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Thanks I was wondering about the way it was represented, so the surface area of the moon is 4x that of Australia, that's pretty big. Large enough for a human co
by peter_retief 7y ago
Thanks I was wondering about the way it was represented, so the surface area of the moon is 4x that of Australia, that's pretty big. Large enough for a human colony for sure.
- chris_wot 7y agoTerra lunas?
- onlyrealcuzzo 7y agoConsidering that the Earth is mostly water, 4x the land area of Australia, is probably a decent portion of all land area on Earth.
- incompatible 7y agoI doubt it. Well, I can look it up. Land area of Australia: 7,692,024 sq km. Land area of earth: 148,940,000 sq km. OK, it depends on whether you consider 20.66% a decent proportion or not. Further: surface area of the moon: 37,930,000 sq km, or 25.47% or the land area of Earth.
- symplee 7y agoGot me curious enough to look this up: Total surface area of Earth is ~500,000,000 km^2 Total land area of Earth is ~150,000,000 km^2 (~.29 Earth) Australia's land area is ~7,500,000 km^2 (~.015 Earth, 5% of land area) Moon surface area is ~38,000,000 km^2 (~0.074 Earth, 25% of land area)
- symplee 7y agoMeta reply, I think we all just fell victim to Cunningham's Law [0] "The best way to get the right answer on the internet is not to ask a question; it's to post the wrong answer." https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Cunningham%27s_Law https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Cunningham%27s_Law
- msuvakov 7y agoMore precisely a quarter: 38 million km2 (Moon area) : 150 million km2 (land area of the Earth) = 25%