data point from the New Horizons charge have revise Pluto ’s diameter to just 2370 kilometers across . That ’s smallerthan the Moon Triton , Ganymede , Callisto , Io , Europa , and Titan , not to mention Earth ’s own artificial satellite . In more straightaway relatable term : Here ’s what it would look like if someone plopped Pluto onto Australia .
This salient scale render was created by one David Murray and comes to us by way of his champion , Nathan Lee :
Pluto ’s diam is 2,370km . Sydney to Perth is 3,274km . Adelaide to Darwin is 2,620km . Australia has beer though!https://t.co / ffA8cRZQra
— Nathan Lee ( @NathanLee)July 22 , 2015
reach the author at[email protected]and@rtg0nzalez .
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