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How heavy is 85,000 grams?

It's about 1,500 times as heavy as a Battery (C)
The weight of a Battery (C) is about 65 grams.
(Alkaline)
A "C" size battery weighs 65 g. C batteries are typically used in medium-drain devices such as musical instruments.
It's about 1,500 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-one-thousand-five-hundredth as heavy as The Statue of Liberty (without base)
Flag of The US
The weight of The Statue of Liberty (without base) is about 140,000,000 grams.
(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 140,000,000 grams. 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 one-two-thousandth as heavy as a House
The weight of a House is about 156,000,000 grams.
(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 156,000,000 grams, 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 460,000 grams.
It's about 2,000 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 2,500 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)
A standard, sixty-watt light bulb weighs about 34 grams. The tightly-coiled filament inside a bulb of this size would measure about 579mm if uncoiled and stretched out.
It's about 3,500 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 4,000 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 5,500 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 7,000 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-seven-thousand-five-hundredth as heavy as Christ the Redeemer (statue)
Flag of Brazil
The weight of Christ the Redeemer (statue) is about 635,000,000 grams.
(a.k.a. O Cristo Redentor, a.k.a. Christo redemptor) (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
Christ the Redeemer weighs 635,000,000 grams. 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 10,000 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.
It's about 15,000 times as heavy as a US Quarter
The weight of a US Quarter is about 5.670 grams.
(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 5.670 g each. In answer to the common riddle, there are 119 ridges around the edge of the coin in its current design.
It's about one-fifteen-thousandth as heavy as a Tree (Sierra Redwood)
The weight of a Tree (Sierra Redwood) is about 1,300,000,000 grams.
(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 1,300,000,000 grams. 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 1,900,000,000 grams.
It's about 15,000 times as heavy as a sheet of Paper
The weight of a sheet of Paper is about 5 grams.
(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 9,100 grams, 8.5 inch x 11 inch paper is 2,000 grams, each sheet weighing 5 g. Paper of this size has a thickness of 0.004 caliper (0.1 mm).
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