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Small nitpick: "largest" refers to mean radius, "massive" refers to mass (aka weight). Pluto is the second most massive, but it is the largest. (To be fair, it is a very close call: its diameter is only ~25km larger than Eris)

I'm excited to see this story unfold, if nothing else because it's fun looking up the mythological[1][2][3] origins of the names given to new celestial bodies :)

[1](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Makemake)

[2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/90377_Sedna)

[3](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haumea)



Mass isn't weight, it's the amount of matter. Weight is the measure of the pull of gravity on mass.


Sorry, you're right. I should've qualified that I meant the colloquial usage of the word "weight".


You're right, but sorry, it does NOT matter: https://youtu.be/QSIuTxnBuJk




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