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Ceres

The biggest asteroid in the main belt between Mars and Jupiter is nearly perfectly spheric. In August 2006 it has been given the status of a dwarf planet.

Distance to the Sun: 2.77 AU
Mass: 8.7 * 1020 kg
Diameter: 960 km
Orbit period: 4.61 years
Moons: 0

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