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From: ir278@sdcc6.UUCP (Paul Anderson)
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Subject: Pern Question
Message-ID: <2018@sdcc6.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 20-Apr-85 02:49:49 EST
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Posted: Sat Apr 20 02:49:49 1985
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Organization: U.C. San Diego, Academic Computer Center
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Keywords: Pern, gravity

=[ Frobozz Magic Line-Eater Bait ]=

I was thumbing through the Atlas of Pern when it dawned upon
me to calculate the size of the planet. Based on the distances
between time zones, I found that Pern was approximately the 
size of Saturn's moon Rhea - one _eighth_ the diameter of
Earth! (half that of the moon)

Pern must be pretty damn dense if it has gravity anywhere near
that on Earth (the densest planet in our solar system).
Perhaps this is why those huge dragons can fly so easily?

"It's not me that's mad, it's the rest of the world, I'm
 the only sane one."
Paul Anderson (And'rson)
UC San Diego