Is That A Big Number?

"Space is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the drug store, but that's just peanuts to space." Douglas Adams

Tweet Smaller than: Highest ascent by a propellor-driven aircraft (2001) (29.52 km) ...

Tweet Bigger than: Length of Manhattan Island (21.6 km) ...

Tweet 1 / 1,740 of the distance around the equator ...

Tweet 1 / 242 of the distance from London to New York ...

Tweet 1 / 23 of the distance from London to Edinburgh ...

Tweet 1 / 17 of the height of the orbit of the International Space Station ...

Tweet 1.77 times the cruising altitude of a commercial jet ...

Tweet 2.60 times the height of Mount Everest ...

Tweet 23.49 times the height of Angel Falls (Venuzeula) ...

Tweet 27.71 times the height of the `Burj Khalifa` scyscraper (Dubai) ...

Tweet 94.26 times the length of London's Tower Bridge ...

Tweet 219.05 football pitches end to end ...

Tweet 2,048.09 London buses end to end ...

Tweet 3,965.50 times the height of a giraffe ...

Tweet 5,476.20 times the height of an African elephant ...

Tweet 8,518.50 times the height of an ostrich ...