<html lang&equals;"en" xmlns&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;w3&period;org&sol;1999&sol;xhtml"><head><meta name&equals;"robots" content&equals;"index&comma; follow"&sol;>&NewLine;&NewLine;&Tab;<title>KOKOGIAK - All &lpar;known&rpar; Bodies in the Solar System Larger than 200 Miles in Diameter<&sol;title>&NewLine;&Tab;<meta http-equiv&equals;"content-type" content&equals;"text&sol;html&semi; charset&equals;ISO-8859-1"&sol;>&NewLine;&Tab;<meta http-equiv&equals;"content-language" content&equals;"en-us"&sol;>&NewLine;&Tab;<link rel&equals;"shortcut icon" href&equals;"&sol;static&sol;kokogiak&period;com-favicon&period;ico" type&equals;"image&sol;x-icon"&sol;>&NewLine;&Tab;&NewLine;&Tab;&NewLine;&Tab;<style type&equals;"text&sol;css" media&equals;"all">&commat;import "&sol;static&sol;kokogiak&period;com-kk&lowbar;main&period;css"&semi;<&sol;style>&NewLine;&Tab;<style type&equals;"text&sol;css" media&equals;"all">&commat;import "&sol;static&sol;kokogiak&period;com-kk&lowbar;itempage&period;css"&semi;<&sol;style>&NewLine;<&sol;head>&NewLine;&NewLine;<&excl;DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-&sol;&sol;W3C&sol;&sol;DTD XHTML 1&period;0 Transitional&sol;&sol;EN" "http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;w3&period;org&sol;TR&sol;xhtml1&sol;DTD&sol;xhtml1-transitional&period;dtd">&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<<h1>KOKOGIAK - All &lpar;known&rpar; Bodies in the Solar System Larger than 200 Miles in Diameter<&sol;h1<body>&NewLine;&Tab;<img id&equals;"mhImg" src&equals;"&sol;static&sol;kokogiak&period;com-kokogiak&period;gif" alt&equals;"KOKOGIAK">&NewLine;&Tab;<h2 id&equals;"col2header" title&equals;"GEDANKENGANG"><span>GEDANKENGANG<&sol;span><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&Tab;<div id&equals;"column2">&NewLine;&Tab;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"l"><div class&equals;"r"><div class&equals;"a"><div class&equals;"b"><div class&equals;"c"><div class&equals;"d">&NewLine;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<div style&equals;"text-align&colon;center&semi;font-weight&colon;bold&semi;font-size&colon;14px&semi;">All &lpar;known&rpar; Bodies in the Solar System Larger than 200 Miles in Diameter<&sol;div><br&sol;>&NewLine;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<div style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;"><&sol;div>It's just one of those things I've been itching to make for a long while&comma; frankly because I wanted to see it - a visual listing of objects in the Solar System&comma; ordered by size&period; A couple weeks ago&comma; I started tinkering with it&comma; today&comma; I have something to show finally&colon; A &lpar;large&rpar; image showing the 88 known objects in our Solar System that are larger than 200 miles in diameter&period;<br&sol;><br&sol;><div style&equals;"text-align&colon;center&semi;"><img src&equals;"&sol;static&sol;kokogiak&period;com-solarsystembodies&lowbar;sm&period;jpg" style&equals;"width&colon;400px&semi;height&colon;36px&semi;"&sol;><&sol;div><br&sol;>When making it&comma; the first questions were about limits - there are hundreds of thousands of asteroids&comma; do I really want to make an image that big - would it even be useful&quest; No&comma; likely not&comma; so where does one draw the line&quest; I chose the Earth as the visual axis&comma; placing it full-disc at 1000 pixels&period; The larger planets and Sun just bleed off the page&comma; but still give a sense of scale by the visible curve of their limbs&period; And where to cut it off on the small end&quest; Why 200 miles&quest; Well&comma; that's entirely arbitrary&period; It so happens that I have a fondness for Saturn's moon Mimas &lpar;247 miles across&rpar;&comma; and 200 was the next round number down&period; That simple&period; Also&comma; it captures a fair percentage of known Trans-Neptunian Objects &lpar;51&rpar;&comma; enough to give a good idea of their place in the larger scheme of things&period;<br&sol;><br&sol;>After the parameters were chosen&comma; it was a matter of digging up images where possible &lpar;photographic or artistic&rpar;&comma; laying it all out and labeling it&period; This was the largest photoshop image I've ever made - around 170 layers total&period; It feels good to build info visualizations like this