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Ceres Dwarf Planet Facts

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1. Why is Ceres not considered a planet?

By this definition, Ceres is not a planet because it does not dominate its orbit, sharing it as it does with the thousands of other asteroids in the asteroid belt and constituting only about 25% of the belt's total mass.





2. Is Ceres bigger than Pluto?

Called an asteroid for many years, Ceres is so much bigger and so different from its rocky neighbors that scientists classified it as a dwarf planet in 2006. Even though Ceres comprises 25% of the asteroid belt's total mass, Pluto is still 14 times more massive.





3. Can we live on Ceres?

Ceres has something a lot of other planets don't: water. Here on Earth, water is essential for life, so it's possible that with this ingredient and a few other conditions met, life possibly could exist there. If anything does live on Ceres, it's likely to be very small microbes similar to bacteria.





4. Is Ceres bigger than the moon?

Ceres is much smaller than the Moon, which is shown below on the same scale as Ceres and Vesta above. Nonetheless, Ceres is sometimes referred to as a dwarf planet, along with Pluto and a growing list of other objects. Moon image from NASA's Galileo spacecraft.





5. Is there gravity on Ceres?





6. Can Ceres hit Earth?

The Dwarf Planet Ceres, usually used to just chilling in the asteroid belt, has been knocked onto a perfect trajectory for planet Earth! The Dwarf Planet will collide with the Earth in exactly 10 years. The trajectory of Ceres is perfect so that it will hit the Earth dead center on the equator/prime meridian crossover.





7. What does Ceres mean in astrology?

The most all-encompassing way to describe Ceres is the Earth Mother. She rules over health, nutrition, agriculture, and overall, a universal nourishing that permeates everything we touch and are touched by.





8. What would happen to a human on Ceres?

In other words, people living on the surface of Ceres would be in a state of near-weightlessness the entire time they were there. Hence, they would experience physiological effects very similar to what astronauts go through during long-term stays aboard the International Space Station (ISS).





9. How long is a year on Ceres?





10. What is the average temperature on Ceres?

The surface is relatively warm for an asteroid, the average surface temperature is about 235 degrees Kelvin or minus 36 degrees Fahrenheit or minus 38 degrees Celsiu





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