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How heavy is 130,000 pennyweights?

It's about 1,500 times as heavy as a Battery (D)
The weight of a Battery (D) is about 86.80 pennyweights.
(Alkaline)
A "D" size battery weighs 86.80 pennyweights. The D size battery is the oldest of the modern battery sizes, first invented by the National Carbon Company in 1898.
It's about 2,000 times as heavy as a Deck of Cards
The weight of a Deck of Cards is about 60 pennyweights.
(ISO 216 B8 size, a.k.a. "poker size" 63 x 88 mm, 52-card deck)
A deck of 52 ISO 216 B8-size playing cards weighs 60 pennyweights. Utilizing nearly 3,700 decks, the record-holding largest card tower was built in early 2010, stood over 3.5 m (11 ft), and weighed over 150,000 pennyweights.
It's about 3,000 times as heavy as a Battery (C)
The weight of a Battery (C) is about 42 pennyweights.
(Alkaline)
A "C" size battery weighs 42 pennyweights. C batteries are typically used in medium-drain devices such as musical instruments.
It's about one-three-thousandth as heavy as Christ the Redeemer (statue)
Flag of Brazil
The weight of Christ the Redeemer (statue) is about 408,000,000 pennyweights.
(a.k.a. O Cristo Redentor, a.k.a. Christo redemptor) (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
Christ the Redeemer weighs 408,000,000 pennyweights. 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 3,500 times as heavy as a Tennis Ball
The weight of a Tennis Ball is about 37.10 pennyweights.
(ITF Standard; for Type 2 ball)
Per International Tennis Federation standard, regulation tennis balls must weigh about 37.10 pennyweights. 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 4,500 times as heavy as a Golf Ball
The weight of a Golf Ball is about 29.530 pennyweights.
(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 29.530 pennyweights. 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 6,000 times as heavy as a Light Bulb
The weight of a Light Bulb is about 22 pennyweights.
(a.k.a. lamp) (for A19-size, 60w, incandescent bulb by Bulbrite; package weight)
A standard, sixty-watt light bulb weighs about 22 pennyweights. The tightly-coiled filament inside a bulb of this size would measure about 579mm if uncoiled and stretched out.
It's about one-six-thousandth as heavy as a Tree (Sierra Redwood)
The weight of a Tree (Sierra Redwood) is about 840,000,000 pennyweights.
(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 840,000,000 pennyweights. 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 1,200,000,000 pennyweights.
It's about 8,500 times as heavy as a Battery (AA)
The weight of a Battery (AA) is about 15 pennyweights.
(Alkaline)
An "AA" size battery weighs 15 pennyweights. 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 9,500 times as heavy as a Mouse
The weight of a Mouse is about 14 pennyweights.
(a.k.a. "House mouse", Mus musculus) (adult)
The weight of a mouse is typically an average of 14 pennyweights. 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 15,000 times as heavy as a Compact disc
The weight of a Compact disc is about 9.60 pennyweights.
(a.k.a. CD)
A compact disc typically weighs 9.60 pennyweights. 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 15,000 times as heavy as a Battery (AAA)
The weight of a Battery (AAA) is about 7.70 pennyweights.
(Alkaline)
An "AAA" size battery weighs 7.70 pennyweights. 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 30,000 times as heavy as an Eye (Human)
The weight of an Eye (Human) is about 4.60 pennyweights.
(adult)
A fully developed eye (in a person over the age of thirteen), weighs about 4.60 pennyweights. The pupil of the eye varies depending on the amount of light it is exposed to, but typically measures about 4 mm across.
It's about 35,000 times as heavy as a US Quarter
The weight of a US Quarter is about 3.6460 pennyweights.
(United States quarter-dollar coin) (a.k.a. Quarter dollar, a.k.a. America the Beautiful quarter, a.k.a. two bits)
The America the Beautiful series quarters, which began to enter circulation in 2017, weigh 3.6460 pennyweights each. In answer to the common riddle, there are 119 ridges around the edge of the coin in its current design.
It's about 40,000 times as heavy as a sheet of Paper
The weight of a sheet of Paper is about 3.20 pennyweights.
(for US Letter, a.k.a. ANSI A; 215.9mm by 279.4mm (8.5 in x 11 in); 20lb)
The weight of a ream (500 sheets) of 5,800 pennyweights, 8.5 inch x 11 inch paper is 1,300 pennyweights, each sheet weighing 3.20 pennyweights. Paper of this size has a thickness of 0.004 caliper (0.1 mm).
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