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Largest objects in the Solar System

Objects in the Solar System

 Automatic translation  Automatic translation Category: Planets and dwarf planets
Updated June 01, 2013

Our solar system has only one star, the Sun.
However, astronomers have observed that many solar systems with two, three or more stars are numerous.
Without concurrent, the Sun has become huge, it has captured 99.86% of the total mass of dust and gas from the original nebula.
Jupiter, the largest planet in the system, has captured 71% of the remainder. The other planets are divided residue that gravitational evolution.

 

« A planet is a celestial body that is in orbit around the Sun, which has sufficient mass for its gravity to overcome the cohesive forces of the solid body and maintain hydrostatic equilibrium (spherical), which eliminated all body moving on an orbit close ».
This definition was approved August 24, 2006, at the 26th General Assembly of the IAU by a vote to freehand by 400 scientists after ten days of discussions.

 
SunPlanetsEarth's Moon
Moons of JupiterMoons of SaturnMoons of Neptune
Moons of UranusDwarf planetsAsteroids

Image: Legend of the largest solar system objects (planets, dwarf planets, moons and asteroids), by size (average diameter).

Sun: diameter 1 392 000 kmJupiter: diameter 142 984 km
SunJupiter
  
Venus : diameter of 13 004 kmMars : diameter 6 796 km
VenusMars
  
Io: diameter 3 660 kmEarth's Moon: diameter 3 474 km
IoMoon
  
Eris : diameter 2 326 kmPluto : diameter 2 306 km
ErisPluto
  
Rhea : diameter 1 528 kmOberon : diameter 1 523 km
RheaOberon
  
Ariel : diameter 1 158 kmDione : diameter 1 123 km
ArielDione
  
Vesta : ≈ 525 kmEncelade : diameter ≈ 504 km
VestaEnceladus
  
Phoebe : ≈ 212 kmJanus : ≈ 180 km
PhoebeJanus
 
Saturn : diameter 120 526 kmUranus : diameter 51 118 km
SaturnUranus
  
Ganymede : diameter 5 268 kmTitan : diameter 5 152 km
GanymedeTitan
  
ObjectsAverage diameter ratio / Earth
SunPlanetsEarth's Moon
Moon of JupiterMoons of SaturnMoons of Neptune
Moons of UranusDwarf planetsAsteroids
   
Sun1 392 000 km109.125
Jupiter142 984 km11.208
Saturn120 536 km9.449
Uranus51 118 km4.007
Neptune49 528 km3.882
Earth12 756 km1
Venus12 102 km0.949
Mars6 796 km0.532
Ganymede5 268 km0.413
Titan5 152 km0.404
Mercury4 880 km0.382
Callisto4 820 km0.378
Io3 660 km0.286
Moon3 474 km0.273
Europa3 120 km0.245
Triton2 706 km0.212
Eris2 326 km0.364
Pluto2 306 km0.187
Makemake≈ 1 600 km0.250
Titania1 577 km0.123
Rhea1 528 km0.119
Oberon1 523 km0.119
Iapetus1 469 km0.115
Umbriel1 169 km0.092
Ariel1 158 km0.090
Dione1 123 km0.088
Tethys1 062 km0.083
Ceres974 km0.076
Vesta≈ 525 km0.041
Enceladus≈ 504 km0.039
Miranda≈ 471 km0.036
Proteus≈ 420 km0.033
Mimas≈ 396 km0.031
Hyperion≈ 270 km0.021
Phoebe≈ 212 km0.017
Janus≈ 180 km0.014
Amalthea≈ 167 km0.013
Epimetheus≈ 167 km0.013
Prometheus≈ 116 km0.009
ObjectsAverage diameter ratio / Earth
Miranda : diameter ≈ 471 kmProteus : diameter ≈ 420 km
MirandaProteus
  
Amalthea : ≈ 167 kmEpimetheus : diameter ≈ 167 km
AmaltheaEpimetheus
 
Neptune : diameter 49 528 kmEarth : diameter 12 756 km
NeptuneEarth
  
Mercury : diameter 4 880 kmCallisto : diameter 4 820 km
MercuryCallisto
  
Europa : diameter 3 120 kmTriton : diameter 2 706 km
EuropaTriton
  
Makemake : diameter ≈ 1 600 kmTitania : diameter 1 577 km
MakemakeTitania
  
Iapetus : diameter 1 469 kmUmbriel : diamètre 1 169 km
IapetusUmbriel
  
Tethys : diameter 1 062 kmCeres : diameter 974 km
TethysCeres
  
Mimas : diameter ≈ 396 kmHyperion : ≈ 270 km
MimasHyperion
  
Prometheus : ≈ 116 km 
Prometheus 
     
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