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Asteroids are rocks that are in orbit around the sun. The size of each asteroid varies greatly. The largest one on record was over 500 miles across, while the smallest was just 20 feet across.

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One of the smallest asteroids is just 20 feet across, but most are much larger. The biggest known asteroid is 583 miles across. Its name is Ceres.

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The size range of asteroids are few meters to over 900 km across

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As big as 500 kilometers across or as small as a Golf ball (though they are usually referred to as "meteors" when really small. If they're dust they're called "micro-meteoroids".

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Few asteroids are larger than 300km in diameter. Some are as small as a tenth in kilometers across, though, the largest known asteroid is 940km in diameter.

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• Most asteroids are quite small, under 1 kilometer in size

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about 20 feet (6 meters) across.

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your mom's left nut dipped in ketchup

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