0
How does the size of an asteroid compare with the size of the sun and the planets in the solar system order of size smallest first?
Wiki User
∙ 13y ago
Asteroids are typically only a few metres to a few hundred metres across. The largest ones may be a few hundred km across, with the largest asteroid being a dwarf planet called Ceres (974km across.
Planets are larger than asteroids, from around 4878km across (Mercury's diameter - the smallest) to around 22,400 km in diameter (Jupiter - the largest).
The Sun is much bigger again, with a diameter of 1,392,000 km.
Wiki User
∙ 13y ago
Add your answer:
Earn +20 pts
Can an asteroid be bigger than Jupiter?
No. Asteroids are smaller than even the smallest planets. Jupiter is the largest planet in the solar system. The only object in the solar system larger than Jupiter is the sun.
What separates the inner and outer planets of the solar system?
The asteroid belt.
What are the four parts of the solar system?
The inner solar system, the asteroid belt, the Jovian planets, and the Edgeworth-Kuiper belt.
What is the system of objects around the sun?
the solar system, made up of the planets, asteroid belt, comets, and the kuiper belt
What does the asteroid belt do for the solar system?
It doesn't 'DO' much. It is a region between Mars and Jupiter where asteroids orbit The Sun.
What is smallest to largest Asteroids universe planet moon solar stem?
Asteroid, moon, planets, solar system, universe
Compare the sizes of the largest moons in the solar system and the smallest planets in the solar system?
Moons are larger, obviously.
Is an asteroid bigger than Saturn?
No. Asteroids are smaller than even the smallest planets. Saturn is the second largest planet in the solar system.
Why are some of the planets in your solar system called the inner planets?
Because they are in the asteroid belt. The planets that are outside of the asteroid belt are called the outer planets.
Does the asteroid belt help or hurt the major planets of our solar system?
The Asteroid Belt has no effect on any of the major planets of our solar system.
What planets have an asteroid belt?
There aren't any planets within our solar system that have an asteroid belt themselves. There is, however, an asteroid belt located between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.
What object in the solar system separates the outer planets from the inner planets?
it is the asteroid belt between mars and Jupiter . the asteroid belt is formed by asteroids .
Can an asteroid be bigger than Jupiter?
No. Asteroids are smaller than even the smallest planets. Jupiter is the largest planet in the solar system. The only object in the solar system larger than Jupiter is the sun.
What separates the inner and outer planets of the solar system?
The asteroid belt.
What is outer system in solar system?
The inner system refers to all planets in our solar system between the sun and the asteroid. The planets are in this order mercury, venus, earth, and mars. The outer solar system is the planets after the asteroid belt like Jupiter, Saturn, uranus, neptune, and Pluto.
Which two planets is the famous asteroid belt of your solar system?
The asteroid belt is located between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.
What is some information on asteroid belts?
The asteroid belt in our solar system, separates the inner and outer planets from each other.
