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Ceres, now called a "dwarf planet", used to be an asteroid. It is the largest body in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.

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Is Ceres an inner or an outer planet?

Ceres is classified as a dwarf planet. Ceres is a large asteroid, part of the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. If it was a planet, it would be classified as an inner.


Is neptune an inner outer or a dwarf planet?

It is an outer planet and is not a dwarf.


Which planets in the solar system are referred to as the inner planets and outer planets?

The 4 Inner planets (mostly rocky and solid):MercuryVenusEarthMarsThe 4 Outer planets (mostly dense gaseous atmospheres):JupiterSaturnUranusNeptuneNotes:Pluto, a dwarf planet, was an outer planet before it got reclassified, but resembles the inner planets.The inner and outer planets are separated by the asteroid belt.When dwarf planets are included, Ceres counts as an inner planet and all the other dwarf planets count as outer planets.


Was Pluto a inner or an outer planet?

it WAS technically an outer planet before it got downgraded to a dwarf planet


What is between the innner and outer planets?

The Asteroid Belt, which includes the dwarf planet Ceres.


Is Jupiter an outer inner or dwarf planet?

Jupiter is one of the Outer Planets.


Are the dwarf planets among the outer planets?

Generally speaking, yes.There are currently five official dwarf planets. Four of them are around or beyond Neptunes orbit, but there is one in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, called Ceres. Mars is an inner planet and Jupiter is an outer planet.


Is Eric dwarf planer an inner or outer planet?

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What separate's inner planets from outer planets?

Nothing officially separates them but most asteroids are between Mars and Jupiter.There is no planet separating the Outer planets. Outer planets are Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune and this are gas giant. Asteroid belt consists of asteroid and Ceres, the Dwarf planet so an Dwarf planet and Asteroid belt separates the Planets.


What separate the inner planets from the outer planets?

Nothing officially separates them but most asteroids are between Mars and Jupiter.There is no planet separating the Outer planets. Outer planets are Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune and this are gas giant. Asteroid belt consists of asteroid and Ceres, the Dwarf planet so an Dwarf planet and Asteroid belt separates the Planets.


What is the order of planets from inner to outer?

In our solar system, they are Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, (Ceres), Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. Ceres is the largest of the asteroids, and sometimes referred to as a "dwarf" planet. Other dwarf planets beyond Neptune are: Pluto/Charon, Haumea, Makemake, and Eris.


Which of the eight major planets are called the inner planets?

The first four planets are often lumped together into the category of "inner" or "terrestrial" planets:MercuryVenusEarthMarsThe last four are often lumped together into the category of "outer" or "gas giant" planets:JupiterSaturnUranusNeptuneAll of the dwarf planets are terrestrial. The only dwarf planet that can sometimes be called an "inner planet" is Ceres, which orbits between Mars and Jupiter.