Graphics showing all asteroids and comets visited by spacecraft as at 21 September 2020. Images and distances are not to scale. However, the images have been been scaled and laid out to give a rough idea of increasing size and distance.
Trans-Neptunian Object 486958 Arrokoth is not included, but as at 1 January 2019, it became the farthest object in the Solar System to be visited by a spacecraft, at 44.58 AU. A new graphic depicting all of the small Solar System bodies visited by spacecraft will be prepared in due course.
Feel free to use any of these infographics. Please credit Vissiniti for the design and credit all image sources shown at the bottom of the individual graphic. Clicking on the image will take you to the description, where you can also download a full size image.
To understand the difference between asteroids and comets, read the article Asteroid vs Comet.
To understand what is meant by an asteroid’s spectral type, read the article History of Asteroid Classification.
Graphics showing all of the asteroids and comets visited by spacecraft as at 21 September 2020.
Design: Vissiniti