81P/Wild (Wild 2) size and scale context

81P/Wild is the comet NASA's Stardust spacecraft flew through in 2004, catching grains of its coma in aerogel and returning them to Earth in 2006 — the first sample of cometary dust and the first solid material brought back from beyond the Moon. Read its scale context, comparisons, and journey links on the canonical object page.

MethoneSmall inner moon·3.88 km
4179 ToutatisS-type near-Earth asteroid (Apollo, potentially hazardous)·4.75 km
81P/Wild (Wild 2)Comet nucleus·5.5 km
67P/Churyumov–GerasimenkoComet nucleus·6 km

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