Diameter of Earth's Moon

Diameter of Earth's Moon (3,480 km)

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If Diameter of Earth's Moon (3,480 km) was a standard unit ...

  • Diameter of the Sun (1.391 million km)...more would be 400 x Diameter of Earth's Moon
  • Diameter of Jupiter (139,800 km)...more would be 40 x Diameter of Earth's Moon
  • Length of the Great Wall of China (8,850 km)...more would be 2.5 x Diameter of Earth's Moon
  • Length of the West-East gas pipeline in China (8,710 km)...more would be 2.5 x Diameter of Earth's Moon
  • Length of North America (North to South) (8,600 km)...more would be 2.5 x Diameter of Earth's Moon
  • Length of the Amazon River (6,990 km)...more would be 2 x Diameter of Earth's Moon
  • Length of the Nile River (6,850 km)...more would be 2 x Diameter of Earth's Moon
  • Length of the Kazakhstan-Russia border (6,850 km)...more would be 2 x Diameter of Earth's Moon
  • Length of the River Thames (346 km)...more would be 1/10 of Diameter of Earth's Moon
  • Length of the Peripherique around Paris (35 km)...more would be 1/100 of Diameter of Earth's Moon
  • Height of Mount Everest (8.85 km)...more would be 1/400 of Diameter of Earth's Moon
  • Height of K2 mountain (8.61 km)...more would be 1/400 of Diameter of Earth's Moon
  • Length of Tiananmen square in Beijing (880 m)...more would be 1/4000 of Diameter of Earth's Moon
  • Length of the Starship `Discovery` in the Star Trek series of that name (683 m)...more would be 1/5000 of Diameter of Earth's Moon

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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