Convert elephants to kilograms

Explanation

From this page you can convert elephants to kilograms simply, by using the application above.

In case you are wondering, to convert from elephants to kilograms you need to multiply by 6900. This factor is calculated using the respective definitions of the two units you can find below.

Formula

1 elephant=6900 kg

elephants

dimension	mass

Elephants are the biggest land animals living today.

They are herbivorous and can be found in various environnments like forests and savannahs. The female and offsprings live in small groups of around 10 individuals led by a matriarch while the adult males live mostly alone or in exclusively male groups.

Here is an interesting tidbit, elephants can communicate vocally, visually and by strucking the ground, thereby creating vibrations traveling through the earth's surface. These vibrations can be "heard" up to 30 kilometers away from the source.

Definition

In this converter, we use the upper bound of the weight range of male african elephants.

Value

One elephant is 6900 kilograms. ^[source]

Equivalences

One elephant is equivalent to:

76 american adult men

kilogramskg

dimension	mass
system	International system of units (SI)
symbol	kg
synonyms	kilos

The kilogram (kg) is the base unit of mass in the International System of Units.

Definition of the kilogram

It is defined by taking the fixed numerical value of the Planck constant h to be 6.626 070 15 x 10^–34 when expressed in the unit J s, which is equal to kg m² s^–1, where the metre and the second are defined in terms of c and ∆ν_Cs.

Definition from the BIPM: Unit of mass

History

The first definition of the kilogram was "the mass of a liter of water". But this proved impractical and in 1889, the International Prototype Kilogram, a cylinder of platinum-iridium alloy, was made to serve as the reference.

In 1949 the mass of the IPK was found to be deverging from its copies. So, in order to ensure the stability of the unit, a new definition was devised based on the Planck constant and on 20 May 2019 this new definition came into effect.

Equivalences

One kilogram is equivalent to:

Some Facts

With an average of 1.4 kg (3 lbs), ostrich eggs are huge, yet, they are the smallest eggs relative to the size of the adult bird.

Prefix

kilo

10³

The prefix kilo- comes from the ancient Greek chilioi meaning thousand. The associated multiplicative factor is 1000 or 10³.

nanogram	ng	0.000000001
microgram	µg	0.000001
milligram	mg	0.001
gram	g	1
kilogram	kg	1000
megagram	Mg	1000000

elephant	6900 kg
blue whale	130000kg