The measurement collection

Space size comparison library

Planets, moons and spacecraft are brought down to a single visual scale. Planet questions measure diameter, not orbital distance. Equatorial and mean diameters are labelled separately.

22 objects

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Callisto

4,821 kmdiameter

Diameter in NASA’s Small Worlds comparison table.

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Ceres

964 kmdiameter

Equatorial diameter in NASA’s planet-size guide.

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Earth

12,756 kmdiameter

Rounded equatorial diameter; the polar diameter is slightly smaller.

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Eris

2,326 kmdiameter

Rounded diameter published in NASA’s planet-size guide.

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Europa

3,122 kmdiameter

Diameter in NASA’s Small Worlds comparison table.

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Falcon 9

70 mheight

Published height of the Falcon 9 launch vehicle.

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Ganymede

5,262 kmdiameter

Diameter in NASA’s Small Worlds comparison table.

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International Space Station

109 mwidth

Published end-to-end overall span of the station.

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Io

3,643 kmdiameter

Diameter in NASA’s Small Worlds comparison table.

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James Webb primary mirror

6.5 mdiameter

Diameter of the primary mirror, not the sunshield or whole telescope.

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Jupiter

142,984 kmdiameter

Equatorial diameter; mean diameter would be smaller.

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Mars

6,792 kmdiameter

Equatorial diameter from NASA’s planet-size guide.

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Mercury

4,880 kmdiameter

Rounded equatorial diameter published in NASA’s planet-size guide.

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Neptune

49,528 kmdiameter

Equatorial diameter from NASA’s planet-size guide.

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Pluto

2,377 kmdiameter

Rounded diameter published in NASA’s planet-size guide.

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Saturn

120,536 kmdiameter

Equatorial diameter of the planet’s body; rings are excluded.

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Saturn V

110.6 mheight

Launch vehicle height including the Apollo spacecraft.

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The Moon

3,475 kmdiameter

Rounded diameter in NASA’s Small Worlds fact sheet.

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Titan

5,150 kmdiameter

Diameter in NASA’s Small Worlds comparison table.

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Triton

2,705 kmdiameter

Diameter in NASA’s Small Worlds comparison table.

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Uranus

51,118 kmdiameter

Equatorial diameter from NASA’s planet-size guide.

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Venus

12,104 kmdiameter

Equatorial diameter from NASA’s planet-size guide.

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