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Mean diameter
(km)
Satellites of planets Dwarf planet satellites Satellites of
SSSBs[1]
Non-satellites
for comparison
Earth Mars Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune Pluto Eris
6000-7000


Mars
5000-6000


Ganymede Titan
4000-5000


Callisto Mercury
3000-4000 Moon
(Luna)



Io
Europa
2000-3000


Triton Eris
Pluto
1000-2000 Rhea
Iapetus
Dione
Tethys
Titania
Oberon
Umbriel
Ariel
Charon (136472) 2005 FY9
(136108) 2003 EL61
90377 Sedna
90482 Orcus
50000 Quaoar
500-1000 Enceladus Ceres
20000 Varuna
28978 Ixion
2 Pallas4 Vesta
many more TNOs
250-500 Mimas
Hyperion
Miranda Proteus
Nereid
Dysnomia S/2005 (2003 EL61) 1
S/2005 (79360) 1
10 Hygiea
511 Davida
704 Interamnia
and many others
100-250 Amalthea
Himalia
Thebe
Phoebe
Janus
Epimetheus
Sycorax
Puck
Portia
Larissa
Galatea
Despina
S/2005 (2003 EL61) 2
many more TNOs
many
50-100 Elara
Pasiphaë
Prometheus
Pandora
Caliban
Juliet
Belinda
Cressida
Rosalind
Desdemona
Bianca
Thalassa
S/2002 N 1
S/2002 N 4
Naiad
Nix[2]
Hydra[2]
Menoetius[3]
S/2000 (90) 1
many more TNOs
many
10-50 Phobos
Deimos
Carme
Metis
Sinope
Lysithea
Ananke
Leda
Adrastea
Siarnaq
Helene
Albiorix
Atlas
Pan
Telesto
Paaliaq
Calypso
Ymir
Kiviuq
Tarvos
Ijiraq
Erriapo
Ophelia
Cordelia
Setebos
Prospero
Perdita
Mab
Stephano
Cupid
Francisco
Ferdinand
Margaret
Trinculo
S/2002 N 2
S/2002 N 3
Psamathe
Linus[4]
S/2000 (762) 1
S/2002 (121) 1
Romulus[5]
Petit-Prince[6]
S/2003 (283) 1
S/2004 (1313) 1
and many TNOs
many
less than 10 at least 47 at least 21 many many
  1. ^ This column lists objects that are moons of small solar system bodies, not small solar system bodies themselves.
  2. ^ a b Diameters of the new Plutonian satellites are still very poorly known, but they are estimated to lie between 44 and 130 km.
  3. ^ (617) Patroclus I Menoetius
  4. ^ (22) Kalliope I Linus
  5. ^ (87) Sylvia I Romulus
  6. ^ (45) Eugenia I Petit-Prince