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Is Ceres a near Earth object?
No. Ceres has a stable orbit in the asteroid belt.
How many earth days does it take Ceres to orbit the sun?
Ceres follows an orbit between Mars and Jupiter, within the asteroid belt, with a period of 4.6 Earth years.
What is the eccentricity of Ceres orbit?
Ceres, the largest object in the asteroid belt, has an orbital eccentricity of approximately 0.08. This value indicates that its orbit is slightly elliptical, but not highly elongated. Compared to other celestial bodies, this eccentricity is relatively low, meaning Ceres' orbit is close to being circular.
Is Ceres a moon?
No, Ceres is not a moon. It is the largest object in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter and is classified as a dwarf planet. Moons are natural satellites that orbit planets, while Ceres is a dwarf planet that orbits the Sun directly.
How big or small can an asteroid be?
No. An asteroid can be anything from 10 metres to 487km as in the case of Ceres the largest asteroid.
What is the revolution for Ceres dwarf planet?
It takes 4.6 years for Ceres to revolve around the sun.
What planet's orbit extends beyond plutos orbit?
Neptune's, at times.
Who discovered plutos orbit?
John Tombaugh
Where are the dwarf planets situated?
There are five bodies currently classified as dwarf planets. All of the except for Ceres are beyond the orbit of Neptune, with their orbits extending into the Kuiper belt. Ceres is the smallest of the dwarf planets, but far closer. It is in the asteroid belt between the orbit of Mars and Jupiter.
What is the orbit SHAPE of an asteroid?
They are all irregular in shape due to their small size and corresponding low gravity. All except for one, called Ceres. Ceres is the biggest one and is just big enough to pull itself into an approximatly spherical shape - it is therefore classed as a dwarf planet.
Is Ceres a plutoid?
Ceres and Pluto are both considered to be 'dwarf planets.' There are roughly half a dozen recognized dwarf planets in our solar system. Pluto, originally recognized as the ninth planet, was 'downgraded' a few years ago from planet to dwarf planet.
What two planets is the asteroid belt in our solar system between?
The Asteroid Belt orbits between Mars and Jupiter, at about 3 AU. There are several objects not properly classified as asteroids orbiting within the belt, mainly the dwarf planet Ceres and the protoplanets Vesta and Pallas.
