Question

The largest asteroid known to man is _______?
A. Vesta
B. Ceres
C. Chiron
D. Trozan

Answer 1

Hint: Asteroids are rocky structures that revolve around the sun; they are also known as planetoids or minor planets.

Complete step by step solution:

The answer to this question is (B) Ceres.

Ceres asteroid is one of the dwarf planets which is located in the KUIPER belt Ceres came to attention when the Italian astronomer Giuseppe Piazzi spied a moving point of light form the Palermo observatory on New year's day \[1801\]. Ceres was named after the goddess of grain and nutritious food crop but now Ceres is classified by astronomers as the dwarf planet Ceres sits between the main astrological belt between Mars and Jupiter. The brightest spot on Ceres contains a snow volcano. The total surface area of Ceres is about \[2.5\] million square kilometers. Ceres has an outer crust and in the middle it is composed of a rocky core, in between the rocky core and outer crust there is a subterranean mantle of water ice. Scientists speak of Ceres as a Protoplanet or Embryonic planet. About 4 billion years ago when planets were forming, Jupiter’s gravity prevented Ceres from forming a full fledged planet therefore it was frozen in its fetal state. The surface of Ceres is a mixture of ice and various other minerals such as carbonates and clay. The average temperature of a normal steroid is less than minus \[100\] degree Fahrenheit.

Note:The largest asteroid in the solar system contains about \[25\%\] mass of total asteroids.