Diameter of Mercury

Diameter of Mercury (4,880 km)

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If Diameter of Mercury (4,880 km) was a standard unit ...

  • Diameter of Neptune (49,200 km)...more would be 10 x Diameter of Mercury
  • Diameter of Venus (12,010 km)...more would be 2.5 x Diameter of Mercury
  • Length of I-90 highway from Boston to Seattle (4,860 km)...more would be about as big as Diameter of Mercury
  • Length of the Tigris River (1,950 km)...more would be 2/5 of Diameter of Mercury
  • Length of the Rhine River (1,233 km)...more would be 1/4 of Diameter of Mercury
  • Direct distance from Land's End to John o' Groats (970 km)...more would be 1/5 of Diameter of Mercury
  • Length of the Suez Canal (193.3 km)...more would be 1/25 of Diameter of Mercury
  • Diameter of the (fictional) Death Star in the first Star Wars movie (120 km)...more would be 1/40 of Diameter of Mercury
  • Length of the Kiel Canal (98 km)...more would be 1/50 of Diameter of Mercury
  • Highest altitude reached by a single kite (4.88 km)...more would be 1/1000 of Diameter of Mercury
  • Length of the Epsom Derby horse race (2.4 km)...more would be 1/2000 of Diameter of Mercury
  • Height of Mt Washington, highest point in NE USA (1.917 km)...more would be 1/2500 of Diameter of Mercury
  • Height of the Angel Falls (Venuzeula) (979 m)...more would be 1/5000 of Diameter of Mercury
  • World record longest flight of an arrow from a bow (2010) (484 m)...more would be 1/10000 of Diameter of Mercury

Is That A Big Number? - The Book

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

Click here to learn more about it.

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