the largest asteroid, also called a dwarf planet is
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Ceres is the largest object in the main asteroid belt between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. It comprises a quarter of the mass of the belt and, at 940 km in diameter, is the only asteroid large enough to be rounded by its own gravity. Wikipedia
Radius: 473 km
Orbital period: 1,682 days
Discovered: 1 January 1801
Gravity: 0.27 m/s²
Age: 4.573 billion years
Discoverer: Giuseppe Piazzi.
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Pluto and the Solar System | IAU A: Ceres is (or now we can say it was) the largest asteroid, about 1000 km across, orbiting in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. Ceres now qualifies as a dwarf planet because it is now known to be large enough (massive enough) to have self-gravity pulling itself into a nearly round shape.
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