Distance from the Earth to the Moon

Distance from the Earth to the Moon (384,000 km)

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If Distance from the Earth to the Moon (384,000 km) was a standard unit ...

  • Circumference of Neptune (154,600 km)...more would be 2/5 of Distance from the Earth to the Moon
  • Circumference of Venus (37,700 km)...more would be 1/10 of Distance from the Earth to the Moon
  • Circumference of Mercury (15,330 km)...more would be 1/25 of Distance from the Earth to the Moon
  • Range of an Airbus A380 (15,200 km)...more would be 1/25 of Distance from the Earth to the Moon
  • Length of the Trans-Canada Highway from Victoria to St John's City (7,820 km)...more would be 1/50 of Distance from the Earth to the Moon
  • Length of coast-to-coast American Discovery Trail (Northern Route) (7,780 km)...more would be 1/50 of Distance from the Earth to the Moon
  • Length of the Tigris River (1,950 km)...more would be 1/200 of Distance from the Earth to the Moon
  • Direct distance from Land's End to John o' Groats (970 km)...more would be 1/400 of Distance from the Earth to the Moon
  • Length of the Suez Canal (193.3 km)...more would be 1/2000 of Distance from the Earth to the Moon
  • Length of the Kiel Canal (98 km)...more would be 1/4000 of Distance from the Earth to the Moon
  • Length of the Panama Canal (77 km)...more would be 1/5000 of Distance from the Earth to the 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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