2007-04-26 06:37:52 · 5 answers · asked by 062419844142436830 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
There is no moon larger than the Earth. Pluto however is smaller tham 5 moons and Mercury is smaller than 2.
Our moon is one of the 7 large ones and in 5th place of the 163 moons we currently know about. There are also 90 or so moons of asteroids, Kuiper Belt Objects and minor planets including 4 moons of dwarf planets,
DIAMETERS of ten largest satellites (cf Earth = 1)
Ganymede 0.413 (Jupiter)
Titan 0.404 (Saturn)
Callisto 0.378 (Jupiter)
Io 0.286 (Jupiter)
The Moon 0.273 (Earth)
Europa 0.245 (Jupiter)
Triton 0.2122 (Neptune)
Titania 0.1237 (Uranus)
Rhea 0.1198 (Saturn)
Oberon 0.1194 (Uranus)
2007-04-26 06:47:36 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋
Well there is no Moon larger than Earth, but several moons of Jupiter and Saturn are larger than Earth's Moon. See the source for a nice picture showing the sizes of some of the major moons in our solar system as compared to the Earth.
2007-04-26 06:51:06 · answer #2 · answered by campbelp2002 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Neither. Ganymede is the largest natural satellite in the solar system, with Titan coming in a close second.
2007-04-26 06:47:14 · answer #3 · answered by JLynes 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
neither.
not in the entire solar system anyway. infact, if you want to get technical, every planet is a satellite of the sun.
but even if you don't and you want to stick to moons, the moons of saturn and jupiter vary, some are smaller than our own, and some are larger than the earth!
check it out on wikipedia. europa, titan, etc. theres a heck of a lot of moons.
2007-04-26 06:43:12 · answer #4 · answered by sobrien 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Neither.
Jupiter's Ganymede Is the biggest.
I believe the smallest is Pluto's Hix. but there are probably some undiscovered smaller ones.
2007-04-26 08:29:27 · answer #5 · answered by Wedge 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