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Asteroids in the Asteroid Belt
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Bamberga
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
Interamnia
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
Psyche
Size: ≈226 km in diameter, Orbit characteristics: orbits the Sun every 5 years, Significant features: thought to be the exposed core of a protoplanet
Kleopatra
Size: ≈217 km, Orbit characteristics: orbits the Sun every 4.6 years, Significant features: dog-bone-shaped asteroid known to have two moons
Europa
Size: ≈300 km in diameter, Orbit characteristics: moderate eccentricity and inclination, Significant features: has a very dark surface with a low albedo
Hygiea
Size: ≈430 km in diameter, Orbit characteristics: orbits the Sun every 5.5 years, Significant features: fourth-largest asteroid, nearly spherical shape
Vesta
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
Eros
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
Pallas
Size: 512 km in diameter, Orbit characteristics: high inclination of 34 degrees to the ecliptic, Significant features: third-largest asteroid, almost spherical shape
Iris
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
Ceres
Size: 939.4 km in diameter, Orbit characteristics: orbits the Sun every 4.6 Earth years, Significant features: largest asteroid, contains water ice
Hektor
Size: 225×195 km, Orbit characteristics: largest Jupiter Trojan asteroid, Significant features: has an elongated shape and a small moon
Juno
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
Davida
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
Vesta
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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