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Pluto vs Alaska Size Comparison

July 20, 2015 6 Comments

Pluto-vs-Alaska

Map created by Alaska Climate Info

With the New Horizons probe putting Pluto back in the news, just how big is it?

The map above shows that Pluto really isn’t that big, at least in comparison to Alaska (admittedly the largest state).

Here are a few facts about size:

  • Alaska: 1,717,854 sq km (663,267 sq mi)
  • Pluto: 16,647,940 sq km (6,427,806 sq mi)
  • Russia: 17,098,242 sq km (6,592,800 sq mi)
  • Earth’s Moon: 38 million sq km (14.6 million sq mi)
  • Asia: 44,579,000 sq km (17,212,000 sq mi)

So while Pluto may be 10X bigger than Alaska, it actually has slightly less surface area than Russia, which in turn has about half the area of Earth’s moon, but yet the Moon still has less surface area than Asia.

All that’s to say that Pluto is actually pretty big, just not as big as some other really big places.

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Comments

  1. JSintheStates says

    July 22, 2015 at 7:28 pm

    You know, you can see Russia from Pluto…

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    • Frost Marvel says

      September 6, 2015 at 9:58 pm

      * Slow clap * I tip my hat to you.

      Reply
  2. Paul Meadow says

    December 3, 2020 at 8:57 am

    Next time you decide to ‘borrow’ someone else’s map – give them credit.

    Reply
    • Brilliant Maps says

      December 3, 2020 at 11:51 am

      Hi Paul, we gave credit to the reddit user immedietly below the picture. If they are not the original creator, please let me know and I’ll update.

      Reply
      • Brian Brettschneider says

        March 17, 2021 at 4:06 pm

        I made the map and posted it to my FB page ( https://www.facebook.com/AlaskaClimateFacts/photos/a.220773468074723/528166060668794 ). The Reddit user, who has since deleted his account, grabbed it and took credit for it. Here’s my comment on the Reddit thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/comments/3da1t1/alaska_and_pluto_on_the_same_scale_808x526/ct71k70/

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        • Brilliant Maps says

          March 18, 2021 at 2:16 pm

          Hi Brian, Thanks very much for letting us know. We’ve updated the attribution link to you!

          Reply

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