Charon size comparison: how tall is the Charon?
Charon: 1,212 km · 753 mi tall · 1.59 × 10²¹ kg
Diameter 1,212 km · 19,591 km from Pluto · gravity 0.29 m/s² (0.03 g)
Charon is 1,212 km · 753 mi tall (1.59 × 10²¹ kg). That is about 708,772× the height of an average man (171 cm). Compare it side by side with people, animals, buildings and more on the board above — drag, zoom, switch cm / ft, or export an image.
Charon in other units
| Unit | Size |
|---|---|
| Kilometres | 1,212 km |
| Miles | 753.1 mi |
| Metres | 1,212,000 m |
| Feet | 3,976,378 ft |
How big is that?
Charon measures 1,212 km across. Earth is 12,742 km wide, so Charon is about 9.5% of the width of Earth.
What is about the same size as Charon?
| Compared with | Size | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Titania (Moons) | 1,578 km · 981 mi | 366 km larger (30.2%) |
| Eris (Dwarf planets) | 2,326 km · 1,445 mi | 1,114 km larger (91.9%) |
| Haumea (Dwarf planets) | 1,632 km · 1,014 mi | 420 km larger (34.7%) |
| Makemake (Dwarf planets) | 1,430 km · 889 mi | 218 km larger (18%) |
| Ceres (Dwarf planets) | 939 km · 583 mi | 273 km smaller (22.5%) |
| Enceladus (Moons) | 504 km · 313 mi | 708 km smaller (58.4%) |