Orders of magnitude (angular velocity)
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To help compare different orders of magnitude, the following list describes various angular velocity levels between 1×10−16 rad·s−1 and 1×107 rad·s−1.

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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]
10−7 1.99×10−7 31.7 nHz 1.90×10−6 Sidereal orbit rate of the Earth around the Sun
10−6  
10−5 2.91×10−5 4.63 µHz 2.78×10−4 Hour hand on an analogue clock
7.27×10−5 11.6 µHz 6.94×10−4 Earth's sidereal rotation rate
10−4 1.75×10−4 28 µHz 1.68×10−3 Sidereal rotation rate of Jupiter
10−3 1.75×10−3 278 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 drive[2]
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 ultracentrifuge[4]
1.6×104 2.5 kHz 150,000 Turbocharger[5]
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[6]
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

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References

  1. ^ see Sun
  2. ^ "Hi Fi Writer - Killer CDs?" (2003). Retrieved on 2007-12-13.
  3. ^ Hessels, JWT et al. (2006-01-16). "A Radio Pulsar Spinning at 716 Hz". Retrieved on 2006-09-14.
  4. ^ "Beckman Coulter ultracentrifuge product info page". BeckmanCoulter.com. Retrieved on 2006-07-23.
  5. ^ The Fuel and Engine Bible
  6. ^ 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 127 (2): 157–164. New York: American Society of Mechanical Engineers. doi:10.1115/1.1897738. ISSN 1048-9002. OCLC 21012339. Retrieved on 2008-05-30. 
  7. ^ "Laboratoire de Systèmes Robotiques". Retrieved on 2006-11-15.
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