If Mass of the Apollo program Command Module in Lunar orbit (28,800 kg) was a standard unit ...
Mass of the Eiffel Tower (7.3 million kg)...more would be 250 x Mass of the Apollo program Command Module in Lunar orbit
Mass of the SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket (1.421 kg)...more would be 50 x Mass of the Apollo program Command Module in Lunar orbit
Mass of an Airbus A380 airliner (max takeoff weight) (575,000 kg)...more would be 20 x Mass of the Apollo program Command Module in Lunar orbit
Mass of IndyCar (excl driver or fuel) on speedways (712 kg)...more would be 1/40 of Mass of the Apollo program Command Module in Lunar orbit
Mass of a mature thoroughbred racehorse (570 kg)...more would be 1/50 of Mass of the Apollo program Command Module in Lunar orbit
Mass of largest gold nugget ever found (71 kg)...more would be 1/400 of Mass of the Apollo program Command Module in Lunar orbit
Mass of an emergency spare tyre for a small car (11.7 kg)...more would be 1/2500 of Mass of the Apollo program Command Module in Lunar orbit
Mass of a regulation mens' shot (in the shot put athletics event) (7.26 kg)...more would be 1/4000 of Mass of the Apollo program Command Module in Lunar orbit
Mass of a brick (2.9 kg)...more would be 1/10000 of Mass of the Apollo program Command Module in Lunar orbit
Mass of an average coconut (1.44 kg)...more would be 1/20000 of Mass of the Apollo program Command Module in Lunar orbit
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