Top 5 Largest Known Asteroids

Asteroids are small and rocky bodies that orbit the sun system between Mars and Jupiter. There are more than 20 thousand known asteroids, but here I am going to show you the 5 largest asteroids.

CERES

CERES was the first discovered asteroid. It has about 950km of diameter and is the largest member of Asteroids Belt Jupiter between Mars and Jupiter.

It was discovered accidentally on First January 1801 by Giuseppe Piazzi

PALLAS

Pallas asteroid was discovered on March 28, 1802 by Heinrich Wilhelm Olbers at Bremen. Its dimensions are approximately 582×556×500 km.

VESTA 

With 525 km of diameter, Vesta has a respectable size. It was discovered by Dawn Company.

HYGEIA

Hygeia is the fourth largest asteroid with a diameter of 407Km. It was discovered on April 12, 1849 by A. de Gasparis.

DAVIDA

Davida is the fifth largest known asteroid. It was discovered by R. S. Dugan in 1903.