Ceres (English spelling)〈Latin〉Ceres

Japanese: ケレス（英語表記）〈ラテン〉Ceres

Roman mythology Abundance Directions The goddess of the throne. She was identified with Demeter in Greek mythology. Ceres.
One of the dwarf planets. It was discovered in 1801 by the Italian Piacci between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. It was initially thought to be a planet, but as similar small celestial bodies were discovered nearby, it was classified as an asteroid along with them, and was named the first of its kind. In 2006, it was reclassified as a "dwarf planet," a new category established by the International Astronomical Union. Its diameter is about 1,000 km, making it much larger than the surrounding asteroids. Ceres.

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Japanese:

ローマ神話の豊穣ほうじょうの女神。ギリシャ神話のデメテルと同一視された。セレス。
準惑星の一。1801年、イタリアのピアッチが火星と木星の公転軌道の間で発見。当初は惑星と思われたが、近くで同様に小さな天体が次々と発見されたため、それらとともに小惑星に分類され、その第1号とされた。2006年、国際天文学連合が設けた新区分の「準惑星」に分類し直された。直径は約1000キロで、周囲の小惑星より格段に大きい。セレス。

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