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Credit & Copyright: Marco Bellelli
Explanation:
How big is planet Earth's Moon?
Compared to other moons of the Solar System,
it's number 5 on the
largest to smallest ranked list,
following
Jupiter's moon Ganymede,
Saturn's moon Titan,
and
Jovian moons Callisto and
Io.
Continuing the list, the Moon comes before
Jupiter's Europa and
Neptune's Triton.
It's also larger than
dwarf planets
Pluto and Eris.
With a diameter of 3,475 kilometers the Moon is about 1/4
the size of Earth though, and that does make it the largest
moon when compared to the size of its parent Solar System planet.
Of course in this
serene, twilight sea and skyscape,
August's rising Full Moon still appears small enough
to be caught in the nets of an ancient fishing rig.
The telephoto snapshot was taken along the Italian Costa dei
Trabocchi,
on the Adriatic Sea.
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