Diameter of the Sun

Diameter of the Sun (1.391 million km)

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If Diameter of the Sun (1.391 million km) was a standard unit ...

  • Distance to Makemake (dwarf planet) (6.87 billion km)...more would be 5000 x Diameter of the Sun
  • Diameter of Saturn's rings (282,000 km)...more would be 1/5 of Diameter of the Sun
  • Diameter of Jupiter (139,800 km)...more would be 1/10 of Diameter of the Sun
  • Length of the Amazon River (6,990 km)...more would be 1/200 of Diameter of the Sun
  • Length of the Nile River (6,850 km)...more would be 1/200 of Diameter of the Sun
  • Length of the Kazakhstan-Russia border (6,850 km)...more would be 1/200 of Diameter of the Sun
  • Distance from London to New York (5,580 km)...more would be 1/250 of Diameter of the Sun
  • Length of the Siberian Yenisei River (5,540 km)...more would be 1/250 of Diameter of the Sun
  • Length of Yellow River (Huang He) in China (5,460 km)...more would be 1/250 of Diameter of the Sun
  • Diameter of Earth's Moon (3,480 km)...more would be 1/400 of Diameter of the Sun
  • Length of the River Thames (346 km)...more would be 1/4000 of Diameter of the Sun

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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