potato radius

English

Etymology

From the appearance of smaller bodies looking like potatoes, + radius.

Noun

potato radius (plural potato radii)

  1. (informal, astronomy) The radius of a celestial body when it is long enough to allow gravity to transform the body into a globe, typically estimated at approximately 300 kilometres.
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