claim_arguably@lemdro.id to Ask Science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 22 days agoWhat's a scientific fact that sounds made up but is 100% real?message-squaremessage-square252linkfedilinkarrow-up1188arrow-down15
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minus-squarem0darn@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-220 days agoPluto is smaller than Russia Edit: this fact seems to rely on a contested measurement for pluto. I guess it would still be true if we look at volume but that’s kinda weird.
minus-squareSylvartas@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·21 days agoWhat Edit : apparently, counting surface areas, it’s wrong, but by surprisingly little
minus-squareMonte_Crisco@thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·21 days agoMaybe the factoid first became popular when the USSR existed
minus-squarem0darn@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·20 days agoI see 17 million sq km for Russia, and 16 million sq km for Pluto.
minus-squareSylvartas@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·20 days agoIdk I saw something like 17.1 for Russia and 17.4 for Pluto
minus-squarem0darn@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-220 days agoYeah it seems that Pluto got bigger since I learned this fact, and AI summary is also out dated Edit to add: I hope it’s obvious I meant our estimate of the surface area of Pluto increased, not that I think Pluto is growing.
minus-squareTarschun@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·20 days agoOut of curiosity, if they had Ukraine–would they then surpass it?
Pluto is smaller than RussiaEdit: this fact seems to rely on a contested measurement for pluto. I guess it would still be true if we look at volume but that’s kinda weird.
What
Edit : apparently, counting surface areas, it’s wrong, but by surprisingly little
Maybe the factoid first became popular when the USSR existed
I see 17 million sq km for Russia, and 16 million sq km for Pluto.
Idk I saw something like 17.1 for Russia and 17.4 for Pluto
Yeah it seems that Pluto got bigger since I learned this fact, and AI summary is also out dated
Edit to add: I hope it’s obvious I meant our estimate of the surface area of Pluto increased, not that I think Pluto is growing.
Out of curiosity, if they had Ukraine–would they then surpass it?