Geometric Brownian motion

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[[File:1 km2.png|thumb|right|An area of one [[square kilometre]] consists of 100 [[hectare]]s each containing 10000 [[square metre]]s.]]
This page is a progressive and labeled list of the SI [[area]] orders of magnitude, with certain examples appended to some list objects.
{| class="wikitable"
|+'''List of orders of magnitude for [[area]]'''
!Factor (m2)
!Multiple
!Value
!Item
|-

|-
|10−70
| 
|2.6×10−70 m2
|[[Planck area]], <math>\frac{G \hbar}{c^3}</math><ref>Calculated: square of the [[Planck length]] = (1.62e-35 m)^2 = 2.6e-70 m^2</ref>
|-

|-
|10−52
| 
|10−52 m2
|1 [[shed (physics)|shed]]<ref>{{cite web
| author = Russ Rowlett
| date = September 1, 2004
| title = Units: S
| url = http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/dictS.html
| work = How Many? A Dictionary of Units of Measurement
| publisher = [[University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill]]
| accessdate = 2011-10-25
}}</ref>
|-
|colspan="4"|...
|-
|10−30
|1 square [[femtometre]] (fm2)
| 
| 
|-
|10−28
| 
|10−28 m2
|1 [[barn (unit)|barn]], roughly the cross-sectional area of an [[uranium]] [[Atomic nucleus|nucleus]]<ref>{{cite web |title= Other non-SI units |url= http://www.bipm.org/en/si/si_brochure/chapter4/table8.html |work= SI brochure |publisher= BIPM |accessdate= 2011-10-25}}</ref>
|-
|10−24
|1 square [[picometre]] (pm2)
| 
| 
|-
|10−20
|1 square [[angstrom]] (Å2)
| 
| 
|-
|rowspan=2|10−19
|
|5×10−19 m2
|Area of a [[lipid bilayer]], per molecule<ref>{{cite web |url= http://bionumbers.hms.harvard.edu/bionumber.aspx?s=n&id=101837 |title= "Rule of thumb" for the area per molecule in lipid bilayer |publisher= BioNumbers |accessdate=2011-10-09 }}</ref>
|-
|
|7.5-26×10−19 m2
|Surface area of the 20 standard [[amino acids]]<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.imb-jena.de/IMAGE_AA.html |title= Individual Properties of the 20 Standard Amino Acids: Properties and Images |work = The Amino Acid Repository | publisher= Jena Library of Biological Macromolecules |accessdate=2011-10-10 }}</ref>
|-
|10−18
|1 square [[nanometre]] (nm2)
| 
| 
|-
|10−16
|
|1×10−16 m2
|[[Globular protein]]s: solvent-accessible surface area of a typical globular protein, having a typical molecular weight of ~35000 daltons (quite variable)<ref>{{ cite doi|10.1038/277491a0 }}</ref>
|-
|10−14
|
|1.7×10−14 m2
|Cross-sectional area of a [[nuclear pore complex]] in vertebrates<ref>{{ cite web |url = http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/npc/ |title = The Nuclear Pore Complex |publisher= UIUC Theoretical and Computational Biophysics Group |accessdate = 2011-10-14 }}</ref>
|-
|10−12
|1 square [[micrometre]] (μm2)
|6×10−12 m2
|Surface area of an ''[[Escherichia coli|E. coli]]'' bacterium<ref name=ccdb_e_coli>{{cite web |url=http://www.ccdb.ualberta.ca/CCDB/cgi-bin/STAT_NEW.cgi |title=E. coli Statistics |publisher=The CyberCell Database |accessdate=2011-09-11 }}</ref>
|-
|10−10
| 
|1×10−10 m2
|Surface area of a [[red blood cell]]<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Marcelli |first1=Gianluca |last2=Parker |first2=Kim H. |last3=Winlove |first3=C. Peter |year= 2005 |month= |title= Thermal Fluctuations of Red Blood Cell Membrane via a Constant-Area Particle-Dynamics Model |journal= Biophysical Journal |volume= 89 |issue= 4 |page= |pages= 2473–2480 |at= |publisher= |editor1-first= |editor1-last= |editor1-link= |language= |format= |id= |isbn= |issn= |oclc= |pmid= |pmc= |bibcode= 2005BpJ....89.2473M|doi= 10.1529/biophysj.104.056168 |accessdate=2011-09-27 |url=http://www.cell.com/biophysj/fulltext/S0006-3495(05)72888-5 }}</ref>
