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2. Earth's circumference - Wikipedia

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   Earth's circumference is the distance around Earth. Measured around the equator, it is 40,075.017 km (24,901.461 mi). Measured passing through the poles, the circumference is 40,007.863 km (24,859.734 mi). [1] Treating the Earth as a sphere, its circumference would be its single most important measurement. [2]

3. List of pedestrian circumnavigators - Wikipedia

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   He faced challenges such as extreme weather and health issues but maintained a walking pace of around 30 km per day. [23] [24] Date Jan. 1, 2009 – June 9, 2013 Duration 4 years, 5 months, 9 days Distance 40,000 kilometres (25,000 mi) Name Tony Mangan: Third runner to successfully run around the world. Having run 50,000 km, he holds the record ...

4. Circumnavigation world record progression - Wikipedia

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   3 July 2002 Spirit of Freedom balloon, first solo aircraft to fly around the world without stopping or refueling from Northam, Western Australia [31] Steve Fossett: 67 hours, 1 minute, 10 seconds 28 February 2005 3 March 2005 GlobalFlyer first solo nonstop un-refueled fixed-wing aircraft flight around the world from Salina, Kansas [32] [33] [34]

5. Earth's orbit - Wikipedia

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   [nb 1] Earth's orbital speed averages 29.78 km/s (19 mi/s; 107,208 km/h; 66,616 mph), which is fast enough to cover the planet's diameter in 7 minutes and the distance to the Moon in 4 hours. [3] The point towards which the Earth in its solar orbit is directed at any given instant is known as the "apex of the Earth's way". [4] [5]

6. Around the world sailing record - Wikipedia

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   IDEC 3, current outright record holder at 40 days, 23 hours, 30 minutes and 30 seconds. The first around the world sailing record for circumnavigation of the world can be attributed to the surviving crew of Ferdinand Magellan's expedition, including the last captain Juan Sebastián Elcano who completed their journey in 1522.

7. List of circumnavigations - Wikipedia

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   Heinz Stücke has been cycling around the world since 1962. Arthur Blessitt has been walking around the world carrying a 45 lb (20 kg) wooden cross since 25 December 1969, covering 42,279 miles (68,041 km) through 324 countries. As of 13 June 2008, aged 67, he had walked in every country of the world, since when he has returned to some.

8. Steve Fossett - Wikipedia

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   On February 11, 2006, Fossett set the absolute world record for "distance without landing" by flying from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, around the world eastbound, then upon returning to Florida continuing across the Atlantic a second time to land in Bournemouth, England. The official distance was 25,766 statute miles (41,467 km) and the ...

9. Circumnavigation - Wikipedia

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   In 1964, Geraldine "Jerrie" Mock was the first woman to fly solo around the world. In 1986, Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager made the first non-refueled circumnavigation in an airplane (Rutan Voyager), in 9 days, 3 minutes and 44 seconds. In 1999, Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones, achieved the first non-stop balloon circumnavigation in Breitling ...