Here are a few
interesting distances (I will add more later as I find them):
- Distance of the Earth from the Sun: 150,000,000km
- Distance of the Mercury from the Sun: 57,950,000km
- Distance of the Venus from the Sun: 108,110,000km
- Distance of the Mars from the Sun: 227,840,000km
- Distance of the Jupiter from the Sun: 778,140,000km
- Distance of the Saturn from the Sun: 1,427,000,000km
- Distance of the Uranus from the Sun: 2,870,300,000km
- Distance of the Neptune from the Sun: 4,499,990,000km
- Distance of the Pluto from the Sun: 5,913,000,000km
- Distance of the Moon from the Earth: 385,000km
- Circumference of the Earth: 40,000km
- Geostationary satellite altitude: 35,800km
- Height of Mount Everest: 8.850km
- Length of a Marathon Footrace: 42.195km
- World Long Jump Record: 8.95m
- Size of an atom: 200,000fm (0.2nm) (average)
- Distance between atoms in a solid: 0.2nm -0.3nm
- Size of a red blood cell: 8 micrometers
- Distance of the Sun from the center of the Milky Way: 27,500 light years
- Distance of the Milky Way from the Center of the Universe: bzzzttt! Trick question, because of the bubble expansion of the Universe, any given point appears to be the center.
- A light year: 9.46051E+12km
- Distance to Alpha Centauri: 4.03964E+13km
- Distance to Sirius: 8.17388E+13km
- Distance to Deneb: 1.32636E+16km
information gleamed from many sources including Dr. Odenwald's ASK THE ASTRONOMER