Methone size and scale context

Methone is a tiny, egg-shaped moon of Saturn with an unusually smooth surface, likely mantled in mobile, low-density icy material. It orbits between Mimas and Enceladus and helps supply the faint Methone Ring Arc with dust knocked loose by impacts. Read its scale context, comparisons, and journey links on the canonical object page.

Tunguska MeteoroidStony meteoroid·~55 m
DimorphosRubble-pile asteroid·177 m
25143 ItokawaS-type near-Earth asteroid·535 m
101955 BennuCarbonaceous near-Earth asteroid·565 m
65803 DidymosS-type binary near-Earth asteroid·851 m
152830 DinkineshSq-type binary main-belt asteroid·910 m
162173 RyuguCarbonaceous near-Earth asteroid·1 km
MethoneSmall inner moon·3.88 km
4179 ToutatisS-type near-Earth asteroid (Apollo, potentially hazardous)·4.75 km

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