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first and largest asteroid
1801, January 1, largest asteroid was discovered by Paizzi Giuseppe it was 952 km in diameter, and was also the first one ever recorded -
Largest asteroid in a our solar sysrem today
The largest asteroid in the Solar System is 4 Vesta. Ceres is much more massive, but has been promoted to dwarf planet status, making Vesta the largest asteroid and it is 587 km in diameter -
smallest asteroid
The smallest Asteroid recorded was an Asteroid named 1991 BA which was only 20 feet (6 meters) in diameter -
closest asteroid to earth
The closest asteroid to hit earth was 2011 cq1, which was only 1 meter in diameter but was 11,900 km. away from earth -
Asteroid hits russia
a 20-Meter wide NEA(near-earth asteroids), over the Russian city of Chelblinsk (population 1.2 million), hit russia which was the first NEA impact disaster in modern history. -
First asteroid to enter earths atmosphere this year
a very small asteroid entered Earth’s atmosphere on January 2, 2014, after being discovered only one day before it entered earths atmosphere and hit Africa. The ateroid is known as 2014 AA. It is about 1-5 meters across. -
NASA's first asteroid hunting ship
The ship is called 2013 YP139, and it's mission is to locate asteroids and catch them. And NASA says that on its first run it found 34,000 asteroids. It is about 65 feet long