Thor’s Hammer Is Not That Heavy (But It Is Scientifically Interesting) (2024)

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How heavy is Thor's hammer scientifically? ›

And Mathaudhu can cite documentary sources to back him up. For example, Marvel – which publishes the Thor comics – issued a “Thor's Hammer” trading card in 1991 that states Mjolnir is made of Uru and weighs precisely 42.3 pounds. That's lighter than a herd of 300 billion mice, much less a herd of 300 billion elephants.

Someone who is NOT worthy couldn't lift Mjolnir no matter if it weighed 42.3 pounds, or 4.23 ounces.

The hammer can summon the elements wind, rain, thunder, and lightning for the wielder to use at their discretion. It is able to open interdimensional portals, such as the one to Asgard. Mjolnir possessed the power to bestow the ability of time travel to its wielder until Immortus removed it.

The fact is that Thors hammer Mjolnir is enchanted. It has nothing to do with strength. This is magic at work and magic will always trump brute strength however huge. This is the closest the Hulk has come to weilding Mjolnir.

The point of Mjolnir is that it can only be lifted if its wielder is “worthy”. In reality the hammer only weighs around 40 pounds which most adults should be capable of lifting. All in all it really depends if Saitama is worthy but if you remove the spell then Saitama could easily lift Mjolnir.

Nope. Lifting Thor's hammer has nothing to do with physical strength, but whether someone is worthy. Thor, like Hulk, is ridiculously strong and even he was unable to lift the hammer when he became “unworthy”.

It is the enchantment that Odin placed upon it. Captain America is a master martial artist, and a weapons expert. And once he held Mjolnir and was deemed worthy, he also had the power of Thor. That's why he was able to shoot a lightning bolt out of it, he was essentially a less strong Thor.

A machine can pick up the weapon and move it anywhere since it's mindless and incapable of possessing the morals necessary to be considered worthy. By this logic, Ultron himself could have lifted it, but it wouldn't have done him much good.

Thor has his mighty hammer, Mjolnir, but those who are NOT worthy have certainly lifted the hammer before. Here are a few. Only those who are worthy may lift Mjolnir, the mighty hammer of Thor, God of Thunder. However, worth has little to do with actual morality.

True, some of his more exotic powers – such as weather control and flight – are dulled or even denied him when he can't use his hammer to focus them, but he doesn't seem to lose any appreciable strength or durability when he doesn't have his hammer.

How much can Hulk lift? ›

UNLIMITED STRENGTH

The answer; there isn't one. The amazing thing about the Hulk is that unlike nearly every other superhero ever created, the Hulk's strength has absolutely no upper limit. He can lift a commercial airplane – which weighs around 100 tons – when he is at his calmest; that's no problem for him.

Spoilers for Thanos: Death Notes #1 and Thor #29 by Marvel ComicsMarvel Comics has officially introduced the Seventh Infinity Stone, as the new Black Infinity Stone has a special connection to Thor.

Many viewers have pointed out that Thanos was able to lift Stormbreaker without a problem, but this is because the ax isn't enchanted as Mjolnir is. Others believe Thanos lifted Mjolnir (although briefly) and have even argued that he would be worthy of doing so.

Since Vision was caught off-guard, he didn't have time to phase through the blade, and his synthezoid body began to malfunction. After Corvus Glaive's attack, Vision couldn't use his powers and remained badly wounded for the rest of the movie, which gave Thanos and the Black Order more freedom to confront the Avengers.

According to Wikipedia, African elephants weigh 8,800-15,000 pounds. Let's split the difference and say 11,900 pounds. Multiply that by 300 billion and we get 3.57 quadrillion pounds.

Notably, many of Thor's greatest feats have to do with lifting or throwing entire planets out of orbit (or objects that weigh as much as planets). He lifted the World Serpent – a creature weighing trillions of tons, using only his strength and a magic fishing rod.

Thor OdinsonThor. The son of Odin uses his mighty abilities as the God of Thunder to protect his home Asgard and planet Earth alike. Thor: 640 lbs., Donald Blake: 150 lbs.

On Earth-961212, Mjolnir itself, is not magical, but the blows it strikes are. Giant in nature, few can lift it purely because of the weight.