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Does anyone undestand this sentence? "Most of these close-in planets were found to be roughly between the size of Earth and Neptune, which is about 4 time
by mLuby 9y ago
Does anyone undestand this sentence?
"Most of these close-in planets were found to be roughly between the size of
Earth and Neptune, which is about 4 times the size of Earth."
Wikipedia says Neptune's volume = 57.74 Earths and Mass = 17.147 Earths. https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Neptune https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Neptune
- lwansbrough 9y agoThey're probably referring to the diameter.
- sigstoat 9y agoneptune is 3.86 earth diameters, based on the wikipedia values.
- badosu 9y agoNeptune radius: 24,622 km Earth radius: 6,371 km That's your 4 times the size measure.
- InclinedPlane 9y agoCorrect. Transit methods measure size not mass.
- deleted 9y ago[deleted]