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Ceres (dwarf planet) Ceres (minor-planet designation: 1 Ceres) is a dwarf planet in the middle main asteroid belt between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. It was the first known asteroid, discovered on 1 January 1801 by Giuseppe Piazzi at Palermo Astronomical Obse ...

, the largest asteroid and first to be discovered *

Ceres (mythology) In ancient Roman religion, Ceres ( , ) was a goddess of agriculture, grain crops, fertility and motherly relationships.Room, Adrian, ''Who's Who in Classical Mythology'', p. 89-90. NTC Publishing 1990. . She was originally the central deity in ...

, the Roman goddess of agriculture Ceres may also refer to:

Places

Brazil

* Ceres, Goiás, Brazil * Ceres Microregion, in north-central Goiás state, Brazil

United States

Ceres, California Ceres is a city in Stanislaus County, California. Its population was 49,302 at the 2020 U.S. Census, up from 45,417 at the 2010 U.S. Census. It is part of the Modesto metropolitan statistical area. Ceres is located in the San Joaquin Valley ...

* Ceres, Georgia * Ceres, Iowa * Ceres, New York, a community that also extends into Pennsylvania * Ceres, Oklahoma, a community in Noble County *

Ceres, Virginia Ceres is an unincorporated community in Bland County, Virginia, United States. Ceres is located on State Route 42, west-southwest of Bland. Ceres has a post office with ZIP code 24318. Climate The climate in this area features moderate dif ...

* Ceres, West Virginia * Ceres Township, McKean County, Pennsylvania

Other countries

* Ceres, Santa Fe, Argentina * Ceres, Victoria, Australia * Ceres, Piedmont, Italy *

Ceres, Fife Ceres is a village in Fife, Scotland, located in a small glen approximately over the Ceres Moor from Cupar and from St Andrews. The former parish of that name included the settlements of Baldinnie, Chance Inn, Craigrothie, Pitscottie and Tarv ...

, Scotland * Ceres, South Africa, in Western Cape * Ga-Ngwetsana, also known as Ceres, Limpopo, South Africa * Ceres Nunataks, Antarctica * Ceres Koekedouw Dam, dam on the Koekedouw River, near Ceres, Western Cape, South Africa

Acronyms

* California Environmental Resources Evaluation System * Centre for Research on Energy Security (CeRES), an Indian research center on geopolitics and energy * CERES (satellite), a French spy satellite program * CERES Community Environment Park (Centre for Education and Research in Environmental Strategies), a community environmental park in Melbourne, Australia *

Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System (CERES) is an NASA climatological experiment from Earth orbit. The CERES are scientific satellite instruments, part of NASA's Earth Observing System (EOS), designed to measure solar-reflected and Eart ...

, an ongoing NASA meteorological experiment. *

Coalition for Environmentally Responsible Economies A coalition is formed when two or more people or groups temporarily work together to achieve a common goal. The term is most frequently used to denote a formation of power in political, military, or Economy, economic spaces. Formation According ...

* (French: Center of Socialist Studies, Research and Education), a left-wing political organization founded by

Jean-Pierre Chevènement Jean-Pierre Chevènement (; born 9 March 1939) ...

CERES Ile du Levant CERES ("Centre d'Essais et de Recherches d'Engins Spéciaux" for "''Special Weapons Research and Tests Center"'') Ile du Levant was a French suborbital rocket launch site, located at Levant Island, Ile du Levant, and active between 1956 and 1968. ...

, short for ''Centre d'Essais et de Recherches d'Engins Spéciaux'', a rocket launch and missile test site at Ile du Levant island, France

Aircraft, rocket, transport, and vessels

Aircraft, locomotive, car

* CAC Ceres, a crop-duster aircraft manufactured in Australia * ''Ceres'', a

West Cornwall Railway The West Cornwall Railway was a railway company in Cornwall, Great Britain, formed in 1846 to construct a railway between Penzance and Truro. It purchased the existing Hayle Railway, and improved its main line, and built new sections between Pen ...

steam locomotive * Toyota Corolla Ceres a compact, 4-door hardtop sold in Japan * Kia Ceres, a version of the

Kia Bongo The Kia Bongo (Hangul:기아 봉고), also known as the Kia K-Series or Kia Besta, is a cabover pickup truck and van produced by the South Korean automobile manufacturer Kia since 1980. The Bongo was first launched in 1980 under the name ''Bon ...

