Earth and Life Science/Earth Science for HUMSS and STEM

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