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Currently most of the objects of mass between 10 9 kg to 10 12 kg (less than 1000 teragrams (Tg)) listed here are near-Earth asteroids (NEAs). The Aten asteroid 1994 WR12 has less mass than the Great Pyramid of Giza, 5.9 × 10 9 kg. For more about very small objects in the Solar System, see meteoroid, micrometeoroid, cosmic dust, and ...
The first image compares some of the largest TNOs in terms of size, color and albedo. This is a list of trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs), which are minor planets in the Solar System that orbit the Sun at a greater distance on average than Neptune , that is, their orbit has a semi-major axis greater than 30.1 astronomical units (AU).
Diameter of dwarf planet Pluto, formerly the smallest planet category in the Solar System 3.48 Mm Diameter of the Moon: 5.2 Mm Typical distance covered by the winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans automobile endurance race 6.371 Mm Average radius of Earth: 6.378 Mm Equatorial radius of Earth 6.4 Mm Length of the Great Wall of China: 6.6 Mm
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Many TNOs in the size range of about 400–1000 km have oddly low densities, in the range of about 1.0–1.2 g/cm 3, that are substantially less than those of dwarf planets such as Pluto, Eris and Ceres, which have densities closer to 2. Brown has suggested that large low-density bodies must be composed almost entirely of water ice since he ...
Of those objects that orbit the Sun directly, the largest eight are the planets (including Earth), with the remainder being significantly smaller objects, such as dwarf planets and small Solar System bodies. Of the objects that orbit the Sun indirectly, the moons, two are larger than the smallest planet, Mercury.
Size of planets and stars Original - An illustration of the comparative sizes of planets and stars. Starting with the planet Mercury at the top left we follow a growing sequence of planets and then a growing sequence of stars until we reach the second largest known star VV Cephei in the bottom right. Reason It's a mind-blowing sequence.
Almost 200 km (120 mi) wide. See also: List of largest craters in the Solar System: Ceres: Ahuna Mons: 4 km (2.5 mi) 0.85: cryovolcanic: Isolated steep-sided dome in relatively smooth area; max. height of ~ 5 km on steepest side; roughly antipodal to largest impact basin on Ceres: Io: Boösaule Montes "South" 17.5 to 18.2 km (10.9 to 11.3 mi)