, a 2-door pick up truck * Ceres Liner, A transportation brand based in

Bacolod Bacolod, officially the City of Bacolod (; ; ; ), is a Cities of the Philippines#Legal classification, highly urbanized city in the Negros Island Region in the Philippines. With a total of 600,783 inhabitants as of the 2020 census, it is th ...

Ships and submarines

* ''Ceres'' (East Indiaman), three vessels of the British East India Company * , several ships * HMS ''Ceres'', three ships and three shore establishments of the British Royal Navy * , several ships of the French Navy * USS ''Ceres'' (1856), a Union Navy steamship during the American Civil War

Rocket

* Ceres-1, a Chinese four stage carrier rocket by Galactic Energy

Arts, entertainment, and media

* Ceres (band), a band from Melbourne, Australia * ''Ceres'' (sculpture), a c.1770 statuette by Augustin Pajou *''Ceres'' (2005), an orchestral work by

Mark-Anthony Turnage Mark-Anthony Turnage (born 10 June 1960) is an English composer of contemporary classical music. Life and career Mark-Anthony Turnage was born in Corringham, Essex on 10 June 1960. Turnage was the eldest of three children. His parents were lov ...

* Sailor Ceres, a character in ''Sailor Moon'' media * The titular character of '' Ceres, Celestial Legend'', a manga and mini anime series * Ceres Space Colony, from the video game ''

Super Metroid is a 1994 action-adventure game developed by Nintendo and Intelligent Systems and published by Nintendo for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. It is the third installment in the ''Metroid'' series, following the events of the Game Boy g ...

Brands and enterprises

* Ceres (organization), a coalition of investors and environmentalists (formerly the Coalition for Environmentally Responsible Economies) * Ceres Brewery, a brewery in Aarhus, Denmark * Ceres Fruit Juices, a South African juice company * Ceres Hellenic Shipping Enterprises, a Greek shipping company * Ceres, Inc., a US energy crop seeds developer * Ceres Liner, a bus company in the Philippines

Education

* Ceres Connection, a cooperative program between MIT's Lincoln Laboratory and the Society for Science and the Public dedicated for promoting science education * Ceres School, an historic school building located at Ceres in Allegany County, New York *

Ceres (women's fraternity) Ceres was an international women's fraternity focused on agriculture. It was created as a women's version of FarmHouse fraternity. Its first chapter was chartered at Colorado State University in 1984. The fraternity ceased operations in the fall ...

, a women's fraternity focused on agriculture

Sport

* Ceres Futebol Clube, a Brazilian football team from the city of Rio de Janeiro * SK Ceres, a Norwegian sports team from Skedsmo, Akershus * United City F.C., a Philippine football team formerly known as Ceres–Negros F.C.

People

* Dragoș Cereș (born 2004), a Moldovan chess master

Other uses

* Ceres (workstation), a computer workstation built at ETH Zürich *

Ceres series (disambiguation) "Ceres series", after Ceres, the goddess of growing plants, may mean any of several series of postage stamps: * Ceres series (France) * Ceres series (Portugal) * Ceres of Corrientes (Argentina) {{disambig ...

, several series of postage stamps representing the goddess Ceres * Ceres Chess Engine, an experimental chess engine that uses Leela Chess Zero networks * Plural of

cere The beak, bill, or Rostrum (anatomy), rostrum is an external anatomical structure found mostly in birds, but also in turtles, non-avian dinosaurs and a few mammals. A beak is used for pecking, wikt:grasp#Verb, grasping, and holding (in wikt:probe ...

, a part of the bill of certain birds