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How long is 484.7 light years?

It's about 5,000,000,000,000,000 times as tall as The Three Sisters Falls
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The height of The Three Sisters Falls is about 0.0000000000001000 light years.
(a.k.a. Cataratas las Tres Hermanas) (Ayacucho, Peru)
The Three Sisters Falls rise to 0.0000000000001000 light years in height. The falls are called Three Sisters after the three large tiers over which the falls flow.
It's about 5,000,000,000,000,000 times as tall as Tugela Falls
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The height of Tugela Falls is about 0.0000000000001000 light years.
(Royal Natal National Park, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa)
Tugela Falls rises to 0.0000000000001000 light years in height. The falls are the highest in Africa and the second highest in the world.
It's about 4,500,000,000,000,000 times as tall as Angel Falls
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The height of Angel Falls is about 0.0000000000001030 light years.
(a.k.a. Parakupa-vena, a.k.a. Kerepakupai mer&) (Auyantepui, Canaima National Park, Venezuela) (total height)
Angel Falls has a total height 0.0000000000001030 light years. Jimmie Angel, the first person to publicize their existence outside Venezuela and the namesake of the falls, damaged his monoplane atop the falls and was forced to abandon it; it remained there until it was removed 33 years later.
It's about 5,500,000,000,000,000 times as tall as Burj Dubai
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The height of Burj Dubai is about 0.00000000000008750 light years.
(formally Burj Khalifa, a.k.a. Dubai Tower, a.k.a. برج خليفة) (Dubai, UAE) (to roof)
Burj Khalifa, the tallest manmade structure in the world, stands 0.00000000000008750 light years to its roof. The tower also holds the current records for the world's highest Islamic mosque — at approximately 0.0000000000000610 light years on the 158th floor (of 163 floors) — and the world's tallest outdoor swimming pool — at approximately 0.00000000000003010 light years on the 78th floor.
It's about 9,500,000,000,000,000 times as tall as The Shanghai World Financial Center
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The height of The Shanghai World Financial Center is about 0.0000000000000520 light years.
(上海环球金融中 上海環球金融中心, Shànghǎi huánqiú jīnróng zhōngxīn) (a.k.a. SWFC) (Shanghai, China) (to spire)
The Shanghai World Financial Center is 0.0000000000000520 light years tall to its roof. It is home to both the world's highest hotel (on its 79th through 93rd floors) and the world's tallest observation deck (on its 100th floor, approximately 0.00000000000005010 light years above ground).
It's about 10,000,000,000,000,000 times as tall as The Petronas Twin Towers
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The height of The Petronas Twin Towers is about 0.000000000000047770 light years.
(a.k.a. Menara Berkembar Petronas, a.k.a. Petronas Towers) (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) (to spire)
Each of the Petronas Towers stands 0.000000000000047770 light years to their spires. Holding the record as the tallest buildings in the world from 1998 to 2004, the towers continue to hold the record for the deepest foundation barrettes — up to 0.000000000000012160 light years deep.
It's about 7,500,000,000,000,000 times as tall as a Canton Tower
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The height of a Canton Tower is about 0.0000000000000640 light years.
(a.k.a. Guangzhou TV & Sightseeing Tower, a.k.a. 广 州 电 视 观 光 塔) (Guangzhou, China) (to spire)
The Guangzhou TV & Sightseeing Tower stands 0.0000000000000640 light years to its spire. Initially described as holding the record for the tallest Ferris wheel in the world, the ride at the top of the tower is actually an observation carousel; cars complete a trip around the top-floor track about every half-hour.
It's about 8,500,000,000,000,000 times as tall as The CN Tower
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The height of The CN Tower is about 0.0000000000000584870 light years.
(a.k.a. La Tour CN, a.k.a. Canadian National Tower, a.k.a. Canada's National Tower) (Toronto, Canada) (to spire)
The CN Tower measures 0.0000000000000584870 light years tall at its spire. Used only in emergencies and for charitable climbing events, the 2,579-step staircase to the top is the longest metal staircase in the world.
It's about 9,000,000,000,000,000 times as tall as The Willis Tower
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The height of The Willis Tower is about 0.0000000000000550 light years.
(a.k.a. Sears Tower) (Chicago, Illinois) (to antenna peak)
The Willis Tower rises to about 0.0000000000000550 light years to the top of its tallest antenna. The bathrooms on the 103rd floor are said to be the highest in the western hemisphere at about 0.00000000000004350 light years.
It's about 10,000,000,000,000,000 times as tall as The Empire State Building
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The height of The Empire State Building is about 0.0000000000000402730 light years.
(New York City, New York) (to top of building)
The Empire State Building stands 0.0000000000000402730 light years to its architectural peak. The spire emerging from the top of the building was originally intended to be a mooring mast for blimps whose passengers could disembark onto a landing platform on the 102nd floor of the building.
It's about 15,000,000,000,000,000 times as tall as The Eiffel Tower
The height of The Eiffel Tower is about 0.00000000000003420 light years.
(a.k.a. La Tour Eiffel) (Paris, France) (to flagpole peak)
The Eiffel Tower stands 0.00000000000003420 light years tall, including its flagpole. The Tower is the largest structure in Paris as most other buildings are governed by a zoning restriction limiting them to a height of 0.000000000000003910 light years or less.
It's about 15,000,000,000,000,000 times as long as The QE2
The length of The QE2 is about 0.00000000000003110 light years.
(a.k.a. RMS Queen Elizabeth 2)
The QE2 has a total length of 0.00000000000003110 light years. During its voyaging lifetime from 1969 through 2008, it travelled more than 0.000001010 light years, the furthest cumulative distance by any ship in modern history.
It's about 150,000,000,000,000,000 times as tall as De Gooyer
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The height of De Gooyer is about 0.00000000000000290 light years.
(a.k.a. De Funenmolen, a.k.a. The Mill on the Funen) (near Oostelijk Havengebied, Amsterdam, Netherlands) (total structure height)
The tallest windmill in Amsterdam, De Gooyer stands at 0.00000000000000290 light years in structural height. Its prominence owes to the fact that it was relocated atop the base of a former water mill, following two earlier moves in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The windmill's four sails have a total span of about 0.00000000000000190 light years.
It's about 30,000,000,000,000,000 times as long as The Shambles
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The length of The Shambles is about 0.0000000000000160 light years.
(a.k.a. Maze of Twisting, a.k.a. The Great Flesh Shambles) (York, England, United Kingdom) (approximate)
The Shambles, a historic shopping street in York, stretches about 0.0000000000000160 light years. Several of the buildings along the street are over seven hundred years old.
It's about 85,000,000,000,000,000 times as tall as The Mahabodhi Temple
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The height of The Mahabodhi Temple is about 0.00000000000000580 light years.
(a.k.a. Great Awakening Temple, a.k.a. Maha Bodhi Temple, a.k.a. Temple of Bodh Gaya, a.k.a. Mahabodhi Mahavihar) (Bodh Gaya, Gaya District, Bihar, India)
The tower of the Mahabodhi Temple measures 0.00000000000000580 light years in total height. The site has been of sacred interest for more than 2,000 years, with the current Temple dating back at least 1,400 years.
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