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Is Ceres larger than the moon?
No. Ceres is much smaller than the moon.
Is Ceres bigger than the moon?
The moon is much bigger then Ceres. Ceres is just under 1000 km in diameter. The moon is about 3,474 km in diamter so that mean the moon is bigge by more then 3.4 times.
Why can Ceres contain life and the moon can't when Ceres is about one 100th the size of the Moon?
The size of Ceres is not important, its the fact that it possibly contains liquid water.
Why is Ceres not called a moon?
Ceres is not called a moon because it orbits the sun directly, rather than another planet. Moons typically orbit around a planet, while dwarf planets like Ceres have their own independent orbits around the sun.
Are there dust storms on Ceres?
Ceres is significantly smaller than the Moon. It has no atmosphere to speak of, and therefore no storms.
Why isn't Ceres considered a moon too?
because is not
What is the Greek name for the god Ceres?
Ceres is a Roman goddess. The Greek equivalent to Ceres is the goddess Demeter.
Who is the harvest goddess?
The greek goddess of the harvest was Demeter
Does Ceres have a moon or moons?
Ceres does not have any moons. It is the largest object in the asteroid belt, located between Mars and Jupiter, but it does not have any natural satellites orbiting around it.
Does Ceres revolve around another planet?
No. If Ceres orbited a planet it would be a moon. It orbits the sun, so it is classified as a dwarf planet.
How did the planet Ceres get its name?
Giuseppe Piazzi, the Sicilian monk-astronomer who discovered Ceres in 1801, first suggested the name Ceres Ferdinandea - Ceres after the Roman goddess of plants, and Fredinandea after the then-presiding King Ferdinand III of Sicily. As other nations did not agree with the political part of the name, it was dropped and Ceres remained.
Are Demeter and Ceres the same goddess?
Yes. Ceres is the Roman name for Demeter.
