987.8 centimeters is equal to 388.937 inches.
To put this into perspective, here are a few comparisons to known objects of similar size:
– This is almost the same height as the Washington Monument in Washington D.C. (555 feet or 169 meters).
– It is slightly taller than the tallest building in Paris, the Tour Montparnasse, which stands at 689 feet (210 meters).
– It is about twice the height of the average giraffe (15-18 feet).
– It is shorter than the wingspan of a Boeing 747-8 airplane (243 feet).
– It is about the same length as an adult humpback whale (35-52 feet).
– It is almost ten times the length of a standard basketball hoop (10 feet).
– It is slightly taller than a professional NBA basketball player, LeBron James (6 feet, 9 inches).
– It is about four times the height of the average doorway (80 inches).
– It is almost the same height as the average male polar bear (9 feet, 8 inches).
– It is shorter than the height of the world’s largest flower, the Rafflesia arnoldii (3 feet, 3 inches).