1 Ceres

1 Ceres
1 Ceres from AsteroidPack_v1.00.zip in Orbiter 2003P2
Designation
Name	1 Ceres
Reference body	Sun
Planetary mean orbits
Epoch	2002.345
Semimajor axis (a)	413 849 369 188 m
Eccentricity (e)	0.079115824
Inclination (i)	10.58° (0.184655835 radian)
Longitude of the ascending node (LAN, ☊)	80.48629652° (1.404750877 radian)
Longitude of periapsis (ϖ)	154.4707798° (2.696023706 radian)
Mean longitude (L)	343.7459034° (5.999497805 radian)
Selected physical parameters
Mean radius	473000 km
Mass	8.7×1020 kg
Rotation elements
SidRotPeriod	32670 seconds (9.075 hours)
SidRotOffset	0
Obliqutiy	0.174532925
LAN	0
Note	*Elements given are from 1 Ceres.cfg (AsteroidPack_v1.00.zip)

1 Ceres was discovered on 1 January 1801 by Giuseppe Piazzi, and was at first classified as a planet, at least until it was realized that there are many small bodies in the area between Mars and Jupiter, at which time they were reclassified as asteroids, and now is classified as a dwarf planet. Ceres is the largest body and the only Dwarf planet in the main asteroid belt.

1 Ceres in Orbiter

1 Ceres was first introduced with the release of MainBeltAsteroids051403.zip in May 2003. Note that the landing surface as given in the config file is spherical, but the visual of Ceres is not, if you land, you will likely be above or below the visual surface.

Orbiter versions and add-ons which include Ceres
Add-on	Source	Version	Author	Type	Release Date	Compatibility	Wiki article
Asteroid Pack 1.00	O-F Resources	2004-11-21	Nighthawke	Scenery	21 November 2004
Main Belt Asteroids v1.0	O-F Resources	v1.0	Unknown OHM Addon Developer	Scenery	14 May 2003

See also

1 Ceres at Wikipedia

Gallery

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  1 Ceres in Orbiter 2002P3 from MainBeltAsteroids051403.zip
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  1 Ceres from AsteroidPack_v1.00.zip in Orbiter 2003P2
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  Image of Ceres from the Dawn spacecraft on 4 May 2015.
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  Earth, Moon, and Ceres to scale

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