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The Largest Celestial Bodies in Our Solar System

Celestial bodies with Ø > 900 km, size comparison with pictures
Celestial bodies with Ø > 400 km, list with data
List of astronomical terms in different languages
The new planet definition of the IAU

The 33 largest celestial bodies in our Solar System, sorted according their average sun distance in AU:
all pictures in the same scale (1 pixel = 100 km, earth diameter = 12742 km), in order to show the relative size relations

Sun (surface cutout)
in this scale the sun would be
70 times as wide as this outcut
  1st planet

Mercury
2nd planet

Venus
3rd planet

Earth
4th planet

Mars
dwarf planet

Ceres
    Earth moon:
Moon
   
0.00 AU  0.38 AU0,72 AE 1.00 AU1,52 AE 2.77 AU

5th planet

Jupiter
6th planet

Saturn
7th planet

Uranus
8th planet

Neptune
dwarf planet

Pluto
  dwarf planet

Eris
Jupiter moons:
Io
Europa
Ganymede
Callisto
Saturn moons:
Tethys
Dione
Rhea
Titan
Iapetus
Uranus moons:
Ariel
Umbriel
Titania
Oberon
Neptune moon:
Triton
Pluto moon:
Charon
TNOs:
2003EL61
Quaoar
2005FY9
 
plutino:
Orcus
SDO:
Sedna
5.20 AU9.54 AU 19.19 AU30.07 AU 39.3-39.7 AU40-50 AU 55-500 AU
Please note: All pictures of objects beyond the orbit of Neptune are freely invented and are intended only to show the relative size of the objects.

Source of the picture material: the photo of the solar surface comes from the Institute for Solar Physics / Sweden,
all other photos are derived from photos in the NSSDC Photo Gallery (NASA) as base material.

Our planet "Earth" looks small if compared to the giant planets in our Solar System, but we should never forget
that our beautiful blue planet actually surpasses all other planets by far: it is the only one that humans can live on.

List of celestial bodies with data   List of astronomical terms in different languages   The new planet definition of the IAU


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