Keywords: Sedna-comp.jpg Warning This 2004 image is obsolete Quaoar is now estimated to be about http //arxiv4 library cornell edu/abs/1003 5911 890 km in diameter and Sedna is now estimated to be http //arxiv org/abs/astro-ph/0702538v2 less than 1600km in diameter This image was copied from wikipedia fr The original description was ;description Vue d'artiste comparant la taille de fr 90377 Sedna avec d'autres objets du fr Système solaire comme la fr Terre la fr Lune Pluton et fr 50000 Quaoar dont on pensait jusqu'à présent 2004-mar-15 qu'il était le plus grand corps céleste après Pluton Le diamètre de Sedna est légèrement inférieur à celui de Pluton mais supérieur à celui de Quaoar ;source http //www spitzer caltech edu/Media/releases/ssc2004-05/ssc2004-05c shtml copyright originale The artist's rendition shows the newly discovered planet-like object dubbed Sedna in relation to other bodies in the Solar System including Earth and its Moon; Pluto; and Quaoar a planetoid beyond Pluto that was until now the largest known object beyond Pluto The diameter of Sedna is slightly smaller than Pluto's but likely somewhat larger than Quaoar 1 date/time username resolution size edit summary ---- loveless Sedna Solar System object comparisons Pluto size comparisons Moon size comparisons Quaoar Earth size comparisons ImageNote 1 24 169 58 47 330 264 2 Quaoar is now estimated to be only 890 km in diameter http //arxiv4 library cornell edu/abs/1003 5911 ImageNoteEnd 1 |