<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/aaefa82a-fadb-4d1f-9fb8-2238754ea3fc/58E59692-F5D7-4E15-ABD6-67007C659D5D/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Orders_of_magnitude_(time)&oldid=311698871" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Orders_of_magnitude_(time)&oldid=311698871" style="font-size: 11px;">en.wikipedia.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Orders_of_magnitude_(time)&oldid=311698871"><CAPTION><B><A class="mw-redirect" title="Orders of magnitude" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orders_of_magnitude" linkindex="9">Orders of magnitude</A> (<A title="Time" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time" linkindex="10">time</A>)</B></CAPTION></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Orders_of_magnitude_(time)&oldid=311698871"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><tr><TD><B><A title="Planck time" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planck_time" linkindex="12">Planck time</A></B> is the unit of <A title="Time" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time" linkindex="13">time</A> of the <A title="Natural units" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_units" linkindex="14">natural units</A> system known as <A title="Planck units" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planck_units" linkindex="15">Planck units</A>.<SUP class="reference" id="cite_ref-0"><A href="#cite_note-0" linkindex="16"><SPAN>[</SPAN>1<SPAN>]</SPAN></A></SUP></TD></tr></table></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Orders_of_magnitude_(time)&oldid=311698871"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><tr><TD>The shortest or earliest meaningful interval of time that theoretical physics can describe and consequently the youngest the known <A title="Universe" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universe" linkindex="17">universe</A> can be measured, after the <A title="Big Bang" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Bang" linkindex="18">Big Bang</A> went off. ≈ 5.4 × 10<SUP>−44</SUP> s.</TD></tr></table></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Orders_of_magnitude_(time)&oldid=311698871"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><tr><TD><B>Yoctosecond</B>, (<I><A title="Yocto-" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yocto-" linkindex="21">yocto-</A></I> + <I>second</I>), is one <A title="Quadrillion" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quadrillion" linkindex="22">quadrillionth</A> (in the <A title="Long and short scales" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_and_short_scales" linkindex="23">long scale</A>) or one <A class="mw-redirect" title="Septillion" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Septillion" linkindex="24">septillionth</A> (in the short scale) of a <A title="Second" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second" linkindex="25">second</A>.</TD></tr></table></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Orders_of_magnitude_(time)&oldid=311698871"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><tr><TD><B>0.3 ys</B>: mean life of the W and Z <A class="mw-redirect" title="Bosons" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bosons" linkindex="26">bosons</A>.<SUP title="This claim needs references to reliable sources from December 2007" class="noprint Template-Fact">[<I><A title="Wikipedia:Citation needed" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" linkindex="27">citation needed</A></I>]</SUP> <B>0.5 ys</B>: time for <A title="Top quark" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_quark" linkindex="28">top quark</A> <A title="Particle decay" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Particle_decay" linkindex="29">decay</A>, according to the <A title="Standard Model" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_Model" linkindex="30">Standard Model</A>. <B>1 ys</B>: time taken for a quark to emit a <A title="Gluon" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gluon" linkindex="31">gluon</A>. <B>23 ys</B>: <A title="Half-life" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Half-life" linkindex="32">half-life</A> of <A title="Isotopes of hydrogen" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isotopes_of_hydrogen" linkindex="33"><SUP>7</SUP>H</A>.</TD></tr></table></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Orders_of_magnitude_(time)&oldid=311698871"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><tr><TD><B>Zeptosecond</B>, (<I><A title="Zepto-" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zepto-" linkindex="37">zepto-</A></I> + <I>second</I>), is one trillionth of one billionth of one <A title="Second" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second" linkindex="38">second</A>.</TD></tr></table></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Orders_of_magnitude_(time)&oldid=311698871"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><tr><TD>1 <A class="mw-redirect" title="Exasecond" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exasecond" linkindex="106">exasecond</A> (32 billion years)</TD></tr></table></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Orders_of_magnitude_(time)&oldid=311698871"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><tr><TD>1 <A title="Annum" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annum" linkindex="183">annum</A></TD></tr></table></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Orders_of_magnitude_(time)&oldid=311698871"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><tr><TD>1 average year = 1 annum (= 365.24219 SI days) decade = 10 anna century = 100 anna</TD></tr></table></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Orders_of_magnitude_(time)&oldid=311698871"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><tr><TD>1 gigaannum</TD></tr></table></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Orders_of_magnitude_(time)&oldid=311698871"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><tr><TD>aeon = 1,000,000,000 anna 13.7 Ga = 1.37×10<SUP>10</SUP> a ≈ 13.7 billion years, the approximate age of the Universe</TD></tr></table></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/58E59692-F5D7-4E15-ABD6-67007C659D5D/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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