Asteroids
| Name | Year of discovery |
Discoverer | Average Distance from Sun | Diameter |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amphitrite | 1854 | A. Marth | 2.55 | 382.1 | 240 |
| Camilla | 1868 | N. Pogson | 3.49 | 521.8 | 236 |
| Ceres | 1801 | G. Piazzi | 2.77 | 413.9 | 918 |
| Chiron | 1977 | C. Kowal | 13.72 | 2051.9 | 180 |
| Cybele | 1861 | E. Tempel | 3.43 | 513.0 | 246 |
| Daphne | 1856 | H. Goldschmidt | 2.77 | 413.6 | 182 |
| Davida | 1903 | R. Dugan | 3.18 | 475.4 | 336 |
| Doris | 1857 | H. Goldschmidt | 3.11 | 465.5 | 226 |
| Egeria | 1850 | A. de Gasparis | 2.58 | 385.4 | 114 |
| Elpis | 1860 | J. Chacornac | 2.71 | 405.9 | 174 |
| Eros | 1898 | G. Witt | 1.46 | 218.4 | 33 |
| Eugenia | 1857 | H. Goldschmidt | 2.72 | 407.1 | 114 |
| Eunomia | 1851 | A. De Gasparis | 2.64 | 395.5 | 272 |
| Euphrosyne | 1854 | J. Ferguson | 3.16 | 472.1 | 248 |
| Europa | 1858 | H. Goldschmidt | 3.10 | 463.3 | 312 |
| Freia | 1862 | H. d'Arrest | 3.39 | 466.6 | 190 |
| Hebe | 1847 | K. Hencke | 2.43 | 362.8 | 192 |
| Hygiea | 1849 | A. De Gasparis | 3.14 | 470.3 | 430 |
| Interamnia | 1910 | V. Cerulli | 3.06 | 458.1 | 334 |
| Iris | 1847 | J. Hind | 2.39 | 356.9 | 204 |
| Juno | 1804 | K. Harding | 2.67 | 399.4 | 244 |
| Kalliope | 1852 | J. Hind | 2.91 | 435.3 | 188 |
| Lutetia | 1852 | H. Goldschmidt | 2.435 | 364.3 | 96 |
| Mathilde | 1885 | Johann Palisa | 2.46 | 290 | 61 |
| Pallas | 1802 | H. Olbers | 2.77 | 414.5 | 522 |
| Psyche | 1852 | A. De Gasparis | 2.92 | 437.1 | 264 |
| Sylvia | 1866 | N. Pogson | 3.49 | 521.5 | 272 |
| Toutatis | 1989 | C. Pollas | 2.51 | 375.8 | 4.6 x 2.3 x 1.9 |
| Vesta | 1807 | H. Olbers | 2.36 | 353.4 | 500 |
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