Re: Planetary gravity question.
From: Robert Crawford <crawford@k...>
Date: Mon, 05 Aug 2002 10:25:06 -0400
Subject: Re: Planetary gravity question.
Roger Burton West wrote:
> On or about Sun, Aug 04, 2002 at 10:40:10PM -0400, Laserlight typed:
>
>>[Roger]
>>
>>>For reference, pure gold has a density of 19.32 g/cm^3; platinum is
>>>21.3; iridium is 22.16. Within reasonable error tolerances, we're
>>>looking at a solid lump of precious metals 2,000 miles across.
>>
>>Or a more normal planet with a small neutronium core.
> Granted, but I don't have the numbers to work out how much degenerate
> matter you get...
> I _like_ the idea of fighting over the Solid Gold Planet. :-)
You and the cybermen both, apparently.