Mass scales table
|
Object
|
Mass
|
| Atomic/Molecular | |
| Electron | 9.1x10-31 Kilograms |
| Proton | 1.7x10-27 Kilograms |
| Neutron | 1.7x10-27 Kilograms |
| Sugar Molecule (Fructose C6H12O6) | 3.1x10-25 Kilograms |
| Uranium 235 atom | 4.0x10-25 Kilograms |
| Biology | |
| Average Nucleotide | 330 Daltons |
| Protein molecule | 6x104 Daltons (1 Dalton = 1.7 x 10-27 kilograms) |
| Viral DNA | ~millions of Daltons |
| Bacterial DNA (E. Coli) | 2.5x109 Daltons |
| Bacterial cell (average "wet mass" of E. Coli) | 9.5x10-16 Kilograms |
| Humming bird | 3x10-3 Kilograms |
| Human brain (adult) | 1.3 Kilograms |
| Average adult human being | 82 Kilograms |
| Elephant | 5.5x103 Kilograms |
| Blue whale | 6.4x104 Kilograms |
| Most massive dinosaur | 8 to 10x104 Kilograms |
| The most massive living thing (a Sequoia Redwood named after General Sherman) | ~9.6x105 Kilograms |
| Technology | |
| Laptop computer | 2 Kilogram |
| Automobile | ~1.5x103 Kilograms |
| Space Shuttle (landing) | 8.2x104 Kilograms |
| 747 | 3.8x105 Kilograms |
| Aircraft carrier | ~108 Kilograms |
| Empire State Building | 3.2x108 Kilograms |
| Astronomical | |
| Eros (an asteroid) | 5x1015 Kilograms |
| Earth's Moon | 7.35x1022 Kilograms |
| Earth | 5.97x1024 Kilograms |
| Jupiter | 1.9x1027 Kilograms |
| Smallest proto star that can start nuclear reactions | ~0.16x1029 Kilograms |
| Sun | 2x1030 Kilograms |
| Neutron stars | 2x1030 Kilograms |
| Giant interstellar dust clouds | 1032 to 1036 Kilograms |
| Black Hole (best guess for a possible black hole at the center of the Milky Way Galaxy) | 6x1036 Kilograms |
| Milky Way Galaxy | ~1042 Kilograms |