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Orders of magnitude (acceleration)

Comparison of a wide range of accelerations

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
	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
inertial	≈ 0 m/s2	≈ 0 g	Weightless parabola in a reduced-gravity aircraft
	10 fm/s2	lab	5 m/s2	5 g	Smallest acceleration in a scientific experiment
	100 pm/s2	inertial	≈ 1 m/s2	≈ 1 g	Typical gravitational acceleration of stars in the Milky Way
inertial	1.2 m/s2	1.22 g	Constant a_0in Modified Newtonian dynamics theory, which states that objects with gravitational acceleration lower than a_0 don't follow Newton's law of gravity
	1 mm/s2	Solar system	5.93 m/s2	6.04 g	Acceleration of Earth toward the sun due to sun's gravitational attraction
	1 dm/s2	lab	0.25 m/s2	0.026 g	Train acceleration for SJ X2
	1 m/s2	inertial	1.62 m/s2	0.1654 g	Standing on the Moon at its equator
lab	4.3 m/s2	0.44 g	Car acceleration 0–100 km/h in 6.4 s with a Saab 9-5 Hirsch
inertial	9.80665 m/s2	1 g	Standard gravity, the gravity acceleration on Earth at sea level standard
101	1 dam/s2	inertial	11.2 m/s2	1.14 g	Saturn V Moon rocket just after launch
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)
inertial	29 m/s2	3 g	Space Shuttle, maximum during launch and reentry
inertial	29 m/s2	3 g	Sustainable for 25 seconds, for a human
inertial	34 – 49 m/s2	3.5 – 5 g	0-8018-8631-7}}.
lab?	41 m/s2	4.2 g	Top Fuel drag racing world record of 4.4 s over 1/4 mile
inertial	49 m/s2	5 g	url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819225557/http://csel.eng.ohio-state.edu/voshell/gforce.pdf	date=August 19, 2014 }}
lab?	49+ m/s2	5+ g	Formula One car, maximum under heavy braking
inertial?	51 m/s2	5.2 g	Luge, maximum expected at the Whistler Sliding Centre
lab	49 – 59 m/s2	5 – 6 g	Formula One car, peak lateral in turns
inertial	59 m/s2	6 g	Parachutist peak during normal opening of parachute
inertial	+69 / -49 m/s2	+7 / -5 g	Standard, full aerobatics certified glider
inertial	70.6 m/s2	7.19 g	Apollo 16 on reentry
inertial	79 m/s2	8 g	F-16 aircraft pulling out of dive
inertial	88 m/s2	9 g	Maximum for a fit, trained person with G-suit to keep consciousness, avoiding G-LOC
inertial	88 – 118 m/s2	9 – 12 g	Typical maximum turn acceleration in an aerobatic plane or fighter jet
	1 hm/s2	inertial	147 m/s2	15 g	Explosive seat ejection from aircraft
177 m/s2	18 g	Physical damage in humans like broken capillaries
209 m/s2	21.3 g	Peak acceleration experienced by cosmonauts during the Soyuz 18a abort
333 m/s2	34 g	Peak deceleration of the Stardust Sample Return Capsule on reentry to Earth
454 m/s2	46.2 g	Maximum acceleration a human has survived on a rocket sled
491 m/s2	50 g	Death or serious injury likely
982 m/s2	100 g	Sprint missile
982 m/s2	100 g	Automobile crash (100 km/h into wall)
982 m/s2	100 g	url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100405091131/http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/cars/problems/studies/record/chidester.htm	date=2010-04-05 }}''
982 m/s2	100 g	Deadly limit for most humans
	1 km/s2	inertial
≈ lab	1540 m/s2	157 g	Peak acceleration of fastest rocket sled run
1964 m/s2	200 g	3.5" hard disc non-operating shock tolerance for 2 ms, weight 0.6 kg
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)
2256 m/s2	230 g	Peak acceleration experience by the Galileo probe during descent into Jupiter's atmosphere
