Material

Mass m 0 (kg)

Density (kg/m3)

Classical Radius (meters)

r l o c in steady-state universe H 0 = 2.2 × 10 18 (meters)

Critical mass for average density of universe

1.7 × 10 20

3 × 10 28

350

350

Critical mass for Air

1.86 × 10 9

1.225

1.04 × 10 3

1.04 × 10 3

Critical mass for a Styrofoam ball

8.20 × 10 9

50

5 × 10 4

5 × 10 4

Critical mass for interstellar dust grain (amorphous SiO2)

3.59 × 10 8

2000

2.4 × 10 4

2.4 × 10 4

Critical mass for neutron star density

0.01

1017

4 × 10 7

4 × 10 7