The largest object in the asteroid belt and the only dwarf planet in the inner solar system. Ceres has a diameter of about 940 km and contains about a third of the asteroid belt's total mass. NASA's Dawn spacecraft orbited Ceres from 2015 to 2018.
A region of the solar system between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter where most asteroids are found. Despite popular depi...
A celestial body orbiting the Sun with enough mass for a nearly round shape but that has not cleared its orbital neighbo...
A small rocky body orbiting the Sun, primarily found in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. Asteroids range from...
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