How big is the moon Titan compared to the Earth? How is the gravity different between these two planetary bodies?

1 Answer
Nov 30, 2015

Around half of Earth's radius is the radius of Titan. The surface gravity of Titan is 1.353 m/s2, meaning that the gravity on Titan is about 7.3 times weaker than on Earth.

Explanation:

Size:

The radius of Earth is:
6,371 km or 6,371103m=6,371,000 m

Whereas the radius of Titan is:
2,575.5 km or 2,575.5103m=2,575,500 m

Then

Difference in Size =Titan's RadiusEarth's Radius

2,575,5006,371,000=0.4040.5

Meaning about half the size of Earth's radius.

Here is a comparison of the size of Titan (in the middle) compared to that of Earth and the Moon.

Earth-Titan-Moon
(from en.wikipedia.org)

Gravity:

The surface gravity on Earth is 9.807m/s2 and the surface gravity on Titan is 1.353m/s2

So the difference between these two gravitational bodies is around:

Difference in Gravity =Earth's GravityTitan's Gravity

9.8071.353=7.2487.3

Meaning that the gravity on Titan is about 7.3 times weaker than on Earth.