Energy required to raise a grain of sand by 0.1mm (Joule)
Kinetic energy of a flying mosquito.
Kinetic energy of a small apple falling 1 meter.
Kinetic energy of an average person jumping as high as they can.
Solar radiation recieved at 1 square meter in orbit per second. (Solar Constant)
Kinetic energy of M16 rifle bullet (M855 fired at 930 m/s)
1 food calorie (kcal, large calorie) Example: 1 Blueberry
Energy in an alkaline AA battery.
Kinetic energy of a car at highway speeds (1 to 5 tons at 89 km/h or 55 mph)
Approximate food energy of a Snickers bar (280 food calories)
1kWh (kilowatt-hour) of electricity
Energy released by explosion of 1 kilogram of TNT
Recommended food energy per day for a moderately active man (2600 kcal)
1 Tour de France or 90 hours ridden at 5 W/kg by a 65 kg rider.
Energy in an average lightning bolt
Approximate amount of energy expended by a human heart over 80 years.
Yield energy of a MOAB, one of the most powerful non-nuclear weapons.
Approximate food energy consumed by a human in an 80-year lifetime.
Energy released by explosion of 1 kiloton of TNT
Yield of the Little Boy atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima (15 kilotons)
Theoretical total mass-energy of 1 gram of matter
Total energy released by the Chelyabinsk meteor.
Energy released by explosion of 1 megaton of TNT
Total energy from the Sun that strikes the face of the Earth each second.
Yield of the Tsar Bomba, largest nuclear weapon ever tested (50 megatons)
Estimated energy released by the Krakatoa eruption in 1883
Total world annual energy consumption in 2010
Estimated total energy released by the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake.
Approximate energy released by the Chicxulub Crater event.
Total energy output of the Sun each second.
Kinetic energy of the Moon in its orbit around the Earth.
Rotational energy of the Earth.
Total energy output of the Sun each year.
Total energy of all gamma rays in a typical gamma-ray burst.
Estimated energy released in a supernova =1 foe
Approximate LIFETIME energy output of the Sun. = 1 foe
This is the image we got of the Black Hole in the center of the M87 galaxy.
(About 2.4 billion times the mass of the sun)
Its rotational power is...
10 000 000 000 000 foes
10 TRILLION
