<Tr> <Td> 2.2 × 10 J </Td> <Td> Total global uranium - 238 resources using fast reactor technology </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 5 × 10 J </Td> <Td> Approximate energy released in the formation of the Chicxulub Crater in the Yucatán Peninsula </Td> </Tr> <Table> <Tr> <Td> 10 </Td> <Td> Yotta - (YJ) </Td> <Td> 5.5 × 10 J </Td> <Td> Total energy from the Sun that strikes the face of the Earth each year </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 10 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 6 × 10 J </Td> <Td> Energy released by a typical solar flare </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 10 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1.3 × 10 J </Td> <Td> Conservative estimate of the energy released by the impact that created the Caloris basin on Mercury </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 3.8 × 10 J </Td> <Td> Total energy output of the Sun each second </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 10 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 10 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 3.8 × 10 J </Td> <Td> Kinetic energy of the Moon in its orbit around the Earth (counting only its velocity relative to the Earth) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 10 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 2.1 × 10 J </Td> <Td> Rotational energy of the Earth </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 10 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1.8 × 10 J </Td> <Td> Gravitational binding energy of Mercury </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 10 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 3.3 × 10 J </Td> <Td> Total energy output of the Sun each day </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 10 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 2 × 10 J </Td> <Td> Gravitational binding energy of the Earth </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 10 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 2.7 × 10 J </Td> <Td> Earth's kinetic energy in its orbit </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 10 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1.2 × 10 J </Td> <Td> Total energy output of the Sun each year </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 10 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 6.6 × 10 J </Td> <Td> Theoretical total mass - energy of the Moon </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 10 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 5.4 × 10 J </Td> <Td> Theoretical total mass - energy of the Earth </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 6.87 × 10 J </Td> <Td> Gravitational binding energy of the Sun </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 10 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 5 × 10 J </Td> <Td> Total energy of all gamma rays in a typical gamma - ray burst </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 10 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1--2 × 10 J </Td> <Td> Estimated energy released in a supernova, sometimes referred to as a foe </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 7044120000000000000 ♠ 1.2 × 10 J </Td> <Td> Approximate lifetime energy output of the Sun . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 10 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 7045110000000000000 ♠ (1.1 ± 0.2) × 10 J </Td> <Td> Brightest observed hypernova ASASSN - 15lh </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> few times × 10 J </Td> <Td> Beaming - corrected' True' total energy (Energy in gamma rays + relativistic kinetic energy) of hyper - energetic Gamma Ray Burst </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 10 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1 × 10 J </Td> <Td> Estimated energy released in a hypernova </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 10 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1.8 × 10 J </Td> <Td> Theoretical total mass - energy of the Sun </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 5.4 × 10 J </Td> <Td> Mass - energy emitted as gravitational waves during the merger of two black holes, originally about 30 Solar masses each, as observed by LIGO </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 8.8 × 10 J </Td> <Td> GRB 080916C - the most powerful Gamma - Ray Burst (GRB) ever recorded - total' apparent' / isotropic (not corrected for beaming) energy output estimated at 8.8 × 10 joules (8.8 × 10 erg), or 4.9 times the sun's mass turned to energy . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 10 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 6x10 J </Td> <Td> Total mechanical energy or enthalpy in the powerful AGN outburst in the RBS 797 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 10 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 3x10 J </Td> <Td> Total mechanical energy or enthalpy in the powerful AGN outburst in the Hercules A (3C 348) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 10 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 10 J </Td> <Td> Total mechanical energy or enthalpy in the powerful AGN outburst in the MS 0735.6 + 7421 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 10 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 4 × 10 J </Td> <Td> Visible mass - energy in our galaxy, the Milky Way </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 10 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1 × 10 J </Td> <Td> Total mass - energy of our galaxy, the Milky Way, including dark matter and dark energy </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 10 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1--2 × 10 J </Td> <Td> Total mass - energy of the Virgo Supercluster including dark matter, the Supercluster which contains the Milky Way </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 10 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 4 × 10 J </Td> <Td> Estimated total mass - energy of the observable universe </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> 10 </Td> <Td> Yotta - (YJ) </Td> <Td> 5.5 × 10 J </Td> <Td> Total energy from the Sun that strikes the face of the Earth each year </Td> </Tr>

Amount of energy in the sun in joules