How big are some of the objects out there?

[DerpenWolf]

So how big/massive are some of the objects in our solar system (not including planets or there moons, dwarf planets are fine)? What are some of the largest objects in the Mars-Jupiter asteroid belt (I'm guessing its Ceres), Oort cloud area, and also in just some random weird orbit somewhere else in the solar system? And finally what is the largest non-planet object in our solar system? Just curious!

Edit: Excluding the sun as well!

Edited June 10, 2014 by DerpenWolf

[montyben101]

Well the largest not planet is the sun, Jupiter is the largest planet

[ZetaX]

For some time and some people, comet Holmes counted as bigger than the sun ;-)

But this should not be taken too seriously, as a more rigid definition would not count the size of an exploded comet by the diamater of the cloud.

[Kryten]

After the sun and the planets, the largest object (by diameter) is either Pluto or Eris; the difference between them is below the margin of error in the measurements. Eris is the largest object in terms of mass.

[DerpenWolf]

Well excluding the sun XD! Any interesting objects in weird elliptical orbits that I should know about?

[xcorps]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3753_Cruithne

[Chiboko]

You are a small relatively intelligent bipedal creature living on a rock 12700km in diameter; This rock in turn orbits around a star 13 million times its size; This star is merely part of a galaxy made up of billions like it, and this galaxy is only one of countless galaxies in the vastness of space.

You are so very small.

If you where to clap you would send sound waves through the air in all directions; This sound could cause a drop of water to fall from a tree a few seconds sooner; This drop of water may reflect a few photons it otherwise would not have; These photons might strike a cloud of hydrogen thousands of light years away; Their energy could be the tipping point that allows a new star to form.

Yet so infinitely large.

[78stonewobble]

Well I allways found it a bit interesting that if we could see Jupiters magneticfield. It would be 5 times the size of the full moon, even though it's 1700 times further away.

Uhm there's Eris, as someone else mentioned:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eris_(dwarf_planet)

And there's Sedna, which has an orbital period of about 11,400 years, the longest, sofar of any large object:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/90377_Sedna

Unless there's some new things being discovered that haven't made it to wikipedia yet.

[Camacha]

Well I allways found it a bit interesting that if we could see Jupiters magneticfield. It would be 5 times the size of the full moon, even though it's 1700 times further away.

I always think it is amazing that, if you were able to see it clearly, Andromeda (M31) would be a huge object in the night sky. Actually about the same size as the magnetic field of Jupiter.

Although I am also impressed by Jupiter itself. It is shining so brightly that it is almost intimidating, yet it is so far away. One big bad boy, that is for sure!

[metaphor]

Also, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Solar_System_objects_by_size

[magnemoe]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3753_Cruithne

Looking at animation, my first thought, do a burn in Pe to raise Ap and you would get an intercept.

Might be better to raise Pe, this would be more expensive but would make the intercept easier

[SuperFastJellyfish]

Oldie, but goodie