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A Moon can be larger than a Planet?

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Some moons can be bigger than some planets, but moons cannot be bigger than their own planet otherwise the planet would become the moon and the moon would become the planet due to the difference in size, mass and gravitational pull.

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Yes. The moons Ganymede, a moon of Jupiter, and Titan, a moon of Saturn are both larger than the planet Mercury.

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