Talk:1 megametre

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I don't think we should use "as the crow flies" on this page -- is it an expression that all speakers of English will understand? -- Tarquin

I think it's a well-known idiom, and not just in English, though it may not be a crow in other languages (e.g. "à vol d'oiseau"). But what crow - or any other bird for that matter - flies from Dublin to San Francisco? -phma

A better term might be the Great circle distance or route, as the shortest distance between two points over the surface of a sphere (or the earth) is the arc of the largest (greatest sized) circle drawn around the sphere that passes through both points. The shortest distance is a line segment that passes through both points but this passes through the earth so cannot be travelled (easily). - kiwiinapanic 10:02 Feb 18, 2003 (UTC)

I think that "as the crow flies" is the best term for the distance between two places. It also has the advantage of being the most used term. Great Circle is not commonly used, in fact I have not heard of it before. Goatface.

[edit] Rm some IMO redundant ones

• 1,060 km — diameter of Tethys, one of Saturn's major moons
• 1,158 km — diameter of Ariel, one of Uranus' major moons
• 1,118 km — diameter of Dione, one of Saturn's major moons
• 1,169 km — diameter of Umbriel, one of Uranus' major moons
• 1,528 km — diameter of Rhea, one of Saturn's major moons
• 1,523 km — diameter of Oberon, one of Uranus' major moons
• 3,122 km — Diameter of Europa (moon of Jupiter)
• 4,821 km — Diameter of Callisto (moon of Jupiter)
• 5,262 km — Diameter of Ganymede (moon of Jupiter)
• 5,150 km — Diameter of Titan (moon of Saturn)
  • Only one moon per planet, please.
• 1,619 km — Length of land boundary between Norway and Sweden
• 3,218 km — Length of Sweden's coastline
• 1,572 km — Length of Sweden from north to south
• 1,490 km — Maximum length of main chain of islands of New Zealand
  • One measurement per country.
• 1,600 km — Length of the Blue Nile
• 3,700 km — Length of the White Nile
• 6,695 km — Length of the Nile-Kagera-Ruvuvu-Ruvusu-Ruvyironza River system.
  • One length per river.
• 1,320 km — Length of the Rhine
• 4,240 km — Length of the Mackenzie
• 4,410 km — Length of the Amur
• 4,260 km — Length of the Lena
• 5,570 km — Lenth of the Ob-Irtysh River system
  • I don't recongize these rivers - if they are sufficiently notable, feel free to re-add them.

As always, if you really care, feel free to rev-add any ones you wish. JesseW 23:50, 8 August 2005 (UTC)

Ya'll rednecks.