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Mean Radius of the Earth

Mean Radius of the Earth (6,370 km)

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If Mean Radius of the Earth (6,370 km) was a standard unit ...

  • Circumference of Uranus (159,300 km)...more would be 25 x Mean Radius of the Earth
  • Diameter of the Earth (12,760 km)...more would be 2 x Mean Radius of the Earth
  • Height of the vertical drop of cliff on Mount Thor, Canada (1.25 km)...more would be 1/5000 of Mean Radius of the Earth

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