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Ceres

Ceres
Photo: Justin Cowart, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons

At a glance

Type
Dwarf planet
Distance
Solar System
Naked eye
Only through a telescope
Known since
1600–1900 (early telescopes)
Colour
Grey
Feature
Water or ice
Difficulty in WildGuessr
Medium

Did you know?

  • Ceres is the largest object in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.
  • NASA's Dawn spacecraft orbited Ceres and found bright salty spots inside a crater.

Could you guess it from clues?

WildGuessr picks a secret animal, plant, fungus, stone, prehistoric creature or space object and you ask yes-or-no questions about it, such as its group or where it grows. The fewer clues you need, the more points you score.

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Classification, names and conservation status come from Wikidata (CC0), the photo from Wikimedia Commons. Wikidata Q596 · All space objects · All entries