DAILY NO. 5 · VERIFIED MEASUREMENTS
The September 26, 2026 puzzle ran from a Saturn V rocket at 110.6 m to Jupiter at 139,820 km — 6 orders of magnitude apart, drawing on space. The pair furthest apart was round 2: Earth is 2.8× as big as the contiguous United States.
Puzzle #5 asked about Jupiter, Earth, Mars, a Starship launch stack and a Saturn V rocket. Each answer below gives the measured size, the reference it stood beside and the source behind the number. Want the surprise first? Replay this puzzle — archived days never touch your streak.
Answer: Jupiter — 139,820 km. Jupiter measures 139,820 km (length / span), which is 1.2× as big as the reference, Saturn at 116,460 km.
Jupiter is almost eleven times wider than Earth.
Common miss: players tend to compress Jupiter when it sits beside Saturn — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: Earth — 12,742 km. Earth measures 12,742 km (length / span), which is 2.8× as big as the reference, the contiguous United States at 4,500 km.
Earth is about 12,742 kilometres across.
Common miss: players tend to compress Earth when it sits beside the contiguous United States — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: Mars — 6,779 km. Mars measures 6,779 km (length / span), which is 1.6× as big as the reference, Brazil at 4,320 km.
Mars is a little over half Earth’s diameter.
Common miss: players tend to compress Mars when it sits beside Brazil — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: Starship Launch Stack — 121 m. A Starship launch stack measures 121 m (height), which is 1.3× as big as the reference, the Statue of Liberty at 93 m.
The complete Starship launch stack is about 121 metres tall.
Common miss: players tend to compress a Starship launch stack when it sits beside the Statue of Liberty — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: Saturn V Rocket — 110.6 m. A Saturn V rocket measures 110.6 m (height), which is about 1.1× smaller than the reference, a Starship launch stack at 121 m.
Saturn V stood taller than the Statue of Liberty without its pedestal.
Common miss: players tend to inflate a Saturn V rocket when it sits beside a Starship launch stack — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
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