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Large Bodies
The International Astronomical Union recognizes eight "regular" planets and five dwarf planets in our solar system, the smallest of which is Ceres, a planetoid in the Asteroid Belt. Are there any bodies in the solar system larger than Ceres other than the sun and planets? If so, what?


Answer: Yes, there are fifteen of them: our moon, the four "Galilean" moons of Jupiter (Io, Callisto, Europa, and Ganymede), five moons of Saturn (Titan, Rhea, Iapetus, Dione, and Tethys), four of Uranus' moons (Titania, Oberon, Umbrial and Ariel), one of Neptune's moons (Triton), and Pluto's moon Charon.