UNIVERSE
ASTEROIDS
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Ceres
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Detailed explanation-1: -Dwarf planet Ceres is the largest object in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, and it’s 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.
Detailed explanation-2: -The five best-known dwarf planets are Ceres, Pluto, Makemake, Haumea, and Eris. Except for Ceres, which lies in the main asteroid belt, these small worlds are located in the Kuiper Belt.
Detailed explanation-3: -Ceres is not a planet because it does not dominate its orbit, sharing it as it does with the thousands of other asteroids in the asteroid belt and constituting only about 40% of the belt’s total mass.
Detailed explanation-4: -Ceres revolves around the Sun once in 4.61 Earth years in a nearly circular, moderately inclined (10.6°) orbit at a mean distance of 2.77 astronomical units (AU; about 414 million km [257 million miles]).