Which object is the largest in the asteroid belt?

Which object is the largest in the asteroid belt?

• A. Vesta
• B. Pallas
• C. Hygiea
• D. Ceres

Answer: (D)

In the asteroid belt, the largest object by size and by mass is determined by which body dominates that region between Mars and Jupiter. Ceres stands out as the biggest, with a diameter of about 940 kilometers (roughly 580 miles) and it accounts for roughly a third of the belt’s total mass. Vesta is also very large and bright, but it is smaller in both size and mass than Ceres. Pallas and Hygiea are smaller still. So, Ceres is the largest object in the asteroid belt.

In the asteroid belt, the largest object by size and by mass is determined by which body dominates that region between Mars and Jupiter. Ceres stands out as the biggest, with a diameter of about 940 kilometers (roughly 580 miles) and it accounts for roughly a third of the belt’s total mass. Vesta is also very large and bright, but it is smaller in both size and mass than Ceres. Pallas and Hygiea are smaller still. So, Ceres is the largest object in the asteroid belt.