Time since the publication of Copernicus's sun-centred model of the solar system

Time since the publication of Copernicus's sun-centred model of the solar system (481 y)

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If Time since the publication of Copernicus's sun-centred model of the solar system (481 y) was a standard unit ...

  • Age of earliest mammoth fossils (4.8 million y)...more would be 10000 x Time since the publication of Copernicus's sun-centred model of the solar system
  • Time since the birth of Aristotle (2,400 y)...more would be 5 x Time since the publication of Copernicus's sun-centred model of the solar system
  • Time since the birth of Euclid (2,384 y)...more would be 5 x Time since the publication of Copernicus's sun-centred model of the solar system
  • Time since the birth of Alexander the Great (2,379 y)...more would be 5 x Time since the publication of Copernicus's sun-centred model of the solar system
  • Time since start of building of the Colosseum (1,950 y)...more would be 4 x Time since the publication of Copernicus's sun-centred model of the solar system
  • Time since the peak of Roman Empire (1,900 y)...more would be 4 x Time since the publication of Copernicus's sun-centred model of the solar system
  • Time since the birth of al-Kindi (1,220 y)...more would be 2.5 x Time since the publication of Copernicus's sun-centred model of the solar system
  • Time since the birth of Omar Khayyam (976 y)...more would be 2 x Time since the publication of Copernicus's sun-centred model of the solar system
  • Lifespan of Galapagos giant tortoise (190 y)...more would be 2/5 of Time since the publication of Copernicus's sun-centred model of the solar system
  • Time since the publication of Einstein's theory of Special Relativity (119 y)...more would be 1/4 of Time since the publication of Copernicus's sun-centred model of the solar system
  • Time since the birth of computer scientist Grace Hopper (118 y)...more would be 1/4 of Time since the publication of Copernicus's sun-centred model of the solar system
  • Time since Charles Lindbergh first flew across the Atlantic (97 y)...more would be 1/5 of Time since the publication of Copernicus's sun-centred model of the solar system
  • Time since Concorde Supersonic Airliner entered service (48 y)...more would be 1/10 of Time since the publication of Copernicus's sun-centred model of the solar system
  • Period of Jupiter's orbit (11.86 y)...more would be 1/40 of Time since the publication of Copernicus's sun-centred model of the solar system

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