Size matters ...

How big is 77 million km ?

  • Equivalent to 77 billion meter
  • More or less ...

  • Smaller than: Distance from the Earth to the Sun (149.6 million km) ...
  • Bigger than: Circumference of the Sun (4.37 million km) ...
  • And equivalent to ...

  • 1 / 58 of the distance from the Sun to Neptune (4.5 billion km) ...
  • 0.52 times the distance from the Earth to the Sun (149.6 million km) ...
  • 200 times the distance from the Earth to the Moon (384,000 km) ...
  • 1,921 times the distance around the equator (40,100 km) ...
  • 13,810 times the distance from London to New York (5,580 km) ...
  • 144,000 times the distance from London to Edinburgh (535 km) ...
  • 192,500 times the height of the orbit of the International Space Station (400 km) ...
  • And, neatly, although approximately ...

  • is 200 x Distance from the Earth to the Moon (384,000 km)...
  • is 500 x Circumference of Neptune (154,600 km)...
  • is 250000 x Length of the British Grand Prix Formula 1 motor race (306.3 km)...
  • is 400000 x Length of the Suez Canal (193.3 km)...
  • is 1000000 x Length of the Panama Canal (77 km)...
  • 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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