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Ganymede is largerthan Mercury, but has a smaller mass.
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Is Ganymede as big as a planet?
Yes. Ganymede is actually larger than the planet Mercury.
Why Ganymede is classified as a moon rather than a planet?
Ganymede is regarded as a moon because it orbits a planet. In order to be considered a planet it would have to orbit the sun.
Why is ganymede classified as a moon and not a planet?
Ganymede is considered a moon because it orbits a planet and not the sun.
Where is Ganymede?
Ganymede is a moon of Jupiter. It orbits the planet at an average of 1,070,400 km
What is the size of ganymede compared to earth?
it's smaller than the Earth, about the size of Mars
Is Ganymede as big as a planet?
Yes. Ganymede is actually larger than the planet Mercury.
Which planet is smaller tha Ganymede?
Mercury is smaller in diameter, but not in mass. If you include dwarf planets, than it is also larger in diameter than Eris and Pluto, however once again it is smaller in mass.
What is smaller a planet or a moon?
Size is not the differentiation of whether something is a planet or moon. The difference is what ir orbits. A planet orbits a star, and only a star. A moon orbits a planet. A moon is always smaller than the planet it belongs to, but some large moons are bigger than small planets. Ganymede and Titan are both larger than the planet Mercury, but are still much smaller than than planets they orbit, Jupiter and Saturn.
Why Ganymede is classified as a moon rather than a planet?
Ganymede is regarded as a moon because it orbits a planet. In order to be considered a planet it would have to orbit the sun.
What is the planet with the largest moon named Ganymede?
The various sizes of planets and satellites are the result of random collisions of assorted objects and debris, in the early years of the solar system after it condensed out of an interstellar dust cloud. Since Ganymede is a satellite of the largest planet in the solar system, Jupiter, it is not strange that it is larger than the smallest planet in the solar system.
Ganymede is a moon name its planet what is special about it?
These large moons, named Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto, are each ... system (larger than the planet Mercury).
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.
Is Mercury bigger than all of the moons?
Mercury is the closest planet to the Sun and the eighth largest. Mercury is slightly smaller in diameter than the moons Ganymede and Titan but more than twice as massive.
Which planet has the largest solar system moon?
The largest moon in the Solar System is Ganymede, which is slightly larger (by volume) than the planet Mercury (Mercury is much denser, though, having about twice the mass of Ganymede). Ganymede is a satellite of Jupiter.
Is the earth bigger than its moon?
No. Not even close. The diameter of Ganymede is a third that of Earth, the density of Ganymede is 1/6th that of Earth, and that MASS of Ganymede is about 5% of Earth's. Ganymede is about 50% larger than our Moon, but only about twice as massive. By density, Ganymede is a fluffball.
Do many people think that moons are smaller than planets?
Generally speaking moons are smaller than planets. The only exceptions are the two largest moons in this solar system, Ganymede and Titan, which are larger than Mercury, the smallest planet in the solar system.
What is Ganymede?
Ganymede is a moon of Jupiter and the largest moon in the solar system. It is an ice-covered object larger than the planet Mercury.