again&comma; I hope to do more in the near future&period;<br&sol;><br&sol;>Many thanks to the Wikipedia contributors who made this page&colon; List of solar system objects by radius&comma; it was an excellent resource&period;<br&sol;><br&sol;><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon;bold&semi;">Update 04&period;02&period;07<&sol;span>&colon; Added two other versions of the same image&comma; Metric Only - All &lpar;known&rpar; Bodies in the Solar System Larger than 320 Kilometers in Diameter&comma; and No Text Labels - For those who just want to see these objects in a line&period; I'm very happy that this image has been so well-received&period; &lpar;And&comma; enough with the Uranus jokes&comma; sheesh&period;&rpar;<div style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi; padding-bottom&colon;0&period;25em"><&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"itemDateStamp">3&period;29&period;2007 &commat; 4&colon;26 PM <br&sol;>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;View blog reactions<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<h4 style&equals;"cursor&colon;pointer&semi;border-bottom&colon;1px solid &num;000&semi;" onclick&equals;"tog&lpar;'cmt117519769878995762'&rpar;&semi;">31 Comments &plus;<&sol;h4>&NewLine;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<div style&equals;"height&colon;1px&semi;overflow&colon;hidden&semi;" id&equals;"cmt117519769878995762">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"comment-body">This fills me with and reminds me of the kind of wonder that made me seek out things like this when I was young&period; Thanks&excl; I love you&comma; you know&comma; in a manly kind of way&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"comment-data">by <span style&equals;"line-height&colon;16px" class&equals;"comment-icon anon-comment-icon"><img src&equals;"&sol;static&sol;kokogiak&period;com-anon16-rounded&period;gif" alt&equals;"Anonymous" style&equals;"display&colon;inline&semi;"&sol;><&sol;span>&nbsp&semi;stavrosthewonderchicken at 9&colon;41 PM<span class&equals;"item-control blog-admin pid-2072423724"><span class&equals;"delete-comment-icon">&nbsp&semi;<&sol;span><&sol;span><&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"comment-body">Very Cool&excl;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"comment-data">by <span style&equals;"line-height&colon;16px" class&equals;"comment-icon anon-comment-icon"><img src&equals;"&sol;static&sol;kokogiak&period;com-anon16-rounded&period;gif" alt&equals;"Anonymous" style&equals;"display&colon;inline&semi;"&sol;><&sol;span>&nbsp&semi;<span class&equals;"anon-comment-author">joe<&sol;span> at 11&colon;25 PM<span class&equals;"item-control blog-admin pid-1981606184"><span class&equals;"delete-comment-icon">&nbsp&semi;<&sol;span><&sol;span><&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"comment-body">Wonderful&comma; thanks for doing this&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"comment-data">by <span style&equals;"line-height&colon;16px" class&equals;"comment-icon anon-comment-icon"><img src&equals;"&sol;static&sol;kokogiak&period;com-anon16-rounded&period;gif" alt&equals;"Anonymous" style&equals;"display&colon;inline&semi;"&sol;><&sol;span>&nbsp&semi;GammaBlog at 11&colon;48 PM<span class&equals;"item-control blog-admin pid-1244814309"><span class&equals;"delete-comment-icon">&nbsp&semi;<&sol;span><&sol;span><&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"comment-body">That totally rules&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"comment-data">by <span style&equals;"line-height&colon;16px" class&equals;"comment-icon anon-comment-icon"><img src&equals;"&sol;static&sol;kokogiak&period;com-anon16-rounded&period;gif" alt&equals;"Anonymous" style&equals;"display&colon;inline&semi;"&sol;><&sol;span>&nbsp&semi;Ashley at 1&colon;31 AM<span class&equals;"item-control blog-admin pid-2020935629"><span class&equals;"delete-comment-icon">&nbsp&semi;<&sol;span><&sol;span><&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"comment-body">Oh wow&excl;<br&sol;><br&sol;>It's stuff like this that makes the internet great&period; 15 years ago I could have dreamt of seeing something like this&comma; but where would I have gone to find it&quest; How would you have been able to piece together the content to put it