How big is the Halley's Comet nucleus?
15 km long · 9.3 mi
The icy nucleus is about fifteen kilometers long.
Mount Everest 8.8 km
Halley's Comet nucleus 15 km
Compared with things you know
- The Halley's Comet nucleus is about 18× the height of the Burj Khalifa Burj Khalifa: 828 m
- The Halley's Comet nucleus is about 12× the length of the Golden Gate Bridge main span Golden Gate Bridge main span: 1.3 km
- The Halley's Comet nucleus is about 1.7× the height of Mount Everest Mount Everest: 8.8 km
- The Halley's Comet nucleus is about 1/1.4 the length of Manhattan Manhattan: 21.6 km
Think you could size it by eye? The Halley's Comet nucleus is one of the objects in Sizedle.
Similar space
- Deimos 12.4 km across 7.7 mi
- Olympus Mons 21.9 km tall 13.6 mi
- Phobos 22.2 km across 13.8 mi
- Chicxulub impactor 10 km across 6.2 mi
- Meteor Crater 1.2 km across 3,937 ft
- Asteroid Ryugu 900 m across 2,953 ft