|-
|rowspan=3|10−9
| 
|6-110×10−9 m2
|Range of common [[Dot pitch#Common dot pitches in monitors|LCD screen pixel sizes]]<ref>Calculated: [[Dot pitch#Common dot pitches in monitors|Smallest and largest common pitches]] were 77 micrometers and 337 micrometers. (77e-6 m)^2 ~= 6e-9 m^2. (337e-6 m)^2 ~= 114e-9 m^2 ~= 110e-9 m^2</ref>
|-
| 
|7×10−9 m2
|Area of a dot printed using 300 [[dots per inch]] resolution<ref>Calculated: (300 dots per inch / 2.54e-2 m/inch)^(-2) = 7.2e-9 m^2</ref>
|-
| 
|8×10−9 m2
|Cross-sectional area of a straight [[human hair]] that is 100 um<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.keratin.com/aa/aa012.shtml#04 |title=Hair Fiber Composition |accessdate=2011-09-30 }}</ref> in diameter<ref>Calculated: 100 um in diameter => pi * ((1e-4 m)/2)**2 = 7.9e-9 m^2</ref>
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|+'''List of orders of magnitude for [[area]]s 10−8 to 10−1 square metres'''
!Factor (m2)
!Multiple
!Value
!Item
|-
|10−8
| 
|5.5×10−8 m2
|Size of a [[pixel]] on a typical modern [[computer display]]
|-
|10−7
| 
|2-4×10−7 m2
|Cross-sectional area of a [[mechanical pencil]] lead (0.5-0.7 mm in diameter)<ref>Calculated: pi * (0.5mm/2)^2 = 2.0e-7 m^2 and pi * (0.7mm/2)^2 = 3.8e-7 m^2)</ref>
|-
|rowspan=2|10−6
|rowspan=2|1 square [[millimetre]] (mm2)
|1–2 mm2
||Area of a human [[fovea]]<ref name=Webvision_retina>{{cite web |url=http://webvision.med.utah.edu/book/part-xiii-cellular-remodeling-in-mammalian-retina-induced-by-retinal-detachment/ |title=Part XIII: Facts and Figures concerning the human retina |work=Webvision |publisher = University of Utah |accessdate=2011-09-28 }}</ref>
|-
|2 mm2
||Area of the head of a [[pin (device)|pin]]
|-
|10−5
| 
|30–50 mm2
||Area of a 6–8 mm hole punched in a piece of paper by a [[hole punch]]<ref>Calculated: ((6e-3 m)/2)**2 * pi = 2.8e-5 m^2 and ((8e-3 m)/2)**2 * pi = 5.0e-5 m^2</ref>
|-
|rowspan=2|10−4
|rowspan=2|1 square [[centimetre]] (cm2)
|2.9 cm2
|Area of one side of a U.S. penny<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.usmint.gov/about_the_mint/?action=coin_specifications |title=Coin specifications |publisher=United States Mint |accessdate=2011-12-28 }}</ref><ref>Calculated: area = pi * diameter^2 / 4 = 3.14 * (19.05e-3 m)^2 = 2.850e-4 m^2</ref>
|-
|5 cm2
||Area of a typical [[postage stamp]]
|-
|rowspan=3|10−3
|rowspan=3|  
|11 cm2
||Area of a human retina<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Taylor |first1=Enid |last2=Jennings |first2=Alan |year= 1971 |title= Calculation of total retinal area |journal= Brit. J. Ophthal. |volume= 55 |page=262 |doi= |accessdate=2011-09-27 |pmc=1208280 |pmid=5572268 |issue=4}}</ref>
|-
|46 cm2
||Area of the face of a [[credit card]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dimensionsguide.com/credit-card-dimensions/ |title=Credit Card Dimensions |accessdate=2011-09-30 }}</ref>
|-
|48 cm2
||Largest side of a [[cigarette]] box
|-
|rowspan=4|10−2
|rowspan=4| 1 square [[decimetre]] (dm2)
|0.01 m2 || Index card (3 × 5 [[inch]]es)<ref>Calculated: 3 inches * 5 inches * (2.54e-2 m/inch)^2 = 9.7e-3 m^2 ~= 0.01 m^2</ref>
