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The Inner Solar System showing the Asteroid Belt

The Inner Solar System showing the Asteroid Belt.

Asteroids Facts

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Did you know the largest asteroid in the Solar System is Ceres? Ceres was discovered in 1801 and is 936 Kilometres in diameter (582 miles). Ceres was discovered by Giuseppi Piazzi on New Years Day, 1801. Giuseppi Piazzi was working at the observatory in Palermo, Sicily where he was the director of the observatory - dedicated to his job, wouldn't you agree?

Asteroids are chunks of ice and rock (possible from a shattered planet) in orbit in our Solar System between Mars and Jupiter. Here are the ten largest asteroids in the solar system.

No 1 Ceres 
Discovered in 1801
Diameter 936 Kms, or 582 Miles

No 2 Pallas 
Discovered in 1802
Diameter 607 Kms, or 377 Miles

No 3 Vesta 
Discovered in 1807
Diameter 519 Kms, or 322 Miles

No 4 Hygeia 
Discovered in 1849
Diameter 450 Kms, or 279 Miles

No 5 Euphrosyne 
Discovered in 1854
Diameter 370 Kms, or 229 Miles

No 6 Interamnia 
Discovered in 1910
Diameter 349 Kms, or 217 Miles

No 7 Davida 
Discovered in 1903
Diameter 322 Kms, or 200 Miles

No 8 Cybele 
Discovered in 1861
Diameter 308 Kms, or 192 Miles

No 9 Europa 
Discovered in 1858
Diameter 288 Kms, or 179 Miles

No 10 Patienta 
Discovered in 1899
Diameter 275 Kms, or 171 Miles

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