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Which moons are larger than planets?

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Pluto's equatorial diameter is 2,274 km. The diameter of Earth's moon is 3,476 km. Jupiter has four moons larger than Pluto:-

  • Ganymede - diameter 5,262 km
  • Callisto - diameter 4,800 km
  • Io - diameter 3,630 km
  • Europa - diameter 3,138 km
Saturn has one moon larger than Pluto -
  • Titan - diameter 5,150 km
Neptune has one moon larger than Pluto -
  • Triton - diameter 2,700 km
Thus, there are seven moons larger than Pluto in our Solar System.
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Ganymede, Callisto, IO, Europa, Titan, & Triton equals six...is there a 7th?
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Jupiter's moon, Ganymede and Saturn's moon Titanare both larger than the planet Mercury and Pluto(if you count it).

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Ganymede and Titan are larger than Mercury. Additionally Callisto, Io, the moon, Europa and Triton are larger than Pluto.

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Wikipedia has a list of moons, in the article "List of natural satellites" - you can sort that list by radius, and count the ones that are larger than Pluto's radius.

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All of jupiters moons

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