|-
|0.060 m2 || American [[paper size|letter paper]] (11 × 8.5 [[inch]]es, "A" size)
|-
|0.0625 m2 || International [[A4 paper size|A4 paper]] (210 × 297 mm)
|-
|0.093 m2 || 1 [[square foot]]<ref>Calculated: 1 foot * 1 foot * (0.3048 meters / foot)^2 = 0.093 m^2</ref>
|-
|rowspan=4|10−1
|rowspan=4|  
| 0.125 m2 || International [[paper size|A3 paper]] (297 × 420 mm)
|-
| 0.18 m2 || Surface area of a [[basketball]] (diameter 24 cm)<ref>{{cite web|title=Rules of the Game|url=http://www.usabasketball.com/rules/rules.html|publisher=USA Basketball|accessdate=28 October 2011}}</ref><ref>Calculated: 29.5-29.75 inch circumference * 2.54 cm / in = 23.85-24.05 cm diameter => radius = 0.119-0.120 m => Area = 4 * pi * (0.119 m)^2 = 0.18 m^2</ref>
|-
|0.250 m2 || International [[paper size|A2 paper]] (420 × 594 mm)
|-
|0.500 m2 || International [[paper size|A1 paper]] (594 × 841 mm)
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|+'''List of orders of magnitude for [[area]]s 100 to 107 square metres.'''
!Factor (m2)
!Multiple
!Value
!Item
|-
|rowspan=3|100
|rowspan=3| 1 [[square metre]]
|1 m2 || International [[paper size|A0 paper]] (841 × 1189 mm)
|-
|1.73 m2 || A number commonly used as the average body surface area of a human<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Sacco |first1=Joseph J. |last2=Botten |first2=Joanne |last3=Macbeth |first3=Fergus |last4=Bagust |first4=Adrian |last5=Clark |first5=Peter |year= 2010 |title= The Average Body Surface Area of Adult Cancer Patients in the UK: A Multicentre Retrospective Study |journal= PLoS ONE |volume= 5 |issue= 1 |page= e8933 |doi= 10.1371/journal.pone.0008933 |accessdate=2011-09-27 |url=http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0008933 |bibcode = 2010PLoSO...5.8933S |pmid=20126669}}</ref>
|-
|2–4 m2 || Area of the top of an office desk
|-
|rowspan=2|101
|rowspan=2| 
|10–20 m2
||A parking space
|-
|70 m2
||Approximate surface area of a human lung<ref>{{cite book |author=Notter, Robert H. |title=Lung surfactants: basic science and clinical applications |publisher=Marcel Dekker |location=New York, N.Y |year=2000 |pages=120 |isbn=0-8247-0401-0 |oclc= |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=pAuiWvNHwZcC&pg=PA120&lpg=PA120&dq=70#v=onepage&q=70&f=false|accessdate=2011-09-27}}</ref>
|-
|rowspan=4|102
|rowspan=4|1 square [[decametre]] (dam2)
|100 m2
||One [[Hectare#Are|are]] (a)
|-
|162 m2
||Size of a [[volleyball]] court (18 × 9 metres)<ref>{{cite book |title=Official Volleyball Rules 2011-2012 |url=http://www.fivb.org/EN/Refereeing-Rules/Documents/FIVB.2011-2012.VB.RulesOfTheGame.Eng.TextfileOnly.2.1.1.pdf |format=PDF |accessdate=2011-10-27 |year=2010 |publisher=[[FIVB]] |chapter=Section 1.1 |quote=The playing court is a rectangle measuring 18 x 9 m, surrounded by a free zone which is a minimum of 3 m wide on all sides.}}</ref>
|-
|202 m2
||Floor area of a median [[suburb]]an three-bedroom house in the US in 2010: {{convert|2169|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.census.gov/const/C25Ann/sftotalmedavgsqft.pdf |title=Median and Average Square Feet of Floor Area in New Single-Family Houses Completed by Location |publisher=US Census Bureau |format=PDF |accessdate=2011-09-26 }}</ref>
|-
|261 m2
||Size of a [[tennis court]]<ref>{{cite web | url= http://hypertextbook.com/facts/2009/AmyHuang.shtml | title= Area of a Tennis Court | work= The Physics Factbook |accessdate= 2011-09-27 }}</ref>
