How heavy is 470 grams?
It's about eight times as heavy as a Tennis Ball
The weight of a Tennis Ball is about 57.70 grams.
(ITF Standard; for Type 2 ball)
Per International Tennis Federation standard, regulation tennis balls must weigh about 56.0 g to 59.4 g. Competition balls are also tested for bounce height, with the standards requiring that a ball dropped from 254 cm must bounce back to a height of 135 cm to 147 cm.
It's about one-tenth as heavy as a Cat
The weight of a Cat is about 5,000 grams.
(Felis catus) (Domestic; healthy weight)
The average domestic cat should weigh about 5,000 grams. Cats are known for their righting reflex, which allows them to land on their feet and survive falls from heights of 1 m up to about 21 m.
It's about ten times as heavy as a Golf Ball
The weight of a Golf Ball is about 45.930 grams.
(per R&A USGA Rules of Golf; maximum rule weight)
According to the Rules of Golf (as approved by the United States Golf Association and the Rules Committee of the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of Saint Andrews), golf balls must weigh no more than 45.93 g. Golf balls are not required to have the familiar dimpled pattern, but the design has been popular since its invention in 1905 because it reduces drag while increasing lift.
It's about one-tenth as heavy as a Gallon of Paint
The weight of a Gallon of Paint is about 5,000 grams.
(excluding container; average weight)
A gallon of paint weighs about 5,000 grams. Every day, 10,000,000 L (3,000,000 gal) of paint are applied in the United States.
It's about fourteen times as heavy as a Light Bulb
The weight of a Light Bulb is about 34 grams.
(a.k.a. lamp) (for A19-size, 60w, incandescent bulb by Bulbrite; package weight)
It's about one-fifteenth as heavy as a Bowling Ball
The weight of a Bowling Ball is about 6,803.885550 grams.
(most common selection among male bowlers)
With an allowable range of 4,989.516070 grams, the most-preferred bowling ball weight among adult, male bowlers is 6,803.885550 grams. Because regulation balls measure the same diameter irrespective of their weight, ball density varies by size and balls weighing less than about 5,000 grams will float in water.
It's about one-twentieth as heavy as a Dachshund
The weight of a Dachshund is about 9,000 grams.
(a.k.a. "Wiener dog", a.k.a. Teckel, a.k.a. Dackel, a.k.a. "hot dog dog", a.k.a. "sausage dog", a.k.a. "doxie") (FCI standard; standard size)
The Fédération Cynologique Internationale (FCI) calls for dachshunds to weigh about 9,000 grams. Despite of their small size, a 2008 survey conducted by the University of Pennsylvania named dachshunds as the most aggressive dog breed.
It's about twenty times as heavy as a Battery (AA)
The weight of a Battery (AA) is about 24 grams.
(Alkaline)
An "AA" size battery weighs 24 g. AA batteries came into common use during World War II and were given their name by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) Committee C18 because they were smaller than the "A" size batteries which were invented first.
It's about twenty times as heavy as a Mouse
The weight of a Mouse is about 21 grams.
(a.k.a. "House mouse", Mus musculus) (adult)
The weight of a mouse is typically an average of 12 to 30 g. While most mice typically live two to three years, the Methuselah Mouse Prize — an award administered by a non-profit organization which advances aging-related research — was once awarded to a team of scientists whose research resulted in a mouse living just under five years.
It's about one-twenty-fifth as heavy as a Gold Bar
The weight of a Gold Bar is about 12,441.390720 grams.
(London Good Delivery bar)
A "London Good Delivery" gold bar — the variety commonly held by Central Banks — should weigh 12,441.390720 grams. The largest gold bar ever produced was minted by Mitsubishi Materials Corporation (a sibling company of the auto manufacturer) in 2005 and weighed 250,000 grams.
It's about thirty times as heavy as a Compact disc
The weight of a Compact disc is about 15 grams.
(a.k.a. CD)
A compact disc typically weighs 15 g. Data is stored on CDs by encoding into the track a series of tiny pits — each between 3.5 and 850 µm (0.00014 and 0.033 in) in length.
It's about forty times as heavy as a Battery (AAA)
The weight of a Battery (AAA) is about 12 grams.
(Alkaline)
An "AAA" size battery weighs 12 g. Batteries are named by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) Committee C18 and AAA batteries were given their name because they were smaller than the "AA" and "A" size batteries which were invented first.
It's about one-sixty-fifth as heavy as a Dalmatian
The weight of a Dalmatian is about 29,500 grams.
(a.k.a. Dalmatinac, a.k.a. Carriage Dog, a.k.a. Spotted Coach Dog, a.k.a. Firehouse Dog) (FCI standard; male)
The Fédération Cynologique Internationale (FCI) calls for Dalmatians to weigh between 29,500 grams. The association of the breed with fire departments (and similarly with Budweiser Beer and its team of Clydesdales) stems from their affinity for horses, having been used historically as carriage dogs capable of guiding horse-drawn fire engines to the sites of blazes.
It's about 65 times as heavy as an Eye (Human)
The weight of an Eye (Human) is about 7.10 grams.
(adult)
A fully developed eye (in a person over the age of thirteen), weighs about 7.10 grams. The pupil of the eye varies depending on the amount of light it is exposed to, but typically measures about 4 mm across.