2490 m/s2	254 g	url=https://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/news/formula-1-bianchi-crash-impact-254g-103939864--f1.html	title=Formula 1 - Bianchi crash impact was 254g	date=23 July 2015	website=uk.eurosport.yahoo.com	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150723230530/https://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/news/formula-1-bianchi-crash-impact-254g-103939864--f1.html	archive-date=23 July 2015}}
2946 m/s2	300 g	Soccer ball struck by foot
3200 m/s2	320 g	A jumping human flea
3800 m/s2	380 g	A jumping click beetle
4944 m/s2	504 g	Clothes on washing machine, during dry spinning (46 cm drum / 1400 rpm)
	10 km/s2		11 768 m/s2	1200 g	Deceleration of the head of a woodpecker
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
~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
84 450 m/s2	8600 g	Current Formula One engines, maximum piston acceleration (up to 10,000 g before rev limits)
	100 km/s2		102 000 m/s2	10 400 g	A mantis shrimp punch
152 210 m/s2	15 500 g	Rating of electronics built into military artillery shells
196 400 m/s2	20 000 g	Spore acceleration of the Pilobolus fungi
304 420 m/s2	31 000 g	9×19mm Parabellum handgun bullet (average along the length of the barrel)
	1,000 km/s2		1 000 000 m/s2	100 000 g	title=Multifunctionality and mechanical origins: Ballistic jaw propulsion in trap-jaw ants	journal=Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences	date=22 August 2006	vauthors=Patek SN, Baio JE, Fisher BL, Suarez AV	volume=103	issue=34	pages=12787–12792	doi= 10.1073/pnas.0604290103	pmid=16924120	pmc=1568925	bibcode=2006PNAS..10312787P	doi-access=free }}
1 865 800 m/s2	190 000 g	9×19mm Parabellum handgun bullet, peak
3 800 000 m/s2	390 000 g	last=Holberg	first=J. B.	author2=Barstow, M. A.	author3=Bruhweiler, F. C.	author4=Cruise, A. M.	author5=Penny, A. J.	title=Sirius B: A New, More Accurate View	journal=The Astrophysical Journal	date=1998	volume=497	issue=2	pages=935–942	doi=10.1086/305489	bibcode=1998ApJ...497..935H	doi-access=free }}
3 900 000 m/s2	slightly below 400 000 g	Ultracentrifuge
	1 million km/s2		1 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.
	1 billion km/s2		1 to 1 m/s2	1 to 1 g	title=Neutron Stars	first1=Paweł	last1=Haensel	first2=Alexander Y.	last2=Potekhin	first3=Dmitry G.	last3=Yakovlev	isbn=978-0-387-33543-8	publisher=Springer	date=2007 }}
2.1 m/s2	2.1 g	Protons in the Large Hadron Collider
	1 quintillion km/s2		9.149 m/s2	9.33 g	Classical (Bohr model) acceleration of an electron around a 1H nucleus.
1.76 m/s2	1.79 g	Electrons in a 1 TV/m wakefield accelerator
	1 quindecillion km/s2		5.5608 m/s2	5.5719 g	Coherent Planck unit of acceleration

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6 g has been recorded in the 130R turn at Suzuka circuit, Japan. ''[http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2009/9/10005.html]'' Many turns have 5 g peak values, like turn 8 at Istanbul or Eau Rouge at Spa
"Archived copy".
''NASA: [https://history.nasa.gov/SP-368/s2ch5.htm SP-368 Biomedical Results of Apollo, Chapter 5: Environmental Factors, Table 2: Apollo Manned Space Flight Reentry G Levels]''
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Assuming an 8.04 gram bullet, a muzzle velocity of {{convert. 350. m/s, and a 102 mm barrel.
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Assuming an 8.04 gram bullet, a peak pressure of {{convert. 240. MPa
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