1.8 stretched out human small intestines

Or 3.5 Albatross wingspans, or 8.1 Alaskan moose antler spans, or 7.6 standard railway gauges, or 5.5 Kobe Bryants, or 2.5 London buses stacked one on top of another. That is how this site converts 12 yards. Try your own measures....

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Convert boring units to real objects as you type!
1au
1 astronomical units
is equal to:
* 1.0 average Earth-to-Sun distances.

I'm underwhemed.

D'oh. They don't know the attoparsec.

By Jérôme ^ (not verified) on 28 May 2008 #permalink

I'll consider this a beta version until they can handle areas (football fields, New Jerseys, etc.) and weights (average human being, average elephant, ...).