together&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"comment-data">by <span style&equals;"line-height&colon;16px" class&equals;"comment-icon anon-comment-icon"><img src&equals;"&sol;static&sol;kokogiak&period;com-anon16-rounded&period;gif" alt&equals;"Anonymous" style&equals;"display&colon;inline&semi;"&sol;><&sol;span>&nbsp&semi;Dane Carlson at 2&colon;39 AM<span class&equals;"item-control blog-admin pid-833991456"><span class&equals;"delete-comment-icon">&nbsp&semi;<&sol;span><&sol;span><&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"comment-body">Wonderful Image<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"comment-data">by <span style&equals;"line-height&colon;16px" class&equals;"comment-icon anon-comment-icon"><img src&equals;"&sol;static&sol;kokogiak&period;com-anon16-rounded&period;gif" alt&equals;"Anonymous" style&equals;"display&colon;inline&semi;"&sol;><&sol;span>&nbsp&semi;<span class&equals;"anon-comment-author">Essjay<&sol;span> at 5&colon;47 AM<span class&equals;"item-control blog-admin pid-81540276"><span class&equals;"delete-comment-icon">&nbsp&semi;<&sol;span><&sol;span><&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"comment-body">Thanks&comma; this spurred a great conversation and learning moment with my 7 year old&period; A big poster of this hung up in classrooms would be great&excl; Hmm&comma; I might be able to tile print it out&period;&period;&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"comment-data">by <span style&equals;"line-height&colon;16px" class&equals;"comment-icon anon-comment-icon"><img src&equals;"&sol;static&sol;kokogiak&period;com-anon16-rounded&period;gif" alt&equals;"Anonymous" style&equals;"display&colon;inline&semi;"&sol;><&sol;span>&nbsp&semi;Jason at 10&colon;06 AM<span class&equals;"item-control blog-admin pid-806946156"><span class&equals;"delete-comment-icon">&nbsp&semi;<&sol;span><&sol;span><&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"comment-body">Make it into a poster so that I can buy a copy&quest;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"comment-data">by <span style&equals;"line-height&colon;16px" class&equals;"comment-icon anon-comment-icon"><img src&equals;"&sol;static&sol;kokogiak&period;com-anon16-rounded&period;gif" alt&equals;"Anonymous" style&equals;"display&colon;inline&semi;"&sol;><&sol;span>&nbsp&semi;Erin at 11&colon;14 AM<span class&equals;"item-control blog-admin pid-637613276"><span class&equals;"delete-comment-icon">&nbsp&semi;<&sol;span><&sol;span><&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"comment-body">You should consider putting the image in an article from Wikipedia&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"comment-data">by <span style&equals;"line-height&colon;16px" class&equals;"comment-icon anon-comment-icon"><img src&equals;"&sol;static&sol;kokogiak&period;com-anon16-rounded&period;gif" alt&equals;"Anonymous" style&equals;"display&colon;inline&semi;"&sol;><&sol;span>&nbsp&semi;<span class&equals;"anon-comment-author">Pedro<&sol;span> at 12&colon;00 PM<span class&equals;"item-control blog-admin pid-1049522465"><span class&equals;"delete-comment-icon">&nbsp&semi;<&sol;span><&sol;span><&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"comment-body">Can you post a version of the image without the labels&quest; I'd love to make it my desktop image&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"comment-data">by <span style&equals;"line-height&colon;16px" class&equals;"comment-icon anon-comment-icon"><img src&equals;"&sol;static&sol;kokogiak&period;com-anon16-rounded&period;gif" alt&equals;"Anonymous" style&equals;"display&colon;inline&semi;"&sol;><&sol;span>&nbsp&semi;<span class&equals;"anon-comment-author">designjerk<&sol;span> at 2&colon;03 PM<span class&equals;"item-control blog-admin pid-77804324"><span class&equals;"delete-comment-icon">&nbsp&semi;<&sol;span><&sol;span><&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"comment-body">Kudos&excl;<br&sol;><br&sol;>As I wrote in a post on my own blog&comma; you should try printing it&period; As large as possible&period; It would make a great science poster that would attract both people liking its great looks &lpar;image lovers&rpar; and people interested in the science behind &lpar;schools maybe&rpar;&period;<br&sol;><br&sol;>There are plenty of locations that would allow