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Proton

Proton has an estimated weight of 1.03 tonnes. It ranks #15 of 128 in the Nature & Materials category.

Source excerpt: The discovery of the proton dates to the earliest investigations of atomic structure. While studying streams of ionized gaseous atoms and molecules from which electrons had been stripped, Wilhelm Wien (1898) and J.J.

Position in category

128 Items in category 1,265,106,122 tonnes Category average 6 kilograms Category median 0.2 grams–161,932,476,090 tonnes Category span

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Weight ladder

How this item compares with its eight closest neighbours on a logarithmic scale.

1.03 tonnes
Tree ≈1 tonnes Wild Yak 1 tonnes Eunomia 1.02 tonnes Cows and Bulls 450 kilograms–1.59 tonnes Proton This item 1.03 tonnes Chevrolet Spark (MT) 1.03 tonnes Crocodiles ≈1.04 tonnes Alfa Romeo 4C 895 kilograms–1.12 tonnes 100 Pound Pumpkin 1.05 tonnes

Weight details

Typical 1.03 tonnes
Minimum 1.03 tonnes
Maximum 1.03 tonnes
Value type Exact
Weight reference text

The positive charge of a proton is the same as that of an electron, and its rest mass is 1.67262 1027 kg or 1,836 times that of an electron.

Unit conversions

Kilograms1,027 kilograms
Pounds2,264 pounds
Metric tonnes1.03 tonnes
Grams1,027,000 grams
Ounces36,226 ounces
Stones162 stones

Source

1 sources
The 7 Heaviest Particles in the Universe weightofstuff.com · Nature & Materials · Section: 3. Proton · Article updated 2024-05-17
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Soil ≈1 tonnes Tree ≈1 tonnes Carol Yager ≈727 kilograms Jon Brower Minnoch 635 kilograms Jon Minnoc 635 kilograms Concrete 1.59–1.77 tonnes

Frequently asked questions

How much does Proton weigh?

Proton typically weighs about 1.03 tonnes, within a recorded range of 1.03 tonnes.

Where does Proton rank among Nature & Materials?

It ranks #15 of 128 entries in Nature & Materials, heavier than 75% of items in the dataset.

Where do these weight figures come from?

The data comes from 1 source articles on weightofstuff.com, most recently updated on 2024-05-17.

Dataset information

Items indexed <built-in method items of dict object at 0x7fb4095e3ec0>
Source articles 430
Categories 11
Confidence Medium
Category Nature & Materials
Category rank #15 of 128
Weight position Heavier than 75% of items
Updated 2024-05-17
Measurement type Mass
Dataset ID proton
URL slug proton

Confidence reflects how explicit the source wording is: exact values are high, ranges or approximations are medium, and vague statements are low.