CERES.
The largest world in the asteroid belt.
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The measured world
- Mean radius
- 469.7 km
- Mean diameter
- 939.4 km
- Gravity
- 0.27 m/s²
- Orbital period
- 1,682 Earth days
- Mean distance from Sun
- 2.77 AU
- Reported moons
- 0
Rounded reference values. Rotation is sidereal and differs from the solar day. Giant planets have no solid surface; temperature and gravity use atmospheric reference levels. Some moon counts are omitted because discoveries change them.
Compare with EarthA closer look
Bright deposits in Occator crater contain salts.
Discovery
Discovered by Giuseppe Piazzi in 1801.