Ceres
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|
Ceres |
| Mean Orbital Distance
(106 km) |
413.715 |
5906.38 |
10,120,000 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
? |
| Length of Day (hours) |
9.074 |
153.2820 |
> 8? |
| Tropical Orbital Period
(days) |
1679.819 |
90,588 |
203,500 |
| 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 |
|
