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[–] [email protected] 23 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Well, the chapter 54: Snowball in Randall's book What If? 2 contains the following, semi-related graphic:

(Maximum diameters of spheres of various materials before collapsing under their weight, which is about the same as the material's free-hanging length)