Russia has a larger surface area than the planet Pluto

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Russia has a larger surface area than the planet Pluto

Stretching across two continents and eleven time zones, Russia occupies a total landmass that exceeds the entire surface area of the distant dwarf planet Pluto.

Russia maintains a massive footprint on Earth, covering approximately 17.1 million square kilometers. In contrast, NASA data from the New Horizons mission reveals that Pluto has a surface area of roughly 16.7 million square kilometers. This comparison highlights the sheer scale of our largest country relative to celestial bodies in our solar system.

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