Correction for the weight of a Light Bulb

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How heavy is 0.0059 megatonnes?

It's about 150,000,000 times as heavy as a Light Bulb

The weight of a Light Bulb is about 0.0000000000340 megatonnes.

(a.k.a. lamp) (for A19-size, 60w, incandescent bulb by Bulbrite; package weight)

A standard, sixty-watt light bulb weighs about 0.0000000000340 megatonnes. The tightly-coiled filament inside a bulb of this size would measure about 579mm if uncoiled and stretched out.

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APA Style (7th Ed.)

The Measure of Things. (2024). Correction for the weight of a Light Bulb. Retrieved April 16, 2024 from www.themeasureofthings.com/correction.php?comp=weight&unit=mt&amt=0.0059&i=37

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"Correction for the weight of a Light Bulb" The Measure of Things, 2024, www.themeasureofthings.com/correction.php?comp=weight&unit=mt&amt=0.0059&i=37. Accessed 16 Apr 2024.

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Chicago Style (17th Ed.)

"Correction for the weight of a Light Bulb." The Measure of Things. 2024. https://www.themeasureofthings.com/correction.php?comp=weight&unit=mt&amt=0.0059&i=37.

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