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Bamberga

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Size: ≈229 km in diameter, Orbit characteristics: has a long orbital period of around 5.3 years, Significant features: has one of the slowest rotation periods of any known asteroid

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Interamnia

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Size: ≈350 km in diameter, Orbit characteristics: low eccentricity orbit around the Sun, Significant features: one of the largest asteroids with a fairly featureless surface

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Psyche

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Size: ≈226 km in diameter, Orbit characteristics: orbits the Sun every 5 years, Significant features: thought to be the exposed core of a protoplanet

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Kleopatra

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Size: ≈217 km, Orbit characteristics: orbits the Sun every 4.6 years, Significant features: dog-bone-shaped asteroid known to have two moons

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Europa

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Size: ≈300 km in diameter, Orbit characteristics: moderate eccentricity and inclination, Significant features: has a very dark surface with a low albedo

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Hygiea

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Size: ≈430 km in diameter, Orbit characteristics: orbits the Sun every 5.5 years, Significant features: fourth-largest asteroid, nearly spherical shape

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Vesta

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Size: 525.4 km in diameter, Orbit characteristics: has a rotation period of 5.34 hours, Significant features: second-largest asteroid, has a differentiated interior

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Eros

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Size: 16.84×8.4×8.4 km, Orbit characteristics: first near-Earth asteroid discovered, Significant features: visited by the NEAR Shoemaker spacecraft in 2000

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Pallas

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Size: 512 km in diameter, Orbit characteristics: high inclination of 34 degrees to the ecliptic, Significant features: third-largest asteroid, almost spherical shape

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Iris

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Size: ≈200 km in diameter, Orbit characteristics: completes an orbit in 3.68 years, Significant features: is a stony S-type asteroid with a relatively bright surface

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Ceres

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Size: 939.4 km in diameter, Orbit characteristics: orbits the Sun every 4.6 Earth years, Significant features: largest asteroid, contains water ice

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Hektor

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Size: 225×195 km, Orbit characteristics: largest Jupiter Trojan asteroid, Significant features: has an elongated shape and a small moon

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Juno

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Size: 233 km in diameter, Orbit characteristics: slightly elliptical orbit with an eccentricity of 0.255, Significant features: one of the first asteroids discovered, contains hydrated minerals

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Davida

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Size: Approximately 320 km in diameter, Orbit characteristics: has a high inclination orbit compared to the ecliptic plane, Significant features: one of the largest asteroids in the asteroid belt

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Vesta

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Size: ≈525 km in diameter, Orbit characteristics: completes an orbit around the Sun in 3.6 Earth years, Significant features: possesses a large crater at its south pole

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