Proteus size and scale context

Proteus is Neptune's largest inner moon, a dark irregular body discovered by Voyager 2 in 1989. It keeps a box-like shape near the threshold where gravity would round it out, while its battered dark surface shows no clear sign of geological remodeling. Read its scale context, comparisons, and journey links on the canonical object page.

HyperionIrregular icy moon·360 km
MimasIcy moon·396 km
ProteusSmall inner moon·436 km
MirandaIcy moon·472 km

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