How heavy is 656,000 megatonnes?
It's about 100,000 times as heavy as The Great Pyramid of Giza
The weight of The Great Pyramid of Giza is about 5.90 megatonnes.
(a.k.a. Pyramid of Khufu, a.k.a. Pyramid of Cheops) (Cairo, Egypt)
The Great Pyramid of Giza has an estimated mass of 5.90 megatonnes. The 2,300,000 stones used in the construction of the pyramid weighed an average 0.00000230 megatonnes and were quarried from distances of up to 805 km (500 mi) away.
It's about 800,000 times as heavy as The Golden Gate Bridge
The weight of The Golden Gate Bridge is about 0.8050 megatonnes.
(San Francisco, California and Marin County, California) (Post 1986 weight reduction; total weight of bridge, anchorage, and approaches)
Following the completion of the 1986 project to eliminate excess material, the total weight of the Golden Gate Bridge — including its anchorages and approaches — is 0.8050 megatonnes. The two main cables in the spanning the bridge are spun out of a total of 129,000 km (80,200 mi) of wire.
It's about 2,000,000 times as heavy as The Empire State Building
The weight of The Empire State Building is about 0.3310 megatonnes.
(New York City, New York)
The Empire State Building weighs approximately 0.3310 megatonnes. About 4% of the building's weight is its 6,000 cu. m (200,000 cu. ft) of limestone façade.
It's about 3,500,000 times as heavy as The Sears Tower
The weight of The Sears Tower is about 0.20180 megatonnes.
(officially "Willis Tower" as of 2009) (Chicago, Illinois)
The Willis Tower weighs approximately 0.20180 megatonnes. The outer wall surface of the Tower is covered with black anodized aluminum panels which would total 110,000 sq. m (28 acres) if laid out together.
It's about 5,500,000 times as heavy as The CN Tower
The weight of The CN Tower is about 0.117910 megatonnes.
(a.k.a. La Tour CN, a.k.a. Canadian National Tower, a.k.a. Canada's National Tower) (Toronto, Canada)
The CN Tower weighs approximately 0.117910 megatonnes. The Tower is home to the world's highest glass floor — a viewing area that allows visitors to look straight down 342 m (1,120 ft) to the ground below.
It's about 25,000,000 times as heavy as The Statue of Liberty
The weight of The Statue of Liberty is about 0.0246 megatonnes.
(a.k.a. Liberty Enlightening the World, a.k.a. La Liberté éclairant le monde) (total weight, including foundation)
The total weight of the Statue of Liberty, including her base is roughly 0.0246 megatonnes. The statue was designed using an optical trick known as "forced perspective" to make the statue appear proportionally correct when viewed from its base and is, in actuality, disproportionately large at the top.
It's about 50,000,000 times as heavy as The Brooklyn Bridge
The weight of The Brooklyn Bridge is about 0.01332 megatonnes.
(a.k.a. New York and Brooklyn Bridge) (Manhattan and Brooklyn, New York City, New York) (total weight)
The total weight of the Brooklyn Bridge is approximately 0.01332 megatonnes. In a promotional event to prove the bridge's stability shortly after it opened, entertainer P. T. Barnum led a parade of 21 elephants across it in May of 1884.
It's about 65,000,000 times as heavy as The Eiffel Tower
The weight of The Eiffel Tower is about 0.0101 megatonnes.
(a.k.a. La Tour Eiffel) (Paris, France) (total weight)
The Eiffel Tower weighs approximately 0.0101 megatonnes. Architected to be quickly assembled, the Tower contains only 930 cu. meters of solid material.
It's about 500,000,000 times as heavy as a Tree (Sierra Redwood)
The weight of a Tree (Sierra Redwood) is about 0.0013 megatonnes.
(a.k.a. Giant Sequoia, a.k.a. Sierran redwood, a.k.a. Wellingtonia, a.k.a. "Big Tree", Sequoiadendron giganteum)
The weight of wood in a Giant Sequoia is 0.0013 megatonnes. General Sherman, a specimen in Sequoia National Park in Visalia, California, is the largest tree in the world by volume, with an estimated weight of about 0.0019 megatonnes.
It's about 1,000,000,000 times as heavy as Christ the Redeemer (statue)
The weight of Christ the Redeemer (statue) is about 0.000635 megatonnes.
(a.k.a. O Cristo Redentor, a.k.a. Christo redemptor) (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
Christ the Redeemer weighs 0.000635 megatonnes. The statue overlooks the city of Rio de Janeiro from atop the 709.9-meter (2,329 ft) granite peak in the Tijuca Forest National Park.
It's about 4,000,000,000 times as heavy as a House
The weight of a House is about 0.000156 megatonnes.
(149 sq. m, single-level, unfurnished)
A 149 sq. m (1,600 sq. ft), single-story, unfurnished house (without extensive masonry) of the type commonly found in America would weigh approximately 0.000156 megatonnes, based on the weight of the included materials. In contrast, a yurt — a type of dwelling structure popular among nomadic peoples of East Asia — typically weighs less than 0.000000460 megatonnes.
It's about 4,500,000,000 times as heavy as The Statue of Liberty (without base)
The weight of The Statue of Liberty (without base) is about 0.00014 megatonnes.
(a.k.a. Liberty Enlightening the World, a.k.a. La Liberté éclairant le monde) (total weight, including foundation)
The total weight of the Statue of Liberty — the Statue's copper and framework only, excluding the base — is roughly 0.00014 megatonnes. The statue was designed using an optical trick known as "forced perspective" to make the statue appear proportionally correct when viewed from its base and is, in actuality, disproportionately large at the top.
It's about 6,500,000,000 times as heavy as a Blue Whale
The weight of a Blue Whale is about 0.000105 megatonnes.
(Balaenoptera musculus)
Blue whales weigh between 0.000105 megatonnes. The largest mammal to have ever lived, blue whales feed almost exclusively on krill — tiny invertebrates weighing about 0.000000000001000 megatonnes each.
It's about 0.0000000001 times as heavy as The Earth
The weight of The Earth is about 5,973,600,000,000,000.000000000000000000000 megatonnes.
The mass of the planet Earth is 5,973,600,000,000,000.000000000000000000000 megatonnes. The element iron makes up about 32% of that mass, or 1,917,500,000,000,000.000000000000000000000 megatonnes.
It's about 9,000,000,000 times as heavy as The Space Shuttle
The weight of The Space Shuttle is about 0.0000710 megatonnes.
(for Endeavour, a.k.a. OV-105, a.k.a. Orbiter Vehicle-105) (empty weight, excluding main engines)
When empty, the space shuttle Endeavour weighs 0.0000710 megatonnes. The shuttle's spacious cargo bay carried the Chandra X-ray Observatory into orbit in 1999 — a payload that weighed 0.0000200 megatonnes.