How heavy is 400,000,000 slugs?
It's about as heavy as The Great Pyramid of Giza
The weight of The Great Pyramid of Giza is about 400,000,000 slugs.
(a.k.a. Pyramid of Khufu, a.k.a. Pyramid of Cheops) (Cairo, Egypt)
The Great Pyramid of Giza has an estimated mass of 400,000,000 slugs. The 2,300,000 stones used in the construction of the pyramid weighed an average 160 slugs and were quarried from distances of up to 805 km (500 mi) away.
It's about seven-and-a-half times as heavy as The Golden Gate Bridge
The weight of The Golden Gate Bridge is about 55,200,000 slugs.
(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 55,200,000 slugs. 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 seventeen-and-a-half times as heavy as The Empire State Building
The weight of The Empire State Building is about 22,700,000 slugs.
(New York City, New York)
The Empire State Building weighs approximately 22,700,000 slugs. About 4% of the building's weight is its 6,000 cu. m (200,000 cu. ft) of limestone façade.
It's about thirty times as heavy as The Sears Tower
The weight of The Sears Tower is about 13,830,000 slugs.
(officially "Willis Tower" as of 2009) (Chicago, Illinois)
The Willis Tower weighs approximately 13,830,000 slugs. 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 50 times as heavy as The CN Tower
The weight of The CN Tower is about 8,079,400 slugs.
(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 8,079,400 slugs. 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 250 times as heavy as The Statue of Liberty
The weight of The Statue of Liberty is about 1,690,000 slugs.
(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 1,690,000 slugs. 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 450 times as heavy as The Brooklyn Bridge
The weight of The Brooklyn Bridge is about 912,700 slugs.
(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 912,700 slugs. 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 600 times as heavy as The Eiffel Tower
The weight of The Eiffel Tower is about 692,000 slugs.
(a.k.a. La Tour Eiffel) (Paris, France) (total weight)
The Eiffel Tower weighs approximately 692,000 slugs. Architected to be quickly assembled, the Tower contains only 930 cu. meters of solid material.
It's about 4,500 times as heavy as a Tree (Sierra Redwood)
The weight of a Tree (Sierra Redwood) is about 89,000 slugs.
(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 89,000 slugs. 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 130,000 slugs.
It's about 9,000 times as heavy as Christ the Redeemer (statue)
The weight of Christ the Redeemer (statue) is about 43,500 slugs.
(a.k.a. O Cristo Redentor, a.k.a. Christo redemptor) (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
Christ the Redeemer weighs 43,500 slugs. 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 35,000 times as heavy as a House
The weight of a House is about 10,700 slugs.
(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 10,700 slugs, 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 31.50 slugs.
It's about 40,000 times as heavy as The Statue of Liberty (without base)
The weight of The Statue of Liberty (without base) is about 9,600 slugs.
(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 9,600 slugs. 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 55,000 times as heavy as a Blue Whale
The weight of a Blue Whale is about 7,160 slugs.
(Balaenoptera musculus)
Blue whales weigh between 7,160 slugs. The largest mammal to have ever lived, blue whales feed almost exclusively on krill — tiny invertebrates weighing about 0.00006850 slugs each.
It's about 80,000 times as heavy as The Space Shuttle
The weight of The Space Shuttle is about 4,900 slugs.
(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 4,900 slugs. The shuttle's spacious cargo bay carried the Chandra X-ray Observatory into orbit in 1999 — a payload that weighed 1,400 slugs.
It's about 500,000 times as heavy as an Anchor of a Cruise Ship
The weight of an Anchor of a Cruise Ship is about 774 slugs.
(for QE2 forward anchor, a.k.a. RMS Queen Elizabeth 2)
Each of the forward anchors of the RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 weighs 774 slugs. The anchor of the QE2 now sits in front of the Holyrood Church in Southampton, England, United Kingdom, along a pedestrian tourist route known as "the QE2 mile."