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Ceres (/ˈsɪəriːz/;[16] minor-planet designation: 1 Ceres) is the largest object in theasteroid belt, which lies between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. Its diameter is approximately 945 kilometers (587 miles),[6] making it the largest of the minor planets within the orbit of Neptune. The thirty-third largest known body in theSolar System, it is the only one identified orbiting entirely within the orbit of Neptune that is a dwarf planet.[17] Composed of rock and ice, Ceres is estimated to comprise approximately one third of the mass of the entire asteroid belt. Ceres is the only object in the asteroid belt known to be unambiguously rounded by its own gravity. From Earth, the apparent magnitude of Ceres ranges from 6.7 to 9.3, and hence even at its brightest, it is too dim to be seen with the naked eye, except under extremely dark skies.

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Name Missions & Mission Experience Targets Techniques Major Facilities & Instrument Development
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Dan Berman 		Dawn, MRO, MSL Ceres, Mars, Moon, Vesta Crater Counting, Geomorphology, Mapping, Virtual Reality (VR), Volcanism
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Roger Clark 		Cassini, Chandrayaan 1 (India), Europa Clipper, Galileo, Mars Global Surveyor, Mars Observer, MRO ** Instrument Co-Investigator, Mission Co-Investigator Asteroids, Ceres, Comets, Dwarf planets, Earth, Exoplanets, Icy satellites, Interplanetary Dust, Io, Jupiter, Kuiper Belt, Mars, Mercury, Moon, Neptune, Planetary rings, Pluto, Saturn, Small satellites, Titan, Uranus, Venus, Vesta Geology, Ground-based observing, Mapping, Mineralogy, Numerical modeling, Photometry, Remote sensing, Space-based observing, Spectroscopy
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Jean-Philippe Combe 		Cassini, Chandrayaan 1 (India), Dawn, Mars Express (ESA), Rosetta ** Calibration/Test planning, Mission Co-Investigator, Mission science team Asteroids, Ceres, Comets, Earth, Enceladus, Europa, Icy satellites, Mars, Moon, Phobos, Planetary rings, Titan, Vesta Education/Public Outreach (EPO), Field Work, Laboratory Spectroscopy, Mapping, Mineralogy, Numerical modeling, Photometry, Remote sensing, Space-based observing, Spectroscopy Cameras, FTIR, Imaging spectrometers, Spectrometers, Thermal radiometers
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David Crown 		Dawn, Mars Odyssey, MRO Ceres, Dwarf planets, Earth, Icy satellites, Io, Mars, Moon, Venus Crater Counting, Education/Public Outreach (EPO), Field Work, Geology, Geomorphology, Mapping, Radar, Remote sensing, Tectonics, Volcanism
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William Feldman 		ACE, Dawn, Giotto (ESA), Lunar Prospector, Mariner 10, Mars Observer, Mars Odyssey, MESSENGER, Pioneer 10, Pioneer 11, Ulysses ** Calibration/Test planning, Data validation, Instrument operations, Instrument PI, Mission Co-Investigator, Mission science team, Requirements generation and flow down Ceres, Mars, Mercury, Moon, Solar particles/Solar wind, Vesta Education/Public Outreach (EPO), Neutron detectors, Remote sensing, Space-based observing, Spectroscopy
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Amara Graps 		Cassini, Dawn, Galileo, IRAS, New Horizons, Rosetta, Ulysses, Voyager ** Calibration/Test planning, Data archive, Data validation, Instrument operations, Mission science team, Requirements generation and flow down, Science operations Asteroids, Ceres, Comets, Dwarf planets, Enceladus, Icy satellites, Interplanetary Dust, Io, Io torus, Jupiter, Meteorites, Moon, Planetary rings, Saturn, Small satellites, Solar particles/Solar wind, Uranus, Vesta Astrobiology, Education/Public Outreach (EPO), Ground-based observing, Magnetospherics, Numerical modeling, Photometry, Remote sensing, Shape modeling, Space-based observing, Volcanism IRTF, Palomar ** Cameras, Dust counter
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JA Grier 		Asteroids, Ceres, Mars, Mercury, Moon, Small satellites, Vesta Crater Counting, Education/Public Outreach (EPO), Geology, Remote sensing, Spectroscopy
