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Smaug vs Football pitch
1.048×
- Reference · length
- Football pitch 105 m
- Target · length
- Smaug 110 m
Correct ratio: target ÷ reference = 1.048. The target’s length is approximately 1.048× the reference’s length.
A commonly cited screen-scale estimate makes Smaug roughly as long as a standard football pitch.
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Death Star vs Moon
0.0461×
- Reference · diameter
- Moon 3,474.8 km
- Target · diameter
- Death Star 160 km
Correct ratio: target ÷ reference = 0.0461. The target’s diameter is approximately 0.0461× the reference’s diameter.
A 160-kilometre Death Star is enormous beside a city, yet tiny compared with the Moon’s diameter.
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03
RX-78-2 Gundam vs City bus
1.5×
- Reference · length
- City bus 12 m
- Target · height
- RX-78-2 Gundam 18 m
Correct ratio: target ÷ reference = 1.5. The target’s height is approximately 1.5× the reference’s length.
An 18-metre mobile suit would stand about one and a half city-bus lengths high.
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04
RX-78-2 Gundam vs Space Shuttle
0.4839×
- Reference · length
- Space Shuttle 37.2 m
- Target · height
- RX-78-2 Gundam 18 m
Correct ratio: target ÷ reference = 0.4839. The target’s height is approximately 0.4839× the reference’s length.
The original RX-78-2 Gundam is about half the length of a Space Shuttle orbiter when stood upright.
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05
King Kong vs Statue of Liberty
1.104×
- Reference · height
- Statue of Liberty 93 m
- Target · height
- King Kong 102.7 m
Correct ratio: target ÷ reference = 1.104. The target’s height is approximately 1.104× the reference’s height.
The MonsterVerse version of King Kong stands a little taller than the Statue of Liberty including its pedestal.
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