CERES BY NUMBERS

1801

Year it was discovered

2006

Year it was classified as a dwarf planet

587

Diameter of Ceres in miles

-38°

Highest surface temperature in degrees Celsius

14

times less massive than Pluto

2.8

Astronomical units away from the Sun

22

Minutes taken for sunlight to travel to Ceres

3%

Ceres has a surface gravity that’s three per cent of Earth’s

1,682

Earth days taken to make a trip around the Sun

SIX

Kilograms of mass lost in steam every second