Which is the ideal dwarf planet to the Sun, located in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter?
Correct Answer: Ceres
Subject: geography
Explanation: • Ceres is the only dwarf planet located in the inner solar system, sitting in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.
• It is by far the closest dwarf planet to Earth, orbiting at 2.8 times Earth's distance from the Sun.
• Pluto, Makemake, Eris, and Haumea are other dwarf planets, but they reside in the outer solar system (Kuiper Belt).
• Pluto, Eris, and Makemake are far beyond Neptune.
• 'Ceres = Only dwarf planet in Asteroid Belt'.
• Ceres is also the largest asteroid, with a diameter of about 1000 km, discovered in 1801 by Piazzi.