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Amanda Hendrix 		Cassini, Galileo, HST, IUE, LRO, Mariner 10, Mariner 9 ** Data archive, Deputy Mission PI, Instrument Co-Investigator, Mission science team, Requirements generation and flow down, Science operations Asteroids, Callisto, Ceres, Deimos, Enceladus, Europa, Ganymede, Iapetus, Icy satellites, Io, Io torus, Moon, Phobos, Planetary rings, Small satellites, Vesta Photometry, Remote sensing, Space-based observing, Spectroscopy Spectrometers
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Jeffrey Kargel 		Cassini, Galileo, Mars Global Surveyor, Mars Observer, Mars Odyssey, Mars Pathfinder, Mars Polar Lander, MESSENGER, MSL, New Horizons, Voyager ** Mission science team Asteroids, Ceres, Earth, Enceladus, Europa, Icy satellites, Io, Mars, Mercury, Pluto, Titan, Trans-Neptunian objects, Venus Astrobiology, Climate, Field Work, Geochemistry, Geology, Geomorphology, Remote sensing
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Lucille Le Corre 		Cassini, Dawn, Hayabusa 1 (Japan), Hayabusa2 (Japan), OSIRIS-REx ** Calibration/Test planning, Data archive, Science operations Asteroids, Ceres, Dwarf planets, Europa, Icy satellites, Meteorites, Small satellites, Titan, Vesta Geology, Geomorphology, Ground-based observing, Mapping, Mineralogy, Remote sensing, Shape modeling, Space-based observing, Spectroscopy IRTF ** Cameras, Imaging spectrometers, Spectrometers
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Larry Lebofsky 		Asteroids, Ceres, Dwarf planets, Exoplanets, Icy satellites, Meteorites, Moon, Pluto, Small satellites Education/Public Outreach (EPO), Ground-based observing
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Jian-Yang Li 		Chang'E 2 (China), Dawn, Deep Impact, EPOXI, HST, OSIRIS-REx, Stardust-NExT ** Calibration/Test planning, Data archive, Data validation, Mission science team, Science operations Asteroids, Ceres, Comets, Dwarf planets, Interplanetary Dust, Small satellites, Vesta Ground-based observing, Mapping, Photometry, Remote sensing, Space-based observing, Thermal modeling ALMA, Gemini, Palomar
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Tom McCord 		Apollo, Cassini, Chandrayaan 1 (India), Dawn, Europa Clipper, Galileo, Mariner 9, Mars Express (ESA), Rosetta ** Calibration/Test planning, Data archive, Data validation, Instrument Co-Investigator, Instrument PI, Mission science team, Optical design, Requirements generation and flow down, Science operations Asteroids, Callisto, Ceres, Comets, Earth, Enceladus, Europa, Ganymede, Iapetus, Icy satellites, Mars, Mercury, Meteorites, Moon, Small satellites, Titan, Vesta Geochemistry, Geology, Laboratory Spectroscopy, Mineralogy, Remote sensing, Spectroscopy, Thermal modeling Cerro Tololo, IRTF, Kitt Peak, Palomar ** Cameras, FTIR, Imaging spectrometers, Spectrometers
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Scott Mest 		Dawn, LRO, Mars Odyssey, MRO Asteroids, Ceres, Dwarf planets, Mars, Moon, Vesta Remote sensing, Geology, Crater Counting, Geomorphology, Mapping
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Jamie Molaro 		OSIRIS-REx Asteroids, Ceres, Comets, Enceladus, Europa, Icy satellites, Moon Education/Public Outreach (EPO), Field Work, Geomorphology, Numerical modeling, Thermal modeling
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Carol Neese 		Cassini, Dawn, OSIRIS-REx ** Data archive Asteroids, Ceres, Dwarf planets, Icy satellites, Interplanetary Dust, Kuiper Belt, Meteorites, Pluto, Small satellites, Vesta
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Eldar Noe Dobrea 		Dawn, LRO, Mars Express (ESA), Mars Odyssey, MER, MRO, MSL ** Calibration/Test planning, Data validation, Instrument Co-Investigator, Mission Co-Investigator, Mission operations, Mission science team, Science operations Asteroids, Ceres, Earth, Mars, Moon, Venus Astrobiology, Geology, Geomorphology, Mineralogy, Remote sensing, Spectroscopy Cameras, FTIR, Spectrometers
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David O'Brien 		Dawn Asteroids, Ceres, Comets, Dwarf planets, Exoplanets, Icy satellites, Small satellites, Vesta Astrobiology, Numerical modeling, Remote sensing
