5535 Annefrank size and scale context

Annefrank is a small, stony S-type asteroid in the inner main belt and a member of the Flora family. NASA’s Stardust spacecraft flew past it in 2002 as a rehearsal on the way to comet Wild 2, returning the first close-up images of this triangular, cratered little world. Read its scale context, comparisons, and journey links on the canonical object page.

81P/Wild (Wild 2)Comet nucleus·5.5 km
67P/Churyumov–GerasimenkoComet nucleus·6 km
5535 AnnefrankS-type main-belt asteroid (Flora family)·6.6 km
9P/Tempel 1Comet nucleus·7.6 km

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