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ALL ANSWERS · SPACE · DAILY No. 16 · SEPTEMBER 19, 2026

Size It Up Space answer: September 19

The five Space silhouettes for September 19, 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 16 ran from Ariel (1,158 km) to Uranus (50,720 km). The widest gap was round 1, Oberon against Europa, at 2.0×; the closest call was round 2, Neptune against Uranus, only 1.0× apart — the kind of round that separates a 90 from a 60.

  1. ROUND 1

    Oberon (Uranus’s moon · mean diameter) vs Europa (Jupiter’s moon · mean diameter)

    Europa · reference · 3,122 km
    Oberon · true diameter · 1,523 km

    2.0× shorter than Europa

    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.

  2. 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.

  3. ROUND 3

    Venus (mean diameter) vs Earth (mean diameter)

    Earth · reference · 12,740 km
    Venus · true diameter · 12,100 km

    1.1× shorter than Earth

    Venus has a mean diameter of about 12,103.6 km. This is the body’s size, not an orbital distance.

  4. ROUND 4

    Ariel (Uranus’s moon · mean diameter) vs Charon (Pluto’s moon · mean diameter)

    Charon · reference · 1,212 km
    Ariel · true diameter · 1,158 km

    1.0× shorter than Charon

    Ariel, a moon of Uranus, has a mean diameter of about 1,157.8 km. This is the body’s size, not an orbital distance.

  5. ROUND 5

    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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