• Question: what is the biggest asteroid?

    Asked by tmcaloon611 to Niall, Emma, Jimmy, Janet on 20 Mar 2013. This question was also asked by cleonard744.
    • Photo: Niall Crawford

      Niall Crawford answered on 20 Mar 2013:

      The biggest asteroid in the asteroid belt just now is about 900km in diameter,. Very big

    • Photo: James Holloway

      James Holloway answered on 20 Mar 2013:

      There are also things roaming space called ‘rough planets’, these are planet sized objects that do not go around a star like normal planets but instead float around the galaxy. It is possible that one could pass through the middle of our solar system – like an asteroid – and cause all sorts of trouble. They can be over 1000 times as big as Earth!

      I’m loving all these space questions today.

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