The largest asteroid is Ceres, which is about a quarter the size of the moon.
最大的小行星是谷神星,其体积大约是月球的四分之一。
Between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter lies the asteroid belt, which includes the dwarf planet Ceres.
在火星和木星的轨道间分布着小行星带,之中有一颗矮行星谷神星。
So Pluto should be a planet, as should Eris and the dwarf planet Ceres (the largest body in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter), as well as many other objects.
这样看来,冥王星应该属于行星,就像厄里斯和矮行星谷神星(火星和木星之间的小行星带里最大的天体),以及许多其他的物体也应如此。
"We will use the tremendous capabilities of this ion propulsion system to climb out of orbit around Vesta, travel for almost another three years through the asteroid belt to dwarf planet Ceres and then go into orbit around Ceres and undertake the same kind of measurements there that we'll be doing at Vesta.
VOA: special.2011.07.27
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