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The diameter of this asteroid is estimated to be ~160 km, which is 21.7 times less than Moon with d=3474 km. Assuming similar density, the mass of the new aster
by krasin 5y ago
The diameter of this asteroid is estimated to be ~160 km, which is 21.7 times less than Moon with d=3474 km. Assuming similar density, the mass of the new asteroid is 10000 less than Moon and it's unlikely to affect much.
- rob74 5y agoAh, ok, good to know! When I read "dwarf planet", I automatically assumed it to be bigger than (or at least comparable in size to) the moon, which is a mere sattelite of a small planet. Then again, even Pluto, which was considered for a long time to be an "actual" planet, is smaller than the moon...
- cbkeller 5y agoEarth's moon is freakishly large by moon standards, as it turns out! > At about one-quarter the diameter of Earth (comparable to the width of Australia), it [the Moon] is the largest natural satellite in the Solar System relative to the size of its planet, the fifth largest satellite in the Solar System overall, and is larger than any dwarf planet. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon
- niyikiza 5y agoHonorable mention: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNtTylNR7ks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNtTylNR7ks