this to happen without your investing money into that&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"comment-data">by <span style&equals;"line-height&colon;16px" class&equals;"comment-icon anon-comment-icon"><img src&equals;"&sol;static&sol;kokogiak&period;com-anon16-rounded&period;gif" alt&equals;"Anonymous" style&equals;"display&colon;inline&semi;"&sol;><&sol;span>&nbsp&semi;Yves Roumazeilles at 2&colon;12 PM<span class&equals;"item-control blog-admin pid-555710018"><span class&equals;"delete-comment-icon">&nbsp&semi;<&sol;span><&sol;span><&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"comment-body">An amazing image&period; This would make a wonderful poster for a classroom&period; Or my room&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"comment-data">by <span style&equals;"line-height&colon;16px" class&equals;"comment-icon anon-comment-icon"><img src&equals;"&sol;static&sol;kokogiak&period;com-anon16-rounded&period;gif" alt&equals;"Anonymous" style&equals;"display&colon;inline&semi;"&sol;><&sol;span>&nbsp&semi;<span class&equals;"anon-comment-author">MArainman<&sol;span> at 2&colon;52 PM<span class&equals;"item-control blog-admin pid-12344185"><span class&equals;"delete-comment-icon">&nbsp&semi;<&sol;span><&sol;span><&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"comment-body">Have you considered expanding the bigger planets out to the right such that they create the background&quest; I think it would give a better sense of their scale compared to the rest&period; It's hard to judge when they're just slivers on the right&period;<br&sol;><br&sol;>But great job&excl; Thanks&excl;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"comment-data">by <span style&equals;"line-height&colon;16px" class&equals;"comment-icon anon-comment-icon"><img src&equals;"&sol;static&sol;kokogiak&period;com-anon16-rounded&period;gif" alt&equals;"Anonymous" style&equals;"display&colon;inline&semi;"&sol;><&sol;span>&nbsp&semi;<span class&equals;"anon-comment-author">Abe<&sol;span> at 2&colon;54 PM<span class&equals;"item-control blog-admin pid-196218028"><span class&equals;"delete-comment-icon">&nbsp&semi;<&sol;span><&sol;span><&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"comment-body">&ast;just slivers on the LEFT is what I meant of course&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"comment-data">by <span style&equals;"line-height&colon;16px" class&equals;"comment-icon anon-comment-icon"><img src&equals;"&sol;static&sol;kokogiak&period;com-anon16-rounded&period;gif" alt&equals;"Anonymous" style&equals;"display&colon;inline&semi;"&sol;><&sol;span>&nbsp&semi;<span class&equals;"anon-comment-author">Anonymous<&sol;span> at 2&colon;55 PM<span class&equals;"item-control blog-admin pid-845294596"><span class&equals;"delete-comment-icon">&nbsp&semi;<&sol;span><&sol;span><&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"comment-body">Yes&comma; thank you for your time and effort&period; It's a beautiful image&comma; and like many others&comma; I'd love to see it as a poster for classrooms or personal use&period; As a "child of the space age" &lpar;born the day Sputnik went up&rpar;&comma; I too am coming up on a half-century&period; However many years are left to me&comma; I will never forget my first glimpse of Saturn through a telescope&colon; not large--I was a child&comma; the scope barely more than a toy--but seeing those gorgeous rings in the clear&comma; predawn chill&period;&period;&period; well&comma; lives can be changed by little moments like that&period; Thank you so much for the lovely image&comma; and the memories it evoked&period; Bless you&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"comment-data">by <span style&equals;"line-height&colon;16px" class&equals;"comment-icon anon-comment-icon"><img src&equals;"&sol;static&sol;kokogiak&period;com-anon16-rounded&period;gif" alt&equals;"Anonymous" style&equals;"display&colon;inline&semi;"&sol;><&sol;span>&nbsp&semi;<span class&equals;"anon-comment-author">George<&sol;span> at 3&colon;34 PM<span class&equals;"item-control blog-admin pid-942970237"><span class&equals;"delete-comment-icon">&nbsp&semi;<&sol;span><&sol;span><&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"comment-body">Yeah I think that would be a good poster&period;&period;&period; I could love a