Size comparison of known Asteroids in Our Solar System

Countless asteroids are floating around in our solar system, some of them are tiny, others are huge, while others are planet-sized and exceptionally terrifying. You can see many of them for comparison in the following videos.

The comparison starts with the smallest one versus the size of a human and eventually the biggest one compared to our planet.

The asteroids compared in the video are the following, in that order:

  1. 2008 TC3
  2. 2014 RC
  3. 2004 FH
  4. 99942 Apophis
  5. 69230 Hermes
  6. (29075) 1950 DA
  7. 4769 Castalia
  8. 719 Albert
  9. 3200 Phaethon
  10. 433 Eros
  11. 243 Ida
  12. 323 Brucia
  13. 1902 Shaposhnikov
  14. 20 Massalia
  15. 45 Eugenia
  16. 87 Sylvia
  17. 52 Europa
  18. 10 Hygiea
  19. 2 Pallas
  20. 4 Vesta
  21. Ceres
By MetaBallStudios

You can read and see a list of exceptional asteroids in the following link: List of exceptional asteroids

Bonus videos:

What would happen if a giant asteroid hit the Earth? + other interesting facts:

One of the most dangerous asteroids will approach the Earth in October 2028…

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A short documentary about Asteroids, by Veritasium

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