Orders of magnitude (acceleration)

This page lists examples of the acceleration occurring in various situations. They are grouped by orders of magnitude.

Factor [m/s2]	Multiple	Reference frame	Value	[g]	Item
10−∞	0 m/s2	inertial	0 m/s2	0 g	The gyro rotors in Gravity Probe B and the free-floating proof masses in the TRIAD I navigation satellite[1]
		inertial	≈ 0 m/s2	≈ 0 g	Weightless parabola in a reduced-gravity aircraft
10−14	10 fm/s2	lab	5×10−14 m/s2	5×10−15 g	Smallest acceleration in a scientific experiment[2]
10−10	100 pm/s2	inertial	≈ 1×10−10 m/s2	≈ 1×10−11 g	Typical gravitational acceleration of stars in the Milky Way[3]
		inertial	1.2×10−10 m/s2	1.22×10−11 g	Constant ${\displaystyle a_{0}}$in Modified Newtonian dynamics theory, which states that objects with gravitational acceleration lower than ${\displaystyle a_{0}}$ don't follow Newton's law of gravity[4]
10−3	1 mm/s2	Solar system	5.93×10−3 m/s2	6.04×10−4 g	Acceleration of Earth toward the sun due to sun's gravitational attraction
10−1	1 dm/s2	lab	0.25 m/s2	0.026 g	Train acceleration for SJ X2[citation needed]
100	1 m/s2	inertial	1.62 m/s2	0.1654 g	Standing on the Moon at its equator[citation needed]
		lab	4.3 m/s2	0.44 g	Car acceleration 0–100 km/h in 6.4 s with a Saab 9-5 Hirsch[citation needed]
		inertial	9.80665 m/s2	1 g	Standard gravity, the gravity acceleration on Earth at sea level standard[5]
101	1 dam/s2	inertial	11.2 m/s2	1.14 g	Saturn V Moon rocket just after launch[citation needed]
		inertial	15.2 m/s2	1.55 g	Bugatti Veyron from 0 to 100 km/h in 2.4 s (the net acceleration vector including gravitational acceleration is directed 40 degrees from horizontal[citation needed])
		inertial	29 m/s2	3 g	Space Shuttle, maximum during launch and reentry[citation needed]
		inertial	29 m/s2	3 g	Sustainable for > 25 seconds, for a human[5]
		inertial	34 – 49 m/s2	3.5 – 5 g	High-G roller coasters[6]: 340
		lab?	41 m/s2	4.2 g	Top Fuel drag racing world record of 4.4 s over 1/4 mile[citation needed]
		inertial	49 m/s2	5 g	Causes disorientation, dizziness and fainting in humans[5]
		lab?	49+ m/s2	5+ g	Formula One car, maximum under heavy braking[citation needed]
		inertial?	51 m/s2	5.2 g	Luge, maximum expected at the Whistler Sliding Centre[citation needed]
		lab	49 – 59 m/s2	5 – 6 g	Formula One car, peak lateral in turns[7]
		inertial	59 m/s2	6 g	Parachutist peak during normal opening of parachute[8]
		inertial	+69 / -49 m/s2	+7 / -5 g	Standard, full aerobatics certified glider[citation needed]
		inertial	70.6 m/s2	7.19 g	Apollo 16 on reentry[9]
		inertial	79 m/s2	8 g	F-16 aircraft pulling out of dive[citation needed]
		inertial	88 m/s2	9 g	Maximum for a fit, trained person with G-suit to keep consciousness, avoiding G-LOC[citation needed]
		inertial	88 – 118 m/s2	9 – 12 g	Typical maximum turn acceleration in an aerobatic plane or fighter jet[10]
102	1 hm/s2	inertial	147 m/s2	15 g	Explosive seat ejection from aircraft[citation needed]
			177 m/s2	18 g	Physical damage in humans like broken capillaries[5]
			209 m/s2	21.3 g	Peak acceleration experienced by cosmonauts during the Soyuz 18a abort[11]
			333 m/s2	34 g	Peak deceleration of the Stardust Sample Return Capsule on reentry to Earth[12]
