Diameter of the Earth

Diameter of the Earth (12,760 km)

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If Diameter of the Earth (12,760 km) was a standard unit ...

  • Diameter of Uranus (50,700 km)...more would be 4 x Diameter of the Earth
  • Mean Radius of the Earth (6,370 km)...more would be 1/2 of Diameter of the Earth
  • Length of the Yangtze River (6,300 km)...more would be 1/2 of Diameter of the Earth
  • Length of the Argentina-Chile border (5,150 km)...more would be 2/5 of Diameter of the Earth
  • Length of the Indus River (3,180 km)...more would be 1/4 of Diameter of the Earth
  • Length of the Zambezi River (2,574 km)...more would be 1/5 of Diameter of the Earth
  • Length of the Sydney-Hobart yacht race (1,263 km)...more would be 1/10 of Diameter of the Earth
  • Length of the Monaco Formula 1 motor race (260 km)...more would be 1/50 of Diameter of the Earth
  • Narrowest width of the English Channel (32.3 km)...more would be 1/400 of Diameter of the Earth
  • Length of the Marina beach in Chennai, India (13 km)...more would be 1/1000 of Diameter of the Earth
  • Cruising altitude of Airbus commercial jet (13 km)...more would be 1/1000 of Diameter of the Earth

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