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Re: And Then There Were Eight

Posted By: Dave, on host 65.116.226.199
Date: Tuesday, August 29, 2006, at 20:04:28
In Reply To: Re: And Then There Were Eight posted by wintermute on Tuesday, August 29, 2006, at 17:18:47:

> winter"Jupiter has moons bigger than the
>Earth"mute

Actually, that's not true. Ganymede is the biggest moon in the solar system, and it's about a third the size of the Earth. It is, however, bigger than both Mercury and Pluto.

There are actually two moons bigger than Mercury (Ganymede and Saturn's moon Titan) and seven that are bigger than Pluto (Ganymede and Titan, plus the Jovian moons Io, Europa, and Callisto, Earth's Moon, and Neptune's moon Triton). And yes, I had to look all that up. But trivia is fun!

-- Dave

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Message:	> > winter"Jupiter has moons bigger than the > >Earth"mute > > Actually, that's not true. Ganymede is the biggest moon in the solar system, and it's about a third the size of the Earth. It is, however, bigger than both Mercury and Pluto. > > There are actually two moons bigger than Mercury (Ganymede and Saturn's moon Titan) and seven that are bigger than Pluto (Ganymede and Titan, plus the Jovian moons Io, Europa, and Callisto, Earth's Moon, and Neptune's moon Triton). And yes, I had to look all that up. But trivia is fun! > > -- Dave
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