Talk:PlanetPhysics/SI Unit Prefixes

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The SI unit prefixes are given in the table below.

\begin{table}[t] \begin{center} \begin{tabular}{|c||c|c|} \hline \textbf{prefix} & \textbf{symbol} & \textbf{factor} \\

\hline \hline yocto & $\mathrm{y}$ & $10^{-24}$ \\ \hline zepto & $\mathrm{z}$ & $10^{-21}$ \\ \hline atto & $\mathrm{a}$ & $10^{-18}$ \\ \hline femto & $\mathrm{f}$ & $10^{-15}$ \\ \hline pico & $\mathrm{p}$ & $10^{-12}$ \\ \hline nano & $\mathrm{n}$ & $10^{-9}$ \\ \hline micro & $\mathrm{\mu}$ & $10^{-6}$ \\ \hline milli & $\mathrm{m}$ & $10^{-3}$ \\ \hline centi & $\mathrm{c}$ & $10^{-2}$ \\ \hline deci & $\mathrm{d}$ & $10^{-1}$ \\ \hline deka & $\mathrm{da}$ & $10^{1}$ \\ \hline hecto & $\mathrm{h}$ & $10^{2}$ \\ \hline kilo & $\mathrm{k}$ & $10^{3}$ \\ \hline mega & $\mathrm{M}$ & $10^{6}$ \\ \hline giga & $\mathrm{G}$ & $10^{9}$ \\ \hline tera & $\mathrm{T}$ & $10^{12}$ \\ \hline peta & $\mathrm{P}$ & $10^{15}$ \\ \hline exa & $\mathrm{E}$ & $10^{18}$ \\ \hline zetta & $\mathrm{Z}$ & $10^{21}$ \\ \hline yotta & $\mathrm{Y}$ & $10^{24}$ \\ \hline \end{tabular}

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Here is an example of using the SI unit prefixes: A centimeter is 1 meter * $10^{-2}$ or in scientific notation, $1\times10^{-2}$ meters. \vspace{4ex}

\noindent Reference: National Institute of Standards and Technology, \htmladdnormallink{http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/}{http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/}

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