Titan (Moon of Saturn)
5,150 km (3,200 mi)
Diameter of the solid body (twice the radius)
Saturn's giant moon, wrapped in a thick orange haze. Measured at its solid surface. Diameter: 5,150 km, wider than Mercury.
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How big is that?
5,150 km is 1.5 times the Moon and 40% of Earth.
Titan is the 11th largest of the 39 Cosmic Scale objects, and the 11th largest of the 109 objects across all three SizeItUp games.
Size comparison
To scale, smallest to largest: Titan in orange beside the Cosmic Scale objects nearest in size, in teal.
| Object | Size | vs Titan |
|---|---|---|
| Callisto (Moon of Jupiter)Jupiter's battered outer giant moon, covered in craters. | 4,820.6 km across | 94% of the size |
| MercuryThe smallest planet and the closest to the Sun. | 4,879 km across | 95% of the size |
| Titan (Moon of Saturn) | 5,150 km across | – |
| Ganymede (Moon of Jupiter)The largest moon in the Solar System. | 5,262.4 km across | about the same |
| MarsThe red planet, home of Olympus Mons. | 6,792 km across | 1.3× bigger |
In other units
| Metres | 5,150,000 |
|---|---|
| Kilometres | 5,150 |
| Feet | 16,900,000 |
| Miles | 3,200 |
How it's measured
Diameter of the solid body (twice the radius). NASA Saturnian Satellite Fact Sheet: radius 2,575 km.
Fact sheets list a radius; the diameter here is twice that.
Sources
- nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov: Titan (VI): radius 2,575 km.
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Could you have guessed it by eye?
Titan is one of the objects in Cosmic Scale, a daily size comparison game: you stretch a shape to the size you think is right beside one you know.