Figure 15-1: R I V U X G
Ceres Compared with Earth and Moon A drawing of Ceres, the largest of the asteroids and the first one discovered, is shown here to the same scale as Earth and the Moon. Ceres is too small to be considered a planet, and it cannot be regarded as a moon because it does not orbit any other body. To denote their status, asteroids are also called minor planets.
Ceres Compared with Earth and Moon A drawing of Ceres, the largest of the asteroids and the first one discovered, is shown here to the same scale as Earth and the Moon. Ceres is too small to be considered a planet, and it cannot be regarded as a moon because it does not orbit any other body. To denote their status, asteroids are also called minor planets.
(NASA)