The symbol for the asteroid Ceres is a stylized sickle; a crescent of receptivity resting on a cross of matter. The sickle is a crescent shaped sharp tool on a short handle which was used for cutting grass and crops. Sickle cells are associated with red blood. A stylized pattern of five stalks grain was also submitted as a symbolic representation for Ceres.

Ceres is part of the asteroid belt.

The Roman Goddess, Ceres, was the goddess of agriculture, motherhood and fertility. She is imaged as springing from the grounds like a plant with snakes entwined around her arms. Her hair has vines and flowers entwined in it and her hands are outstretched carrying grain.

The polar radius is about 454.7km, with the equatorial radius about 487.3km. Using the formula;

4/3 x Pi x Er squared x Ep

Where Er is equatorial radius and Ep polar radius, the volume of Ceres is around 4.523 x 10 to the 8 cubic km.

A minor planet like other asteroids. It is also a dwarf planet: a minor planrt that is massive enough to be round. 1 Ceres is a main-belt asteroid, a minor planet that orbits in the main-asteroid belt (the area between Mars and Jupiter). Unlike 1 Ceres the other dwarf planets like 134340 Pluto, 136108 Haumea, 136199 Eris and 136472 Makemake are trans-Neptunian objects (minor planets beyound the planet Neptune).

The temperature on Ceres varies from -38 Celsius (highest), -105 Celsius (average), -114 Celsius (lowest).

Mercury grey

Venus Yellow

Earth blue green

Mars Red

Jupiter red brown white yellow ornage banned

Saturn mainly shades of yellow and orange and white

Neptune blue

Uranus blue

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The average surface temperature is approximately 167 Kelvin

Ceres has a mean density of about 2.077 g/cm3

It takes roughly 9 hours for Ceres to rotate.

The planet was observed by the Mariner 10 space probe from March 29, 1974 to March 16, 1975.

This was the only close observation until three flybys by the Messenger probe on January 14, 2008, October 6, 2008, and September 29, 2009. Messenger will begin its orbital mapping of Mercury on March 18, 2011

Ceres is pretty much the same age as most other objects in the solar system: about 4.6 billion years.

She was Roman.

Most of the asteroids within our solar system can be found within the Asteroid Belt. Located between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter, the Asteroid Belt consists of millions of individual asteroids of varying sizes - from a speck of dust to hundreds of kilometers in diameter. The largest object within the belt is a dwarf planet - Ceres - which has a mass of 9.47x1020kg and a diameter of 476.2km.

Ceres is believed to be composed of an ice crust, liquid mantle and rocky core (potentially molten). The ice and water are rich with ammonia, and the rock is rich with silicates

Ceres is made of a mixture of water ice and various hydrated minerals such as carbonates and clays. Ceres appears to be differentiated into a rocky core and ice mantle, and may harbour an ocean of liquid water underneath its surface.

Ceres has no atmosphere, so it is exposed to the direct heating from the sun. As a result the temperature varies according to which part is exposed to the sun. The maximum temperature is around -35 *C, and minimum is about -100 *C, but probably gets colder in shadows. Earth, for comparison has a temperature of about 15 degrees C

Ceres' rotation has no effect on the earths rotation. Ceres rotational period is equal to one day on Ceres.

Ceres has no rings none of the dwarf planets do

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.