ALL ANSWERS · SPACE · DAILY No. 18 · SEPTEMBER 21, 2026
Size It Up Space answer: September 21
The five Space silhouettes for September 21, 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 18 ran from Ariel (1,158 km) to Jupiter (139,800 km). The widest gap was round 1, Triton against Venus, at 4.5×; the closest call was round 3, Ariel against Umbriel, 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
Triton (Neptune’s moon · mean diameter) vs Venus (mean diameter)
Venus · reference · 12,100 km Triton · true diameter · 2,705 km 4.5× shorter than Venus
Triton, a moon of Neptune, has a mean diameter of about 2,705.2 km. This is the body’s size, not an orbital distance.
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ROUND 2
Neptune (mean diameter) vs Jupiter (mean diameter)
Jupiter · reference · 139,800 km Neptune · true diameter · 49,240 km 2.8× shorter than Jupiter
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
Ariel (Uranus’s moon · mean diameter) vs Umbriel (Uranus’s moon · mean diameter)
Umbriel · reference · 1,169 km Ariel · true diameter · 1,158 km 1.0× shorter than Umbriel
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.
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ROUND 4
Titan (Saturn’s moon · mean diameter) vs Callisto (Jupiter’s moon · mean diameter)
Callisto · reference · 4,821 km Titan · true diameter · 5,150 km 1.1× wider than Callisto
Titan, a moon of Saturn, has a mean diameter of about 5,149.5 km. This is the body’s size, not an orbital distance.
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ROUND 5
Europa (Jupiter’s moon · mean diameter) vs Oberon (Uranus’s moon · mean diameter)
Oberon · reference · 1,523 km Europa · true diameter · 3,122 km 2.0× wider than Oberon
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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