1 E9 s
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To help compare orders of magnitude of different times this page lists times between 109 seconds (a gigasecond) and 1010 seconds (32 years and 320 years). See also times of other orders of magnitude
- Shorter times
- 35 years -- Constitutionally-mandated minimum age for President of the United States.
- 50.5 years -- average age of human menopause
- 60 years -- duration of Indian independence as of 2007
- 63 years -- half-life of titanium-44
- 65 years -- a common age for retirement of workers
- 68.9 years -- half-life of uranium-232
- 72 years, 3 months, 18 days: reign of Louis XIV
- 75 years -- average life span of humans in the First World
- 78 years -- estimated maximum lifespan of an elephant
- 84 years, 3 days, 15.66 hours -- one orbit of Uranus
- 100 years -- one century = 3.16 × 109 seconds
- 100.1 years -- half-life of nickel-63
- 122 years and 164 days -- longest recorded lifespan of any known human (Jeanne Calment)
- 130 years -- approximate age of the telephone, recorded music, and the electric light
- 165 years -- one orbit of Neptune
- 190 years -- credited age of the oldest known tortoise, oldest land animal
- 231 years -- age of the United States of America as of 2007
- 247.7 years -- one orbit of Pluto
- 269 years -- half-life of argon-39
- 288 years -- one orbit of Quaoar
- 292 years -- age of the ruling Hanoverian dynasty (1714) in Great Britain as of 2006
- 302 years -- duration of Spanish colonial rule in Mexico
- 304 years -- duration of the Romanov dynasty in Russia
- Longer times
| Orders of magnitude (time), by powers of seconds | |
|---|---|
| Negative powers | 10−44 s | ... | 10−25 s | 10−24 s | 10−23 s | 10−22 s | 10−21 s | 10−20 s | 10−19 s | 10−18 s | 10−17 s | 10−16 s | 10−15 s | 10−14 s | 10−13 s | 10−12 s | 10−11 s | 10−10 s | 10−9 s | 10−8 s | 10−7 s | 10−6 s | 10−5 s | 10−4 s | 10−3 s | 10−2 s | 10−1 s |
| Positive powers | 1 s | 10 s | 102 s | 103 s | 104 s | 105 s | 106 s | 107 s | 108 s | 109 s | 1010 s | 1011 s | 1012 s | 1013 s |1014 s | 1015 s | 1016 s | 1017 s | 1018 s | 1019 s and more |
