2006-07-26 23:06:36 · 8 answers · asked by KeenaUsas 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Not only is Pluto smaller than Earth's Moon, but it is also smaller than Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto (Jupiter's 4 largest moons), Titan (Saturn's largest moon) and Triton (Neptune's largest moon). ie 7 Moons in all surpass it in size,
Here is a list of the top 18 objects in the Solar System by radius in kilometres and size relative to Earth:
1 Sun 696,000 109.25
2 Jupiter 69,911 10.97
3 Saturn 58,232 9.14
4 Uranus 25,362 3.98
5 Neptune 24,622 3.87
6 Earth 6371.0 1
7 Venus 6051.8 95.0%
8 Mars 3390.0 53.2%
9 Ganymede 2631.2 41.3%
10 Titan 2575 40.4%
11 Mercury 2439.7 38.3%
12 Callisto 2410.3 37.8%
13 Io 1821.5 28.6%
14 Moon 1737.1 27.3%
15 Europa 1561 24.5%
16 Triton 1353.4 21.2%
17 2003 UB313 1200 ± 50 19%
18 Pluto 1153 18.1%
2006-07-26 23:17:51 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 7⤊ 0⤋
Pluto has a volume of 7.15×10 to the 9th/km^3.
Luna (Earth's moon) has a volume of 2.1958×10 to the10th/km^3.
That makes Luna aproximately 2.5 times larger than Pluto.
2006-07-26 23:14:28 · answer #2 · answered by scott i 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Earths
2006-07-26 23:08:46 · answer #3 · answered by DL 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Our moon is larger. But since Pluto is an independent celestial body it is referred to as a planet.
2006-07-26 23:10:30 · answer #4 · answered by Jon H 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The earth's moon
2006-07-26 23:10:22 · answer #5 · answered by Ultimate Chopin Fan 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pluto's diameter: 2306 ± 20 km (18% of Earth, or 1423 ± 12 miles).
Moon's diameter (equatorial): 3476.2 km (0.273 Earths)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pluto
2006-07-26 23:14:46 · answer #6 · answered by regis_cabral 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
pluto is not a planet, it was a rock from the oort cloud that strayed to close to the sun's gravitational pull
2006-07-29 12:31:51 · answer #7 · answered by charles w 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bruce's answer is spot on. He deserves the 10 points
2006-07-27 00:26:27 · answer #8 · answered by n 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