#1389: Surface Area

XKCD comic, described below.
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Space Without the space The solar system's solid surfaces stitched together (excluding dust and small rocks) ((Map showing each solid planet and planetoid surface area to scale)) IO Callisto Europa Ganymede Vesta Ceres Asteroids (1km+) Tethys Dione Iapetus Enceladus All human skin Rhea Titan Asteroids (100m+) Oberon Miranda Ariel Titania Umbriel Mercury The moon Various small moons, comets, etc Mars Makemake Haumea Eris Charon Pluto Venus

This isn't an informational illustration; this is a thing I think we should do. First, we'll need a gigantic spool of thread. Next, we'll need some kind of ... hmm, time to head to Seattle.

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