Ceres: The Closest And Smallest Dwarf Planet
881From is status in the solar system, to some of the unique things about it, and more! Join me as I show you Ceres facts and history: The mysterious dwarf planet!
10 What Is Ceres?
Dwarf planet Ceres is the largest object in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter and the only dwarf planet located in the inner solar system. It was the first member of the asteroid belt to be discovered when Giuseppe Piazzi spotted it in 1801. And when Dawn arrived in 2015, it became the first dwarf planet to receive a visit from a spacecraft.
9. The History And Discovery Of Ceres
The finding of Ceres is a bit more in depth than we teased in the last entry, so here's a bit of a deeper look at its finding.
8. Classification Issues
Something you must remember is that when it came to early astronomy is that the universe as a whole was still unknown in the grand scale and various notions about were changing and evolving with each century and new discovery.
7. Structure and Surface
Ceres is more similar to the terrestrial planets (Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars) than its asteroid neighbors, but it is much less dense.
6. Orbits, Rotations, and Seasons
Ceres takes 1,682 Earth days, or 4.6 Earth years, to make one trip around the sun. As Ceres orbits the sun, it completes one rotation every 9 hours, making its day length one of the shortest in the solar system
5. Pop Culture
The largest body in the asteroid belt, Ceres has amassed a number of references in science fiction stories of the 20th and 21st centuries. In the TV series The Expanse, Ceres is inhabited by humans, and in the PC Game Descent, one of the secret levels takes place on Ceres.
4. Formation
Ceres formed along with the rest of the solar system about 4.5 billion years ago when gravity pulled swirling gas and dust in to become a small dwarf planet.
3. Exploration
Despite us knowing a lot about Ceres, the fact of the matter is that pretty much everything we've found out about the dwarf planet has been made at ground level. Not for lack of trying to get there with something else, mind you.
2. Potential For Life?
Ceres is one of the few places in our solar system where scientists would like to search for possible signs of life. It has something a lot of other planets don't: water.
1. Living On Ceres?
As you all know, or at least hopefully know, our goal for this current decade is to go and reach Mars. Then, we will start to build a colony there and potentially start expanding across the solar system.
--
DISCUSSIONS & SOCIAL MEDIA
Commercial Purposes: Lorenzovareseaziendale@gmail.com
Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@insanecuriosity
Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/user/insanecuriosity
Instagram: https://instagram.com/insanecuriositythereal
Twitter: https://twitter.com/insanecurio
Facebook: https://facebook.com/InsaneCuriosity
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/insane-curiosity-46b928277/
Our Website: https://insanecuriosity.com/
--
Credits: Ron Miller, Mark A. Garlick / MarkGarlick.com ,Elon Musk/SpaceX/ Flickr
--
00:00 Intro
00:20 10 What Is Ceres?
1:10 9. The History And Discovery Of Ceres
3:00 8. Classification Issues
5:20 7.Structure and Surface
7:02 6. Orbits, Rotations, and Seasons
8:45 4. Formation
9:40 3. Exploration
10:50 2. Potential For Life?
12:10 1. Living On Ceres?
--
#insanecuriosity #ceres #dwarfplanets
Other Videos By Insane Curiosity
Other Statistics
Ceres Statistics For Insane Curiosity
At this time, Insane Curiosity has 27,264 views for Ceres spread across 1 video. His channel published less than an hour of Ceres content, making up less than 0.08% of the total overall content on Insane Curiosity's YouTube channel.