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Largest satellites of the Solar System planets (from largest to smallest) with an average radius of more than 500 km

List format: satellite name (year of discovery) – satellite number and planet to which it belongs: average satellite radius in kilometers

1. Ganymede (1610) – 3rd moon of Jupiter: 2634
2. Titan (1655) – 6th moon of Saturn: 2574
3. Callisto (1610) – 4th of Jupiter: 2410
4. Io (1610) – 1st of Jupiter: 1821
5. Moon (known at all times) – the only satellite of the Earth: 1738
6. Europa (1610) – 2nd of Jupiter: 1560
7. Triton (1846) – 1st of Neptune: 1353
8. Titania (1787) – 3rd of Uranus: 789
9. Rhea (1672) – 5th of Saturn: 763
10. Oberon (1787) – 4th of Uranus: 761
11. Iapetus (1671) – 8th of Saturn: 735
12. Charon (1978) – 1st of Pluto: 606
13. Umbriel (1851) – 2nd of Uranus: 584
14. Ariel (1851) – 1st of Uranus: 579
15. Dione (1684) – 4th of Saturn: 561
16. Tethys (1684) – 3rd of Saturn: 533

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