Orders of Magnitude Posted by anescient on Tuesday April 08, 2008 @12:45PM from the en.wikipedia.org dept. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orders_of_magnitude Energy, magnetic fields, angular velocity, see how it all measures up in this universe of ours. ( 1 comment | on HN )
Angular velocity:
10,348 RPM - 52x CD-ROM
42,980 RPM - fastest known pulsar http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PSR_J1748-2446ad
Power:
3 MW - diesel locomotive
2.5 MW - blue whale