Size of Earth
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The Earth is the largest terrestrial planet. It has a mean diameter of 12,742 kilometers.[1] Here is a list of objects that are smaller and larger than Earth and their diameters.
Solar System bodies smaller than Earth
- Eris - 2,326 km[2]
- Pluto - 2,374 km[3]
- The Moon - 3,474.2 km (27.3% of Earth's).[4]
- Mercury - 4,879.2 km[5]
- Mars - 6,779 km[6]
- Venus - 12,103.6 km[7]
Solar System bodies larger than Earth
Stars smaller than Earth
- PSR B1257+12 - 20 km[12]
- Sirius B - 10,932 km[13]
Stars larger than Earth
- Sun - 1,392,400 km
- Sirius A - 2.382 million km[14]
- Beta Ursae Majoris - 4.206 million km[15]
- Eta Ursae Majoris - 4.73 million km[16]
- Pollux - 12.6 million km[17]
- Arcturus - 35.4 million km[18]
- Rigel - 110 million km[19]
- NGC 2363-V1 - 270 million km[20]
- Deneb - 283 million km[21]
- Antares - 947 million km[22]
- Betelgeuse - 1.064 billion km[23]
- VV Cephei A - 1.085 billion km[24]
- Mu Cephei - 1.156 billion km[25]
- VY Canis Majoris - 1.977 billion km[26]
References
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- ↑ Sicardy, B.; Ortiz, J. L.; Assafin, M.; Jehin, E.; Maury, A.; Lellouch, E.; Gil-Hutton, R.; Braga-Ribas, F.; Colas, F.; Lecacheux, J.; Roques, F.; Santos-Sanz, P.; Morales, N.; Thirouin, A.; Camargo, J. I. B.; Vieira-Martins, R.; Gillon, M.; Manfroid, J.; Behrend, R.; Widemann, T. (2011). "Size, density, albedo and atmosphere limit of dwarf planet Eris from a stellar occultation". Epsc-Dps Joint Meeting 2011. 2011: 137. Bibcode:2011epsc.conf..137S.
- ↑ Nimmo, Francis; Umurhan, Orkan; Lisse, Carey M.; Bierson, Carver J.; Lauer, Tod R.; Buie, Marc W.; Throop, Henry B.; Kammer, Josh A.; Roberts, James H.; McKinnon, William B.; Zangari, Amanda M.; Moore, Jeffrey M.; Stern, S. Alan; Young, Leslie A.; Weaver, Harold A.; Olkin, Cathy B.; Ennico, Kim; the New Horizons GGI team (2017-05-01). "Mean radius and shape of Pluto and Charon from New Horizons images". Icarus. 287: 12–29. arXiv:1603.00821. Bibcode:2017Icar..287...12N. doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2016.06.027. ISSN 0019-1035.
- ↑ Smith, David E.; Zuber, Maria T.; Neumann, Gregory A.; Lemoine, Frank G. (1997). "Topography of the Moon from the Clementine lidar". Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets. 102 (E1): 1591–1611. Bibcode:1997JGR...102.1591S. doi:10.1029/96JE02940. ISSN 2156-2202.
- ↑ Williams, I. P.; Thomas, P. C.; Tholen, D. J.; Tedesco, E. F.; Stooke, P.; Oberst, J.; Neumann, G.; Krasinsky, G. A.; Hilton, J. L. (2007-07-01). "Report of the IAU/IAG Working Group on cartographic coordinates and rotational elements: 2006". Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy. 98 (3): 155–180. Bibcode:2007CeMDA..98..155S. doi:10.1007/s10569-007-9072-y. ISSN 1572-9478.
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