|-
|rowspan=4| 103
|rowspan=4|  
|1,250 m2 || Surface area of the water in an [[Olympic-size swimming pool]]<ref>Calculated: 50 m * 25 m = 1250 m^2</ref>
|-
|4,047 m2 || 1 [[acre]]<ref>{{cite web|title=General Tables of Units of Measuremen|url=http://ts.nist.gov/WeightsAndMeasures/Publications/upload/h4402_appenc.pdf|publisher=NIST|accessdate=28 October 2011|quote="4046.87"}}</ref>
|-
|5,400 m2 || Size of an [[American football]] field<ref>{{cite web|title=What are the Dimensions of a Football Field|url=http://www.dimensionsguide.com/what-are-the-dimensions-of-a-football-field/|work=Dimensions Guide|accessdate=2011-10-27}}</ref><ref>Calculated: 360 feet * 160 feet * (0.3048 m/ft)^2 = 5351 m^2 ~= 5400 m^2</ref>
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|7,140 m2 || Size of a typical [[football (soccer)]] field<ref>{{cite web|title=How Big Is An Olympic Soccer Field?|url=http://www.livestrong.com/article/406257-how-big-is-an-olympic-soccer-field/|publisher=LIVESTRONG.COM|accessdate=4 January 2012|quote=For the Olympics, fields are supposed to measure exactly 105 meters long and 68 meters wide}}</ref><ref>Calculated: 105 m * 68 m = 7140 m^2</ref>
|-
|rowspan=3|104
|rowspan=3| 1 square [[hectometre]] (hm2)
|104 m2 || Area of a [[city block]] (very approximate)<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.land4ever.com/block.htm | title= City blocks differ in size |accessdate= 2011-09-29 }}</ref>
|-
|10,000 m2 || 1 [[hectare]] (ha)<ref>{{cite web|title=General Tables of Units of Measuremen|url=http://ts.nist.gov/WeightsAndMeasures/Publications/upload/h4402_appenc.pdf|publisher=NIST|accessdate=28 October 2011}}</ref>
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|53,000 m2 || Base of the [[Great Pyramid of Giza]]<ref>{{cite web|last=Greenberg|first=Ralph|title=THE GREAT PYRAMID OF GIZA (Some Elegant Numerical Relationships)|url=http://www.math.washington.edu/~greenber/GizaPyramid.html|accessdate=4 January 2012|quote=average length of the four sides is 230.364 meters}}</ref><ref>Calculated: 230.364 m^2 ~= 53068 m^2</ref>
|-
|rowspan=3|105
|rowspan=3|  
|190,000 m2 || [[Irish National Botanic Gardens]]{{Citation needed|date=October 2011}}
|-
|440,000 m2 || [[Vatican City]]<ref>{{cite web | title = Holy See (Vatican City) | url = https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/vt.html | work = The World Factbook | publisher = Central Intelligence Agency | accessdate = 2011-10-28 }}</ref>
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|600,000 m2 || Total floor area of [[the Pentagon]]<ref>{{cite web|title=The Pentagon - George Bergstrom|url=http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings/The_Pentagon.html|publisher=Great Buildings Online|accessdate=28 October 2011|quote=Floor area of 6.5 million square feet, 34 acres, 13.8 hectares, of which 3.7 million square feet are used for offices.}}</ref>
|-
|rowspan=3|106
|rowspan=3| 1 [[square kilometre]] (km2)
|2 km2 || [[Monaco]] (country ranked 192nd by area)<ref>{{cite web | title = Monaco | url = https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/mn.html | work = The World Factbook | publisher = Central Intelligence Agency | accessdate = 2011-09-30 }}</ref>
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|2.59 km2 || 1 [[square mile]]<ref>Calculated: 1 mile * 1 mile * (1.61 km / mile)^2 = 2.59 km^2</ref>
