List of exceptional asteroids - Wikipedia
The largest asteroids with an accurately measured mass, because they have been studied by the probe Dawn, are 1 Ceres with a mass of (939.3±0.5)×1018kg, and 4 Vesta at (259.076±0.001)×1018kg. The third-largest asteroid with an accurately measured mass, because it has moons, is 87 Sylvia at (14.76±0.06)×1018kg.
Largest asteroids – list of the 15 largest asteroids: Ceres, Vesta ...
Here is a list of the 15 largest asteroids in order of size. Ceres / nasa.gov. 1 Ceres — although it is now listed as a dwarf planet, it is still considered the largest asteroid in our solar system. It orbits the sun within the asteroid belt (occasionally called the Ceres asteroid belt) in between Mars and Jupiter.
Largest asteroid ever to hit Earth was twice as big as the rock that ...
2022年10月6日 · The Vredefort crater was birthed 2 billion years ago when the largest asteroid ever to hit Earth impacted the planet. A new study suggests the gargantuan space rock was even bigger than...
The 7 Biggest Asteroids of Our Solar System - StarLust
2023年1月16日 · The biggest asteroids are large pieces of space debris in our solar system that helped shape the space around them. Some theories state that an asteroid with a diameter of about 100 km could wipe out all life on Earth. Thankfully, none of the asteroids on our list is classified as Near-Earth asteroids (NEAs) because they are much larger than ...
Ceres | Location, Size, Water, & Facts | Britannica
2024年9月13日 · Ceres, dwarf planet, the largest asteroid in the main asteroid belt, and the first asteroid to be discovered. It revolves around the Sun once in 4.61 Earth years at a mean distance of 2.77 astronomical units. Ceres was named after the ancient Roman grain goddess and the patron goddess of Sicily.
NASA simulates how the U.S. might respond to asteroid …
2024年6月21日 · Imagine if scientists discovered a giant asteroid with a 72% chance of hitting the Earth in about 14 years — a space rock so big that it could not only take out a city but devastate a whole...
Asteroids - NASA Science
Asteroids range in size from Vesta – the largest at about 329 miles (530 kilometers) in diameter – to bodies that are less than 33 feet (10 meters) across. The total mass of all the asteroids combined is less than that of Earth's Moon.
Eyes on Asteroids - NASA/JPL - NASA's Eyes
Explore the 3D world of Asteroids, Comets and NEOs. Learn about past and future missions, tracking and predicting orbits, and close approaches to Earth.
4 Vesta - NASA Science
Vesta is the second most massive body in the main asteroid belt, accounting for almost 9% of the total mass of all asteroids. Only dwarf planet Ceres is more massive in that region of rocky debris between Mars and Jupiter.
What is the largest asteroid? - Cool Cosmos
The largest asteroid is called Ceres. It is about one-quarter the size of the moon and orbits the sun between Mars and Jupiter in a region called the asteroid belt. Unlike most asteroids, Ceres is spherical in shape.