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Re: Roundness of Cosmic Bodies
I got the 750 km number from:
 
 
Maybe I phrased it improperly, or there's something that I don't understand about the way they're using the term "hydrostatic equilibrium".
 
Rhea
Saturn V
PIA07763 Rhea full globe5.jpg 764.1 smallest known body in current HE
Iapetus
Saturn VIII
Iapetus as seen by the Cassini probe - 20071008.jpg 735.6 largest known object not in current HE
I'll research this, and see if I can't figure out what I'm actually saying here.
 
Ultimately, these numbers could be cross-referenced with the depth at which plasticity is achieved inside the Earth. The distance is a lot less than 750 km, and more like 40~70 km (i.e., the bottom of the lithosphere). But the gravity, and thus the pressure, should be the same.

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