Ceres

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Ceres is the largest object in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter and a dwarf planet composed primarily of rock and ice.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Ceres canonical 13
1 Ceres 2
dwarf planet Ceres 2

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf asteroid belt object
celestial body
dwarf planet
minor planet
protoplanet
albedo about 0.09
axialTilt about 4 degrees
belongsTo Solar System
brightSpotsComposition sodium carbonate
catalogDesignation Ceres self-linksurface differs
surface form: 1 Ceres
composition ice
rock
currentClassification dwarf planet
density about 2.16 g/cm³
diameter about 946 kilometers
discoveredBy Giuseppe Piazzi
discoveryDate 1801-01-01
discoverySite Palermo Astronomical Observatory
dwarfPlanetDesignationDate 2006-08-24
equilibriumTemperature about 168 K
escapeVelocity about 0.51 km/s
exploredByAgency NASA
firstSpacecraftArrivalDate 2015-03-06
hasBrightSpots yes
hasExosphere yes
hasNoMoons true
isLargestObjectIn asteroid belt
laterClassification asteroid
locatedBetween Jupiter
Mars
locatedIn asteroid belt
mass about 9.4×10^20 kilograms
meanRadius about 473 kilometers
namedAfter Roman goddess Ceres
orbitalPeriod about 4.6 Earth years
orbits Sun
originalClassification planet
possibleSubsurfaceOcean hypothesized
rotationPeriod about 9.07 hours
semiMajorAxis about 2.77 astronomical units
surface cratered
surfaceFeature Ahuna Mons
Occator Crater
surfaceGravity about 0.27 m/s²
surfaceTemperatureRange about 130 K to 235 K
visitedBy Dawn mission
surface form: Dawn spacecraft
waterContent significant

Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Demeter romanEquivalent Ceres
Ceres catalogDesignation Ceres self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: 1 Ceres
Dawn mission primaryTarget Ceres
subject surface form: Dawn
this entity surface form: 1 Ceres
Dawn mission studied Ceres
subject surface form: Dawn
this entity surface form: dwarf planet Ceres
Dawn mission enteredOrbitAround Ceres
subject surface form: Dawn
Pluto (Roman god of the underworld) sibling Ceres
subject surface form: Pluto
Vesta sibling Ceres
Ceres namedAfter Ceres
subject surface form: Ceres, California
this entity surface form: Ceres (dwarf planet)
Occator Crater locatedOn Ceres
Ahuna Mons locatedIn Ceres
Ceres namesakeOf Ceres
this entity surface form: dwarf planet Ceres
Pluto sibling Ceres