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More about Ceres, Pallas, Vesta, Eros ... Ceres, the first asteroid to be discovered, is by far the largest and most massive asteroid in the main asteroid belt. Its size and mass are sufficient to give it a spherical shape, much like a planet. ... Comet Facts...
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The image above is a false color view of the asteroid 951 Gaspra taken by the Galileo spacecraft. Below is a table of information on ... 1 Ceres - The largest and first discovered asteroid, by G. Piazzi on January 1, 1801. Ceres comprises over one-third the 2.3 x 1021 kg estimated total mass of all the asteroids.
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Ceres (dwarf planet) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Ceres , formal designation 1 Ceres , is the smallest identified dwarf planet in the Solar System and the only one in the asteroid belt. It was discovered on 1 January 1801, by Giuseppe Piazzi,
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The first asteroid to be discovered, Ceres is by far the largest and most massive body in the main asteroid belt, totalling about a third of the total mass of the entire belt. Ceres was discovered by Giuseppe Piazzi, a monk in Sicily and the founding ... Ceres - The Discovery of Asteroid Ceres ... 10 Fun Astronomy Facts...
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A few facts about Ceres; It has a diameter of 960 x 932 with a mass of 8.7e20 kg. Its rotation period is 9.075 hours with an orbital period of 4.60 years at a distance of 2.767AU. ... Cutaway View of Ceres - Ceres - The Discovery of Asteroid Ceres...
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Facts about Ceres: asteroid discovery and features, - ...that has not been significantly improved since. ... Ceres (dwarf planet) ... Get Random Facts...
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Facts about Ceres: asteroid discovery and features, - ...assemblages produced by hydrothermal alteration and/or metamorphism of carbonaceous precursor materials. ... Some C-class asteroids are known to have hydrated minerals on their surfaces, whereas Ceres, a G-class asteroid, probably has water present as ... Get Random Facts...
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Giuseppi Piazzi found what he first thought was the lost planet between Jupiter and Mars, but what he actually found was an asteroid. He named this asteroid Ceres, probably after a greek hero. Ceres is the largest asteroid discovered yet. ... Facts on asteroid belt...
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Overview of current scientific knowledge of asteroids. ... The largest asteroid by far is 1 Ceres. It is 974 km in diameter and contains about 25% of the mass of all the asteroids combined. The next largest are 2 Pallas, 4 Vesta and 10 Hygiea which are between 400 and 525 km in diameter.
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