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Is 250 planets larger than 100 stars and 100 asteroids?

YES, 100 stars and 100 asteroids are larger than 250 planets


How are planets compared to asteroids and planets?

Planets are larger and more massive than asteroids, but very nearly the same size and mass as planets.


What is smaller moons comets asteroids or planets?

Although comets appear very large when they are near the Sun because of the large dust cloud that follows behind them, they are actually the smallest of the objects listed. Comets typically have a diameter of less than 6 miles, which is much smaller than the typical diameter of the other objects listed above.


What are the tiny planets?

Objects that are smaller than planets are called "dwarf planets"; even smaller objects are called "asteroids".


What are asteroids larger than?

Asteroids larger than 1 km in diameter are known as planetesimals, while those over 100 km are considered minor planets. Asteroids larger than 1,000 km are usually classified as dwarf planets if they have enough mass for gravity to shape them into a round shape.


Are the rockey planets larger or smaller than the gas planets?

smaller


Which of the following is usually the smallest A planets B comets C asteroids D moons?

its the comets are smaller than planets, moons, and asteroids. In order of size, usually comets < asteroids < moons < 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.


Is an asteroid smaller than mars?

Asteroids can be different sizes, so they can be larger or smaller than Mars.


Are asteroids larger than meteoriods?

Yes. By definition a meteoroid is smaller than an asteroid.


Are asteroids larger than planets?

No. If all of the space rocks in our asteroid belt were put together into one boulder, it would be 1/3 the size of(it was either the Earth or our Moon). If it was the size of a planet or bigger, then it wouldn't be called an asteroid. Asteroids are space rocks floating through space with an irregular shape and is really small compared to planets, moons, etc. They are leftovers from the formation of our early solar system.


What four inner planets are larger than the outer planets?

The inner planets are smaller than the outer planets.