|-
|2.9 km2 || [[City of London]] (not all of modern [[London]])<ref>{{cite web|title=Jurisdictions: London|url=http://www.internationalfinancecentres.com/jurisdictions/view/41|publisher=The International Finance Centre Portal|accessdate=28 October 2011}}</ref>
|-
|rowspan=2|107
|rowspan=2|  
|59.5 km2 || [[Manhattan]] Island (land area)<ref>{{cite web|title=New York -- Place and County Subdivision: Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density 2000|url=http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/GCTTable?_bm=y&-geo_id=04000US36&-_box_head_nbr=GCT-PH1-R&-ds_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U&-_lang=en&-redoLog=false&-mt_name=PEP_2006_EST_GCTT1_ST2&-format=ST-7S&-_sse=on|work=Census 2000 Summary File 1|publisher=US Census Bureau|accessdate=2011-10-28}}</ref>
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|61 km2 || [[San Marino]]<ref>{{cite web | title = San Marino | url = https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/sm.html | work = The World Factbook | publisher = Central Intelligence Agency | accessdate = 2011-09-30 }}</ref>
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|+'''List of orders of magnitude for [[area]]s 108 to 1014 square metres.'''
!Factor (m2)
!Multiple
!Value
!Item
|-
|rowspan=4|108
|rowspan=4|  
|105 km2 || [[Paris]] (inner city only)<ref>{{cite web|title=Paris|url=http://www.statistiques-locales.insee.fr/Fiches%5CRS%5CDEP%5C75%5CCOM%5CRS_COM75056.pdf |format=PDF| publisher=INSEE|accessdate=28 October 2011}}</ref>
|-
|~120 km2 || [[Walt Disney World]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Walt Disney World Resort|url=http://disneybythenumbers.com/wdw/wdw.html|publisher=Disney By The Numb3rs|accessdate=28 October 2011|quote=30,500 acres}}</ref>
|-
|272 km2 || [[Taipei City]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Appendix II Statistics|url=http://tcgwww.taipei.gov.tw/ct.asp?xItem=6499588&ctNode=45847&mp=100089|work=Taipei Yearbook 2010|accessdate=28 October 2011}}</ref>
|-
|630 km2 || [[Toronto]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Population and Dwelling Counts|url=http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census01/products/standard/popdwell/Table-CSD-P.cfm?PR=35&T=2&SR=1&S=3&O=D|work=2001 Census|publisher=Statistics Canada|accessdate=28 October 2011}}</ref>
|-
|rowspan=7|109
|rowspan=7|  
|1100 km2 || [[Hong Kong]]<ref>{{cite web | title = Hong Kong | url = https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/hk.html | work = The World Factbook | publisher = Central Intelligence Agency | accessdate = 2011-09-29 }}</ref>
|-
|1290 km2 || [[Los Angeles, California]], [[USA]] (city)<ref>{{cite web|title=California by Place: Los Angeles city|url=http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/GCTTable?-geo_id=04000US06&-mt_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U_GCTPH1_ST7&-ds_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U|publisher=US Census|accessdate=28 October 2011|quote=498.29 square miles}}</ref>
|-
|1800 km2 || Surface area of a typical [[neutron star]]{{Citation needed|date=October 2011}}
|-
|1962 km2 || [[Jacksonville, Florida]]; largest city in the [[Continental US]]{{Citation needed|date=October 2011}}
|-
