ALL ANSWERS · SPACE · DAILY No. 12 · SEPTEMBER 15, 2026
Size It Up Space answer: September 15
The five Space silhouettes for September 15, 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 12 ran from Miranda (471.6 km) to Uranus (50,720 km). The widest gap was round 4, Ganymede against Dione, at 4.7×; the closest call was round 2, Neptune against Uranus, only 1.0× apart — the kind of round that separates a 90 from a 60.
SPOILER · TODAY’S FIVE
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ROUND 1
Miranda (Uranus’s moon · mean diameter) vs Iapetus (Saturn’s moon · mean diameter)
Iapetus · reference · 1,469 km Miranda · true diameter · 471.6 km 3.1× shorter than Iapetus
Miranda, a moon of Uranus, has a mean diameter of about 471.6 km. This is the body’s size, not an orbital distance.
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ROUND 2
Neptune (mean diameter) vs Uranus (mean diameter)
Uranus · reference · 50,720 km Neptune · true diameter · 49,240 km 1.0× shorter than Uranus
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 3
Umbriel (Uranus’s moon · mean diameter) vs Pluto (mean diameter)
Pluto · reference · 2,377 km Umbriel · true diameter · 1,169 km 2.0× shorter than Pluto
Umbriel, a moon of Uranus, has a mean diameter of about 1,169.4 km. This is the body’s size, not an orbital distance.
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ROUND 4
Ganymede (Jupiter’s moon · mean diameter) vs Dione (Saturn’s moon · mean diameter)
Dione · reference · 1,123 km Ganymede · true diameter · 5,262 km 4.7× wider than Dione
Ganymede, a moon of Jupiter, has a mean diameter of about 5,262.4 km. This is the body’s size, not an orbital distance.
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ROUND 5
Io (Jupiter’s moon · mean diameter) vs Titania (Uranus’s moon · mean diameter)
Titania · reference · 1,578 km Io · true diameter · 3,643 km 2.3× wider than Titania
Io, a moon of Jupiter, has a mean diameter of about 3,643 km. This is the body’s size, not an orbital distance.
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