[dr_lew]

Uh, Charon is 1/10th the diameter of Earth, and only 1/8th the *size* of Pluto (1/2 x 1/2 x 1/2).

Your correction only compounds the confusion of the quotation, which refers to the diameter of Pluto, and the size of the earth.

The statement that Charon is 1/2 the diameter of Pluto is correct to reasonable accuracy, but its diameter ( as you state,) not its size, is concommittaly about 1/10 that of earth.

Gosh, I hope I got that right!

[dr_lew]

Well, that's "concomitantly". That's one of those words that if you're going to use it, you ought to spell it correctly.

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