Humans and Stardust

Partial list of elements found in stardust

There's so many elements in stardust! Here's a small list of them and the percentage of them in humans:

Hydrogen

H

Atomic Number: 1

Percentage in Humans: 10%

Carbon

C

Atomic Number: 6

Percentage in Humans: 18%

Nitrogen

N

Atomic Number: 7

Percentage in Humans: 3.2%

Oxygen

O

Atomic Number: 8

Percentage in Humans: 65%

Sodium

Na

Atomic Number: 11

Percentage in Humans: 0.2%

Maganese

Mg

Atomic Number: 12

Percentage in Humans: 0.1%

Phosphorus

P

Atomic Number: 15

Percentage in Humans: 1%

Sulfur

S

Atomic Number: 16

Percentage in Humans: 0.3%

Chlorine

Cl

Atomic Number: 17

Percentage in Humans: 0.2%

Potassium

K

Atomic Number: 19

Percentage in Humans: 0.4%

Calcium

Ca

Atomic Number: 20

Percentage in Humans: 1.5%

The amount of elements inside stardust is actually so big, it spans virtually the entire periodic table! Pretty amazing!

Oh, and just so you're aware, every other element not listed here forms less than 0.1% of a human.