Ceres the ice dwarf

Ceres and Hygiea are dwarf planets in the asteroid (main) belt between Mars and Jupiter.

Ceres 4K image (pan-zoom)

Pan, zoom, or go full-screen with this megapixel image of Ceres.

Ceres facts

Ceres surface features

Ceres has a couple of notable craters named Haulani and Oxo, as shown below. The whitish deposits are from briny water oozing from below the surface. Ceres has a number of inactive cryovolcanoes, with Ahuna Mons being the largest.

Ceres vs. Earth ratios

Planet sizes are to relative scale.

CERES

diameter = 0.074
gravity = 0.28
radiation = 65
surface pressure = 0
solar irradiance =
total water =
day = 6.4
year = 4.6
sun distance = 4.45

EARTH

diameter = 1
gravity = 1
radiation = 1
surface pressure = 1
solar irradiance = 1
total water = 1
day = 1
year = 1
sun distance = 1