VIDEO: Scientist Estimates Weight of Thor’s Hammer

VIDEO: Scientist Estimates Weight of Thor’s Hammer

Pop-culture's favorite astrophysicist, Neil deGrasse Tyson took to Twitter to weigh in on a classic comic technical question: How much does Mjölnir, Thor’s magic hammer, really weigh?

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By ComicBookMovie - Feb 08, 2013 09:02 AM EST
Filed Under: Thor

The short answer? 300 Billion Elephants, or 4.5 quadrillion (4,500,000,000,000,000) pounds. Of course being a scientist, he doesn't factor in whether the magical component to the Uru makes it that heavy ONLY when an "unworthy" person tries to lift it, or if it weighs that much all the time.

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FanBoyBlack
FanBoyBlack - 2/8/2013, 9:36 AM
Thank you!
thalidomide
thalidomide - 2/8/2013, 9:40 AM
What ckal said.
Seejay
Seejay - 2/8/2013, 9:41 AM
Neil deGrasse Tyson is a real world superhero. :)
thorhulk77
thorhulk77 - 2/8/2013, 9:43 AM
@ckal

Amen.
thorhulk77
thorhulk77 - 2/8/2013, 9:45 AM
But I think this scientist is referring to the movie, in which Odin says it was forged in the heart of a dying star. He clearly says "in" not from.
Seejay
Seejay - 2/8/2013, 9:46 AM
@ckal
True. And didn't really like the part in the movie "being forged in a dying star". This (the fantasy element) is cooler:

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spidey1994
spidey1994 - 2/8/2013, 9:47 AM
WellDrawn
WellDrawn - 2/8/2013, 9:48 AM
The only way to justify the hammers weight in the MCU is to use the 'worthy' excuse.

Otherwise there's no way the Helicarrier itself could handle that much weight when it was laying on the ground.
NightForce
NightForce - 2/8/2013, 9:50 AM
@seejay
The dwarves forged it in a dying star...
Also Thor's hammer isn't that heavy. It's probably pretty weighty, but not THAT much. It only feels that heavy to those who are unworthy.
didich
didich - 2/8/2013, 9:50 AM
@WellDrawn

Exactly, what I thought.
IronDean2099
IronDean2099 - 2/8/2013, 9:50 AM
It's actual weight should be indeterminable. It's only heavy to those who can't lift it because of magical incantations, not because of physical mass. It would, presumably, weigh an amount appropriate to it's size and material to those who can lift it, but this is not the case as other heroes who are not as strong as Thor have lifted it with the same apparent effort as him. It would not be weightless to those who are worthy, however because you need a certain amount of weight to use it in combat correctly.
On the other hand, it's a FICTIONAL AND MYSTICAL HAMMER that can't be measured by any means or logic.
Seejay
Seejay - 2/8/2013, 9:55 AM
Neil deGrasse Tyson:
Shadowelfz
Shadowelfz - 2/8/2013, 9:58 AM
But didn't Hulk pick it up at some point?
Shadowelfz
Shadowelfz - 2/8/2013, 9:59 AM
But didn't Hulk pick it up at some point? And besides Neil is just having fun here, not being really serious. God bless him he makes physics entertaining.
thorhulk77
thorhulk77 - 2/8/2013, 10:13 AM
@Shadowelfz

He has never lifted it in mainstream continuity. The only time Hulk lifted it was in that trash Ultimates movie.
JatevinM
JatevinM - 2/8/2013, 10:21 AM
I think in the hands of a worthy person Mjolner is actually weightless
marvel72
marvel72 - 2/8/2013, 10:25 AM
@ jatevinm

exactly captain america has lifted it but he couldn't lift 300 billion elephants.
SkaarJones
SkaarJones - 2/8/2013, 10:29 AM
If it was 4.5 quadrillion lbs, Superman would always be able to lift it. Hulk would lift it if he got angry enough. Captain America would never have been able to lift it. Strong magic makes it liftable/unliftable like an access list on a router filtering who can use it. Superman was not unworthy after he used it, Thor explained that Odin was no idiot. He had a dynamic access-list with a time limit on it. If it only got heavier, Superman would still lift it.
SkaarJones
SkaarJones - 2/8/2013, 10:31 AM
Tony93
Tony93 - 2/8/2013, 10:37 AM
it doesnt matter the wieght right?

it only is controlled by who is worthy..

Liftable

Unliftable.. right?
SkaarJones
SkaarJones - 2/8/2013, 10:38 AM
How much does it weigh here?
Nomadic1
Nomadic1 - 2/8/2013, 10:39 AM
NDT has awesome power. Remember, this is the man that destroyed Pluto....well, in a way :)
SkaarJones
SkaarJones - 2/8/2013, 10:40 AM
@Tony93 - Right. In fact, the time limit imposed for Superman to hold it is not really seen elsewhere.
Angelus
Angelus - 2/8/2013, 10:41 AM
Norwegian dolt? [frick] him!

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NovaCorpsFan
NovaCorpsFan - 2/8/2013, 10:42 AM
@Gusto lol, it's as though Marvel just went "[frick] you christianity!"
Moakynubs
Moakynubs - 2/8/2013, 10:49 AM
Lol whoever tried to figure it out doesn't get it. It's not heavy. It's just made so that it can only be lifted by Thor. Otherwise Hulk would be able to lift it.
Seejay
Seejay - 2/8/2013, 11:48 AM
@ELgUaSoN - 2/8/2013, 11:03 AM
Cool!

Neil deGrasse Tyson: "The Most Astounding Fact"
http://www.ourprg.com/?p=79
Bojac
Bojac - 2/8/2013, 11:59 AM
Captain America lifted it, thus proving Neil Degrasse Tyson ain't so a smart. Infact he a stoopid.
xinstituto
xinstituto - 2/8/2013, 12:57 PM
Its not heavy, its just unremovable by people who do deserve
cyked
cyked - 2/8/2013, 1:27 PM
Ummm... no... if it weighed that much, he would never be able to set it down on anything. Table, chair, floor... nothing would be able to withstand the weight of it. He would constantly be summoning it from about a mile buried beneath the Earth's crust.
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