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'Order of magnitude' in science is a very useful concept: we are often not necessarily interested in the exact measurement of a quantity but rather whether it is 'about a metre' or 'about a kilometre' or 'about a nanometre' etc.

Are there any objects whose size you are confident you know? Are the other objects larger or smaller than these?