If Height of Mons Huygens (highest point on the moon) (5.5 km) was a standard unit ...
Circumference of Earth's Moon (10,920 km)...more would be 2000 x Height of Mons Huygens (highest point on the moon)
Height of Olympus Mons (Mars) (21.9 km)...more would be 4 x Height of Mons Huygens (highest point on the moon)
Depth of Marianas Trench (10.99 km)...more would be 2 x Height of Mons Huygens (highest point on the moon)
Height of Table Moutain, Cape Town (1.085 km)...more would be 1/5 of Height of Mons Huygens (highest point on the moon)
Height of the CN Tower in Toronto (553 m)...more would be 1/10 of Height of Mons Huygens (highest point on the moon)
Height of the `One World Trade Center` skyscraper in New York City (541 m)...more would be 1/10 of Height of Mons Huygens (highest point on the moon)
Height of the Hoover dam wall (221.4 m)...more would be 1/25 of Height of Mons Huygens (highest point on the moon)
Height of Kingda Ka, highest roller coaster (139 m)...more would be 1/40 of Height of Mons Huygens (highest point on the moon)
Height of the Great Pyramid of Giza (139 m)...more would be 1/40 of Height of Mons Huygens (highest point on the moon)
Height of St Peter's Basilica in Rome (136.6 m)...more would be 1/40 of Height of Mons Huygens (highest point on the moon)
Height of the London Eye Ferris Wheel (135 m)...more would be 1/40 of Height of Mons Huygens (highest point on the moon)
Height of St Paul's Cathedral in London (111 m)...more would be 1/50 of Height of Mons Huygens (highest point on the moon)
Length of the Saturn V Apollo Program launch rocket (110.6 m)...more would be 1/50 of Height of Mons Huygens (highest point on the moon)
Height of the Victoria Falls (Mosi-oa-Tunya) between Zambia and Zimbabwe (108 m)...more would be 1/50 of Height of Mons Huygens (highest point on the moon)
Height of an ostrich (2.7 m)...more would be 1/2000 of Height of Mons Huygens (highest point on the moon)
Height of Chewbacca in the Star Wars movies (2.21 m)...more would be 1/2500 of Height of Mons Huygens (highest point on the moon)
Height of the R2-D2 droid in the Star Wars movies (1.09 m)...more would be 1/5000 of Height of Mons Huygens (highest point on the moon)
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