Hen's egg (Large)
55 mm (2.165 in)
Height along the long axis
A large chicken egg, measured along its long axis. About 5.5 cm long.
Published
How big is that?
55 mm is 7.7 times a grain of rice and 64% of a credit card.
Hen's egg is the 7th smallest of the 31 Kitchen Table objects, and the 47th smallest of the 172 objects across all five SizeItUp games.
Closest in size from the other games: AA battery (Classic), 50.5 mm long and Rubik's Cube (3 x 3) (Classic), 57 mm.
Size comparison
To scale, smallest to largest: Hen's egg in orange beside the Kitchen Table objects nearest in size, in teal.
| Object | Size | vs Hen's egg |
|---|---|---|
| Almond (Nonpareil kernel)The kernel of the most widely grown almond variety. | 24.16 mm long | 44% of the size |
| Espresso cupA small cup for a single shot, measured on an IKEA 365+ 6 cl cup. | 50 mm tall | 91% of the size |
| Hen's egg (Large) | 55 mm tall | – |
| OrangeA sweet orange, the most widely grown citrus fruit. | 80 mm across | 1.5× bigger |
| Avocado (Hass)A Hass avocado, the bumpy dark one in most shops. | 88.1 mm long | 1.6× bigger |
In other units
| Millimetres | 55 |
|---|---|
| Centimetres | 5.5 |
| Metres | 0.055 |
| Inches | 2.165 |
| Feet | 0.1804 |
How it's measured
Height along the long axis. Mean of 264 eggs whose weight falls in the USDA Large class (Anene et al. 2020).
Sources
- pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov: Animals 10:1601, Table 4: egg height (mm) mean 55, min 51, max 60.
- ams.usda.gov (supporting): USDA AMS 56: Large is a minimum of 24 oz per dozen.
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Could you have guessed it by eye?
Hen's egg is one of the objects in Kitchen Table, a daily size comparison game: you stretch a shape to the size you think is right beside one you know.