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| Average distance from the Sun | 380,995,857 km / 2.5468 AU — 446,669,322 km / 2.9858 AU |
| Diameter | 950 km |
| Mass | 9.43e20 kg |
| Orbital period around the Sun | 4.6 Earth years / 1,680 Earth days |
| Number of moons | 0 |
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| Ceres is the smallest-yet-identified dwarf planet and the only one in the Asteroid belt. Ceres is the largest body in the Asteroid belt, containing almost one-third of the region’s total mass. | |
Our Solar System
Our solar system is located on the edge of a spiral arm called Orion’s Arm, and is one-half to two-thirds of the way (28,000 light-years) from the center of our Milky Way galaxy.The Sun, Sol
The Inner Planets
Mercury
Venus
Earth
The Moon
Mars
The Asteroid Belt
Dwarf planet, Ceres
Asteroid, Ida
Asteroid, Vesta
Asteroid, Eros
The Outer Planets
Jupiter
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune
The Kuiper Belt
Dwarf planet, Pluto
Dwarf planet, Eris
The Oort Cloud
Dwarf planet, Sedna
Comet Halley
Comet Hale-Bopp
Glossary of Terms
