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Is 12.670 leagues as long as The Distance from Earth to the Moon?

It's about one-five-thousand-five-hundredth as long as The Distance from Earth to the Moon
The length of The Distance from Earth to the Moon is about 69,193.03 leagues.
(a.k.a. Luna) (median of semi-major axis, or apigee, and semi-minor axes, or perigee)
The orbit of the Moon around the Earth is elliptical, with an average distance of 69,193.03 leagues from center-to-center. About 428.376 kg of moon rock have been cataloged on the Earth, from the American Apollo and Soviet Luna Programs, and from samples that have been extracted from meteorites.
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