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Re:The size of the moon, relative to the Australian mainland by symplee on Monday November 18, 2019 @01:22AM (#21562319)
Got me curious enough to look this up:

  Total surface area of Earth is ~500,000,000 km^2
  Total land area of Earth is ~150,000,000 km^2 (~.29 Earth)
  Australia's land area is ~7,500,000 km^2 (~.015 Earth, 5% of land area)
  Moon surface area is ~38,000,000 km^2 (~0.074 Earth, 25% of land area)
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Re:The size of the moon, relative to the Australian mainland by symplee on Monday November 18, 2019 @01:27AM (#21562338)
Meta reply, I think we all just fell victim to Cunningham's Law [0]

"The best way to get the right answer on the internet is not to ask a question; it's to post the wrong answer."

https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Cunningham%27s_Law

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