Mass of the Moon", Universe today, April 26, 2016. Retrieved 2018-08-16
↑"How fast does the Moon travel around Earth?", Cool Cosmos. Retrieved 2018-08-16
↑Rhett Herman, "How Fast is the Earth Moving?", Scientific American. Retrieved 2018-05-24
↑Williams, D. R. (1 July 2013). "Sun Fact Sheet". NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/factsheet/sunfact.html. Retrieved 12 August 2013.
↑Amara Graps, "What is the speed of the Solar System?". Retrieved 218-09-03