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Re:A dwarf planet coming within 11 AU of the sun over the ne... by CamperBob2 on Sunday June 20, 2021 @05:11PM (#27573950)
No, it doesn't. No (rocky) planet has more satellites than craters, but every planet's gravitational field is larger than its surface.
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Re:A dwarf planet coming within 11 AU of the sun over the ne... by 8note on Sunday June 20, 2021 @05:31PM (#27574110)
Do we know how many of those craters used to be satellites?
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