Mars, The Moon & More
Dawn Spacecraft / Ceres : Occator Crater with mounds of bright salts (PIA22980)
Ceres is the largest object in the main asteroid belt that lies between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. With a diameter of 940 km, Ceres is both the largest of the asteroids and the only unambiguous dwarf planet currently inside Neptune's orbit.
Mass: 8.958 × 10^20 kg
Radius: 473 km
Orbital period: 1,682 days
Surface area: 2,770,000 km2
Proper orbital period: 4.60397 yr
Dawn Spacecraft / Ceres : Occator Crater with mounds of bright salts (PIA22980)
Ceres is the largest object in the main asteroid belt that lies between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. With a diameter of 940 km, Ceres is both the largest of the asteroids and the only unambiguous dwarf planet currently inside Neptune's orbit.
Mass: 8.958 × 10^20 kg
Radius: 473 km
Orbital period: 1,682 days
Surface area: 2,770,000 km2
Proper orbital period: 4.60397 yr