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What is the biggest Galilean moon?
Ganymede is the largest Galilean moon, the largest Jovian moon, and the largest moon in the solar system.
Why does Jupiter have or need moons?
Jupiter doesn't need a moon; but its immense gravity (due to its mass) has attracted over 5 dozen of them: 63, at last count.Four of them (dubbed the Galilean moons, because they were discovered by Galileo) are among the most massive satellites in the solar system; all of them are larger than any known dwarf planet, with Ganymede being larger than the planet Mercury!
Is the density of the inner Galilean satellites greater than the outer satellites?
Yes. The density of the Galilean moons decreases with increasing distance from the planet. This decrease in density is likely due to the higher ice-to-rock ratio in the farther moons.
Which is the largest satellite in the solar system bigger than planet mercury?
The two Jovian planet satellites that are larger in size than mercury are Ganymede and Titan. Ganymede is the moon of Jupiter and Titan is the moon of Saturn.
Which two planets do not have their own satellite?
Mercury and Venus both lack natural satellites. Mars has two small ones. Jupiter and Saturn each have more than 60, with Ganymede and Titan both being larger than Mercury.
Is Mercury bigger than Ganymede?
No, Ganymede is larger than Mercury. Ganymede is the largest moon in the solar system and is even larger than the planet Mercury.
What is true about Saturn's satelliteTitan?
It is larger than the planet Mercury.
What planet is larger than Mercury but is smaller than Earth?
Both Venus and Mars are smaller than Earth but larger than Mercury.
What planets have less than 15 known satellites?
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Neptune and Pluto.
Are Triton Ganymede and Titan larger that Mercury and Pluto?
They are larger than Pluto, but only Titan and Ganymede are larger than Mercury. Triton is smallerthan Mercury.
How many times larger than mercury is Jupiter?
Jupiter is about 28.4 times larger than Mercury. You could fit about 23,000 Mercury's inside Jupiter.
Are satellites larger than the planets?
No. They are usually smaller.
