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How much bigger is cares compared to the next biggest asteroid vesta?

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Vesta:

-Discovered: March 29, 1807 by Heinrich Wilhelm Olbers of Germany (fourth asteroid discovered)

-Dimensions: About 578 by 560 by 458 kilometers (359 by 348 by 285 miles)

-Shape: Nearly spheroid, with a massive chunk out of the south pole

-Rotation: Once every 5 hours, 20 minutes


Ceres:

-Discovered: January 1,1801 by Giuseppe Piazzi of Italy (first asteroid/dwarf planet discovered)

-Size: 975 by 909 kilometers (606 by 565 miles)

-Shape: Spheroid

-Rotation: Once every 9 hours, 4.5 minutes

Below is an image to see a size comparison of how big the asteroids are in comparison.

Hope this helps!

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User Nathanielperales
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Hi,

Answer: Ceres is 278 miles much bigger.

My work: Ceres has the total of 596 miles, or 959 kilometers, and Vesta is 318 miles long, or 512 kilometers long.

I Hope I Helped!


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