The largest asteroids ever

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Jun 1991

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1991qjras..32..133h&link_type=abstract

Royal Astronomical Society, Quarterly Journal (ISSN 0035-8738), vol. 32, June 1991, p. 133-145.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Asteroids, Astronomical Models, Size (Dimensions), Solar System Evolution, Asteroid Belts, Collisions, Mass Distribution, Protoplanets

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It is argued that there is no scientific justification for supposing that Ceres is the largest asteroid that has ever been in the belt. It is shown that the largest asteroids that ever existed probably had diameters of around 8600 + or - 800 km. There were about eight asteroids of this size. At that time, the belt contained about 640 asteroids larger than Ceres, and at least the most massive thirteen of these early asteroids became differentiated, forming metallic cores and rocky mantles.

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