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Size Comparison: Pluto and Australia (sopuli.xyz)
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[-] x4740N@lemm.ee 22 points 3 months ago

Pluto is still a sphere, this is an unfair comparison because Pluto hasn't been unwrapped

[-] doctordevice@lemmy.ca 11 points 3 months ago

Fun fact: the surface area of Pluto is only about 4% larger than Russia.

[-] RandomVideos@programming.dev 7 points 3 months ago

So thats why Russia wanted to expand

[-] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

It's actually 4π*(0.5*(length-of-australia))^2 bigger than that.

[-] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 3 points 3 months ago

Pluto unboxing video.

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