02. How big are asteroids? (A K2S Question)

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The largest asteroids are a few hundred miles across. From there they go down to about the size of rocks that we find here on Earth—and everything in between.


Answer provided by Alan Hale, Ph.D. & Capt. USN (Ret.) William Readdy


Image:K2S logosmall.jpg Question and Answer extracted from the book Kids to Space - by Lonnie Schorer