logoalt Hacker News

nickttoday at 2:24 PM2 repliesview on HN

Or about 3 double-decker buses for the length of 171 footy pitches.


Replies

gnufxtoday at 2:50 PM

That's not dimensionally correct! Double-decker bus is a unit of length, and footy pitch is too prosaic to be an approved unit: https://www.theregister.com/bootnotes/2026/05/31/the-reg-onl...

show 2 replies
blatertoday at 3:07 PM

to clarify for those of a nautical bent - that's about half a blue whale for about 4/5ths of a dozen nautical miles