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[โ€“] someguy3@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Good call on it being hollow and mostly air.

FYI for soil, air is ~1/2000 the density.

[โ€“] Admetus@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 month ago

Thanks, I believe I was being lazy to not want to deal with averaging the density of various rocks, but your suggestion about the density of soil is a good one.