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Thomas Prettyman 		Dawn, Lunar Prospector, Mars Odyssey, Psyche ** Calibration/Test planning, Data archive, Data validation, Electronics design, Flight Software, Instrument operations, Instrument PI, Mission Co-Investigator, Mission operations, Mission science team, Requirements generation and flow down Asteroids, Ceres, Comets, Dwarf planets, Earth, Mars, Meteorites, Moon, Small satellites, Vesta 3D Printing, Education/Public Outreach (EPO), Field Work, Gamma-ray spectroscopy, Geochemistry, Geology, Mapping, Neutron detectors, Neutron spectroscopy, Numerical modeling, Remote sensing, Shape modeling Gamma-ray detectors, Neutron detectors
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Norbert Schorghofer 		Dawn ** Mission science team Ceres, Earth, Mars, Moon Astrobiology, Climate, Field Work, Geomorphology, Numerical modeling, Thermal modeling
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Hanna Sizemore 		Dawn, Phoenix Mars Lander ** Mission science team Ceres, Mars Climate, Mapping, Numerical modeling, Thermal modeling
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Jordan Steckloff 		Cassini, EPOXI, Stardust-NExT Asteroids, Ceres, Charon, Comets, Dwarf planets, Icy satellites, Kuiper Belt, Mercury, Moon, Pluto, Small satellites, Titan, Trans-Neptunian objects, Vesta Celestial Mechanics, Education/Public Outreach (EPO), Numerical modeling, Thermal modeling
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Mark Sykes 		Dawn, HST, IRAS, ISO (ESA), MSX, NEOWISE, Spitzer ** Data archive, Mission Co-Investigator, Mission science team, Science operations Asteroids, Ceres, Charon, Comets, Deimos, Dwarf planets, Interplanetary Dust, Mars, Mercury, Moon, Phobos, Pluto, Small satellites, Vesta Ground-based observing, Photometry, Radiometry, Remote sensing, Space-based observing ALMA, IRTF, Kitt Peak, MMT, SMT
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Ed Tedesco 		IRAS, ISO (ESA), IUE, MSX, NEOSSat (Canada), Spitzer ** Calibration/Test planning, Data archive, Data validation, Deputy Mission PI, Mission Co-Investigator, Mission science team, Requirements generation and flow down, Science operations Asteroids, Ceres, Dwarf planets, Pluto, Small satellites, Vesta Astrometry, Ground-based observing, Photometry, Radiometry, Remote sensing, Space-based observing Cerro Tololo, IRTF, Kitt Peak, Palomar ** Cameras
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Bryan Travis 		Asteroids, Ceres, Earth, Icy satellites, Mars Astrobiology, High-Throughput Computing (HTC), Mineralogy, Numerical modeling, Remote sensing, Space-based observing
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Stephen Wood 		Mars Polar Lander, Phoenix Mars Lander ** Calibration/Test planning, Data archive, Flight Software, Instrument Co-Investigator, Instrument operations, Mission science team, Requirements generation and flow down, Science operations Asteroids, Callisto, Ceres, Earth, Icy satellites, Mars, Mercury, Moon Astrobiology, Atmospheres, Climate, Geomorphology, Laboratory Spectroscopy, Numerical modeling, Radiometry, Remote sensing, Thermal Emission Spectroscopy, Thermal modeling Cameras, Imaging spectrometers, FTIR
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Naoyuki Yamashita 		Dawn, Kaguya (Japan) ** Calibration/Test planning, Data archive, Data validation, Instrument operations, Mission science team Asteroids, Ceres, Mars, Moon, Vesta Gamma-ray spectroscopy, Neutron spectroscopy, Numerical modeling, Remote sensing Gamma-ray detectors, Neutron detectors
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Aileen Yingst 		Dawn, Mars Pathfinder, Mars Polar Lander, MER, MSL ** Calibration/Test planning, Deputy Instrument PI, Instrument Co-Investigator, Instrument operations, Mission operations, Mission science team, Requirements generation and flow down, Science operations Ceres, Earth, Mars, Moon, Vesta Education/Public Outreach (EPO), Geology, Geomorphology, Mapping, Remote sensing, Spectroscopy, Volcanism Cameras
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