Today was a historic day for Ceres! The Dwarf planet orbits the sun between Mars and Jupiter. While it is the smallest of the known dwarf planets, it is the largest object in the asteroid belt. | Space.com

Want a close-up of dwarf planet Ceres? Flyover its craters and mountains in this new enhanced color video created from images taken by our Dawn spacecraft: http://go.nasa.gov/1JLHgOV | NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration

• Dwarf Planet Ceres 30.7.2020 • Topographical video of Ceres by Sean Doran from data taken by NASA spacecraft Dawn. Ceres is the largest object in the main asteroid belt that lies between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. With a diameter of 940 km (580 mi), Ceres is both the largest of the asteroids and the only likely dwarf planet inside Neptune's orbit. It is the 25th-largest body in the Solar System within the orbit of Neptune. Ceres was the first asteroid to be discovered (by Giuseppe Piazzi