ALL ANSWERS · SPACE · DAILY No. 5 · SEPTEMBER 8, 2026
Size It Up Space answer: September 8
The five Space silhouettes for September 8, with the true sizes. If you have not played yet, this page is a spoiler — play these five first, then come back to argue with the numbers.
Day 5 ran from Mimas (396.4 km) to Neptune (49,240 km). The widest gap was round 4, Neptune against Titan, at 9.6×; the closest call was round 2, Oberon against Triton, only 1.8× apart — the kind of round that separates a 90 from a 60.
SPOILER · TODAY’S FIVE
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ROUND 1
Mars (mean diameter) vs Ceres (mean diameter)
Ceres · reference · 939.4 km Mars · true diameter · 6,779 km 7.2× wider than Ceres
Mars has a mean diameter of about 6,779 km. This is the body’s size, not an orbital distance.
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ROUND 2
Oberon (Uranus’s moon · mean diameter) vs Triton (Neptune’s moon · mean diameter)
Triton · reference · 2,705 km Oberon · true diameter · 1,523 km 1.8× shorter than Triton
Oberon, a moon of Uranus, has a mean diameter of about 1,522.8 km. This is the body’s size, not an orbital distance.
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ROUND 3
Moon (Earth’s moon · mean diameter) vs Charon (Pluto’s moon · mean diameter)
Charon · reference · 1,212 km Moon · true diameter · 3,475 km 2.9× wider than Charon
Moon, a moon of Earth, has a mean diameter of about 3,474.8 km. This is the body’s size, not an orbital distance.
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ROUND 4
Neptune (mean diameter) vs Titan (Saturn’s moon · mean diameter)
Titan · reference · 5,150 km Neptune · true diameter · 49,240 km 9.6× wider than Titan
Neptune has a mean diameter of about 49,244 km. This is the body’s size, not an orbital distance.
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ROUND 5
Europa (Jupiter’s moon · mean diameter) vs Mimas (Saturn’s moon · mean diameter)
Mimas · reference · 396.4 km Europa · true diameter · 3,122 km 7.9× wider than Mimas
Europa, a moon of Jupiter, has a mean diameter of about 3,121.6 km. This is the body’s size, not an orbital distance.
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