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xkcd #2908: Moon Armor Index (imgs.xkcd.com)
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Astronomers are a little unsure of the applicability of this index, but NASA's Planetary Protection Officer is all in favor.

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[–] Tomassci@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Finally, Earth is Number One again (well Number Two if you count Pluto, that is)

[–] Everythingispenguins@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

That was why we told pluto it couldn't be in the club anymore.

[–] teft@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Pluto-charon shouldn't count since it is more akin to a binary planetary system than a planet-moon system. Charon and Pluto are so close in size that the system has a barycenter outside of Pluto. This means instead of Charon orbiting a point inside Pluto, Charon and Pluto orbit a point about 800 km above Pluto's surface.