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Subject: Sizes
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Date: Fri, 24-May-85 12:35:56 EDT
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From <712@umn-cs.UUCP> Matthew Goldman writes:
> Enterprise
> 	250 - 400 yards long
> Death Star
> 	size of a small moon
> 	50 - 100+ miles in diameter
> Stardestroyer
> 	0.5 - 1.5 miles long
> Super Stardestroyer
> 	3 - 5 miles long
> Milinium (sp) Falcon
> 	>75 yards long
> Battlestar Galactica
> 	2.5 - 4.0 miles long

	I know we could argue about these figures until the 23rd
century, but they seem quite exaggerated to me.  A friend and I
deduced the size of DS to be a max of 20 miles using the size
of an X-Wing (figure the size of the trench from that and so on).
Remember, Sputnik was also considered a "small moon"; "moon" does
not necessarily mean huge.

	The Millenium Falcon is NOT 3/4 of a football field.  There
are many scenes with a human next to it; I'd say around 25 yards.
From that, you can determine the size of a Stardestroyer.  The MF
is on top of one in SW:TESB; say around 25 * MF = ~ 1/3 of a mile
lengthwise.  Super Stardetroyer is 3 * SD = ~ 1 mile.  Galactica is
the size of an SD for want of something to compare it to.

	Any information on the Enterprise's size from reliable
sources (Concordance or whatever)?

Joe Barone,	{allegra, decvax!brunix, linus, ccice5}!rayssd!m1b
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