Every world / Dwarf planet

Ceres

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The path of Ceres round the Sun, seen from above and drawn to scale, with the white dot at its nearest point. The faint rings are the paths of Mercury, Venus, the Earth and Mars. Orbit from NASA/JPL Small-Body Database.

Kind: Dwarf planet
Distance: 2.766 au from the Sun on average
Once round: 4.599 years
Path: a slightly stretched circle (eccentricity 0.0797), tilted 10.6°
Size: 939 km across

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Still being written

What it looks like
What it is made of
How it was found and named
Its moons, if any
What is still unknown

Sources: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database.