What is Ceres?
Q: What is Ceres?
A: Ceres is the smallest dwarf planet in the Solar System and the only one located in the main asteroid belt.
Q: Who discovered Ceres?
A: Giuseppe Piazzi discovered Ceres on 1 January 1801.
Q: What is the diameter of Ceres?
A: The diameter of Ceres is about 950 km.
Q: How far away from the Sun is Ceres located?
A: Ceres is located at 2.8 AU (257 million miles) from the Sun, which makes it the closest dwarf planet to the Sun.
Q: Does Ceres have any moons?
A: No, it does not have any moons.
Q: What space probe was launched to explore Vesta and Ceres?
A: On September 27, 2007, NASA launched Dawn space probe to explore Vesta and Cerea.
Q: What unusual crater does Cerea contain? A; Occator crater contains bright salts.
