Australia vs Pluto

[LVZ]

[Wounded Bear]

1. So, does that mean Australia is a planet? nt

[Nitram]

3. Just a dwarf planet. If planets could be flat.

[LVZ]

4. ... or a wallaby / wannabe planet n/t

[LVZ]

2. Neil DeGrasse Tyson

[Fearless]

5. You have to unravel Pluto though

It has area in three dimensions.

[LVZ]

6. OK, fair dinkum ... n/t

[LVZ]

7. but Pluto may be bigger than Europe (image) ...

[Jim Lane]

14. Pluto is bigger than Australia PLUS Europe

According to your graphic, approximate surface areas are: Australia 7.7 million square kilometers, Europe 3.5 million square kilometers, total 11.2 million square kilometers.

Wikipedia says of Pluto that its surface area is 16,650,000 square kilometers, "or roughly the same surface area as Russia."

To be fair, I note that your graphic excludes from "Europe" the European portion of Russia, as well as Scandinavia, the Baltic countries, and parts of the former Soviet Union such as Belarus. Wikipedia's broader definition of Europe puts it at 10.2 million square kilometers.

[LVZ]

8. and the mainland USA may be much smaller than you think ... in comparison to Africa

[A Simple Game]

9. Looks like we may need to bring in Canada for backup! n/t

[irisblue]

10. So that is where those skydiving spiders in Australia came from

[seveneyes]

11. I think that was Ziggy and Mars

[joshdawg]

15. Thanks for posting this.

Brought back a lot of memories.

[tclambert]

12. Ayer's Rock fully inflated.

Pluto's got more ice.

[Glassunion]

13. Are we talking,

Football or rugby?

Does not matter. Id give it to Australia in both.

Pluto has not had a good team since the 60's.

[Maedhros]

16. Yeah, but Pluto's team is pretty damned scary looking:

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[Glassunion]

18. The problem is that picture is 1:1 scale.

[Maedhros]

19. Wait until they put your brain in a cylinder.

Then you won't be so flippant.

[Telcontar]

17. I'll take Pluto, no snakes or spiders there

[Gore1FL]

20. Dwarf Continent n/t

[mackerel]

21. Nice map Simon. LOL