Ceres Is The Largest Asteroid, With A Diameter Of 945 Km

Fact of the day: Ceres is the largest asteroid, with a diameter of 945 km. It is even classified as a dwarf planet.

The asteroid belt lies between Mars and Jupiter. It is between 2.2 and 3.2 astronomical units away from the sun. The objects in it range from hundreds of kilometres wide to dust particles. The asteroids are composed mainly of rock, but some ice has been detected in and on some asteroids.
The asteroid belt formed from the remains of the early solar system, and possibly the debris from the collisions of various planetoids.

(below) Asteroid Eros from NASA.


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