
There, that faint dot in the center  - that's the largest rock known in our Solar System. It is larger than every  known asteroid, moon, and comet nucleus. It is larger than any other local rocky  planet. (Nobody knows for sure what size rocks lie at the cores of Jovian  planets, or orbit other stars.) This rock is so large its gravity makes it  nearly spherical, and holds heavy gases near its surface. Tomorrow, this rock  starts another orbit around its parent star, for roughly the 5 billionth time,  spinning over 350 times during each trip. Happy Gregorian Calendar New Year to  all the human inhabitants of this rock we call Earth.
The Largest Rock in the Solar System!
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