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Not sure about volume but mass wise it’s a drop in the bucket. About 4% of the moons mass according to Wikipedia. I was surprised to learn that the earth is ab
by vlahmot 5y ago
Not sure about volume but mass wise it’s a drop in the bucket. About 4% of the moons mass according to Wikipedia.
I was surprised to learn that the earth is about as massive as Mercury, Venus, Mars, the moon and a few more moons combined.
- mr_toad 5y agoThe Earth is too massive - almost all of the earths mass is below the crust and inaccessible due to extreme temperatures and pressure, bad sci-fi movies not withstanding. Most asteroids have so little gravity that mining them out would be quite feasible.