If Height of the R2-D2 droid in the Star Wars movies (1.09 m) was a standard unit ...
Depth of Marianas Trench (10.99 km)...more would be 10000 x Height of the R2-D2 droid in the Star Wars movies
Height of Mons Huygens (highest point on the moon) (5.5 km)...more would be 5000 x Height of the R2-D2 droid in the Star Wars movies
Height of Table Moutain, Cape Town (1.085 km)...more would be 1000 x Height of the R2-D2 droid in the Star Wars movies
Height of the CN Tower in Toronto (553 m)...more would be 500 x Height of the R2-D2 droid in the Star Wars movies
Height of the `One World Trade Center` skyscraper in New York City (541 m)...more would be 500 x Height of the R2-D2 droid in the Star Wars movies
Height of the Hoover dam wall (221.4 m)...more would be 200 x Height of the R2-D2 droid in the Star Wars movies
Height of St Paul's Cathedral in London (111 m)...more would be 100 x Height of the R2-D2 droid in the Star Wars movies
Length of the Saturn V Apollo Program launch rocket (110.6 m)...more would be 100 x Height of the R2-D2 droid in the Star Wars movies
Height of the Victoria Falls (Mosi-oa-Tunya) between Zambia and Zimbabwe (108 m)...more would be 100 x Height of the R2-D2 droid in the Star Wars movies
Height of an ostrich (2.7 m)...more would be 2.5 x Height of the R2-D2 droid in the Star Wars movies
Height of Chewbacca in the Star Wars movies (2.21 m)...more would be 2 x Height of the R2-D2 droid in the Star Wars movies
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