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Ceres

Overview

To Be Entered Soon

Data for the Dwarf Planets

Ceres Pluto Eris
Perihelion (106 km)
380.612
4436.82
5650
Mean Orbital Distance (106 km)
413.715
5906.38
10,120
Aphelion (106 km)
446.818
7375.93
14,600
Average Orbital Velocity (km/s)
17.882
4.72
3.436
Orbital Inclination (from Earth's Orbit)
10.587°
17.16°
44.187°
Orbital Eccentricity
0.080
0.2488
0.44177
Equatorial Radius (km)
975
1195
2400 ± 100
Polar Radius (km)
909
1195
2400 ± 100
Volume (1010 km3)
0.20
0.715
~5.8
Mass (1024 kg)
0.00095
0.0125
?
Density (water=1)
2.08
1.75
?
Escape Velocity (km/s)
0.51
1.1
?
Gravity (m/s2)
0.27
0.6
?
Surface Pressure (bars)
0.27
0.6
?
Length of Day (hours)
9.074
153.2820
> 8?
Tropical Orbital Period (days)
1679.819
90,588
203,500
Albedo
0.113
0.4-0.6
0.86±0.07
Average Surface Temperature (Celsius)
-106°
-225°
~-240°
Number of Moons
Rings?
No
No
No
Absolute Magnitude
3.34
-1.12±0.01
Discoverer
Guiseppe Piazzi
Clyde Tombaugh
Mike E. Brown, C.A. Trujillo, and D.L. Rabinowitz
Discovery Date
January 1, 1801
February 18, 1930
October 21, 2003

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