SOLAR SYSTEM

Detailed explanation-1: -In terms of size, scientists now know that Mercury is significantly larger than Pluto. The diameter of Mercury is 4, 879.4 km across, while Pluto’s diameter is 2, 360 km across. So Mercury is about twice as large Pluto.

Detailed explanation-2: -Mercury’s diameter is bigger than dwarf planet Pluto, which has a diameter of only about 1, 473 miles, while Mercury’s is 3, 030. Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.

Detailed explanation-3: -Both Ganymede and Titan are bigger than Mercury; Ganymede’s actually the biggest but Titan appears bigger because of its puffy atmosphere.

Detailed explanation-4: -Eris, the largest dwarf planet, is only slightly bigger than Pluto, at 1, 445 miles in diameter (2, 326 km). Discovered in 2003, Eris orbits at an average distance of 68 AU (that is, 68 times the Earth’s distance from the sun) and takes 561.4 Earth years to circle the sun.

Detailed explanation-5: -Pluto is a dwarf planet that lies in the Kuiper Belt, an area full of icy bodies and other dwarf planets out past Neptune. Pluto is very small, only about half the width of the United States and its biggest moon Charon is about half the size of Pluto.