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This article includes a list of the most massive known objects of the Solar System and partial lists of smaller objects by observed mean radius. These lists can be sorted according to an object's radius and mass and, for the most massive objects, volume, density, and surface gravity, if these values are available.
These lists contain the Sun, the planets, dwarf planets, many of the larger small Solar System bodies (which includes the asteroids), all named natural satellites, and a number of smaller objects of historical or scientific interest, such as comets and near-Earth objects.
Many trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs) have been discovered; in many cases their positions in this list are approximate, as there is frequently a large uncertainty in their estimated diameters due to their distance from Earth.
Solar System objects more massive than 1021 kilograms are known or expected to be approximately spherical. Astronomical bodies relax into rounded shapes (spheroids), achieving hydrostatic equilibrium, when their own gravity is sufficient to overcome the structural strength of their material. It was believed that the cutoff for round objects is somewhere between 100 km and 200 km in radius if they have a large amount of ice in their makeup;[1] however, later studies revealed that icy satellites as large as Iapetus (1,470 kilometers in diameter) are not in hydrostatic equilibrium at this time,[2] and a 2019 assessment suggests that many TNOs in the size range of 400–1,000 kilometers may not even be fully solid bodies, much less gravitationally rounded.[3] Objects that are ellipsoids due to their own gravity are here generally referred to as being "round", whether or not they are actually in equilibrium today, while objects that are clearly not ellipsoidal are referred to as being "irregular."
Spheroidal bodies typically have some polar flattening due to the centrifugal force from their rotation, and can sometimes even have quite different equatorial diameters (scalene ellipsoids such as Haumea). Unlike bodies such as Haumea, the irregular bodies have a significantly non-ellipsoidal profile, often with sharp edges.
There can be difficulty in determining the diameter (within a factor of about 2) for typical objects beyond Saturn. (See 2060 Chiron as an example) For TNOs there is some confidence in the diameters, but for non-binary TNOs there is no real confidence in the masses/densities. Many TNOs are often just assumed to have Pluto's density of 2.0 g/cm3, but it is just as likely that they have a comet-like density of only 0.5 g/cm3.[4]
For example, if a TNO is incorrectly assumed to have a mass of 3.59×1020 kg based on a radius of 350 km with a density of 2 g/cm3 but is later discovered to have a radius of only 175 km with a density of 0.5 g/cm3, its true mass would be only 1.12×1019 kg.
The sizes and masses of many of the moons of Jupiter and Saturn are fairly well known due to numerous observations and interactions of the Galileo and Cassini orbiters; however, many of the moons with a radius less than ~100 km, such as Jupiter's Himalia, have far less certain masses.[5] Further out from Saturn, the sizes and masses of objects are less clear. There has not yet been an orbiter around Uranus or Neptune for long-term study of their moons. For the small outer irregular moons of Uranus, such as Sycorax, which were not discovered by the Voyager 2 flyby, even different NASA web pages, such as the National Space Science Data Center[6] and JPL Solar System Dynamics,[5] give somewhat contradictory size and albedo estimates depending on which research paper is being cited.
There are uncertainties in the figures for mass and radius, and irregularities in the shape and density, with accuracy often depending on how close the object is to Earth or whether it has been visited by a probe.
Graphical overview[edit]
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Relative diameters of the fifty largest bodies in the Solar System, colored by orbital region. Values are diameters in kilometers. Scale is linear.
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Relative masses of the bodies of the Solar System. Objects smaller than Saturn are not visible at this scale.
Objects with radius over 400 km[edit]
The following objects have a mean radius of at least 400 km. It was once expected that any icy body larger than approximately 200 km in radius was likely to be in hydrostatic equilibrium (HE).[7] However, Ceres (r = 470 km) is the smallest body for which detailed measurements are consistent with hydrostatic equilibrium,[8] whereas Iapetus (r = 735 km) is the largest icy body that has been found to not be in hydrostatic equilibrium.[9] The known icy moons in this range are all ellipsoidal (except Proteus), but trans-Neptunian objects up to 450–500 km radius may be quite porous.[10]
For simplicity and comparative purposes, the values are manually calculated assuming that the bodies are all spheres. The size of solid bodies does not include an object's atmosphere. For example, Titan looks bigger than Ganymede, but its solid body is smaller. For the giant planets, the "radius" is defined as the distance from the center at which the atmosphere reaches 1 bar of atmospheric pressure.[11]
Because Sedna and 2002 MS4 have no known moons, directly determining their mass is impossible without sending a probe (estimated to be from 1.7x1021 to 6.1×1021 kg for Sedna[12]).
