Which country has a bigger landmass than Pluto?

Pluto is one of the largest dwarf planets that we know of. Pluto comes in as large as 3.3% of the surface of planet Earth. The largest country by land mass on Earth is Russia. It is 17,098,322 square kilometers or 6,601,699 square miles. Pluto has a land mass of just 16,647,940 square kilometers or 6,430,000 square miles.

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William Laughlin

Keith Richard Mears, You are mistaken. There are 3 criteria for determining whether Pluto is a planet. The International Astronomical Union (IAU) has set these standards. The three criteria of the IAU for a full-sized planet are: 1. It is in orbit around the Sun. 2. It has sufficient mass to assume hydrostatic equilibrium (a nearly round shape). 3. It has "cleared the neighborhood" around its orbit. Pluto meets only two of these criteria, losing out on the third. In all the billions of years it has lived there, it has not managed to clear its neighborhood. You may wonder what that means, “not clearing its neighboring region of other objects?”  Sounds like a minesweeper in space!  This means that the planet has become gravitationally dominant -- there are no other bodies of comparable size other than its own satellites or those otherwise under its gravitational influence, in its vicinity in space. So any large body that does not meet these criteria is now classed as a “dwarf planet,” and that includes Pluto, which shares its orbital neighborhood with Kuiper belt objects such as the plutinos.

Brad Francis

I now the mayor of Pluto. He works in scenic art in Toronto

Gayle Wolf

Alan Watson, LOL - Thanks!

Rockin' D (See Tagged Profile for Images photos)

I've NEVER been to Pluto!! Have not even driven a car there! 😲

Wayne Linburg

Tom Kelly, Well Tom it goes like this : 1. Russia 2. Canada 3. China 4. Brazil

celt

Tom Kelly, Brazil is not bigger that Russia

Char

I got it

Annie

Yes got it!

jack patti go

Goot it!

Peter Robertson

Alan Watson, Andorra

Peter Robertson

William Laughlin, The point is "who really cares" This is an inanimate object.To me,it's a planet.They can argue all they like! One thing is,Pluto doesn't care!