copy<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"comment-data">by <span style&equals;"line-height&colon;16px" class&equals;"comment-icon anon-comment-icon"><img src&equals;"&sol;static&sol;kokogiak&period;com-anon16-rounded&period;gif" alt&equals;"Anonymous" style&equals;"display&colon;inline&semi;"&sol;><&sol;span>&nbsp&semi;Rob at 4&colon;16 PM<span class&equals;"item-control blog-admin pid-2054876827"><span class&equals;"delete-comment-icon">&nbsp&semi;<&sol;span><&sol;span><&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"comment-body">If you addad image map and made the objects clickable&comma; that would be wow&excl;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"comment-data">by <span style&equals;"line-height&colon;16px" class&equals;"comment-icon anon-comment-icon"><img src&equals;"&sol;static&sol;kokogiak&period;com-anon16-rounded&period;gif" alt&equals;"Anonymous" style&equals;"display&colon;inline&semi;"&sol;><&sol;span>&nbsp&semi;<span class&equals;"anon-comment-author">MaS<&sol;span> at 4&colon;57 PM<span class&equals;"item-control blog-admin pid-1132977841"><span class&equals;"delete-comment-icon">&nbsp&semi;<&sol;span><&sol;span><&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"comment-body">Also quite interesting and DIY &colon;&rpar;<br&sol;>http&colon;&sol;&sol;jef&period;raskincenter&period;org&sol;pictures&sol;solar&lowbar;system&period;html<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"comment-data">by <span style&equals;"line-height&colon;16px" class&equals;"comment-icon anon-comment-icon"><img src&equals;"&sol;static&sol;kokogiak&period;com-anon16-rounded&period;gif" alt&equals;"Anonymous" style&equals;"display&colon;inline&semi;"&sol;><&sol;span>&nbsp&semi;<span class&equals;"anon-comment-author">MaS<&sol;span> at 5&colon;02 PM<span class&equals;"item-control blog-admin pid-86098882"><span class&equals;"delete-comment-icon">&nbsp&semi;<&sol;span><&sol;span><&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"comment-body">This is great&period; Thank you&period;<br&sol;>I wonder if there are any things 200 miles in diameter in our solar system that we have not found yet&quest;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"comment-data">by <span style&equals;"line-height&colon;16px" class&equals;"comment-icon anon-comment-icon"><img src&equals;"&sol;static&sol;kokogiak&period;com-anon16-rounded&period;gif" alt&equals;"Anonymous" style&equals;"display&colon;inline&semi;"&sol;><&sol;span>&nbsp&semi;Ken Roberts at 5&colon;18 PM<span class&equals;"item-control blog-admin pid-1484700574"><span class&equals;"delete-comment-icon">&nbsp&semi;<&sol;span><&sol;span><&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"comment-body">Wow -- fabulous&period; Must print one out for my office&comma; thanks so much&excl;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"comment-data">by <span style&equals;"line-height&colon;16px" class&equals;"comment-icon anon-comment-icon"><img src&equals;"&sol;static&sol;kokogiak&period;com-anon16-rounded&period;gif" alt&equals;"Anonymous" style&equals;"display&colon;inline&semi;"&sol;><&sol;span>&nbsp&semi;<span class&equals;"anon-comment-author">squawky<&sol;span> at 11&colon;42 PM<span class&equals;"item-control blog-admin pid-1797146844"><span class&equals;"delete-comment-icon">&nbsp&semi;<&sol;span><&sol;span><&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"comment-body">This is great &period;&period;&period; but you're missing some asteroids&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"comment-data">by <span style&equals;"line-height&colon;16px" class&equals;"comment-icon anon-comment-icon"><img src&equals;"&sol;static&sol;kokogiak&period;com-anon16-rounded&period;gif" alt&equals;"Anonymous" style&equals;"display&colon;inline&semi;"&sol;><&sol;span>&nbsp&semi;<span class&equals;"anon-comment-author">Luke<&sol;span> at 2&colon;31 AM<span class&equals;"item-control blog-admin pid-952402786"><span class&equals;"delete-comment-icon">&nbsp&semi;<&sol;span><&sol;span><&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"comment-body">Sorry - you're right&comma; the list of asteroids is complete as far as I can t ell&period; I originally misread it as all objects with diameter > 200 km&comma; not miles&period;<br&sol;><br&sol;>In answer to Ken Roberts - discovery of Kuiper belt objects is very far from