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charon has a gravitational pull that is equal to which earth has a gravitational field on charon. still the charon has a gravitational pull that can pull earth a centimeter distance away from the earth yearly but we all studied about law of conservation of center of mass you might have understood why i have taken this topic earth is not moving away from the sun...

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No, Charon is smaller than Pluto, and Pluto is smaller than Mercury.

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No, Charon is not larger than Mercury. Its smaller than Pluto, and Pluto is smaller than Mercury.

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Charon is smaller than the earths moon. It's radius is around 600km, while the Earths moons radius is around 1736km.

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No. Charon is about half the diameter of Pluto.

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Is Pluto larger than earth's moon?

Pluto has five satellites(moon) which are Charon, Styx, Nix, Kerberos and Hydra out of which Charon is the Biggest. However, It is approximately half of pluto. If the Charon was bigger than pluto, We would probably be seeing pluto rotating around Charon. This is because,Charon would have more gravitional force than that of pluto as Its size would be bigger. Simply put, Bigger things dont revolve around smaller things. So, Pluto's moons are not bigger than Pluto.


Is Pluto bigger than its moons?

Yes it is. However, its largest moon, Charon, is so large that one can almost think of Pluto and Charon as being a double minor planet system as Charon does not orbit Pluto as much as Pluto and Charon both orbiting a common point near Pluto, because of the effect of both Pluto's gravity on Charon as well as Charon's gravitational pull on Pluto.


Is Pluto bigger than Texas?

No Pluto is almost as big as the 50 states with charon touching Pluto


Which is bigger europa or charon?

Yes. In fact Europa is bigger than Pluto!


Is Pluto big as its own moon?

no. Pluto is bigger than charon,its moon. Just remember:moons are alwayssmaller than their planet.


Does Pluto have any moons bigger than itself?

No. If the object acompanying Pluto was larger than it, then Pluto would be the moon. Pluto's largest moon, Charon, has a little more than half of Pluto's diameter.


How much bigger is our moon than Pluto?

Pluto has 3 moons, and all of them are smaller than Pluto. The largest moon, Charon, is about half the diameter of Pluto.


What planet in your solar system has a moon almost as big as itself?

It depends on which planet your referring too. If your referring to a smaller planet like Mercury that's easy, there is Titan and Callisto. If you are referring to a bigger planet such as Jupiter,which has the most moons orbiting around it in the Solar System, there are no known moons bigger than it.


What is charon in the solar system?

Charon is the largest moon of Pluto, a dwarf planet that was once considered a planet. Charon is so massive compared to Pluto that rather than Charon orbiting Pluto, the two objects orbit a common center of mass. This leads some to called Pluto-Charon a binary planetary system.


The ratio of the diameter of the Moon to the diameter of the Earth is 0.25 Is the ratio for the Charon-Pluto system larger or smaller than this?

Larger; Charon is about half as big as Pluto.


Why are Pluto and charon considered one planet?

No. They are separate objects. Some have suggested that the Pluto-Charon system be called a binary or double planet, as rather than Charon simply orbiting Pluto, the two orbit around their common center of mass.


Which is bigger Charon or Jupiter?

Jupiter is many times larger than Charon.