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The Largest Asteroids

Diameter
Name km mi Average distance from Sun (Earth = 1) Orbital period (yrs)
Ceres* 950 590 2.77 4.6
Pallas 532 330 2.77 4.6
Vesta 530 329 2.36 3.6
Hygiea 408 253 3.13 5.5
Davida 326 202 3.18 5.7
Interamnia 318 197 3.06 5.4
*The largest object in the asteroid belt, now classified as a dwarf planet.

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Pallas; Asteroid; Ceres (astronomy); Vesta (astronomy)
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