diameter

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Saturn's magnetosphere is enormous, extending to more than 10 times the planet's diameter.

From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026

With a steady hand, she manoeuvred a huge wind turbine section, five metres in diameter, across the yard.

From Barron's • Mar. 7, 2026

The prizes have a diameter of just over 3 inches and are less than half an inch thick.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 10, 2026

Measuring roughly 55 feet long and 18 feet wide, the float featured a dense seascape of corals, fish and oversize sea stars, some spanning 4 feet in diameter.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 3, 2026

The program for Redwing included the first airborne drop of a thermonuclear device, which created an enormous fireball four miles in diameter when it detonated fifteen thousand feet over Bikini.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik