Russia vs Pluto

[Germany]

Which of these is bigger:

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ANSWER:


RUSSIA!! At least, in surface area:

Russia = 17,098,240  km2 ( Source: Nationmaster www.nationmaster.com/time.php?stat=geo_sur_are_sq_km-geography-surface-area-sq-km&country=rs-russia )

Pluto = 16,650,000 km2 ( Source: NASA solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Pluto&Display=Facts )

SO......before the IAU's reclassification, Russia was bigger than a planet. If his total surface-area were wrapping paper, he could wrap Pluto up and still have almost half a million kilometers squared to spare.

Of course, Pluto may still weigh more....

You're so fat, Ivan. XD

"It's okay Pluto, I'm not a planet either!"

[Russia]

"I'm not fat, you are all just really tiny."

XD I laughed when I saw this. When you measure things in square kilometers it really puts sizes into prospective.

[Germany]

"Not fat? If we launched you into space, you could be reclassified as a dwarf planet!"

It really does!

Weight-wise, Pluto does probably weigh more, but that one's harder to call as it's composed of far fewer dense elements than Earth, and it would also depend on how far down into the earth we're counting towards a country's weight.

[venecianovargas]

"It would be so hard to wrap my arms around you for a hug! You're bigger than a planet!!"

Wow!! Who would have known....actually I'm not as surprised as I should be. Oh Russia!! Always full of "surprises". xD

[Russia]

"Not fat? If we launched you into space, you could be reclassified as a dwarf planet!"

"It's mostly water weight. You would be bigger too if you had as many glaciers, Germany."

"It would be so hard to wrap my arms around you for a hug! You're bigger than a planet!!"

"You're so tiny Italy, of course it would be hard. No worries though, we're friends, yes? I could always wrap you into a hug."

Weight-wise, Pluto does probably weigh more, but that one's harder to call as it's composed of far fewer dense elements than Earth, and it would also depend on how far down into the earth we're counting towards a country's weight.

If we are only measuring down to the moho, then I suspect Pluto would outweight Russia. If you go past that and into the heavier denser mantle, then my money would be on Russia.

[Lithuania]

*sigh* I told you, Vanya, you shouldn't keep taking second helpings of my pierogi...

Most epic useless fact I've learned all year. XD