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This is a list of solar system objects by radius, arranged in descending order of mean volumetric radius. This list is not exhaustive; it contains the Sun, the planets, several natural satellites, and a number of other notable objects.

The ordering is not the same as the order of a list of solar system objects by mass because some objects are denser than others. For instance Uranus is bigger than Neptune but less massive, and although Ganymede and Titan are larger than Mercury, they have less than half its mass.

Several new trans-Neptunian objects have been discovered of significant size. While their radius remains provisional due to the recency of discovery, and is often expressed as a range, the approximate locations in this list are shown.

List


|| 696,000 || 109.25 || 1412 million || 1,303,781 || 69,911 || 10.97 || 1,431,280 || 1321 || 58,232 || 9.14 || 827,130 || 764 || 25,362 || 3.98 || 68,340 || 63.1 || 24,622 || 3.87 || 62,540 || 57.7 || 6371.0 || 1 || 1083.21 || 1 || 6051.8 || 95.0% || 928.43 || 85.7% || 3390.0 || 53.2% || 163.18 || 15.1% || 2631.2 || 41.3% || 76.30 || 7.04% || 2575 || 40.4% || 71.52 || 6.60% || 2439.7 || 38.3% || 60.83 || 5.62% || 2410.3 || 37.8% || 58.65 || 5.41% || 1821.5 || 28.6% || 25.32 || 2.34% || 1737.1 || 27.3% || 21.958 || 2.03% || 1561 || 24.5% || 15.93 || 1.47%

|| 1353.4 || 21.2% || 10.38 || 0.96% || 1200 ± 50|| 19% || 7 || 0.7% || 1153 || 18.1% || 6.39 || 0.59%
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|| 788.9 || 12.4% || 2.06 || 0.19% || 764.4 || 12.0% || 1.87 || 0.17% || 761.4 || 12.0% || 1.85 || 0.17%
      • |*** ||bgcolor=black| || ~745 (980 x 759 x 498) || || ||
|| 736 || 11.3% || 1.55 || 0.14% || 584.7 || 9.2% || 0.84 || 0.08% || 578.9 || 9.1% || 0.81 || 0.08% || 561.6 || 8.8% || 0.73 || 0.07% || 533 || 8.3% || 0.624 || 0.06% || 475 || 7.6% || 0.437 || 0.04% || 265 || 4.2% || 0.078 || 0.007% || 252.1 || 3.9% || 0.067 || 0.006% || 235.8 || 3.7% || 0.055 || 0.005% || 209 || 3.3% || 0.038 || 0.0035% || 198.3 || 3.1% || 0.033 || 0.003%
Rank Body Image Mean Radius (km) Mean Radius (vs. Earth) Volume (billion km3) Volume (vs. Earth)
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90377 Sedna*** 590-900
90482 Orcus*** 420-940
50000 Quaoar* 535-725
Charon* 593 9.3% 0.87 0.08%
28978 Ixion* 465 7.3% 0.421 0.038%
2002 UX25*** ~450
20000 Varuna*** 380-510 8.3% 0.624 0.06%
2004 XR190*** 250-500
2002 AW197*** 375 - 325
15874 1996 TL66*** ~316
19521 Chaos*** ~280
2 Pallas** 265 4.2% 0.078 0.007%
38628 Huya*** 150-350
10 Hygiea** 205 3.2% 0.036 0.003%
* Using equatorial radius and assuming body is spherical
** Using three radii and assuming body is spheroid
*** Radius is known only very approximately

See also


External links


Lists of solar system objects

Списък на обектите в Слънчевата система по радиус | Objets du système solaire classés par taille | Popis tijela Sunčeva sustava prema promjeru

 

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