Cantaloupe
A cantaloupe is a round, sweet melon with a netted rind and orange flesh, commonly eaten as a fruit.
Also known as: muskmelon, Cucumis melo fruit
How big is it?
15 cm across
Also 5.906 in
Defined fruit diameter · defined specimen
Typical recorded range: 12 cm to 18 cm.
A little perspective
About the same scale as Human brain.
Human brain: The human brain is the organ that processes sensory information and coordinates thought, memory, movement and many body functions.
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Cantaloupe
A defined round cantaloupe 15 cm across using a 552 g whole-fruit reference mass. Cultivar and ripeness vary; the short stem scar is excluded from calibrated diameter.
USDA FoodData Central — raw fruit portions
The marked defined fruit diameter is calibrated. Unmeasured illustration details are representative.
Human brain
A defined adult-brain specimen 15 cm front to back and 1.4 kg. Brain size and mass vary by person; these values are comparison anchors, not health benchmarks.
Defined examples — our methodology
The marked representative front-to-back length is calibrated. Unmeasured illustration details are representative.
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Why we use 15 cm
For comparison, this page uses defined fruit diameter. This is labelled defined specimen: an explicit comparison model rather than a claim that every example has the same value. The recorded range is 12 cm to 18 cm.
A defined round cantaloupe 15 cm across using a 552 g whole-fruit reference mass. Cultivar and ripeness vary; the short stem scar is excluded from calibrated diameter.
The marked horizontal span follows the named feature; transparent margins and unmeasured details do not alter it. How calibrated comparisons work →
Recorded properties
Cantaloupe dimensions and measurements
| Property | Selected value | Recorded range | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 cm | 12 cm to 18 cm | defined specimen | |
| 552 g | 400 g to 800 g | defined specimen |
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- USDA FoodData Central — raw fruit portionsReference serving masses for raw fruits; dimensions remain explicit atlas specimen choices.
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