Jupiter’s moon Ganymede is wider than Mercury.

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Jupiter’s moon Ganymede is wider than Mercury.

Ganymede, the largest moon of Jupiter, is wider than Mercury. Its diameter is about 5,268 kilometers, compared with Mercury’s roughly 4,880 kilometers. That makes it the solar system’s largest moon, but not a planet and not the more massive of the two bodies.

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