|2188 km2 || [[Tokyo]]<ref>{{cite web|title=OVERVIEW OF TOKYO|url=http://www.metro.tokyo.jp/ENGLISH/PROFILE/overview02.htm|publisher=Tokyo Metropolitan Government|accessdate=28 October 2011}}</ref>
|-
|5700 km2 || [[Bali]]{{Citation needed|date=October 2011}}
|-
|8028 km2 || [[Community of Madrid]], [[Spain]]{{Citation needed|date=October 2011}}
|-
|rowspan=3|1010
|rowspan=3|  
|11,000 km2 || [[Jamaica]]<ref>{{cite web | title = Jamaica | url = https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/jm.html | work = The World Factbook | publisher = Central Intelligence Agency | accessdate = 2011-09-29 }}</ref>
|-
|68,870 km2 || [[Lake Victoria]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Lake Profile: Victoria|url=http://www.worldlakes.org/lakedetails.asp?lakeid=8361|work=World Lakes|publisher=LakeNet|accessdate=28 October 2011}}</ref>
|-
|84,000 km2 || [[Austria]]<ref>{{cite web | title = Austria | url = https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/au.html | work = The World Factbook | publisher = Central Intelligence Agency | accessdate = 2011-09-29 }}</ref>
|-
|rowspan=7|1011
|rowspan=7|  
|100,000 km2 || [[South Korea]]<ref>{{cite web | title = South Korea | url = https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ic.html | work = The World Factbook | publisher = Central Intelligence Agency | accessdate = 2011-09-29 }}</ref>
|-
|167,996 km2 || [[Jiuquan]] in China
|-
|300,000 km2 || [[Italy]]<ref>{{cite web | title = Italy | url = https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/it.html | work = The World Factbook | publisher = Central Intelligence Agency | accessdate = 2011-09-29 }}</ref>
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|357,000 km2 || [[Germany]]<ref>{{cite web | title = Germany | url = https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/it.html | work = The World Factbook | publisher = Central Intelligence Agency | accessdate = 2011-09-29 }}</ref>
|-
|377,900 km2 || [[Japan]]<ref>{{cite web | title = Japan | url = https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/it.html | work = The World Factbook | publisher = Central Intelligence Agency | accessdate = 2011-09-29 }}</ref>
|-
|510,000 km2 || [[Spain]]<ref>{{cite web | title = Spain | url = https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/sp.html | work = The World Factbook | publisher = Central Intelligence Agency | accessdate = 2011-09-29 }}</ref>
|-
|780,000 km2 || [[Turkey]]<ref>{{cite web | title = Turkey | url = https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/tu.html | work = The World Factbook | publisher = Central Intelligence Agency | accessdate = 2011-09-29 }}</ref>
|-
|rowspan=4|1012
|rowspan=4| 1 square [[megametre]] (Mm2)
|1.0 Mm2 || [[Egypt]] ([[List of countries by area|country ranked 29th by area]])<ref>{{cite web | title = Egypt | url = https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/eg.html | work = The World Factbook | publisher = Central Intelligence Agency | accessdate = 2011-09-29 }}</ref>
|-
|3.10 Mm2 || [[Sakha Republic|Sakha (Yakutia) Republic]] in Russia ([[List of the largest country subdivisions by area|largest subnational governing body]]){{Citation needed|date=October 2011}}
|-
|7.74 Mm2 || [[Australia]] ([[List of countries by area|country ranked 6th by area]])<ref>{{cite web | title = Australia | url = https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/as.html | work = The World Factbook | publisher = Central Intelligence Agency | accessdate = 2011-10-28 }}</ref>
