The largest asteroids in the main belt
The top 3 according to 0 votes from people: Ceres · Vesta · Pallas. (Updated Jul 24, 2024.)
From Ceres, discovered by the Italian Giuseppe Piazzi and now a dwarf planet, to Vesta, Pallas and Hygiea: the giants of the belt between Mars and Jupiter. Which is the most fascinating?
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Top 11
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1
Ceres
About 940 km: discovered by Giuseppe Piazzi in 1801, now a dwarf planet.
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2
Vesta
Over 500 km, with the huge Rheasilvia crater at its south pole.
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Pallas
About 512 km; discovered in 1802.
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Hygiea
About 431 km, the largest carbonaceous asteroid.
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Interamnia
Almost coal-black; named after the Latin name of Teramo.
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Europa
It shares its name with Jupiter's moon.
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Davida
With a giant 150-km crater.
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Sylvia
Very low density: perhaps full of cavities.
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9
Cybele
It gives its name to a whole family of asteroids.
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Eunomia
The largest of the stony asteroid family named after it.
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Juno
One of the first four asteroids discovered, in 1804.
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