Thermodynamic temperature
Table of thermodynamic temperatures
The full range of the thermodynamic temperature scale, from absolute zero to absolute hot, and some notable points between them are shown in the table below.

Thermodynamic temperature

Section Title: Table of thermodynamic temperatures
Table Section Text: The full range of the thermodynamic temperature scale, from absolute zero to absolute hot, and some notable points between them are shown in the table below.

kelvin	Peak emittance wavelength of black-body photons

Absolute zero (precisely by definition)	0 K	∞

Coldest measured temperature	450 pK	6,400 kilometers

One millikelvin (precisely by definition)	0.001 K	2.897 77 meters (Radio, FM band)

Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation	2.725 48(57) K	1.063 mm (peak wavelength)

Water's triple point (precisely by definition)	273.16 K	10,608.3 nm (Long wavelength I.R.)

Incandescent lampB	2500 K	1160 nm (Near infrared)C

Sun’s visible surfaceC	5778 K	501.5 nm (Green light)

Lightning bolt’s channel	28,000 K	100 nm (Far Ultraviolet light)

Sun’s core	16 MK	0.18 nm (X-rays)

Thermonuclear explosion (peak temperature)	350 MK	8.3 × 10−3 nm (Gamma rays)

Sandia National Labs’ Z machine D	2 GK	1.4 × 10−3 nm (Gamma rays)

Core of a high–mass star on its last day	3 GK	1 × 10−3 nm (Gamma rays)

Merging binary neutron star system	350 GK	8 × 10−6 nm (Gamma rays)

Gamma-ray burst progenitors	1 TK	3 × 10−6 nm (Gamma rays)

Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider	1 TK	3 × 10−6 nm (Gamma rays)

CERN’s proton vs. nucleus collisions	10 TK	3 × 10−7 nm (Gamma rays)

Universe 5.391 × 10−44 s after the Big Bang	1.417 × 1032 K	1.616 × 10−26 nm (Planck frequency)

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Thermodynamic temperature uses the kelvin scale for measurement and selects the triple point of water at 273.16 K.

final_sentence: Thermodynamic temperature uses the kelvin scale for measurement and selects the triple point of water at 273.16 K.