Sunday, November 8, 2009

Callisto's Size

The moon Callisto is 4,800km in diameter (and 2,403km in Radius). This means that because the Sun's diameter is 1,392,000km in diameter, 290 Callisto's could fit into the sun. If you go to this link
http://ottawa-rasc.ca/kid_space/activities/colouring/colour_jupiter.gif
you can see an artists sketch of the comparison of the moon Callisto, to the planet it orbits, Jupiter. Below is a link to an actual photograph comparing Callisto to Jupiter.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b2/001221_Cassini_Jupiter_%26_Europa_%26_Callisto.jpg


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2 comments:

  1. NadiaNovember 8, 2009 at 3:48 PM

    I like how you had so many facts about the size of Callisto. One thing i think you should add to your blog is that Callisto is one of the biggest moons in the solar system.

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  2. jasonNovember 8, 2009 at 6:33 PM

    Very long. I like how you write stuff so detailed I really get what your trying to say about your moon now.

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