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If you had a pin and looked at the needle point head on, compare that to your car tire, something like that. The diameter of the sun is 1 400 000km (thats in millions), the earth is about 12 800km and as an example, Ida, an asteroid with its own moon, called Dactyl, is about 1.5km in diameter.
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What is a small rocky body orbiting the sun?
Asteroids are the rocky bodies that have been compared to flying mountains. Asteroids are actually considered to be minor planets.
How big is an asteroid compared to other planets?
Asteroids are smaller than planets. A few of the asteroids are fairly large; Ceres, for example, is a "dwarf planet" that's bigger than Pluto. But many of the asteroids are a few miles, or a few dozen miles, across. That isn't very big, compared to Mars or Earth.
How big is Betelgeuse compared from the sun?
It ia 250 times as big as the sun
How big is a red giant compared to your sun?
a red giant compared to our sun is about 10-100 times bigger.
How big is the sun compared to a star?
The sun is a star. It is comparatively large, believed to be in the top 20% for size.
What is a big rocky object that orbits the sun?
Asteroids, meteors, etc.
What is a small rocky body orbiting the sun?
Asteroids are the rocky bodies that have been compared to flying mountains. Asteroids are actually considered to be minor planets.
How big is an asteroid compared to other planets?
Asteroids are smaller than planets. A few of the asteroids are fairly large; Ceres, for example, is a "dwarf planet" that's bigger than Pluto. But many of the asteroids are a few miles, or a few dozen miles, across. That isn't very big, compared to Mars or Earth.
How big is Betelgeuse compared from the sun?
It ia 250 times as big as the sun
How big is a red giant compared to your sun?
a red giant compared to our sun is about 10-100 times bigger.
Is mars very big?
Mars is 6,786 Km. in diameter. Big is a relative term. It is big compared to its moons but small compared to the sun
Are asteroids larger than stars?
No. Asteroids are tiny compared to stars.
Does sun have asteroids?
No the sun does not have asteroids because by the time the asteroid got away from the sun there would be nothing left of it.
How do asteroids shine?
By the sun
Are asteroids luminous?
No. Asteroids are just made of rock and metal. They do not glow.
What are interplanetary debris that orbit the sun between mars and Jupiter?
Type your answer here... It is left over asteroids from the big bang.
How big is the sun compared to a star?
The sun is a star. It is comparatively large, believed to be in the top 20% for size.