|-
|9 Mm2 || Largest extent of the [[Roman Empire]]{{Citation needed|date=October 2011}}
|-
|rowspan=8|1013
|rowspan=8|  
|10 Mm2 || [[Canada]] (including water)<ref>{{cite web | title = Canada | url = https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ca.html | work = The World Factbook | publisher = Central Intelligence Agency | accessdate = 2011-09-29 }}</ref>
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|14 Mm2 || [[Antarctica]]<ref>{{cite web | title = Antarctica | url = https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ay.html | work = The World Factbook | publisher = Central Intelligence Agency | accessdate = 2011-10-28 }}</ref>
|-
|14 Mm2 || [[Arable land]] worldwide<ref>{{cite web |title=FAO Resources page |year=2010 |publisher=FAO.org |url=http://www.fao.org/economic/ess/ess-publications/ess-yearbook/ess-yearbook2010/yearbook2010-reources/en/}}</ref>
|-Mynameisnoted
|17 Mm2 || [[Russia]] ([[List of countries by area|country ranked 1st by area]])<ref>{{cite web | title = Russia | url = https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/rs.html | work = The World Factbook | publisher = Central Intelligence Agency | accessdate = 2011-09-29 }}</ref>
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|30 Mm2 || [[Africa]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Map of Africa|url=http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/af.htm|publisher=Worldatlas.com|accessdate=4 January 2012|quote=30,065,000 sq km}}</ref>
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|36 Mm2 || Largest extent of the [[British Empire]]{{Citation needed|date=October 2011}}
|-
|38 Mm2 || Surface area of the [[Moon]]<ref>{{cite web | url=http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Moon&Display=Facts | title=Earth's Moon: Facts & Figures | work=Solar System Exploration | publisher=NASA | accessdate=2011-09-29 }}</ref>
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|77 Mm2 || [[Atlantic Ocean]]<ref>{{cite web | title = The World Factbook: Atlantic Ocean |date= 2011-03-24 | url = https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/zh.html#Geo | publisher = Central Intelligence Agency | accessdate = 2011-09-30 }}</ref>
|-
|rowspan=5|1014
|rowspan=5|  
|144 Mm2 || Surface area of [[Mars]]<ref>{{cite web | url=http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Mars&Display=Facts | title=Mars: Facts & Figures | work=Solar System Exploration | publisher=NASA | accessdate=2011-09-29 }}</ref>
|-
|150 Mm2 || Land area of [[Earth]]<ref name="CIAfactbook_world">{{cite web | title = The World Factbook: World |date= 2011-08-31 | url = https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/xx.html#Geo | publisher = Central Intelligence Agency | accessdate = 2011-09-27 }}</ref>
|-
|156 Mm2 || [[Pacific Ocean]]<ref>{{cite web | title = The World Factbook: Pacific Ocean |date= 2011-11-17 | url = https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/zn.html#Geo | publisher = Central Intelligence Agency | accessdate = 2011-09-30 }}</ref>
|-
|360 Mm2 || Water area of Earth<ref name="CIAfactbook_world"/>
|-
|510 Mm2 || Total surface area of Earth<ref name="CIAfactbook_world"/>
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|+'''List of orders of magnitude for [[area]]s 1015 to 1026 square metres.'''
