Diameter of a CD / DVD

Diameter of a CD / DVD (120 mm)

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If Diameter of a CD / DVD (120 mm) was a standard unit ...

  • World record longest flight of an arrow from a bow (2010) (484 m)...more would be 4000 x Diameter of a CD / DVD
  • Longest golf drive (471 m)...more would be 4000 x Diameter of a CD / DVD
  • Length of Tower Bridge over the Thames (244 m)...more would be 2000 x Diameter of a CD / DVD
  • Length of an ice-hockey rink (61 m)...more would be 500 x Diameter of a CD / DVD
  • Height of St Basil's Cathedral in Moscow (47.5 m)...more would be 400 x Diameter of a CD / DVD
  • Length of a blue whale (30 m)...more would be 250 x Diameter of a CD / DVD
  • Height of the `Christ the Redeemer` statue in Rio de Janeiro (30 m)...more would be 250 x Diameter of a CD / DVD
  • Height of a typical Hot Air Balloon (24 m)...more would be 200 x Diameter of a CD / DVD
  • Length of a tennis court (23.77 m)...more would be 200 x Diameter of a CD / DVD
  • Men's Olympic Pole Vault record (2016) (6.03 m)...more would be 50 x Diameter of a CD / DVD
  • Length overall of a `49er` racing dinghy (4.88 m)...more would be 40 x Diameter of a CD / DVD
  • Height of a basketball hoop (3.048 m)...more would be 25 x Diameter of a CD / DVD
  • Height of a football goal (2.44 m)...more would be 20 x Diameter of a CD / DVD
  • Men's Olympic High Jump record (2.39 m)...more would be 20 x Diameter of a CD / DVD
  • Height of a ice-hockey goal (1.2 m)...more would be 10 x Diameter of a CD / DVD
  • Length of a lightsaber in the Star Wars movies (1.19 m)...more would be 10 x Diameter of a CD / DVD
  • Length of an A4 page of paper (297 mm)...more would be 2.5 x Diameter of a CD / DVD

Is That A Big Number? - The Book

Yes, there's now a book based on these numbers. Oxford University Press: July 2018.

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