complete at 200 miles&period; The brightness of objects that reflect sunlight drops as 1&sol;&lpar;r&Hat;2 D&Hat;2&rpar;&comma; where r is the distance from the Sun and D is the distance from the Earth&period; If you observe identical bodies in the asteroid belt &lpar;r &equals; 2&period;5 AU&comma; D &equals; 1&period;5 AU&rpar; and in the Kuiper belt &lpar;r &equals; 40 AU&comma; D &equals; 39 AU&rpar;&comma; the Kuiper belt object will be 13 magnitudes fainter&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"comment-data">by <span style&equals;"line-height&colon;16px" class&equals;"comment-icon anon-comment-icon"><img src&equals;"&sol;static&sol;kokogiak&period;com-anon16-rounded&period;gif" alt&equals;"Anonymous" style&equals;"display&colon;inline&semi;"&sol;><&sol;span>&nbsp&semi;<span class&equals;"anon-comment-author">Luke<&sol;span> at 3&colon;05 AM<span class&equals;"item-control blog-admin pid-1877667520"><span class&equals;"delete-comment-icon">&nbsp&semi;<&sol;span><&sol;span><&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"comment-body">Awesome&comma; Dude&excl; I sent it to everyone I work with in Space Odyssey &lpar;DMNS&rpar;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"comment-data">by <span style&equals;"line-height&colon;16px" class&equals;"comment-icon anon-comment-icon"><img src&equals;"&sol;static&sol;kokogiak&period;com-anon16-rounded&period;gif" alt&equals;"Anonymous" style&equals;"display&colon;inline&semi;"&sol;><&sol;span>&nbsp&semi;<span class&equals;"anon-comment-author">M David Martinez<&sol;span> at 6&colon;09 AM<span class&equals;"item-control blog-admin pid-2044870854"><span class&equals;"delete-comment-icon">&nbsp&semi;<&sol;span><&sol;span><&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"comment-body">This reminds me of this great scale lineup nikon put together&colon;<br&sol;><br&sol;>http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;nikon&period;co&period;jp&sol;main&sol;eng&sol;feelnikon&sol;discovery&sol;universcale&sol;index&lowbar;f&period;htm<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"comment-data">by <span style&equals;"line-height&colon;16px" class&equals;"comment-icon anon-comment-icon"><img src&equals;"&sol;static&sol;kokogiak&period;com-anon16-rounded&period;gif" alt&equals;"Anonymous" style&equals;"display&colon;inline&semi;"&sol;><&sol;span>&nbsp&semi;CharlesV at 8&colon;38 PM<span class&equals;"item-control blog-admin pid-203121816"><span class&equals;"delete-comment-icon">&nbsp&semi;<&sol;span><&sol;span><&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"comment-body">Wow&comma; really nice&excl; It would be great though if you could give something back to wikipedia by releasing this image in one of the "free" licences&comma; such as CC-BY-SA&period;<br&sol;><br&sol;>I'd also like the idea of having the diameters of the 5 big planets being shown by just drawing a white line where their right perimeter would be - for Jupiter this would be somewhere near the right edge of the image&comma; Neptunus and Uranus would end up somewhere near Io and Saturn in between&period; The sun would off course fall off by far&excl;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"comment-data">by <span style&equals;"line-height&colon;16px" class&equals;"comment-icon anon-comment-icon"><img src&equals;"&sol;static&sol;kokogiak&period;com-anon16-rounded&period;gif" alt&equals;"Anonymous" style&equals;"display&colon;inline&semi;"&sol;><&sol;span>&nbsp&semi;Tijmen Stam at 4&colon;50 AM<span class&equals;"item-control blog-admin pid-1114119500"><span class&equals;"delete-comment-icon">&nbsp&semi;<&sol;span><&sol;span><&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"comment-body">Great job Alan&comma; this is a great visual and helpful teaching tool&excl;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"comment-data">by <span style&equals;"line-height&colon;16px" class&equals;"comment-icon anon-comment-icon"><img src&equals;"&sol;static&sol;kokogiak&period;com-anon16-rounded&period;gif" alt&equals;"Anonymous" style&equals;"display&colon;inline&semi;"&sol;><&sol;span>&nbsp&semi;Matt Jones at 3&colon;15 PM<span class&equals;"item-control blog-admin pid-1243761131"><span class&equals;"delete-comment-icon">&nbsp&semi;<&sol;span><&sol;span><&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"comment-body">Very