The following table lists various orders of magnitude for mass flow rate, in kilograms per second.

## Contents

* 1 Table
* 2 See Also
* 3 References
* 3.1 Notes
* 4 External links

## Table

Factor (kg/s)  | Value (kg/s)  | Item

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10−5 | 2.871×10−5 | Food consumption by an average American[1]
100 | 1.585  | Mass loss of the Earth[2]
2.315  | Rate at which cosmic dust falls to earth[3]
103 | 115.7  | Trash production in New York City [4]
104 | 8181  | Trash production in the United States [5]
105 | 41223  | Trash production in the World[6]
106 | 2.378×106 | Rate of soil erosion[7]
109 | 5.5×109 | Mass loss of the Sun[8]
1035 | 4.037×1035 | Planck mass flow rate[note 1]

## See Also

* Orders of magnitude (volumetric flow rate)
* Orders of magnitude (mass)
* Orders of magnitude (time)

## References

1. ↑ Allison Aubrey, The Average American Ate (Literally) A Ton This Year, National Public Radio, December 31, 2011. Retrieved 2018-10-07
2. ↑ Earth Loses 50,000 Tonnes of Mass Every Year, Sci Tech Daily, February 5, 2012. Retrieved 2018-10-07
3. ↑ Nancy Atkinson, Getting a Handle on How Much Cosmic Dust Hits Earth, Universe Today, March 30, 2012. Retrieved 2018-10-07
4. ↑ Amy Russo, How much garbage does New York City produce daily? Tons., Metro US, August 24, 2017. Retrieved 2018-09-14
5. ↑ Juliana Lytkowski, "Curbing Americas Trash Production: Statistics and Solutions", Dumpsters.com, March 20, 2017. Retrieved 2018-09-16
6. ↑ Ann M. Simmons, [http ://www.latimes.com/world/global-development/la-fg-global-trash-20160422-20160421-snap-htmlstory.html The world's trash crisis, and why many Americans are oblivious], Los Angeles Times, April 22, 2016. Retrieved 2018-10-07
7. ↑ Zuazo, Victor H.D.; Pleguezuelo, Carmen R.R. (2009). "Soil-erosion and runoff prevention by plant covers: a review". in Lichtfouse, Eric. Sustainable agriculture. Springer. p. 785. ISBN 978-90-481-2665-1. https://books.google.com/books?id=7cP-2jIIO2wC&pg=PA785.
8. ↑ Brian Koberlein, IS THE SUN LOSING MASS?, 16 December 2015. Retrieved 2018-09-14

### Notes

1. ↑ [math]\displaystyle{ \dot{m}_\text{P} = \frac{c^3}{G} }[/math]

## External links

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Orders of magnitude

Quantity|

* Acceleration
* Angular momentum
* Angular velocity
* Area
* Bit rate
* Capacitance
* Charge
* Computing
* Currency
* Current
* Data
* Density
* Energy / Energy density / Energy flow density
* Entropy
* Force
* Frequency
* Inductance
* Illuminance
* Length
* Luminance / Luminous flux
* Magnetic field
* Mass
* Molarity
* Momentum
* Numbers
* Power
* Pressure
* Probability
* Radiation
* Resistance
* Sound pressure
* Specific energy
* Specific heat capacity
* Speed
* Temperature
* Time
* Viscosity
* Voltage
* Volume

See also|

* Back-of-the-envelope calculation
* Fermi problem
* Powers of 10 and decades
* 10th
* 100th
* 1000000th
* Billionth
* Trillionth
* Metric (SI) prefix
* Macroscopic scale
* Microscopic scale
* Quantum realm

Related|

* Astronomical system of units
* Earth's location in the Universe
* "Cosmic View" (1957 essay)
* To the Moon and Beyond (1964 film)
* Cosmic Zoom (1968 film)
* Powers of Ten (1968 and 1977 films)
* Cosmic Voyage (1996 documentary)
* Cosmic Eye (2012)

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