Period of Venus's orbit

Period of Venus's orbit (0.615 y)

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If Period of Venus's orbit (0.615 y) was a standard unit ...

  • Time since the birth of Socrates (2,490 y)...more would be 4000 x Period of Venus's orbit
  • Time since start of building of the Parthenon (2,468 y)...more would be 4000 x Period of Venus's orbit
  • Time since the birth of al-Khwarizmi (1,246 y)...more would be 2000 x Period of Venus's orbit
  • Time since the birth of al-Kindi (1,220 y)...more would be 2000 x Period of Venus's orbit
  • Time since the birth of Toscanelli (627 y)...more would be 1000 x Period of Venus's orbit
  • Duration of Toltec Empire (626 y)...more would be 1000 x Period of Venus's orbit
  • Duration of Ottoman Empire (623 y)...more would be 1000 x Period of Venus's orbit
  • Period of Pluto's orbit (248 y)...more would be 400 x Period of Venus's orbit
  • Time since birth of Sophie Germain (248 y)...more would be 400 x Period of Venus's orbit
  • Time since the birth of Gauss (247 y)...more would be 400 x Period of Venus's orbit
  • Time since first transatlantic wireless communication (123 y)...more would be 200 x Period of Venus's orbit
  • Time since first human went into space (62 y)...more would be 100 x Period of Venus's orbit
  • One average human generation (25 y)...more would be 40 x Period of Venus's orbit

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