704 Interamnia is a very large asteroid with an estimated diameter of 350 kilometres. Its mean distance from the Sun is 3.067 (AU). It was discovered on October 2 1910 by Vincenzo Cerulli and named after the Latin name for Teramo Italy where Cerulli worked. It is probably the fifth-most-massive asteroid after Ceres Vesta Pallas and Hygiea with a mass estimated to be 1.2% of the mass of the entire asteroid belt.
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