When one describes an asteroid a being "Texas-sized", are they talking about a cone with a Texas shaped cross section and apex at the center of the Earth with a base the size of the surface of Texas? If one takes 800 miles as the longest dimension of the surface of Texas, it would be better to describe the asteroid in terms of the volume equivalent to a sphere of 400 miles radius and the density of silicon---or forget the shape and size and specify the mass.

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For those inclined to oppose human meddling with the structure of the universe or the composition and configuration of objects and groups of objects within the universe, consider:
Whether there is a limit to the magnitude of a modulation of chaos below which order remains invariant? Or, is order but a fiction invented by perspectives applied over finite, however large, time intervals?