How long is 0.5 nautical miles?
It's about one-seven-thousandth as long as The Great Wall of China (wall only)
The length of The Great Wall of China (wall only) is about 3,380 nautical miles.
(长城, 長城, Chángchéng, a.k.a. 万里长城, 萬里長城, Wànlǐ Chángchéng) (a.k.a. "The long wall of 10,000 Li") (from Shanhaiguan through Lop Nur, China) (wall segments only)
The Great Wall of China has total wall segment length of 3,380 nautical miles. Built and maintained in multiple sections over about eleven centuries, the Great Wall is currently suffering the effects of erosion, especially in the older sections made primarily out of mud.
It's about one-seven-thousandth as long as The Amazon River
The length of The Amazon River is about 3,476 nautical miles.
(from Nevado Mismi, Arequipa, Peru through near Marajó, Brazil) (approximate distance)
The Amazon River has an approximate distance of 3,476 nautical miles. Although by most measures it is the largest and one of the most significant rivers in the world, the region surrounding the Amazon is mostly sparsely populated and the river itself has no bridges across it at any point.
It's about one-nine-thousand-five-hundredth as long as The Great Wall of China (total)
The length of The Great Wall of China (total) is about 4,780 nautical miles.
(长城, 長城, Chángchéng, a.k.a. 万里长城, 萬里長城, Wànlǐ Chángchéng) (a.k.a. "The long wall of 10,000 Li") (from Shanhaiguan through Lop Nur, China) (total length, all branches)
The Great Wall of China, including all branches and trenches, is 4,780 nautical miles. Built and maintained in multiple sections over about eleven centuries, the Great Wall is currently suffering the effects of erosion, especially in the older sections made primarily out of mud.
It's about one-fifteen-thousandth as long as The Diameter of Earth
The length of The Diameter of Earth is about 6,887.83650 nautical miles.
(Equatorial)
The Earth — not a perfect sphere, but rather an oblate spheroid with bulged middle — has a diameter of approximately 6,887.83640 nautical miles 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 56.4834560 nautical miles.
It's about 15,000 times as tall as a Golf Tee
The height of a Golf Tee is about 0.0000290 nautical miles.
The most common golf tee size and the length preferred for iron and most wood clubs is 0.0000290 nautical miles tall. The tee did not come into common use until it was promoted by professional golfers Walter Hagen and Joe Kirkwood, as part of a marketing effort by the patent-holder of the well-known, "Reddy Tee."
It's about one-forty-five-thousandth as long as The Circumfrence of Earth
The length of The Circumfrence of Earth is about 21,638.7760 nautical miles.
(Equatorial)
The Earth — not a perfect sphere, but rather an oblate spheroid with bulged middle — has an Equatorial circumference of approximately 21,638.7760 nautical miles. The first airplane trip around the circumference of the Earth (with a few stops along the way), was completed in 1924 by the United States Army Air Service, and took 175 days.
It's about 65,000 times as long as an Aspirin
The length of an Aspirin is about 0.00000760 nautical miles.
(for up & up aspirin, 325mg, regular strength tablets) (a.k.a. acetylsalicylic acid, a.k.a. ASA)
A single aspirin tablet measures 0.00000760 nautical miles in diameter. One of the most common medicines in the world and a foundation of worldwide health systems, an estimated 40,000 metric tons of aspirin are consumed each year.
It's about one-four-hundred-thousandth as long as The Distance from Earth to the Moon
The length of The Distance from Earth to the Moon is about 207,579.10 nautical miles.
(a.k.a. Luna) (median of semi-major axis, or apigee, and semi-minor axes, or perigee)
The orbit of the Moon around the Earth is elliptical, with an average distance of 207,579.10 nautical miles from center-to-center. About 428.376 kg of moon rock have been cataloged on the Earth, from the American Apollo and Soviet Luna Programs, and from samples that have been extracted from meteorites.
It's about 550,000 times as wide as a Strand of Spaghetti
The width of a Strand of Spaghetti is about 0.000000920 nautical miles.
(average; restaurant and supermarket applications) (based on FMA Omcan Italian Made TR50 Counter Top Pasta Machine Extruder 13317)
An average strand of restaurant-grade spaghetti measures 0.000000920 nautical miles in thickness. In 2010, a California Buca di Beppo set a world record by preparing a 13,780-lb bowl of spaghetti, served in a swimming pool.
It's about 750,000 times as long as a Grain of Sand
The length of a Grain of Sand is about 0.0000006750 nautical miles.
(medium grain)
Composed mainly of quartz, mica, feldspar, or magnetite, a grain of sand measures an average of 0.0000006750 nautical miles. In 2007, a team of seven in Myrtle Beach created the world's tallest sandcastle, which measured 0.00815 nautical miles in height.
It's about 9,000,000 times as tall as a sheet of Paper
The height of a sheet of Paper is about 0.0000000500 nautical miles.
(for US Letter, a.k.a. ANSI A; 215.9mm by 279.4mm (8.5 in x 11 in); 20lb)
A single sheet of 20 lb, 8.5 inch x 11 inch paper is just 0.0000000500 nautical miles thick. This style of paper weighs a mere 5 g per sheet.
It's about 9,500,000 times as wide as a Strand of Hair
The width of a Strand of Hair is about 0.0000000530 nautical miles.
(average)
A strand of human hair averages 99 µm (micrometers), with blond hair being the finest and black hair the thickest. On a healthy scalp, each strand of hair will last up to 6 years.
It's about 100,000,000 times as long as a Red Blood Cell
The length of a Red Blood Cell is about 0.00000000400 nautical miles.
(a.k.a. RBCs, a.k.a. haematids, a.k.a. erythrocyte, a.k.a. erythroid cells, a.k.a. red blood corpuscles)
An average Red Blood Cell measures 7.5 µm (micrometers) in diameter. An average human has 20 - 30 trillion red blood cells in their body and each cell completes a circulatory lap in about 20 seconds.
It's about 150,000,000 times as long as a Cell's Nucleus
The length of a Cell's Nucleus is about 0.00000000320 nautical miles.
(for animal cell)
The nucleus of an animal cell measures an average of 0.00000000320 nautical miles. The nucleus is the largest organelle in these cells, accounting for about 10% of the cell's total volume.
It's about 450,000,000 times as long as a Bacterium
The length of a Bacterium is about 0.00000000110 nautical miles.
(Escherichia coli) (rod-shaped configuration)
An rod-shaped E. coli bacterium measures about 0.00000000110 nautical miles in length. A staple of biology labs, E. coli can reproduce in as little as twenty minutes.