CERES Definition & Meaning

Ceres

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Classical Mythology. a pre-Roman goddess of agriculture under whose name the Romans adopted the worship of the Greek goddess Demeter.
Astronomy. one of the brightest and by far the largest asteroid in our solar system, discovered in 1801 and located in the asteroid belt: the first asteroid to be discovered, Ceres is also classified as a dwarf planet. Hygieia ( def 2 ), Pallas ( def 2 ), Vesta ( def 2 ).
a town in central California.

Ceres

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noun

the Roman goddess of agriculture Greek counterpartDemeter

Ceres

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the smallest dwarf planet in the solar system, located in the asteroid belt. It has a diameter of 930 kilometres

Ceres

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The closest dwarf planet to the Sun , with an orbit in the asteroid belt. Ceres was the first object in the asteroid belt to be discovered (1801). Initially considered a planet, it was reclassified as an asteroid in the mid-1800s and as a dwarf planet in 2006. It has a diameter of about 960 km (595 mi).
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Ceres

The Roman name for Demeter , the Greek and Roman goddess of agriculture.

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Origin of Ceres¹

First recorded in 1570–80; from Latin ��ŧ��, the goddess of grain and mother of Persephone; as a common noun, “wheat, corn; bread, food”

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Australian firm Ceres Tag uses AI machine learning and satellite communications to track sheep with digital ear tags.

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That is why astrobiologists are increasingly turning their eyes toward icy bodies like the Jovian moons of Europa and Ganymede, Saturn’s moons Titan and Enceladus, Uranus' moon Miranda and the dwarf planet Ceres.

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The coastguard says it has located and detained Ceres I, sailing under the flag of São Tomé and Príncipe, and two tugboats that were towing the vessel off the country's eastern coast.

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Other providers of AI-powered vineyard monitoring equipment include US tech giant Cisco, and smaller firms Ceres Imaging and Bloomfield AI.

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More than 5,300 companies will be required to report their emissions under the California rule, according to Ceres, a nonprofit that works with investors and companies to address environmental challenges.

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