Solar System by apparent size

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maximum angular diameters

Maximum angular diameters of Solar System objects.  Objects with angular diameters of greater than 0.5 arcseconds can theoretically be resolved by amateur telescopes under ideal seeing conditions.

  1. 180°, Planet Terra
  2. (34.142318167779726305388597288522 ± 0.0099504175490098189823746848993722)', Terran Satellite Luna
  3. (32.549089711594099381629815789191 ± 0.0030383154609148420537653582447128)', Star Sol
  4. (1.0905870349499817398048629211605 ± 0.00018025944492847952922209945619809)', Planet Venus
  5. (50.115577292011611607058157849591 ± 0.00072639900116543009038607598428538)", Planet Jupiter
  6. (25.700544451492779197449676308284 ± 0.00089158765308439455528175641371082)", Planet Mars
  7. (20.710741843720512704721266748230 ± 0.0005166370410419963595958474095447)", Planet Saturn
  8. (13.026519404358484128366613475607 ± 0.00068880719717083531267935096847384)", Planet Mercury
  9. (4.0813037952907347294343994483903 ± 0.0006389298287894383982434815333879)", Planet Uranus
  10. (2.3717005756662317185122893669135 ± 0.0023358462167698838697425224493574)", Planet Neptune
  11. (1.8500081168516263639525877660944 ± 0.00021081697115976641880998036484687)", Jovian Satellite Ganymede
  12. (1.6950999034452036167094676830048 ± 0.0010549338656223241325822742019151)", Jovian Satellite Callisto
  13. (1.2758186006115165938918458891654 ± 0.000035409569728211189330416823094472)", Jovian Satellite Io
  14. (1.0956010972639616311861538720115 ± 0.00035099902326891557679784173552623)", Jovian Satellite Europa
  15. (0.92630435820787173323928340729414 ± 0.0059958010235239682526821091198236)", Minor Planet Ceres
  16. (0.88573281563080150908143581596940 ± 0.00003509052596514345590963105473037)", Saturnian Satellite Titan
  17. (0.75246410914813015641116728905938 ± 0.016972874643896973338196523745709)", Minor Planet Pallas
  18. (0.69117155722191649628751546195186 ± 0.00012417891897229293892065704030910)", Minor Planet Vesta

Transiting satellites with angular diameters of greater than 0.25 arcseconds can theoretically be resolved under ideal seeing conditions.

  • (0.26224700443933629069282618928564 ± 0.000017870938636195757578407958897337)", Saturnian Satellite Rhea
  • (0.25714234397864741689302828177689 ± 0.000017891855224446917628298178731762)", Saturnian Satellite Iapetus
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