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Flora

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Orbit: Located in the asteroid belt. Dimensions: About 135 km in diameter. Notable characteristics: Parent body of the Flora family of asteroids.

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Vesta

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Orbit: Located in the asteroid belt. Dimensions: Roughly 525 km in diameter. Notable characteristics: Has a large basin at the south pole named Rheasilvia.

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Itokawa

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Orbit: Near-Earth asteroid. Dimensions: Roughly 330 meters long and 210 meters wide. Notable characteristics: Was the target of the Japanese Hayabusa mission, which returned samples.

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Apophis

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Orbit: Near-Earth asteroid with notable close approaches to Earth. Dimensions: Approximately 370 meters in diameter. Notable characteristics: Has a risk of Earth impact considered in the future but recently ruled out till at least 2060.

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Chiron

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Orbit: Centaur asteroid between Saturn and Uranus. Dimensions: Estimated diameter of 206 km. Notable characteristics: Shows cometary behavior with a discernible coma and tail.

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Hygiea

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Orbit: Located in the asteroid belt. Dimensions: Approximately 434 km in diameter. Notable characteristics: Almost spherical shape; may qualify as a dwarf planet.

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Gaspra

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Orbit: Main-belt asteroid. Dimensions: Measures about 18 km × 10 km × 9 km. Notable characteristics: First asteroid to be closely imaged by a spacecraft (Galileo).

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Eunomia

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Orbit: Located in the asteroid belt. Dimensions: About 330 km in diameter. Notable characteristics: It is the largest asteroid in the Eunomia family.

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Ceres

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Orbit: Located in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. Dimensions: Approximately 940 km in diameter. Notable characteristics: Ceres is the largest asteroid and is classified as a dwarf planet.

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Pallas

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Orbit: Located in the asteroid belt. Dimensions: About 512 km in diameter. Notable characteristics: Thought to have a silicate mantle and nickel-iron core.

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Ryugu

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Orbit: Near-Earth asteroid. Dimensions: Near-circular with a diameter of about 1 km. Notable characteristics: Target of JAXA's Hayabusa2 mission for sample return.

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Bennu

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Orbit: Near-Earth asteroid. Dimensions: Roughly 490 meters in diameter. Notable characteristics: A target of the OSIRIS-REx mission for a sample-return.

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Ida

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Orbit: Main-belt asteroid. Dimensions: Approximately 31.4 km in length. Notable characteristics: Known for its small moon Dactyl, the first satellite of an asteroid to be discovered.

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Mathilde

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Orbit: Main-belt asteroid. Dimensions: Approximately 52.8 km × 60 km × 110 km. Notable characteristics: Extremely low density suggests it's a 'rubble pile' asteroid.

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Iris

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Orbit: Located in the asteroid belt. Dimensions: Approximately 200 km in diameter. Notable characteristics: Bright surface and considered an S-type asteroid.

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Juno

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Orbit: Located in the asteroid belt. Dimensions: Roughly 233 km in diameter. Notable characteristics: One of the first asteroids discovered and has an irregular shape.

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Kleopatra

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Orbit: Main-belt asteroid. Dimensions: Estimated to be about 217 km at its longest. Notable characteristics: Resembles the shape of a dog bone and has two moons.

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Didymos

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Orbit: Near-Earth binary system. Dimensions: Main body is about 780 meters in diameter, with a smaller moonlet about 160 meters in diameter. Notable characteristics: Target of the DART mission to test asteroid deflection.

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Psyche

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Orbit: Located in the asteroid belt. Dimensions: Around 226 km in diameter. Notable characteristics: Primarily made of metallic iron and nickel.

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Eros

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Orbit: Near-Earth asteroid. Dimensions: Approximately 16.84 km in length and 7.84 km in maximum width. Notable characteristics: First asteroid to be orbited by a spacecraft (NEAR Shoemaker).

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