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[–] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 28 points 6 months ago (6 children)

"30 times closer than the Moon" 🙄

Around 12 thousand miles (19.3 thousand kilometers).

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 7 points 6 months ago (2 children)

How much is that in elephants?

[–] jam12705@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I'm not up to date on the latest elephant measuring units but we're talking at lease 7.8million horse lengths away of that helps.

If you're looking for greater accuracy we can always convert that to badgers with a simple formula.

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