Body[note 1] | Image | Radius[note 2] | Volume | Mass | Surface area | Density | Gravity[note 3] | Type | Discovery | |||||
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(km) | (R🜨) | (109 km3) | (V🜨) | (1021 kg) | (M🜨) | (106 km2) | 🜨 | (g/cm3) | (m/s2) | (🜨) | ||||
Sun | 695508 ± ?[13] | 109.2[13] | 1,409,300,000[13] | 1,301,000[13] | 1989100000[13] | 333,000[13] | 6,078,700[13] | 11,918[13] | 1.409[13] | 274.0[13] | 27.94[13] | G2V-class star | prehistoric | |
Jupiter | 69911±6[14] | 10.97 | 1,431,280 | 1,321 | 1898187±88[14] | 317.83 | 61,419[15] | 120.41 | 1.3262±0.0003[14] | 24.79[14] | 2.528 | gas giant planet; has rings | prehistoric | |
Saturn | 58232±6[14] (136775 for A Ring) |
9.140 | 827,130 | 764 | 568317±13[14] | 95.162 | 42,612[16] | 83.54 | 0.6871±0.0002[14] | 10.44[14] | 1.065 | gas giant planet; has rings | prehistoric | |
Uranus | 25362±7[14] | 3.981 | 68,340 | 63.1 | 86813±4[14] | 14.536 | 8083.1[17] | 15.85 | 1.270±0.001[14] | 8.87[14] | 0.886 | ice giant planet; has rings | 1781 | |
Neptune | 24622±19[14] | 3.865 | 62,540 | 57.7 | 102413±5[14] | 17.147 | 7618.3[18] | 14.94 | 1.638±0.004[14] | 11.15[14] | 1.137 | ice giant planet; has rings | 1846 | |
Earth | 6371.0±0.0001[14] | 1 | 1,083.21 | 1 | 5972.4±0.3[14] | 1 | 510.06447[19] | 1 | 5.5136±0.0003[14] | 9.81[14] | 1 | terrestrial planet | prehistoric | |
Venus | 6052±1[14] | 0.9499 | 928.43 | 0.857 | 4867.5±0.2[14] | 0.815 | 460.2[20] | 0.903 | 5.243±0.003[14] | 8.87[14] | 0.905 | terrestrial planet | prehistoric | |
Mars | 3389.5±0.2[14] | 0.5320 | 163.18 | 0.151 | 641.71±0.03[14] | 0.107 | 144.37[21] | 0.283 | 3.9341±0.0007[14] | 3.71[14] | 0.379 | terrestrial planet | prehistoric | |
Ganymede Jupiter III |
2634.1±0.3 | 0.4135 | 76.30 | 0.0704 | 148.2 | 0.0248 | 86.999[22] | 0.171 | 1.936 | 1.428 | 0.146 | moon of Jupiter (icy) | 1610 | |
Titan Saturn VI |
2574.73±0.09[23] | 0.4037[a] | 71.50 | 0.0658 | 134.5 | 0.0225 | 83.3054[24] | 0.163 | 1.880±0.004 | 1.354 | 0.138 | moon of Saturn (icy) | 1655 | |
Mercury | 2439.4±0.1[14] | 0.3829 | 60.83 | 0.0562 | 330.11±0.02[14] | 0.0553 | 74.797[25] | 0.147 | 5.4291±0.007[14] | 3.70[14] | 0.377 | terrestrial planet | prehistoric | |
Callisto Jupiter IV |
2410.3±1.5[23] | 0.3783 | 58.65 | 0.0541 | 107.6 | 0.018 | 73.005[26] | 0.143 | 1.834±0.003 | 1.23603 | 0.126 | moon of Jupiter (icy) | 1610 | |
Io Jupiter I |
1821.6±0.5[5] | 0.2859 | 25.32 | 0.0234 | 89.32 | 0.015 | 41.698[27] | 0.082 | 3.528±0.006 | 1.797 | 0.183 | moon of Jupiter (terrestrial) | 1610 | |
Moon Earth I |
1737.5±0.1[28] | 0.2727 | 21.958 | 0.0203 | 73.46[29] | 0.0123 | 37.937[30] | 0.074 | 3.344±0.005[28] | 1.625 | 0.166 | moon of Earth (terrestrial) | prehistoric | |
Europa Jupiter II |
1560.8±0.5[5] | 0.2450 | 15.93 | 0.0147 | 48.00 | 0.008035 | 30.613[31] | 0.06 | 3.013±0.005 | 1.316 | 0.134 | moon of Jupiter (terrestrial) | 1610 | |
Triton Neptune I |
1353.4±0.9[a][23] | 0.2124[a] | 10.38 | 0.0096 | 21.39±0.03 | 0.003599 | 23.018[32] | 0.045 | 2.061 | 0.782 | 0.0797 | moon of Neptune (icy) | 1846 | |
