Mass of an old-style London bus (AEC Routemaster)

Mass of an old-style London bus (AEC Routemaster) (7,470 kg)

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If Mass of an old-style London bus (AEC Routemaster) (7,470 kg) was a standard unit ...

  • Mass of world gold production (2014) (2.99 million kg)...more would be 400 x Mass of an old-style London bus (AEC Routemaster)
  • Mass of a Blue Whale (190,000 kg)...more would be 25 x Mass of an old-style London bus (AEC Routemaster)
  • Mass of the (now retired) Concorde supersonic airliner (185,000 kg)...more would be 25 x Mass of an old-style London bus (AEC Routemaster)
  • Mass of a fully loaded 40' shipping container (30,400 kg)...more would be 4 x Mass of an old-style London bus (AEC Routemaster)
  • Mass of the Apollo program Lunar Excursion Module moon lander (15,200 kg)...more would be 2 x Mass of an old-style London bus (AEC Routemaster)
  • Mass of empty 40' shipping container (3,800 kg)...more would be 1/2 of Mass of an old-style London bus (AEC Routemaster)
  • Mass of a large passenger car (1,500 kg)...more would be 1/5 of Mass of an old-style London bus (AEC Routemaster)
  • Mass of an adult male Hippopotamus (1,500 kg)...more would be 1/5 of Mass of an old-style London bus (AEC Routemaster)
  • Mass of an adult male Panda Bear (150 kg)...more would be 1/50 of Mass of an old-style London bus (AEC Routemaster)
  • Mass of heaviest Reticulated Python snake (75 kg)...more would be 1/100 of Mass of an old-style London bus (AEC Routemaster)
  • Mass of a standard wheel of Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese (38 kg)...more would be 1/200 of Mass of an old-style London bus (AEC Routemaster)
  • Mass of an Emu (38 kg)...more would be 1/200 of Mass of an old-style London bus (AEC Routemaster)
  • Mass of a 10-pin bowling pin (1.5 kg)...more would be 1/5000 of Mass of an old-style London bus (AEC Routemaster)

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