Ceres is an asteroid within the belt commonly called a Dwarf Planet. A planet obeys the above rules that define a planet by the I.A.U. Standards. A moon orbits a planet, not the Sun. The moons of Mars, Deimos and Phobos, are believed to have been asteroids. They strayed too ...
Is Ceres a dwarf planet? What is the environment on Mars? Is Uranus a dwarf planet? What is Mars made of? Is Mercury a dead planet? What planet is closer to Earth: Venus or Mars? Is Neptune a terrestrial planet? Is Makemake an extrasolar planet?
The Inner Solar System The inner solar system is the name of the terrestrial planets and asteroid belt.Terrestrial is just a fancy way of saying rocky. Like the Earth, terrestrial planets have a core of iron and rock.At the centre of the solar system is the Sun. The Sun is a big ball...
Why is Ceres not considered to be a planet? Is Neptune a gas planet? Is Neptune a terrestrial planet? Why is Pluto not considered a Jovian planet? Why is Venus a terrestrial planet? Why is the planet Neptune named after a god?
In composition terms, for comparative planetology studies, the spheroidal bodies can be separated into: Gas Giants:Jupiter and Saturn Ice Giants:Uranus and Neptune Rock Terrestrial:Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Moon, Io, Ceres(?) Rock-Ice Terrestrial:Europa, Ganymede, Callisto, Titan, Triton, Pl...
Ceres are not dwarf planets. But if their have sufficient mass to "overcome rigid body forces so that they assume a hydrostatic equilibrium (nearly round) shape: then we will need another category. Perhaps "minor planet" to distinguish them from "asteroids" and stop calling asteroids minor ...
on a "living" Mars any habitable environment would be colonized and altered, a lifeless Mars should retain preserved environments - either planetary-scale or microenvironments - which preserve a record of the original physiochemical conditions suitable for the origin of life on a terrestrial planet....
It's the year of the smaller worlds, and each of them has a story to tell. Dwarf planet, asteroid (Ceres is considered both), or comet, there's a complex history to each, with as much of a strange and exciting tale as any of the objects we consider a planet. Whether Pluto is a...
Which of the terrestrial planets is closest to the Sun? What are the different kinds of planets? What type of planet is Mars? What is the planet Ceres made of? What planet has four moons? What planet did the asteroid belt used to be?
Originally, the Asteroid Belt was thought to be the remnants of a much larger planet that occupied the region between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. This theory was originally suggested by Heinrich Olbders to William Herschel as a possible explanation for the existence of Ceres and Pallas. How...