Orders of magnitude (mass)
Factor ( kg ) Value Item
10 gigagram ( Gg ) 1 × 10 kg Trunk of the giant sequoia tree named General Sherman , largest living tree by trunk volume ( 1121 tonnes )
10 gigagram ( Gg ) 2.0 × 10 kg Launch mass of the Space Shuttle ( 2041 tonnes )
10 gigagram ( Gg ) 6 × 10 kg Largest clonal colony , the quaking aspen named Pando ( largest living organism ) ( 6000 tonnes )
10 gigagram ( Gg ) 7.8 × 10 kg Virginia -class nuclear submarine ( submerged weight )
10 1 × 10 kg Annual production of Darjeeling tea
10 5.2 × 10 kg RMS Titanic when fully loaded ( 52,000 tonnes )
10 9.97 × 10 kg Heaviest train ever : Australia 's BHP Iron Ore , 2001 record ( 99,700 tonnes )
10 6.6 × 10 kg Largest ship and largest mobile man-made object , Seawise Giant , when fully loaded ( 660,000 tonnes )
10 7 × 10 kg Heaviest ( non-pyramid ) building , Palace of the Parliament in Bucharest , Romania
10 teragram ( Tg ) 4.3 × 10 kg Amount of matter converted into energy by the Sun each second
10 teragram ( Tg ) 6 × 10 kg Great Pyramid of Giza
10 6 × 10 kg Amount of concrete in the Three Gorges Dam , the world 's largest concrete structure
10 ~1 × 10 kg The mass of a primordial black hole with an evaporation time equal to the age of the universe
10 2 × 10 kg Amount of water stored in London storage reservoirs ( 0.2 km )
10 4 × 10 kg Total mass of the world 's human population
10 5 × 10 kg Total biomass of Antarctic krill , probably the most plentiful animal species on the planet
Units of mass -- 106 to 1011 kg
To help compare different orders of magnitude, the following lists describe various mass levels between 10 kg and 10 kg.