If the sun were the size of a person, how big would an asteroid be?
Tuesday, August 5, 2014 - 08:30
in Astronomy & Space
I love anything that attempts to provide a sense of scale about the Solar System (see here and here for even more examples) and this one brings us down past the Sun, planets, and moons all the way to asteroid size—specifically asteroid 101955 Bennu, the target of the upcoming OSIRIS-REx mission.