Time since the birth of Copernicus

Time since the birth of Copernicus (550 y)

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If Time since the birth of Copernicus (550 y) was a standard unit ...

  • Time since the emergence of earliest humans (2.8 million y)...more would be 5000 x Time since the birth of Copernicus
  • Time since the start of the last glacial period (Ice Age) (110,000 y)...more would be 200 x Time since the birth of Copernicus
  • Time since first domestication of dogs (27,000 y)...more would be 50 x Time since the birth of Copernicus
  • Time since first domestication of horses (5,500 y)...more would be 10 x Time since the birth of Copernicus
  • Time since the birth of Albrecht Durer (553 y)...more would be about as big as Time since the birth of Copernicus
  • Time since the Caxton's first edition of Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales (548 y)...more would be about as big as Time since the birth of Copernicus
  • Time since the birth of Turing (112 y)...more would be 1/5 of Time since the birth of Copernicus
  • Time since the first fixed wing scheduled air service (110 y)...more would be 1/5 of Time since the birth of Copernicus
  • Time since the first human walked on the moon (55 y)...more would be 1/10 of Time since the birth of Copernicus
  • Time since first Boeing 747 entering service (54 y)...more would be 1/10 of Time since the birth of Copernicus

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