Vernier Callipers
10⁻⁴m
Screw Gauge/ Spherometer
10⁻⁵m
Metre Scale
10⁻³m - 10²m
1° into rad.
1.74 x 10⁻² rad
1’ into rad.
2.91 X 10⁻⁴ rad
1” into rad.
4.85 X 10⁻⁶ rad
1 fermi (1 f)
10⁻¹⁵m
1 angstrom (1 A°)
10⁻¹⁰m
1 Astronomical Unit (1 AU)
1.496 X 10¹¹m
Avg. distance between earth and sun.
1 Light Year (1 ly)
9.46 X 10¹⁵m
Distance travelled by light in a year.
Parsec
3.08 X 10¹⁶m
Distance at which average radius of Earths orbit subtends an angle of 1 arc second.
Accuracy
How close a measured value is to its true value.
Precision
Tells us the resolution of a measured quantity.