Metre

A metre (m) is the basic SI unit of length, defined as the distance travelled by light in a vacuum in 1/299,792,458 of a second. In the imperial system of measurements, 1 foot is approximately 0.305 m.
In a bid to prevent Rylo-7 from smashing into the Earth, Israeli prime minister Yakov Kanter revealed a plan on 20 October 2143 to barrage the asteroid with millions of antimatter ice crystals, which would shatter the asteroid into fragments less than five metres across -- small enough to burn up in Earth's atmosphere.
On 24 May 2144, workers on O'Neill Colony Three showed off a record-breaking 10-metre pumpkin which had been harvested from a farming strip.
Explorers discovered the bodies of nearly 30 aliens huddled together in a locked compartment on Rylo-7 on 21 June 2144. They were described as "small, delicate, humanoid creatures, perhaps one metre tall."
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