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orders of magnitude of differenttime s this page lists times between 102 seconds and 103 seconds (100second s and 1000 seconds). "See also" times of other orders of magnitude.* times shorter than 100 seconds
* 100 seconds – 1 minute 40 seconds, or 1.666... minutes
* 102 seconds –half-life ofnobelium -253
* 102 seconds – duration of the "Minute Waltz " ofFrédéric Chopin , as recorded byDinu Lipatti
* 120 - 180 seconds = 2 - 3 minutes – approximate time for cookinginstant noodles or for boiling an egg
* 210 seconds = 3 minutes and 30 seconds – historic average elapsed time for acommercial broadcasting break period.
* 273 seconds – nominal duration of "4'33" " byJohn Cage
* 315 seconds = 5.25 minutes (approximately 10-5year s) after theBig Bang – first nuclei form
* 500 seconds = 8.333... minutes – approximate time it takeslight to travel betweenearth and thesun
* 660 seconds = 11 minutes – duration of a 1000-foot reel of 35mm motion picture film
* 674.784 seconds = amount by which the average year in theJulian calendar is longer than Earth'stropical year
* 886 seconds (approximately 14.8 minutes) –half-life of afree neutron
* 930 seconds (approximately 15.5 minutes), may vary by performance, duration of theBrandenburg Concerto #4 byJohann Sebastian Bach
* 1000 seconds – approximately 16.7minute s
* times longer than 1000 seconds
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