AA battery
50.5 mm (1.988 in)
Overall length including the + terminal
The common cylindrical battery in remotes and toys. Length: 50.5 mm.
Published
How big is that?
50.5 mm is 59% of a credit card.
AA battery is the 8th smallest of the 39 Classic objects, and the 8th smallest of the 109 objects across all three SizeItUp games.
Closest in size from the other games: Archaeopteryx (Prehistoric Giants), 50 cm long.
Size comparison
To scale, smallest to largest: AA battery in orange beside the Classic objects nearest in size, in teal.
| Object | Size | vs AA battery |
|---|---|---|
| Table tennis ballA regulation ping-pong ball. | 40 mm across | 79% of the size |
| Golf ballA regulation ball for the game of golf. | 42.67 mm across | 84% of the size |
| AA battery | 50.5 mm long | – |
| Rubik's Cube (3 x 3)The original six-color twisty puzzle. | 57 mm | 1.1× bigger |
| Tennis ballA regulation ball for professional tennis. | 67 mm across | 1.3× bigger |
In other units
| Millimetres | 50.5 |
|---|---|
| Centimetres | 5.05 |
| Metres | 0.0505 |
| Inches | 1.988 |
| Feet | 0.1657 |
How it's measured
Overall length including the + terminal. IEC LR6 maximum (the minimum is 49.2 mm).
This is the largest size the rules allow.
Sources
- cdn.prod.website-files.com: Duracell MN1500 (IEC LR6) datasheet: 50.5 / 49.2 mm, dimensions shown are IEC standards.
Checked against the source on .
Could you have guessed it by eye?
AA battery is one of the objects in Classic, a daily size comparison game: you stretch a shape to the size you think is right beside one you know.