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Small nitpick: "largest" refers to mean radius, "massive" refers to mass (aka weight). Pluto is the second most massive, but it is the largest. (To be fair, it
by lhorie 11y ago
Small nitpick: "largest" refers to mean radius, "massive" refers to mass (aka weight). Pluto is the second most massive, but it is the largest. (To be fair, it is a very close call: its diameter is only ~25km larger than Eris)
I'm excited to see this story unfold, if nothing else because it's fun looking up the mythological[1][2][3] origins of the names given to new celestial bodies :)
[1](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Makemake https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Makemake)
[2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/90377_Sedna https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/90377_Sedna)
[3](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haumea https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haumea)
- overcast 11y agoMass isn't weight, it's the amount of matter. Weight is the measure of the pull of gravity on mass.
- lhorie 11y agoSorry, you're right. I should've qualified that I meant the colloquial usage of the word "weight".
- ahmedfromtunis 11y agoYou're right, but sorry, it does NOT matter: https://youtu.be/QSIuTxnBuJk https://youtu.be/QSIuTxnBuJk
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