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How did gravity worked on the Death Star? (feddit.org)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Good call on it being hollow and mostly air.

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

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 5 months 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.