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Earth solar system has several '''major asteroids''', most of which can be found in the [[asteroid belt]] between [[Mars]] and [[Jupiter]].[[Image:433Eros.jpg]]<br /><sub>NASA/ JHU APL photo</sub><br /><sub>Asteroid 433 Eros</sub><br /><br />
Earth solar system has several '''major asteroids''', most of which can be found in the [[asteroid belt]] between [[Mars]] and [[Jupiter]].
==Ceres==
==Ceres==
[[Image:Ceres.jpg]]<br /><sub>Hubble.org Photo</sub><br />
'''Ceres''' was the first asteroid to be discovered and it is also the largest. It has not been visited by spacecraft but it has been observed by the [[Hubble Space Telescope]]. Ceres is approximately 590 miles (950 kilometers) across and was first discovered in 1801.<ref>http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2005/27/image/d/</ref>
'''Ceres''' was the first asteroid to be discovered and it is also the largest. It has not been visited by spacecraft but it has been observed by the [[Hubble Space Telescope]]. Ceres is approximately 590 miles (950 kilometers) across and was first discovered in 1801.<ref>http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2005/27/image/d/</ref>
==433 Eros==
==433 Eros==
[[Image:433Eros.jpg]]<br /><sub>NASA/ JHU APL photo</sub><br /><sub>Asteroid 433 Eros</sub><br />
'''433 Eros''' is the second largest known [[Near Earth Asteroid]]. It has a diameter of 16.84 km<ref>http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=433%20eros;orb=0;cov=0#phys_par</ref> and it was discovered on August 13th, 1898 by Schreiben von Herrn G. Witt.
'''433 Eros''' is the second largest known [[Near Earth Asteroid]]. It has a diameter of 16.84 km<ref>http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=433%20eros;orb=0;cov=0#phys_par</ref> and it was discovered on August 13th, 1898 by Schreiben von Herrn G. Witt.