This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Paul Stansifer (talk | contribs) at 06:35, 7 March 2007 (Illustrated some objects of this size, added objects in the illustration to the list). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.
Revision as of 06:35, 7 March 2007 by Paul Stansifer (talk | contribs) (Illustrated some objects of this size, added objects in the illustration to the list)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Template:Associations/Orders of magnitude (length) To help compare different distances this page lists lengths starting at 10 m (1 Gm or 1 million km).
- 1,400,000 km — Diameter of Sun
- 1,500,000 km — Expected orbit from Earth of the James Webb Space Telescope
- 2,190,000 km — Closest approach of Comet Lexell to Earth, happened on July 1, 1770; closest comet approach on record
- 4,200,000 km — Diameter of Algol B
- 5,000,000 km — Closest approach of Comet Halley to Earth, happened on April 10, 837
- 7,900,000 km — Diameter of Gamma Orionis
- 9,000,000 km — Estimated diameter of Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole in the center of the Milky Way galaxy