What are the top ten largest moons by mass?

Answer 1

it seems that no one has answered this question.

first, i will give mercury's mass for comparison:

3.302 x 10e+23 kg

this is your answer

ganymede . . . . . . . . . .1.482 x 10e+23 kg
titan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1.345 x 10e+23 kg
callisto . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.075 x 10e+23 kg
io . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.932 x 10e+22 kg
moon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7.348 x 10e+22 kg
europa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4. 80 x 10e+22 kg
triton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2.147 x 10e+22 kg
titania . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3.526 x 10e+21 kg
oberon . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3.014 x 10e+21 kg
rhea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.317 x 10e+21 kg

i would like to add that triton was not a satellite of neptune originally, but neptune captured it. that is why triton has a "retro" (retrograde) orbit.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_%28planet%29

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ganymede_%28moon%29
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titan_%28moon%29
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Callisto_%28moon%29
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Io_%28moon%29
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europa_%28moon%29
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triton_%28moon%29
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titania_%28moon%29
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oberon_%28moon%29
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhea_%28moon%29

Answer 2

I think Saturn's Titan is the largest, then in no particular order, Neptune's Triton, Jupiter's Ganymede, Callisto, Europa, and Io, our own moon, ...and that's all I can remember: (

Answer 3

Go to http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/our_solar_system/moons_table.html and from there do a process of elimination.