This document compares the sizes of asteroids, planets, moons, and stars. It lists Ceres as the largest asteroid, Pluto as the smallest planet, Earth's moon Luna, and provides basic size comparisons for other bodies in our solar system like Mars, Venus, Uranus, and Saturn. It also lists some of the smallest possible stars like 2MASS J0523-1403 and some of the largest stars including HD 100546 b, Rigel, Pistol Star, and VY Canis Majoris.
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Asteroid, Planets & Stars Size Comparison
1. ASTEROID, PLANETS & STARS
SIZE COMPARISON
BY
SIR OSCAR MARTINEZ GUZMAN, JR.
SCIENCE TEACHER
CALACAACADEMY INC.
Admana St. Pob 2. Calaca, Batangas Philippines
Earth and Life Sciences/Earth Science
oscarjrg@yahoo.com
09358482891
2. Ceres is the largest asteroid
Pluto smallest planet
Earth Moon - Luna
Mercury planet closest to
the sun
Ganymede Jupiter Moon
Mars planet that is a half size
of the Earth
3. Venus brightest planet
Earth blue planet
Kepler 10c one of the largest
rocky planets
Neptune planet that has a mass
of 14.6 times of the Earth
Uranus planet that has a
diameter of 3.9 times of the Earth
4. Saturn planet that is 10
times of the Earth
2MASS J0523-1403 one of
the smallest possible stars
Jupiter largest planet
HD 100546 b one of the
largest possible stars
Sun - yellow dwarf
5. Sirius A
Pollux - orange giant
Arcturus orange giant
Aldebaran - orange giant
Rigel blue supergiant
Pistol Star blue hypergiant
Antares red supergiant
6. Betelguese red supergiant
VY Canis Majoris red
hypergiant
UY Scuti red supergiant