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To: SunkenCiv

Factoid:

Our moon is the largest moon, as viewed from the surface of its parent planet. This is due to a combination of proximity and diameter.

Jupiter’s Io and Neptune’s Triton have a close 2nd and 3rd apparent diameter.


3 posted on 03/04/2016 1:28:05 PM PST by kidd
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To: kidd

How big would Charon look seen from Pluto?


4 posted on 03/04/2016 1:55:17 PM PST by Verginius Rufus
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To: kidd

:’) Plus, no one is home on Jupiter to view, so we’d win anyway. ;’)


5 posted on 03/04/2016 10:00:15 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
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