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Pluto is still a sphere, this is an unfair comparison because Pluto hasn't been unwrapped
Fun fact: the surface area of Pluto is only about 4% larger than Russia.
So thats why Russia wanted to expand
It's actually 4π*(0.5*(length-of-australia))^2 bigger than that.
Pluto unboxing video.