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This is a good source (last updated Feb 23, 2021) of all outer solar system asteroids (Kuiper Belt and beyond) estimated to have diameters 101 km or larger: http://web.gps.caltech.edu/~mbrown/dps.html 2603:6010:9C07:AC00:107:CB1F:13B1:8666 (talk) 22:38, 16 August 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Still hasn't updated w Gonggong's name! I bet "updated daily" hasn't been true for a decade. — kwami (talk) 11:28, 17 August 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Why is the first section of this list now sorted by mass rather than size? If the reader wants to sort the table by mass, they can easily do so, but the default sorting should be by size, as stated in the article title. SevenSpheresCelestia (talk) 23:55, 28 August 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Restored, though I seem to have glitched Mercury's colour. Can't figure out how to change it. Serendi^podous 10:06, 29 August 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I don't see anything off. — kwami (talk) 07:19, 1 September 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Isn't the term "cubewano" obsolete? Serendi^podous 22:56, 31 August 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I don't see why it should be. "Shrive" is obsolete, but "short shrift" lives on. If we find RS's are abandoning the term, we can of course follow. — kwami (talk) 07:16, 1 September 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Here's a 2021 article referring to both "Albion" and "cubewano". Google Scholar doesn't list many recent articles giving "cubewano", so maybe it is getting abandoned. Double sharp (talk) 08:10, 1 September 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

If you want to make a quick check of the surface gravity values listed in the article, You can Multiply the Radius times the Density, and divide by 3582.0 to get a very close estimate of the surface gravity in meters per second squared. The 3582 is rounded up from a calculated value of 3581.980 743. (calculated from Earth using RX Den / 9.80665 = ). The Wikipedia Values for the four gas giants are lower than the ( Radius X Density )/ 3582, but nearly all of the rest of the numbers will have the Wikipedia Values being slightly higher, but usually still close. The Numbers are close down to Iapetus, but the Wikipedia Values are sometimes way off, and sometimes very close to the bottom of the orbs that still list surface gravity. A Radius X Density = 3582 is almost exactly 1.0 meters per second squared. This will allow you to Create a graph with Radius on one axis, and density on the other axis, and a straight line. Some planets will plot above the line (greater radius with lower density), and some will plot below the line with (lesser radius, and higher density). Remember that density is related to both composition of the materials collected by the orb, and the internal temperature of the orb, and the stratification of the materials inside the orb. Have Fun. Michael W. Clark, Golden Colorado 98.245.216.62 (talk) 02:20, 4 September 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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A quick way to estimate the surface gravity of any object in the Solar System is to make a ratio of the Radius X Density of the object of interest divided by the Radius X Density of the Earth. The Earth Radius X Density is 6371.0084 X 5.5136 = 35,127.19191 (km)x(kg.m^3), this becomes the denominator. For example: Using the Sun Radius X Density = 695,508 X 1.409 = 979,970.772. The Ratio is thus 979,970.772 / 35,127.19191 = 27.897 782 85 X that of the Surface gravity of the Earth. So 27.897 782 85 X 9.80665 = 273.583 7922 meters per second squared. You can round as desired, and compare this value to other published values. This could also be a quick way to see if either a Radius, or a Density is close enough to not need changing since satellite trajectories can be used to calculate the actual total mass of an object, and thus the actual surface gravity. An important concept here is that radius, and density are interlinked. If a radius for an object with a known mass increases, then its density decreases. Radius, and Density will plot on Hyperbolic lines where the area under the curve gives the Radius X Density, and thus it will give the surface gravity as well. Michael W. Clark, Golden Colorado 98.245.216.62 (talk) 18:39, 30 October 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Earth is the fifth largest planet in our solar system, and Earth's Moon is the fifth largest moon in our solar system. Should this be regarded as a coincidence? Ar Colorado (talk) 19:00, 5 January 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Yes. — kwami (talk) 08:58, 6 January 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

please do as it is one of the first 100 minor planets. 138 km or 110 ± 15 km ZokiZokias (talk) 22:26, 27 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Done. P Aculeius (talk) 23:12, 27 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

There was a time, aeons ago, when the plan was to get this list featured and then to transform List of Solar System objects by orbit into a similar-style list but with orbital elements. Is this list featurable or is it just too vast to be cleaned? Serendi^podous 21:46, 29 July 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]