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Ceres
Dwarf planet · Dwarf planet in the asteroid belt
About Ceres
On 2026-01-01, the date the map shows, Ceres was 2.89 AU from the Sun; sunlight takes 24 minutes to reach it.
It goes round the Sun once every 4.6 years, at an average distance of 2.766 AU.
It is about 939.4 km across.
The map lists it as a dwarf planet and shows it in the Solar System part of the map, drawn on the plane of Earth’s orbit (the ecliptic).
Key numbers
| Semi-major axis | 2.766 AU |
|---|---|
| Orbital period | 4.6 years |
| Eccentricity | 0.0796 |
| Inclination | 10.59° |
| Radius | 469.7 km |
| Distance from the Sun | 2.89 AU |
Where it is
Its place in the universe, from the inside out: Solar System › Orion–Cygnus Arm (Local Arm) › Milky Way › Local Group › Virgo Supercluster › Laniakea Supercluster › Observable universe.
Zoom out to see it in context: Jupiter's orbit, a view about 14 AU across.
From Wikipedia
Ceres is a dwarf planet in the main asteroid belt between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. It was the first object identified in the asteroid belt, discovered on 1 January 1801 by Giuseppe Piazzi at Palermo Astronomical Observatory in Sicily, and announced as a new planet.
Excerpt from the Wikipedia article Ceres (dwarf planet), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.