Ceres-about 1200 km in diameter
No. Ceres, which used to be considered an asteroid, was recategorized as a "dwarf planet" in 2006, about the same time that Pluto was. Ceres is a small rocky body, the biggest in the asteroid belt.
Mercury is not a part of the asteroid belt. The asteroid belt is located between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. Mercury is far closer to the sun.
No. An asteroid can be anything from 10 metres to 487km as in the case of Ceres the largest asteroid.
no it was not an asteroid that hit the earth, it was kevins big mouth
1991 BA is the closest and smallest asteroid yet observed outside the Earth's atmosphere. Reference.
It isn't. The biggest asteroid wouldn't be categorized as small.
The largest asteroid, Ceres, is in the asteroid belt.
the biggest known asteroid is ceres
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Giuseppe Piazzi discovered Ceres, the first and largest asteroid.
CERES is the first and the biggest asteroids in the solar system
No. The largest object in the asteroid belt is Ceres. Ida is much smaller.
It IS an asteroid. (The biggest.)
Yes. It was the first asteroid to be found and it's the biggest. In fact it's also called a dwarf planet.
Yes. Ceres is the largest asteroid in our solar system. It is also currently the smallest dwarf planet.