What is Hectosecond?
{{no sources|date=October 2017}} A '''hectosecond''' is equal to 100 [[second]]s. It can be written as '''10<sup>2</sup> seconds'''. There are ten hectoseconds in one [[kilosecond]], which is one thousand seconds. There are ten [[decasecond]]s in one hectosecond. There are 864 hectoseconds in one day (24 hours). * 1 hectosecond - 1 minute 40 seconds * 1.02 hectoseconds - [[Half-life (element)|half-life]] of [[nobelium]]-253 * 1.2–1.8 hectoseconds = 2–3 minutes - normal time for cooking [[instant noodles]] or for boiling an [[egg (food)|egg]] * 3.15 hectoseconds = 5.25 minutes after the [[Big Bang]] - the first [[atomic nucleus|nuclei]] form * 5 hectoseconds = 8.333... minutes - amount of time it takes [[light]] to travel between the [[earth]] and the [[sun]] * 8.86 hectoseconds - [[Half-life (element)|half-life]] of a [[free neutron]] * 10 hectoseconds - about 16.7 [[minute]]s {{Ordersofmagnitudeseconds}} [[Category:Orders of magnitude]] [[Category:Units of time]] {{Math-stub}}