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Largest Natural Planetary Satellites
Astronomical radius
Average distance from planet
Planet
Satellite
km
mi
km
mi
Orbital period (days)
Jupiter
Ganymede
2,634
1,637
1,070,000
664,900
7.155
Saturn
Titan
2,575
1,600
1,222,000
759,200
15.95
Jupiter
Callisto
2,403
1,493
1,883,000
1,170,000
16.69
Jupiter
Io
1,830
1,137
422,000
262,200
1.769
Earth
Moon
1,737
1,080
384,400
238,900
27.32
Jupiter
Europa
1,565
972
671,000
416,900
3.551
Neptune
Triton
1,353
841
354,800
220,400
5.877
Source: U.S. Naval Observatory.
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