How much does Thor's Hammer weigh?

Question

I need to know for a school project the weight and mass of the comic book character Thor's hammer....

okay. the reason im asking is that i have to write some physical formulas using things like the weight of the hammer and the force thor can swing it and stuff. idc who is noble enough to lift it or not.

but thanx anyway.

Answer 1

well, its not really about the weight of the hammer, its about being the one who can lift it.

on the side of the hammer (mjolnir) it sasy "he who lifts this hammer , if he be worthy, shall hold the power of thor"

that might not be word for word, but its close.
so, only someone noble enough to hold it can pick it up. recently, in the comics the hammer fell to the ground from space, and thor had been missing for a few years. men from all over the country went to try to pick it up, but it looks like it was picked up by Donald Blake, the first mortal guise of thor.

but, 42.3 lbs sounds like it might be right. lol.

Answer 2

Thor's hammer is enchanted and it was made for him by magic and none but him can lift it,to find out more ,just go google search for mjoolnir

Answer 3

If you are noble enough, it is very light and can be picked up. If you are not noble, you'll never be able to pick it up.

Answer 4

42.3 pounds.
I'm dead serious. My best friend is a comic book geek and knows everything about Marvel comics.

Answer 5

There is an enchantment on the hammer, cast by Thor's father Odin. That makes in near impossible for anyone to lift the hammer Mjonlir, except Thor himself. As for how much it weighs when Thor weilds it, less than 50 pounds seems a bit wimpy to me. In the comic, Thor is a God of Asgard with superhuman strength. Wielding a weapon so light would be like you or I wielding a feather. The hammer's heaviest part, the mallet, is made of mystical Uru metal. If I give Uru metal the same density of steel and eyeball the dimensions of the mallet, I would have to put the weight at at least 100 lbs, probably more. If your teach is going to use the info for a problem, the problem will be easier if you use a number that is a factor of 100 than of 43.whatever.

If you want to add some numbers, that mallet looks to be about 5" x 5" x 10". with a density of 10g/cc that would put the mallet alone at over 90 lbs.

Of course, reason can be conflicted by the creators who say....

Mjolnir (Thor's Hammer)

Length: 22.7"
Working Face: 6.5" x 6.5"
Weight: 42.3 lbs

Thor wields the enchanted hammer named Mjolnir, one of the most formidable weapons known to man or god. Forged out of the mystical metal uru, whose chief properties are durability and ability to maintain enchantment, the hammer is 2 feet long and its handle is wrapped in leather which terminates in a thong. Besides being a nearly indestructible throwing weapon, the hammer has been given six enchantments by Odin to augment its physical qualities.

No living being can lift the hammer from the ground unless he or she is worthy. Provisions to that enchantment require that there can be but one worthy wielder of the hammer at a given time, and the current wielder must be bested in fair combat by a worthy contestant in order for that contestant to win it.
Causes the hammer to return to the exact spot from which it is thrown after striking its target.
Enables its wielder to summon the elements of storm (wind, rain, thunder, and lightning) by stamping its handle once on the ground.
Enables the hammer to open interdimensional portals, allowing its wielder to travel to other dimensions, such as from Earth to Asgard. (It is now know how Thor determines which dimension he wishes to travel to.)
Given the hammer by Odin in recent times, enables Thor to transform into the guise of a mortal, physician Donald Blake, by stamping the hammer's head to the ground twice. A provision of this enchantment requires that the hammer can not be out of Thor' s hand for more than one minute without his spontaneous reversion to his mortal self. When Thor transforms to Blake, his hammer takes the appearance of a gnarled wooden walking stick. So disguised, the hammer's enchantments limiting those who could lift it are not in effect.
The hammer had one enchantment that has been rescinded. Formerly the hammer could be swung in such a way as to generate chronal displacement inertia enabling its wielder to travel through time. This property, discrete from the hammer's dimension-spanning ability, was recently taken away by Immortus, whose mastery over time exceeds that of the gods themselves.
By throwing the hammer and grasping its leather thong, Thor can magically propel himself through the air in the semblance of flight. Just as the hammer can magically change its course in order to return to his hand when he threw it, so can it be influenced by its wielder to change its course while it was in his grasp. The precise manner in which Thor "steers" his hammer while in flight is no known, nor is the precise speed and distance Thor can attain with a single throw. Thor has been observed to be able to attain escape velocity from Earth's gravity with a single throw and to overtake space vessels.

Very few people have ever lifted Mjolnir. Besides Thor himself, the only others are:

Odin
Air-Walker (Thor #305)
Tiwaz
Beta Ray Bill
Captain America
Red Norvell (with the aid of gauntlets)


This makes Thor's hammer more similar to Aluminum in density than that of steel.

As far as weight versus mass. Weight is a concept of mass times accelleration. On Earth, Accelereation is about 9.8 m/s^2, and weight is derived from that. Conceivably, the weight of his hammer in the void of space is 0. Still, it cannot be lifted by someone noy of sufficient honor.

Answer 6

I don't think it is ever stated.