Period of Neptune's orbit

Period of Neptune's orbit (164.8 y)

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If Period of Neptune's orbit (164.8 y) was a standard unit ...

  • Age of oldest musical instrument (42,000 y)...more would be 250 x Period of Neptune's orbit
  • Age of the earliest city (6,500 y)...more would be 40 x Period of Neptune's orbit
  • Time since the birth of mathematician Hypatia (1,674 y)...more would be 10 x Period of Neptune's orbit
  • Duration of Dutch Empire (407 y)...more would be 2.5 x Period of Neptune's orbit
  • Time since the death of Shakespeare (406 y)...more would be 2.5 x Period of Neptune's orbit
  • Duration of Mughal Empire (332 y)...more would be 2 x Period of Neptune's orbit
  • Time since the publication of Dickens's Tale of Two Cities (165 y)...more would be about as big as Period of Neptune's orbit
  • Time since the publication of Darwin's On the Origin of Species (165 y)...more would be about as big as Period of Neptune's orbit
  • Period of Uranus's orbit (84 y)...more would be 1/2 of Period of Neptune's orbit
  • Length of the Punic Wars (Rome v Carthage) (82 y)...more would be 1/2 of Period of Neptune's orbit
  • Length of reign of King Sobhuza II of Swaziland (82 y)...more would be 1/2 of Period of Neptune's orbit

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