Re: Planetary gravity question.

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. :-)

Roger