volumetricMeanRadius

function volumetricMeanRadius
universe/src/archetype.ts:63
volumetricMeanRadius(body: Body) → number

The radius to divide a mass by: (a·b·c)^(1/3), not a.

body.radius is the largest half-extent. For the ninety-two bodies in Sol that are not spheroids it overstates the volume by up to two thirds, and the dossier's density row shipped exactly that error once — Phobos read 1.08 g/cm³ against a published 1.88. A density that is wrong by 70% on the small bodies would put half the belt on the wrong side of ICE_ROCK_DENSITY.

bodyBody
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Returnsnumber