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  2. Orders of magnitude (length) - Wikipedia

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    A length of 100 kilometers (about 62 miles), as a rough amount, is relatively common in measurements on Earth and for some astronomical objects. It is the altitude at which the FAI defines spaceflight to begin. To help compare orders of magnitude, this section lists lengths between 100 and 1,000 kilometers (10 5 and 10 6 meters).

  3. Kilometre - Wikipedia

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    The kilometre (SI symbol: km; / ˈ k ɪ l ə m iː t ər / or / k ɪ ˈ l ɒ m ə t ər /), spelt kilometer in American and Philippine English, is a unit of length in the International System of Units (SI), equal to one thousand metres (kilo-being the SI prefix for 1000).

  4. League (unit) - Wikipedia

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    Legua nautica (nautical league): Between 1400 and 1600 the Spanish nautical league was equal to four Roman miles of 4,842 feet, making it 19,368 feet (5,903 metres or 3.1876 modern nautical miles). However, the accepted number of Spanish nautical leagues to a degree varied between 14 1/6 to 16 2/3, so in actual practice the length of a Spanish ...

  5. Nautical mile - Wikipedia

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    The equatorial circumference is slightly longer than the polar circumference – the measurement based on this (⁠ 40,075.017 km / 360 × 60 ⁠ = 1,855.3 metres) is known as the geographical mile. Using the definition ⁠ 1 / 60 ⁠ of a degree of latitude on Mars, a Martian nautical mile equals to 983

  6. Nepalese customary units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    The kos (kosh, krosh, koss) is a very ancient measure of distance, measuring about 2.25 miles or 3.7 km. [2] 1 murii = approx. 0.75 inch 4 angul = 1 dharnugrah (bow grip) = 3 in

  7. Units of measurement in transportation - Wikipedia

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    kilometre (km) or kilometer is a metric unit used, outside the US, to measure the length of a journey; the international statute mile (mi) is used in the US; 1 mi = 1.609344 km; nautical mile is rarely used to derive units of transportation quantity.

  8. Metric prefix - Wikipedia

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    1 km 2 means one square kilometre, or the area of a square of 1000 m by 1000 m. In other words, an area of 1 000 000 square metres and not 1000 square metres. 2 Mm 3 means two cubic megametres, or the volume of two cubes of 1 000 000 m by 1 000 000 m by 1 000 000 m, i.e. 2 × 10 18 m 3, and not 2 000 000 cubic metres (2 × 10 6 m 3).

  9. Astronomical unit - Wikipedia

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    [14] In 1976, to establish a more ... This definition makes the speed of light, defined as exactly 299 792 458 m/s, equal to exactly 299 792 458 ... (695 500 km, 432 ...