petaton

petaton
A measure of the strength of an explosion or a bomb based on how many quadrillion tons of TNT would be needed to produce the same energy.

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  • Petaton — A petaton is an unit of mass that is equal to 1,000 teratons. It can also used as a unit of energy equivalent to 10e15 (one million billion) tons of TNT. This latter use is usually restricted to astronomical events such as meteor impacts or large …   Wikipedia

  • Teraton — A teraton is the equivalent, in SI terms, of being 1.00×1012 tons; 1,000 gigatons; 1,000,000 megatons; 1,000,000,000 kilotons; or 1,000,000,000,000 tons (one trillion tons) in its entirely expanded form.The energy released by the explosion of one …   Wikipedia

  • Vicente Cuadra y Ruy Lugo — Vicente Cuadra y Ruy Lugo Presidente de Nicaragua 1 de marzo de 1871 – …   Wikipedia Español

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