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1 Ceres Information Page

1 Ceres

Alternate ID's: A899 OF, 1943 XB

Physical Characteristics:

Size diameters (a,b,c):(964.4 × 964.2 × 891.8) ± 0.2 km

Mass: (9.3835±0.0001)×1020 kg

Orbital Parameters:

Semi-major axis: 2.7670962 AU

Eccentricity: 0.1161977

Inclination: 9.6474122°

    Description

    Dwarf planet Ceres is the largest object in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter and the only dwarf planet located in the inner solar system. It was the first member of the asteroid belt to be discovered when Giuseppe Piazzi spotted it in 1801. And when Dawn arrived in 2015, Ceres became the first dwarf planet to receive a visit from a spacecraft.

    Identifier (LID)

    urn:nasa:pds:context:target:dwarf_planet.1_ceres

    Version

    1.2

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