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Is 32,000 furlongs as long as The Diameter of Earth?

It's about half as long as The Diameter of Earth
The length of The Diameter of Earth is about 63,411.045 furlongs.
(Equatorial)
The Earth — not a perfect sphere, but rather an oblate spheroid with bulged middle — has a diameter of approximately 63,411.045 furlongs at the Equator. The first complete view of Earth's diameter was in a photograph taken from a V-2 rocket launched in 1946 by the United States Army, which reached an altitude of 520 furlongs.
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