Gaia BH1 size comparison: how tall is the Gaia BH1?
Gaia BH1: 56,800 m · 186,352 ft tall · 1.91 × 10³¹ kg
Diameter 56.8 km · 1,560 light-years from Earth · gravity 1,580,041,580,041.6 m/s² (161,228,732,657 g) · 9.62 times the Sun's mass; closest known black hole
Gaia BH1 is 56,800 m · 186,352 ft tall (1.91 × 10³¹ kg). That is about 33,216× the height of an average man (171 cm). Compare it side by side with people, animals, buildings and more on the board above — drag, zoom, switch cm / ft, or export an image.
Gaia BH1 in other units
| Unit | Size |
|---|---|
| Kilometres | 56.8 km |
| Miles | 35.3 mi |
| Metres | 56,800 m |
| Feet | 186,352 ft |
How big is that?
Gaia BH1 measures 56.8 km across. Earth is 12,742 km wide, so Gaia BH1 is about 0.4% of the width of Earth.
What is about the same size as Gaia BH1?
| Compared with | Size | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Cygnus X-1 (Black holes) | 125 km · 78 mi | 68.4 km larger (120.4%) |
| Phobos (Moons) | 22,500 m · 73,819 ft | 34.3 km smaller (60.4%) |
| V404 Cygni (Black holes) | 53,200 m · 174,541 ft | 3.6 km smaller (6.3%) |
More in Black holes
- A0620-00 — 39,000 m · 127,953 ft
- V404 Cygni — 53,200 m · 174,541 ft
- Cygnus X-1 — 125 km · 78 mi
- Gaia BH3 — 195 km · 121 mi
- GW150914 black hole — 366 km · 228 mi
- Sagittarius A* — 25,378,082 km · 15,769,209 mi
- Andromeda M31* — 826,840,000 km · 513,774,557 mi
- M87* — 38,389,000,000 km · 23,853,818,699 mi
- Holmberg 15A* — 236,240,000,000 km · 146,792,730,454 mi
- TON 618 — 240,374,200,000 km · 149,361,603,237 mi