Enceladus size and scale context

Enceladus is a small icy moon of Saturn whose south polar fractures spray water vapor and ice particles into space. Cassini connected those plumes to a global salty ocean beneath the crust, making Enceladus one of the Solar System's clearest ocean-world targets. Read its scale context, comparisons, and journey links on the canonical object page.

67P/Churyumov–GerasimenkoComet nucleus·6 km
DeimosSmall irregular moon·12 km
Crab PulsarNeutron star·20 km
ErosS-type near-Earth asteroid·34 km
Cygnus X-1Stellar black hole·120 km
PhoebeCaptured irregular moon·213 km
EnceladusIcy ocean moon·500 km
CeresDwarf planet·940 km

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