They are made up of oxygen and silicon, the number one and

number two most abundant elements in the Earth's crust. The

metallic asteroids are composed of up to 80% iron and 20% a
mixture of nickel, iridium, palladium, platinum, gold, magnesium
and other precious metals such as osmium, ruthenium and
rhodium.
 Asteroids are small, rocky objects that orbit the Sun.
 The first asteroid was Ceres, discovered by Giuseppe Piazzi in
1801.
 There are currently over 600,000 known asteroids in our solar
system.
 Most asteroids are found orbiting in the Asteroid Belt, a series
of rings located between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.