The size of meteors varies greatly. The smallest ones are no larger than a particle of sand. The biggest ones reach the size of a boulder. The biggest meteorite weighed 132,000 lbs. It fell in Hoba West in South Africa. Terminology There is a lot of confusion surrounding meteors, asteroids and meteo
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The smallest star known so far is OGLE-TR-122b. The solar radius is 0.12. That’s about 167,000 km. That means the star is only 20% bigger than Jupiter. Jupiter meanwhile, is about 800 times the size of earth. However the mass of OGLE-TR-122b is 100 times that of Jupiter. Specifications The s
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What is the biggest planet? That question is pretty easy to answer. It’s in the record books. You would not find it difficult to search for the answer because as it is, there seems to be nothing in the solar system that could be discovered as bigger than it is. For the record, the biggest pla
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A comet is a relatively small, wandering body in the solar system. It is made up of ice, rock and debris at its core. On the outside it appears as a fiery ball with a tail. Comet size measured from the core can be dozens of kilometers large or only a couple of hundred meters. Comets in History Ancie
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Ceres, also known as 1 Ceres, is the first asteroid ever to be discovered. Aside from that, it is also considered as the largest asteroid ever observed. Or is it? Because, when Ceres was first discovered, it had been mistaken for a comet and was even almost declared a planet. Interestingly enough, i
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To ponder on what is the biggest star known to man, there may be several answers that may come up. However, according to studies, one of the more commonly known stars that we can categorize as really large in size is the Pistol Star. The Pistol Star may be the closest answer to the question, &ldquo
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Introduction The solar system is the sun and the group of heavenly bodies that are attracted to it by the force of its gravity. Eight major planets revolve around the sun: Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars, also known as the inner planets; and Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune, the outer planets. Onc
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In terms of surface area, the size of Pluto is 1.665 × 107 km2. The mean radius is 1,153 km or about 0.18 Earths. The volume is 6.39 × 109 km3. Physical Characteristics of Pluto The sidereal rotation is −6.387 230 day. That is equal to 6 days, 9 hours, 17 minutes and 36 seconds. Th
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In terms of equatorial radius, the size of Mars is 3,396.2 km, or nearly half the Earth. The polar radius is 3,376.2 km. The total surface area is 144,798,500 km2. Physical Characteristics of Mars Its volume is 1.6318 × 1011 km3, equal to 0.151 Earths. The mass is 6.4185 × 1023 kg. The e
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Introduction A black hole is one of the most mysterious and terrifying of all space phenomena. It is a field in space where gravity is so strong that nothing can get away from it, not even light. Because light is sucked completely into a black hole, it appears as total darkness. Hence a “black
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