10 gigametres
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To help compare different distances this page lists lengths starting at 1010 metres (10 Gm or 10 million kilometres, or 0.07 Astronomical units).
- 15 million km — Closest distance of Comet Hyakutake from Earth
- 18 million km — One light-minute
- 24 million km — Radius of a heliostationary orbit
- 40 million km — Diameter of Rigel, a blue supergiant star
- 46 million km — Perihelion distance of Mercury
- 53 million km — Diameter of Aldebaran, an orange giant star
- 55 million km — 60,000-year perigee of Mars (last achieved on August 27, 2003)
- 58 million km — Average passing distance between Earth and Mars at the moment they overtake each other in their orbits
- 70 million km — Aphelion distance of Mercury
- 76 million km — Neso's apocentric distance; greatest distance of a natural satellite from its parent planet (Neptune)