			454 m/s2	46.2 g	Maximum acceleration a human has survived on a rocket sled[5]
			> 491 m/s2	> 50 g	Death or serious injury likely[citation needed]
			982 m/s2	100 g	Sprint missile[13]
			982 m/s2	100 g	Automobile crash (100 km/h into wall)[14]
			> 982 m/s2	> 100 g	Brief human exposure survived in crash[15]
			982 m/s2	100 g	Deadly limit for most humans[citation needed]
103	1 km/s2	inertial ≈ lab	1540 m/s2	157 g	Peak acceleration of fastest rocket sled run[16]
			1964 m/s2	200 g	3.5" hard disc non-operating shock tolerance for 2 ms, weight 0.6 kg[17]
			2098 m/s2	214 g	Highest recorded amount of g-force exposed and survived by a human (Peak deceleration experienced by Kenny Bräck in a crash at the 2003 Chevy 500)[18][19]
			2256 m/s2	230 g	Peak acceleration experience by the Galileo probe during descent into Jupiter's atmosphere[20]
			2490 m/s2	254 g	Peak deceleration experienced by Jules Bianchi in crash of Marussia MR03, 2014 Japanese Grand Prix[21]
			2946 m/s2	300 g	Soccer ball struck by foot[citation needed]
			3200 m/s2	320 g	A jumping human flea[22]
			3800 m/s2	380 g	A jumping click beetle[23]
			4944 m/s2	504 g	Clothes on washing machine, during dry spinning (46 cm drum / 1400 rpm)
104	10 km/s2		11 768 m/s2	1200 g	Deceleration of the head of a woodpecker[24]
			17 680 m/s2	1800 g	Space gun with a barrel length of 1 km and a muzzle velocity of 6 km/s, as proposed by Quicklaunch (assuming constant acceleration)
			29460 m/s2	3000 g	Baseball struck by bat[14]
			~33 000 m/s2	3400 g	Standard requirement for decelerative crashworthiness in certified flight recorders (such as a Boeing 737 'black box')
			>49 100 m/s2	>5000 g	Shock capability of mechanical wrist watches[25]
			84 450 m/s2	8600 g	Current Formula One engines, maximum piston acceleration (up to 10,000 g before rev limits)[26]
105	100 km/s2		102 000 m/s2	10 400 g	A mantis shrimp punch[27]
			152 210 m/s2	15 500 g	Rating of electronics built into military artillery shells[28]
			196 400 m/s2	20 000 g	Spore acceleration of the Pilobolus fungi[29]
			304 420 m/s2	31 000 g	9×19mm Parabellum handgun bullet (average along the length of the barrel)[citation needed][30]
106	1 Mm/s2		1 000 000 m/s2	100 000 g	Closing jaws of a trap-jaw ant[31]
			1 865 800 m/s2	190 000 g	9×19mm Parabellum handgun bullet, peak[citation needed][32]
			3 800 000 m/s2	390 000 g	Surface gravity of white dwarf Sirius B[33]
			3 900 000 m/s2	slightly below 400 000 g	Ultracentrifuge[34]
107	10 Mm/s2		53 000 000 m/s2	5 400 000 g	Jellyfish stinger[35]
109	1 Gm/s2		1×109 m/s2	~100 000 000 g	The record peak acceleration of a projectile in a coilgun, a 2 gram projectile accelerated in 1 cm from rest to 5 km/sec.[36]
1012	1 Tm/s2		1×1012 to 1×1013 m/s2	1×1011 to 1×1012 g	Surface gravity of a neutron star[37]
			2.1×1013 m/s2	2.1×1012 g	Protons in the Large Hadron Collider[38]
1021	1 Zm/s2		9.149×1021 m/s2	9.33×1020 g	Classical (Bohr model) acceleration of an electron around a 1H nucleus.
			1.76×1023 m/s2	1.79×1022 g	Electrons in a 1 TV/m wakefield accelerator[39]
1051	1 QZm/s2		5.5608×1051 m/s2	5.5719×1050 g	Coherent Planck unit of acceleration

See also

• G-force
• Gravitational acceleration
• Mechanical shock
• Standard gravity
• International System of Units (SI)
• SI prefix