Cosmic Scale
Titania
Moon of Uranus · 435,910 km from Uranus
How big is Titania?
Titania is about 1,577 km across.
See Titania in 3D, at true scale
Titania is the largest moon of Uranus, a world of ice and rock split by enormous canyons that may have cracked open as its interior froze and expanded.
At a glance
| Diameter | 1,577 km |
|---|---|
| Mass | 3.40 × 10²¹ kg |
| Diameter compared with Earth | 0.124 × Earth |
| Size | 1,577 km |
| Orbits | Uranus, every 8.7 days |
| Discovered | 1787, William Herschel |
| Canyon | Messina Chasmata, 1,500 km |
Good to know
- It is the eighth-largest moon in the Solar System.
- It may hide a thin layer of liquid water between its core and crust.
- When it passed in front of a star in 2001, astronomers found it has no noticeable atmosphere.