Planets · #69 biggest of 1,014
How big is Charon (moon)?
1,212 km
Charon (moon) measures 1,212 km. That's about 137 Mount Everests lined up end to end.
By the numbers
- That's 1,212 km, or about 753 miles.
- It's about 712,941 times taller than an average adult (1.7 m).
- Roughly 137 Mount Everests could line up across it.
- Walking nonstop, you'd need about 10 days to travel its length.
- Out of all 1,014 things in this collection, it ranks #69 by size.
Size comparison
How Charon (moon) stacks up against things of a similar size. Tap any bar to explore it.
Oberon (moon)
1,523 km
Iapetus (moon)
1,469 km
Makemake (dwarf planet)
1,430 km
Rhine River
1,233 km
Charon (moon)
1,212 km
Umbriel (moon)
1,169 km
Ariel (moon)
1,158 km
Dione (moon)
1,123 km
Tethys (moon)
1,062 km
Bars use a logarithmic scale so everything fits — real differences are even more extreme!
Fun fact
Standing beside it, an average person (1.7 m tall) would reach only about less than 0.001% of its height.
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