Pluto 134340 |
1188.3±0.8 | 0.187 | 7.057 | 0.00651 | 13.03±0.03 | 0.0022 | 17.79 | 0.034 | 1.854±0.006 | 0.620 | 0.063 | dwarf planet; plutino; multiple | 1930 | |
Eris 136199 |
1163±6[b][33] | 0.1825[b] | 6.59 | 0.0061 | 16.6±0.2[34] | 0.0028 | 17 | 0.033 | 2.52±0.07 | 0.824 | 0.083 | dwarf planet; SDO; binary | 2003 | |
Haumea 136108 |
798±6 to 816[35] | 0.12 | 1.98[c] | 0.0018 | 4.01±0.04[36] | 0.00066 | 8.14 | 0.016 | 2.018[37][d] | 0.401 | 0.0409 | dwarf planet; resonant KBO (7:12); trinary; has rings |
2004 | |
Titania Uranus III |
788.9±1.8[23] | 0.1237[e] | 2.06 | 0.0019 | 3.40±0.06 | 0.00059 | 7.82[38] | 0.015 | 1.711±0.005 | 0.378 | 0.0385 | moon of Uranus | 1787 | |
Rhea Saturn V |
763.8±1.0[e] | 0.1199[e] | 1.87 | 0.0017 | 2.307 | 0.00039 | 7.34[39] | 0.014 | 1.236±0.005 | 0.26 | 0.027 | moon of Saturn | 1672 | |
Oberon Uranus IV |
761.4±2.6[a][23] | 0.1195[a] | 1.85 | 0.0017 | 3.08±0.09 | 0.0005 | 7.285[40] | 0.014 | 1.63±0.05 | 0.347 | 0.035 | moon of Uranus | 1787 | |
Iapetus Saturn VIII |
735.6±1.5[5] | 0.1153 | 1.66 | 0.0015 | 1.806 | 0.00033 | 6.8 | 0.013 | 1.088±0.013 | 0.223 | 0.0227 | moon of Saturn | 1671 | |
Makemake 136472 |
715+19 −11[41] |
0.112 | 1.53 | 0.0014 | ≈ 3.1 | 0.00053 | 6.4 | 0.013 | ≈ 2.1 | 0.57 | 0.0581 | dwarf planet; cubewano | 2005 | |
Gonggong 225088 |
615±25[42] | 0.0983 | 1.03 | 0.0009 | 1.75±0.07 | 0.00029 | 4.753 | 0.009 | 1.72±0.16 | 0.3 | 0.0306 | dwarf planet?; resonant SDO (3:10) | 2007 | |
Charon Pluto I |
606.0±0.5 | 0.0951 | 0.932 | 0.0009 | 1.586±0.015 | 0.00025 | 4.578[43] | 0.009 | 1.70±0.02 | 0.288 | 0.0294 | moon of Pluto | 1978 | |
Umbriel Uranus II |
584.7±2.8[23] | 0.0918 | 0.837 | 0.0008 | 1.28±0.03 | 0.00020 | 4.3[44] | 0.008 | 1.39±0.16 | 0.234 | 0.024 | moon of Uranus | 1851 | |
Ariel Uranus I |
578.9±0.6[23] | 0.0909 | 0.813 | 0.0007 | 1.25±0.02 | 0.000226 | 4.211[45] | 0.008 | 1.66±0.15 | 0.269 | 0.027 | moon of Uranus | 1851 | |
Dione Saturn IV |
561.7±0.45[23] | 0.0881 | 0.741 | 0.0007 | 1.095 | 0.000183 | 3.965[46] | 0.008 | 1.478±0.003 | 0.232 | 0.0237 | moon of Saturn | 1684 | |
Quaoar 50000 |
543±2 | 0.0879 | 0.737 | 0.0007 | 1.20±0.05[47] | 0.0002 | 3.83 | 0.008 | 2.0±0.5[48] | 0.3 | 0.0306 | cubewano; binary | 2002 | |
Tethys Saturn III |
533.0±0.7[23] | 0.0834 | 0.624 | 0.0006 | 0.617 | 0.000103 | 3.57[49] | 0.007 | 0.984±0.003[50] | 0.145 | 0.015 | moon of Saturn | 1684 | |
Sedna 90377 |
498±40 | 0.0785 | 0.516 | 0.0005 | sednoid; detached object | 2003 | ||||||||
Ceres 1 |
469.7±0.1[51] | 0.0742 | 0.433 | 0.0004 | 0.938[52] | 0.000157 | 2.85[53] | 0.006[53] | 2.17 | 0.28 | 0.029 | dwarf planet; belt asteroid | 1801 | |
Orcus 90482 |
455+25 −20 |
0.0719 | 0.404 | 0.0004 | 0.548±0.010[54] | 0.000092 | 1.4±0.2[54] | 0.2 | 0.0204 | plutino; binary | 2004 | |||
Salacia 120347 |
423±11 | 0.0664 | 0.3729 | 0.0003 | 0.492±0.007[55] | 0.000082 | 1.5±0.1[55] | 0.165 | 0.0168 | cubewano; binary | 2004 | |||
2002 MS4 307261 |
400±12[56] | 0.0628 | 0.2681 | 0.0002 | cubewano | 2002 |
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