Largest Satellite In Solar System

We re so excited to be resolving the smallest details on the largest object in our solar system says thomas rimmele director of the inouye telescope.

Largest satellite in solar system.

Pluto haumea makemake and eris. Technological advancements have made it possible for man to discover and even go on expeditions to the moon. 19 of them are large enough to be gravitationally rounded. This is a partial list of solar system objects by size arranged in descending order of mean volumetric radius and divided into several size classes these lists can also be sorted according to an object s mass and for the largest objects volume density and surface gravity insofar as these values are available.

It has a diameter of 5 268 km 3 273 mi making it 26 larger than the planet mercury by volume although it is only 45 as massive. The moon s presence helps stabilize our planet s wobble which helps stabilize our climate. Jupiter s ganymede is the largest moon in our solar system. Titan is the largest moon of saturn and the second largest natural satellite in the solar system it is the only moon known to have a dense atmosphere and the only known body in space other than earth where clear evidence of stable bodies of surface liquid has been found.

A natural satellite or moon is in the most common usage an astronomical body that orbits a planet or minor planet or sometimes another small solar system body. Four iau listed dwarf planets are also known to have natural satellites. The moon s distance from earth is about 240 000 miles 385 000km. The moon is earth s only natural satellite and the fifth largest moon in the solar system.

Ganymede is the largest of jupiter s 79 moons as well as by. The solar system s planets and its most likely dwarf planets are known to be orbited by at least 219 natural satellites or moons. Ganymede the largest satellite of jupiter is the largest satellite in the solar system larger than planet mercury and dwarf planet pluto. Ganymede ˈ ɡ æ n ɪ m iː d a satellite of jupiter jupiter iii is the largest and most massive of the solar system s moons the ninth largest object in the solar system it is the largest without a substantial atmosphere.

The moon has a very thin atmosphere called an exosphere. In the solar system there are six planetary satellite systems containing 205 known natural satellites. Jupiter has 79 moons the highest number in the solar system. Titan is the sixth gravitationally rounded moon from saturn frequently described as a planet like moon titan is 50.

Of these all are covered by a crust of ice except for earth s moon and io.