Unsur cerium nan basobok pado tahun 1803 dinamai dari Ceres.[21] Pado tahun nan samo, unsur lain juo dinamoi dari Ceres, tapi panamunyo mangganti namonyo manjadi palladium (dari asteroid 2 Pallas) katiko cerium dinamoi.[22]
Cerium, a rare-earth element discovered in 1803, was named after Ceres.[42][b] In the same year another element was also initially named after Ceres, but when cerium was named its discoverer changed the name to palladium, after the second asteroid, 2 Pallas.[44]