UNIVERSE
ASTEROIDS
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Question
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It has a satellite revolving around it
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It rotates on its axis
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It revolves around the sun
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It’s much larger than all other asteroids
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Detailed explanation-1: -Called an asteroid for many years, Ceres is so much bigger and so different from its rocky neighbors that scientists classified it as a dwarf planet in 2006. Even though Ceres comprises 25% of the asteroid belt’s total mass, Pluto is still 14 times more massive.
Detailed explanation-2: -Because Ceres is spherical, it is unlike the majority of the members of the asteroid belt. Its composition is also slightly different than its neighbors in the belt. Its surface is probably covered with a mixture of water ice, carbonates, and clays.
Detailed explanation-3: -The largest asteroid is called Ceres. It is about one-quarter the size of the moon and orbits the sun between Mars and Jupiter in a region called the asteroid belt. Unlike most asteroids, Ceres is spherical in shape.
Detailed explanation-4: -Ceres is both the largest of the asteroids and the only unambiguous dwarf planet inside Neptune’s orbit. It is the 25th-largest body in the Solar System within the orbit of Neptune.