The first large asteriod, Ceres, was discovered by Giuseppe Piazzi.
Giuseppe Piazzi discovered Ceres, the first and largest asteroid.
Giuseppe Piazzi discovered the first asteroid in 1801. The most recent asteroid discovery was made by the Catalina Sky Survey on January 1, 2014.
the first asteroid later named Ceres was discovered on January 1, 1801, by Giuseppe Piazzi
None. 42 Isis is a large main-belt asteroid, discovered in 1856.
The asteroid was discovered on October 7, 1991.
The brightest asteroid that has been discovered is called Vesta
The average asteroid is approximately 583 miles long in width. The biggest, longest, and first known asteroid was discovered in 1801.
Gow as an asteroid does not exist - at the moment 2011.
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The first asteroid to be discovered was Ceres, discovered by Giuseppe Piazzi in 1801, when he initially thought it to be a comet. Now designated as a dwarf planet (and the only one in the inner solar system) it has the mass of roughly a third of all asteroids the asteroid belt.
Despite antenna problems, Galileo conducted the first asteroid flyby, discovered the first asteroid moon, was the first spacecraft to orbit Jupiter, and launched the first probe into Jupiter's atmosphere.
Ceres (now a dwarf planet) was discovered first (in 1801), with Pallas (still an asteroid) discovered next in 1802.