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What is the largest object in the asteroid belt?
The largest object in the asteroid belt is Ceres at about 580 miles across. It is classified as a dwarf planet rather than an asteroid.
What is the difference from an asteroid to a dwarf planet?
A dwarf planet is a body that orbits the sun - is often beyond the orbit of Jupiter and is classified below a planet. An asteroid is a body that orbits the sun within the asteroid belt.
How does an asteroid differ from a planet?
A dwarf planet is larger, big enough to make itself into an approximately spherical shape. Asteroids are smaller and more irregular in shape.
Is Ceres a planet if not what is it?
Ceres is classified as a dwarf planet [See related question] it is the largest asteroid and only dwarf planet in the asteroid belt [See related question]
What is the other name of 134340?
The dwarf planet Pluto.The dwarf planet Pluto.The dwarf planet Pluto.The dwarf planet Pluto.
Is a Ceres an asteroid?
It was a asteroid for 76 years but in 2006 they classified it a dwarf planet.
What dwarf planet is closest to Mercury?
It is the asteroid, Ceres.
Is Ceres a inner or outer dwarf planet?
Ceres, now called a "dwarf planet", used to be an asteroid. It is the largest body in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.
What planets are in the asteroid belt?
None. Ceres is the only dwarf planet in the asteroid belt.
Which planets are the asteroid belt?
There are no planets in the asteroid belt. There are asteroids and the dwarf planet Ceres.
What is the dwarf planet closest to mars?
The dwarf planet closest to Mars is Ceres, which is located in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. It is the largest object in the asteroid belt and was classified as a dwarf planet in 2006 by the International Astronomical Union.
What is the nickname for the dwarf planet Ceres?
The nickname for the dwarf planet Ceres is "the queen of the asteroid belt."
