The following is a list of asteroids in our Solar System. For more specific details about any specific asteroid, please go to that asteroid's article by selecting its name from the table below. The first table below currently lists the eighteen largest known asteroids whose orbit is nearer to the Sun than that of Jupiter. The second table provides information about smaller asteroids of note.

In the tables below, "Number" refers to an asteroid's classification number--each asteroid, when discovered, is given a unique identifying number.

Largest Known Asteroids within Jupiter's Orbit
NumberName Diameter (km)Mean Distance
from Sun (in AU)
Date DiscoveredDiscoverer
1Ceres 10032.766January 1 1801 Piazzi, G
2Pallas 6082.773March 28 1802 Olbers, H. W
4Vesta 5382.361March 29 1807 Olbers, H. W.
10Hygeia 4503.136April 12 1849 de Gasparis, A.
31Euphrosyne 3703.148September 1 1854 Ferguson, J.
704Interamnia 3503.067October 2 1910 Cerulli, V.
511Davida 3233.170May 30 1903 Dugan, R. S.
65Cybele 3093.437March 8 1861 Tempel, E. W.
52Europa 2893.099February 4 1858 Goldschmidt, H.
451Patienta 2763.060December 4 1899 Charlois, A.
15Eunomia 2722.644July 29 1851 de Gasparis, A.
16Psyche 2502.919March 17 1851 de Gasparis, A.
48Doris 2503.109September 19 1857 Goldschmidt, H.
92Undina 2503.189July 7 1867 Peters, C. H. F.
324Bamberga 2462.682February 25 1892 Palisa, J.
3Juno 2402.6671804K. Harding
24Themis 2343.129April 5 1853 de Gasparis, A.
95Arethusa 2303.073November 23 1867 Luther, R.

Other Noteworthy Asteroids
NumberNameDiameter (km)Year DiscoveredComment
243 Ida 56 × 24 × 21 September 29 1884 Visited by Galileo probe
 Dactyl 1.4 1991 Moon of 243 Ida
253 Mathilde 66 × 48 × 46 November 12 1885 Visited by NEAR Shoemaker
433 Eros 13 × 13 × 33 August 13 1898 Visited by NEAR Shoemaker
624 Hektor February 10 1907 Largest Jovian Trojan asteroid discovered
951 Gaspra 19 × 12 × 11 July 30 1916 Visited by Galileo probe
2060 Chiron 170 1977 First Centaur to be discovered
4593 Reipurth March 16 1980 discovered by Claes-Ingvar Lagerkvist
3753 Cruithne 5 October 10 1986 Unusual Earth-associated orbit
4179 Toutatis 4.5 × 2.4 × 1.9 January 4 1989 Will approach Earth closely in 2004
4769 Castalia 1.8 × 0.8 August 9 1989 First asteroid to be imaged
5261Eureka June 20 1990 First Martian Trojan asteroid (L5 point) discovered
  2002 AA29 0.1 January 9 2002 Unusual Earth-associated orbit
  1950DA February 23 1950 Will approach Earth very closely in 2880