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Altitude of the orbit of the International Space Station

Altitude of the orbit of the International Space Station (400 km)

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Altitude of the orbit of the International Space Station (400 km)

  • is 1/400 of Circumference of Uranus (159,300 km)...more
  • is 2500 x Height of Beachy Head Cliff on the South Coast of England (162 m)...more
  • is 2500 x Height of Ulm Minster, Germany (161.5 m)...more
  • is 2500 x Height of Cologne Cathedral spires, Germany (157 m)...more

If this was a standard unit ...

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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