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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 AU	0,72 AE	1.00 AU	1,52 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 AU	9.54 AU	19.19 AU	30.07 AU	39.3-39.7 AU	40-50 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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