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Ceres is a rock–ice body some 950 km in diameter, comprising about a third of the mass of the asteroid belt, and by far the largest and most-massive asteroid.
Sources- http://www.wikipedia.org/ &
http://bluewater-greentree.com/dwarf-planet-ceres-p1653-1029.htm
Ceres is the smallest of all the dwarf planets.
Ceres was named after the Roman Goddess of growing plants, harvest, and motherly love.
http://space.about.com/od/asteroids/p/ceres.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceres_%28dwarf_planet%29
Ceres was discovered on January 1st 1801. Ceres is in the asteroid belt, which is between Mars and Jupiter.
http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceres_dwarf_planet
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/When_was_Ceres_discovered
http://www.solarviews.com/eng/ceres.htm
Giuseppe Piazzi discovered Ceres on January 1, 1801.
http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/space/asteroids.html
Ceres is the biggest asteroid in the main asteroid belt.
Ceres is the goddess of grain.
The asteroid belt is in between Mars and Jupiter.
http://www.windows2universe.org/our_solar_system/asteroids.html
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