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Orders of Magnitude (wikipedia.org)
1 point by anescient on April 8, 2008 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment


A few interesting entries:

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




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