1,000,000 cubic kilometres
1,000,000 km³Volume · definition
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Volume & capacity
Just how much is 1,000,000 cubic kilometres?
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1,000,000 km³
1,000,000 cubic kilometres
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1,000,000 km³Volume
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Enceladus
Enceladus is a natural satellite of Saturn, with an icy surface and plumes of water vapour erupting from its south pole.
67,110,000 km³Spherical volume
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Spherical bodies stay spherical. Other capacities use equal-volume cubes. Linear dimensions grow with the cube root of volume.
A little perspective
The capacity of Enceladus is about 67.1 times 1,000,000 cubic kilometres.
Measurements, assumptions & sources +
1,000,000 cubic kilometres
Volume: 1,000,000 km³; definition.
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Enceladus
Spherical volume: 67,110,000 km³; derived.
Rounded mean-radius model of Enceladus. The derived area and volume describe a sphere; surface terrain and flattening are omitted.
NASA JPL — Planetary satellite physical parameters
The marked spherical volume is calibrated. Unmeasured illustration details are representative.
Measurement details
Why these numbers?
Compare 1,000,000 cubic kilometres with the spherical volume of Enceladus. The notes below explain how each value was chosen.
Enceladus
67,110,000 km³Spherical volume · derived
Rounded mean-radius model of Enceladus. The derived area and volume describe a sphere; surface terrain and flattening are omitted.
- Comparing
- Volume ↔ Spherical volume
- Relative size
- The capacity of Enceladus is about 67.1 times 1,000,000 cubic kilometres.
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The diagram uses the recorded measurements. Details outside the marked spans do not set the scale.
- The spherical volume of Enceladus: The measurement is labelled derived. Check the source notes for its basis.
Volume measures three-dimensional space; a container’s capacity is not its outside dimensions.
1 × 10¹⁸ Llitres
1 × 10¹⁵ m³cubic metres
2.6417 × 10¹⁷ US galUS gallons
2.1997 × 10¹⁷ UK galUK gallons
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