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Ceres: how big is it?
Ceres is about 940 km. In everyday terms, that is ≈ 106 Mount Everests.
- Size
- 940 km
- In metres
- 9.40 × 10⁵ m
- Everyday comparison
- ≈ 106 Mount Everests
- Chapter
- Countries & Worlds
Did you know?
The largest object in the asteroid belt, about 940 km across. It's classed as a dwarf planet.
How it compares
See it on the zoomOther things of a similar size
- Sri Lanka 432 km
- Pluto 2,380 km
- River Ganga 2,530 km
- India (north to south) 3,210 km
- The Moon 3,470 km
- Mars 6,780 km
Sizes are rounded, typical values drawn from standard reference sources, including NIST/CODATA physical constants and NASA's planetary fact sheets. Real objects vary; see About for how sizes are chosen.