Ceres in 3D: live position and orbit

The largest body of the asteroid belt and the only dwarf planet of the inner Solar System. NASA’s Dawn probe revealed bright salt deposits there, traces of a briny subsurface ocean.

Ceres is shown at its real position, computed from NASA/JPL ephemeris data. The view opens on Ceres; you can travel in time, switch between the educational overview and the true-scale voyage, and compare it with every other body of the solar system.

Radius

470 km¹ (derived value)

Mass

9.38 × 10²⁰ kg¹ (derived value)

Surface gravity

0.28 m/s²¹ (derived value)

Mean distance from the Sun

2.766 AU² (derived value)

Orbital period

1 681 days² (derived value)

Synodic rotation

9.07 hours¹

Axial tilt

4.0°¹ (derived value)

Known moons

0 (as of October 2026)¹

Missions

• Dawn Mission to Vesta and Ceres

Sources

1. NASA JPL Solar System Dynamics, Small-Body Database. read 2026-09-17. https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/tools/sbdb_lookup.html
2. NASA JPL Solar System Dynamics, Horizons System (osculating orbital elements). read 2026-09-17. https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/horizons/