It's an average number allowing for the relative abundances of different isotopes.
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Each element on the periodic table has two numbers: the atomic number and the relative atomic mass. The atomic number is the number of protons in the nucleus, and the relative atomic mass is the total number of protons and neutrons (so the difference between them is the number of neutrons). The relative atomic mass is always the higher of the two.
The atomic mass is the mass of a molecule, atomic particle or sub-atomic particle.
== The equation of atomic mass is protons+nuetrons== atomic mass. ===
Cobalt is an atomic mass of 58.93 atomic mass units
The atomic mass unit is not a SI unit. An atomic mass unit is equal to 1/12 from the atomic mass of the isotope 12C.