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.
- 180°, Planet Terra
- (34.142318167779726305388597288522 ± 0.0099504175490098189823746848993722)', Terran Satellite Luna
- (32.549089711594099381629815789191 ± 0.0030383154609148420537653582447128)', Star Sol
- (1.0905870349499817398048629211605 ± 0.00018025944492847952922209945619809)', Planet Venus
- (50.115577292011611607058157849591 ± 0.00072639900116543009038607598428538)", Planet Jupiter
- (25.700544451492779197449676308284 ± 0.00089158765308439455528175641371082)", Planet Mars
- (20.710741843720512704721266748230 ± 0.0005166370410419963595958474095447)", Planet Saturn
- (13.026519404358484128366613475607 ± 0.00068880719717083531267935096847384)", Planet Mercury
- (4.0813037952907347294343994483903 ± 0.0006389298287894383982434815333879)", Planet Uranus
- (2.3717005756662317185122893669135 ± 0.0023358462167698838697425224493574)", Planet Neptune
- (1.8500081168516263639525877660944 ± 0.00021081697115976641880998036484687)", Jovian Satellite Ganymede
- (1.6950999034452036167094676830048 ± 0.0010549338656223241325822742019151)", Jovian Satellite Callisto
- (1.2758186006115165938918458891654 ± 0.000035409569728211189330416823094472)", Jovian Satellite Io
- (1.0956010972639616311861538720115 ± 0.00035099902326891557679784173552623)", Jovian Satellite Europa
- (0.92630435820787173323928340729414 ± 0.0059958010235239682526821091198236)", Minor Planet Ceres
- (0.88573281563080150908143581596940 ± 0.00003509052596514345590963105473037)", Saturnian Satellite Titan
- (0.75246410914813015641116728905938 ± 0.016972874643896973338196523745709)", Minor Planet Pallas
- (0.69117155722191649628751546195186 ± 0.00012417891897229293892065704030910)", Minor Planet Vesta
Transiting satellites with angular diameters of greater than 0.25 arcseconds can theoretically be resolved by amateur telescopes under ideal seeing conditions.
- (0.26224700443933629069282618928564 ± 0.000017870938636195757578407958897337)", Saturnian Satellite Rhea
- (0.25714234397864741689302828177689 ± 0.000017891855224446917628298178731762)", Saturnian Satellite Iapetus