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2006-12-29 12:19:54 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Pluto has the largest moon to planet ratio, that is if you count Pluto as a planet.
2006-12-29 12:22:37 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well the moon is a quarter the size of the earth. Yeah I think we do have the largest earth/planet to moon ratio since Pluto is not a planet anymore. Pluto's moon Charon is half it's size. If Pluto were still a planet then it will have the largest planet to moon ratio
2006-12-29 20:40:36 · answer #2 · answered by zombiepirate_13 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've heard that the moon is 1/4 the 'size' of the earth, but it has 1/6 the gravity. Not sure how that lines up. But yes, our moon is bigger in relation to the earth than any other system in the solar system.
2006-12-29 20:27:47 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The moon is about 1/4 the size of earth. Pluto and it's moon Charon were the closest-size planet-moon pair until Pluto was demoted from planet status by a bunch of (presumably) smelly Europeans. Charon is about 1/2 the size of Pluto, and those two bodies orbit around a common center that is actually above Pluto's surface. That property prompted many to classify the Pluto-Charon system as a double planet.
2006-12-29 20:24:27 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
The moon doesn't have 1/6th the mass of the earth. It has less than 1/80th. It's only 1/4th the diameter which would make it 1/64th the volume, and it's made of lighter material since it contains very little iron.
Charon is around 1/28th the mass of Pluto, so it's bigger relatively. Venus and Mercury have no moons, the moons of Mars are tiny and all the other planets are gas giants and huge compared to their moons.
2006-12-29 20:48:08 · answer #5 · answered by Nomadd 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The moon is 1/6th the mass of earth...and, NO, it's actually the smallest ratio...as far as relative size goes, this is practically a double planet system
2006-12-29 20:23:29 · answer #6 · answered by bradxschuman 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have always heard that objects weight one-sixth as much on the moon. That suggests that relative to the earth, the moon has one-sixth the mass.
But Pluto and Charon may be closer to each other in mass than the earth and moon are.
2006-12-29 20:22:41 · answer #7 · answered by Georgia Fella 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Saturn's Moon Titan is bigger than our Moon at about 5000km vs 3760km. However Saturn is much bigger than the Earth so the ratio is not as large.
2006-12-29 20:50:17 · answer #8 · answered by rscanner 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I always kinda thought my moon was the largest in the solar system.........
2006-12-29 20:38:25 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