very impressive&period; Indeed&comma; it evokes in a me a sense of wonder that I have not experienced since a child&period; A suggestion - as you have made the Earth the visual axis&comma; perhaps a visual indication of the distance the bodies are from Earth - a dot placed under the Earth in the centre of it's diameter&comma; with a white line through to each side of the image&period; Where the matches the centre of each object&comma; have a line and the distance &lpar;in millions kms&quest; Solar units&quest;&rpar;&period; Only a suggestion and in no way a criticism&excl; Well done&excl; &sol;&bsol;&sol;&bsol;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"comment-data">by <span style&equals;"line-height&colon;16px" class&equals;"comment-icon anon-comment-icon"><img src&equals;"&sol;static&sol;kokogiak&period;com-anon16-rounded&period;gif" alt&equals;"Anonymous" style&equals;"display&colon;inline&semi;"&sol;><&sol;span>&nbsp&semi;<span class&equals;"anon-comment-author">Martin Daly<&sol;span> at 9&colon;53 AM<span class&equals;"item-control blog-admin pid-1634087930"><span class&equals;"delete-comment-icon">&nbsp&semi;<&sol;span><&sol;span><&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"comment-body">Well written article&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"comment-data">by <span style&equals;"line-height&colon;16px" class&equals;"comment-icon anon-comment-icon"><img src&equals;"&sol;static&sol;kokogiak&period;com-anon16-rounded&period;gif" alt&equals;"Anonymous" style&equals;"display&colon;inline&semi;"&sol;><&sol;span>&nbsp&semi;Ayla at 1&colon;59 PM<span class&equals;"item-control blog-admin pid-1130073165"><span class&equals;"delete-comment-icon">&nbsp&semi;<&sol;span><&sol;span><&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"comment-body">I'm not a commenter&semi; I just don't do it&period; Nevertheless I am compelled to inform the author that this page totally kicks ass&period; If the world wide web had an ass&comma; it would be kicked&period; Out past the heliopause&period; This page is an intersteller ass-kicker and likely an intergalactic ass-kicker&comma; provided the ass that was kicked clean off by this page doesn't run into anything&comma; like those pain-in-the-ass Kuiper Belt objects always buckin' for a promotion to 'dwarf-this' or 'quasi-that'&period; I'm putting the bong down&period;&period;&period;now&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"comment-data">by <span style&equals;"line-height&colon;16px" class&equals;"comment-icon blogger-comment-icon"><img src&equals;"&sol;static&sol;kokogiak&period;com-b16-rounded&period;gif" alt&equals;"Blogger" style&equals;"display&colon;inline&semi;"&sol;><&sol;span>&nbsp&semi;KG at 12&colon;11 PM<span class&equals;"item-control blog-admin pid-1594047630"><span class&equals;"delete-comment-icon">&nbsp&semi;<&sol;span><&sol;span><&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"comment-body">200 km - I was pleased tp see I was not on it&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"comment-data">by <span style&equals;"line-height&colon;16px" class&equals;"comment-icon anon-comment-icon"><img src&equals;"&sol;static&sol;kokogiak&period;com-anon16-rounded&period;gif" alt&equals;"Anonymous" style&equals;"display&colon;inline&semi;"&sol;><&sol;span>&nbsp&semi;<span class&equals;"anon-comment-author">Anonymous<&sol;span> at 5&colon;32 PM<span class&equals;"item-control blog-admin pid-2013604001"><span class&equals;"delete-comment-icon">&nbsp&semi;<&sol;span><&sol;span><&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"comment-body">Anyone else notice the death star third from the right&quest;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"comment-data">by <span style&equals;"line-height&colon;16px" class&equals;"comment-icon anon-comment-icon"><img src&equals;"&sol;static&sol;kokogiak&period;com-anon16-rounded&period;gif" alt&equals;"Anonymous" style&equals;"display&colon;inline&semi;"&sol;><&sol;span>&nbsp&semi;<span class&equals;"anon-comment-author">Anonymous<&sol;span> at 8&colon;07 AM<span class&equals;"item-control blog-admin pid-386478747"><span class&equals;"delete-comment-icon">&nbsp&semi;<&sol;span><&sol;span><&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&NewLine;&NewLine;&Tab; 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