!Factor (m2)
!Multiple
!Value
!Item
|-
|rowspan=2|1015
|rowspan=2| 
|1x1015 m2 || Surface area of the [[white dwarf]], [[Van Maanen's star]]
|-
|7.6x1015 m2 || [[Neptune]]<ref>{{cite web | url=http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Neptune&Display=Facts | title=Neptune: Facts & Figures | work=Solar System Exploration | publisher=NASA | accessdate=2011-09-29 }}</ref>
|-
|rowspan=2|1016
|rowspan=2|  
|4.3x1016 m2 || [[Saturn]]<ref>{{cite web | url=http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Saturn&Display=Facts | title=Saturn: Facts & Figures | work=Solar System Exploration | publisher=NASA | accessdate=2011-09-29 }}</ref>
|-
|6.1x1016 m2 || [[Jupiter]],<ref>{{cite web | url=http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Jupiter&Display=Facts | title=Jupiter: Facts & Figures | work=Solar System Exploration | publisher=NASA | accessdate=2011-09-29 }}</ref> the "surface" area of the spheroid (calculated from the mean radius as reported by NASA). The cross-sectional area of Jupiter, which is the same as the "circle" of Jupiter seen by an approaching spacecraft, is [[sphere|exactly]] four times smaller than the surface-area of the overall sphere, which in the case of Jupiter is approximately 1.535e+16 square meters.
|-
|rowspan=2|1017
|rowspan=2|  
|2-6x1017 m2 || Surface area of the [[Brown Dwarf]] star [[CT Chamaeleontis]].
|-
|4.6×1017 m2 || Area swept by the Moon's [[orbit]] of Earth
|-
|1018
|1 square [[gigametre]] (Gm2)
|6.1×1018 m2 || Surface area of the [[Sun]]<ref>{{cite web | url=http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Sun&Display=Facts | title=Sun: Facts & Figures | work=Solar System Exploration | publisher=NASA | accessdate=2011-09-29 }}</ref>
|-
|1019
| 
|3.0x1019 m2 || Surface area of the star [[Vega]]
|-
|1020
| 
| 
| 
|-
|rowspan=3|1022
|rowspan=3|  
|1.1×1022 m2 || Area swept by [[Mercury (planet)|Mercury's]] orbit around the Sun
|-
|3.7×1022 m2 || Area swept by [[Venus]]' orbit around the Sun
|-
|7.1×1022 m2 || Area swept by [[Earth]]'s orbit around the Sun
|-
|rowspan=2|1023
|rowspan=2|  
|1.6×1023 m2 || Area swept by [[Mars]]' orbit around the Sun
|-
|2.81×1023 m2 || Surface area of a [[Dyson sphere]] with a radius of 1 AU
|-
|rowspan=3|1024
|rowspan=3| 1 square [[terametre]] (Tm2)
|1.9×1024 m2 || Area swept by [[Jupiter]]'s orbit around the Sun
|-
|6.4×1024 m2 || Area swept by [[Saturn]]'s orbit around the Sun
|-
|8.5×1024 m2 || Surface area of the [[red supergiant]] star [[Betelgeuse]]
|-
|rowspan=3|1025
|rowspan=3|  
|2.4×1025 m2 || Surface area of the largest known star, the [[Hypergiant]] [[VY Canis Majoris]]
|-
|2.6×1025 m2 || Area swept by [[Uranus]]' orbit around the Sun
|-
|6.4×1025 m2 || Area swept by [[Neptune]]'s orbit around the Sun
|-
|1026
| 
|1.1×1026 m2 || Area swept by [[Pluto]]'s orbit around the Sun
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|+'''List of orders of magnitude for [[area]]s 1027 square metres and larger.'''
!Factor (m2)
!Value
!Item
|-
|colspan="3"|...
|-
|rowspan=2|1032
|2×1032 m2
|Roughly the surface area of an [[Oort Cloud]]
|-
|3×1032 m2
|Roughly the surface area of a [[Bok globule]]
|-
|colspan="3"|...
|-
|1034
|3×1034 m2
|Roughly the surface area of [[NGC 7635|The Bubble]]
|-
|colspan="3"|...
|-
|1041
|7×1041 m2
|Roughly the area of [[Milky Way]]'s galactic disk
|}

==References==
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