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Ceres is a dwarf planet, the only one located in the inner reaches of the solar system; the rest lie at the outer edges, in the Kuiper Belt.While it is the smallest of the known dwarf planets, it is the largest object in the asteroid belt.eres is a dwarf planet, the only one located in the inner reaches of the solar system; the rest lie at the outer edges, in the Kuiper Belt.
[ Infographic: Dwarf Planets in the Solar System ]. The largest object in the asteroid belt, Ceres makes up nearly a third of its mass. Even so, it remains the smallest known dwarf planet, only 590 miles (950 km) across â roughly the size of Texas.n Jan. 1, 1801, Sicilian astronomer Giuseppe Piazzi discovered what was then considered a planet, naming it Ceres for the Roman goddess of corn and harvests. Within a decade, four new objects were discovered in the same region, all also considered planets.