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Mean diameter
(km)
Satellites of planets Dwarf planet satellites Satellites of
SSSBs
Non-satellites
for comparison
Earth Mars Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune Pluto Eris
6000-7000 Mars
5000-6000 Ganymede Titan
4000-5000 Callisto Mercury
3000-4000 The Moon
(Luna)
Io
Europa
2000-3000 Triton Eris
Pluto
1500-2000 Rhea Titania
Oberon
(136472) 2005 FY9
90377 Sedna
1000-1500 Iapetus
Dione
Tethys
Umbriel
Ariel
Charon (136108) 2003 EL61
90482 Orcus
50000 Quaoar
500-1000 Enceladus Ceres
20000 Varuna
28978 Ixion
2 Pallas4 Vesta
many more TNOs
250-500 Mimas
Hyperion
Miranda Proteus
Nereid
Dysnomia S/2005 (2003 EL61) 1
S/2005 (79360) 1
10 Hygiea
511 Davida
704 Interamnia
and many others
100-250 Amalthea
Himalia
Thebe
Phoebe
Janus
Epimetheus
Sycorax
Puck
Portia
Larissa
Galatea
Despina
S/2005 (2003 EL61) 2
many more TNOs
many
50-100 Elara
Pasiphaë
Prometheus
Pandora
Caliban
Juliet
Belinda
Cressida
Rosalind
Desdemona
Bianca
Thalassa
Halimede
Neso
Naiad
Nix[1]
Hydra[1]
Menoetius[2]
S/2000 (90) 1
many more TNOs
many
10-50 Phobos Carme
Metis
Sinope
Lysithea
Ananke
Leda
Adrastea
Siarnaq
Helene
Albiorix
Atlas
Pan
Telesto
Paaliaq
Calypso
Ymir
Kiviuq
Tarvos
Ijiraq
Erriapus
Ophelia
Cordelia
Setebos
Prospero
Perdita
Mab
Stephano
Cupid
Francisco
Ferdinand
Margaret
Trinculo
Sao
Laomedeia
Psamathe
Linus[3]
S/2000 (762) 1
S/2002 (121) 1
Romulus[4]
Petit-Prince[5]
S/2003 (283) 1
S/2004 (1313) 1
and many TNOs
many
less than 10 2006 RH120
(temporary)
Deimos at least 47 at least 21 many many


References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Diameters of the new Plutonian satellites are still very poorly known, but they are estimated to lie between 44 and 130 km.
  2. (617) Patroclus I Menoetius
  3. (22) Kalliope I Linus
  4. (87) Sylvia I Romulus
  5. (45) Eugenia I Petit-Prince