Four largest asteroids,computer scale artwork. The asteroids are seen against North America for scale. From left,from largest to smallest,they are: Ceres,Vesta,Pallas,and Hygiea. These asteroids make up around half of the mass of the asteroid belt,a large group of rocky and icy bodies orbiting in space between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. Ceres,with a diameter of 950 kilometres,is classified as a dwarf planet. Vesta has a diameter of 530 kilometres. Pallas has a diameter of 550 kilometres but is less massive than Vesta. Hygiea is 500 by 350 kilometres | |
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Crédit: | Science Photo Library / Butler, Chris |
Taille de l’image : | 4850 px × 3638 px |
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