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And remember, 1 AU is about 997.3 billion bananas laid end to end.

How do you define the major axis of a banana?

The longest dimension.

In a straight line?

Yes, laid end to end, after they've been bent.

If you were to lay them end to then, then bend the them, you'd have a coil of bananas about three to four bananas (bent) in diameter.