Ceres most commonly refers to: *

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

, the largest asteroid *

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 Ceres is a Municipalities of Brazil, municipality in Goiás (Portuguese pronunciation: �ojˈjas state, Brazil. Located atop the Brazilian Highlands, it was one of the first agricultural colonies built in the state of Goiás. Geography Ceres i ...

, Brazil *

Ceres Microregion The Ceres Microregion is located in north-central Goiás state, Brazil. It includes 22 cities with a total population of 215,820 inhabitants (2007). The total area is 13,224.40 km2. The most important cities are Ceres, Goiás, Ceres and Goi ...

, in north-central Goiás state, Brazil

United States

* Ceres, California *

Ceres, Georgia Ceres (also, Hopewell) is an unincorporated community in Crawford County, Georgia, United States. History The community was named after Ceres Ceres most commonly refers to: * Ceres (dwarf planet), the largest asteroid * Ceres (mythology), the Ro ...

Ceres, Iowa Ceres is an unincorporated community in Clayton County, Iowa Iowa () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States, bordered by the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri River and Big Sioux River to the west. It is bor ...

* Ceres, New York, a community that also extends into Pennsylvania *

Ceres, Oklahoma Ceres () is an unincorporated community in Noble County, Oklahoma, United States. It is located north of Perry, south of Tonkawa, east-northeast of Enid and southwest of Ponca City, off U.S. 77 and SH-15. The town was named McKinney shortly aft ...

, 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 has mild differences bet ...

Ceres, Washington Ceres is an unincorporated community in Lewis County, in the U.S. state of Washington. It is located off Washington State Route 6 in a bend of the Chehalis River. The Willapa Hills Trail bisects the area. History A post office called Ceres was e ...

Ceres, West Virginia Ceres is an unincorporated community in Mercer County, West Virginia, United States. Ceres is located on West Virginia Route 123, south-southwest of Princeton Princeton University is a private research university in Princeton, New Jersey. F ...

Ceres Township, McKean County, Pennsylvania Ceres Township is a township in McKean County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 836 at the 2020 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , all land. Demographics As of the ...

Other countries

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

Ceres, Piedmont Ceres is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northwest of Turin. Its train station is the terminus of the Turin–Ceres railway service. Ceres borders the following munici ...

, Italy * Ceres, Fife, Scotland *

Ceres, Western Cape Ceres is the administrative centre and largest town of the Witzenberg Local Municipality in the Western Cape Province of South Africa. Ceres serves as a regional centre for the surrounding towns of Wolseley, Tulbagh, Op-die-Berg and Prince Alf ...

, South Africa *

Ceres Nunataks The Ceres Nunataks () are a group of three nunataks located immediately east of the base of Shostakovich Peninsula in southern Alexander Island, Antarctica. They were mapped by the Directorate of Overseas Surveys from satellite imagery supplied by ...

, Antarctica *

Ceres Koekedouw Dam Ceres Koekedouw Dam is a rockfill type dam on the Koekedouw River, near Ceres, Western Cape, South Africa. Its primary purpose is for irrigation. See also *List of reservoirs and dams in South Africa *List of rivers of South Africa References ...

, dam on the Koekedouw River, near Ceres, Western Cape, South Africa

Acronyms

CERES (satellite) CERES (CapacitÉ de Renseignement Électromagnétique Spatiale) is a French space-based electronic surveillance constellation designed to collect intelligence of electromagnetic origins anywhere in the world. Consisting of three formation-fl ...

, a planned French spy satellite program *

California Environmental Resources Evaluation System The California Environmental Resources Evaluation System (CERES) is a California Resources Agency program established to coordinate and provide access to a variety of environmental and geoinformation electronic data about California. The goal of CE ...

* Center for Eurasian, Russian, and East European Studies at Georgetown University *

Centre for Research on Energy Security The Centre for Research on Energy Security (CeRES) is an Indian research center housed at The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) focusing on Indian relations to energy and consequences on itself and the world, diplomatically, economically an ...

(CeRES), an Indian research center on geopolitics and energy *

CERES Community Environment Park CERES Community Environment Park is a environmental education centre and social enterprise located in urban Brunswick East, Victoria, Australia. CERES (pronounced ''series)'' stands for Centre for Education and Research in Environmental Strat ...

(Centre for Education and Research in Environmental Strategies), a community environmental park in Melbourne, Australia. * Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System, an ongoing NASA meteorological experiment. *

Coalition for Environmentally Responsible Economies A coalition is a group 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 or economical spaces. Formation According to ''A Gui ...

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

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

Aircraft, rocket, transport, and vessels

Aircraft, locomotive, car

CAC Ceres The Commonwealth Aircraft CA-28 Ceres was a crop-duster aircraft manufactured in Australia by the Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation (CAC) between 1959 and 1963. The aircraft was a development of the Wirraway trainer of World War II. Developmen ...

, 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 The Toyota Sprinter Marino is a four-door hardtop version of the Toyota Sprinter sedan produced between 1992 and 1998 (series E100 Corolla) for sale in Japan. The Toyota Corolla Ceres ( ja, トヨタ・カローラセレス) is a slightly restyled ...

a compact, 4-door hardtop sold in Japan * Kia Ceres, a version of the Kia Bongo, a 2-door pick up truck

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 Galactic Energy () is a Chinese private space launch enterprise flying the Ceres-1 and developing the Pallas-1 and 2 orbital rockets. The company's long-term objective is to mine asteroids for rare metals and minerals. History Galactic Energ ...

, a PR of China four stage rocket

Arts, entertainment, and media

* Ceres (band), a band from Australia * ''Ceres'' (sculpture), a c.1770 statuette by Augustin Pajou *''Ceres'' (2005), an orchestral work by Mark-Anthony Turnage * Sailor Ceres, a character in ''Sailor Moon'' media * The titular character of ''

Ceres, Celestial Legend ''Ceres, Celestial Legend'', known in Japan as , is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yuu Watase. It was originally serialized in Shōgakukan's magazine ''Shōjo Comic'' from May 1996 to March 2000, with its chapters collecte ...

'', a manga and mini anime series * Ceres Space Colony, from the video game '' Super Metroid''

Brands and enterprises

Ceres (organization) Ceres is a non-profit sustainability advocacy organization based in Boston, Massachusetts and founded in 1989. In 2007, Ceres was named one of the 100 most influential players in corporate governance by ''Directorship'' magazine. Ceres was a rec ...

, a coalition of investors and environmentalists (formerly the Coalition for Environmentally Responsible Economies) *

Ceres Brewery The Ceres Brewery was a beer and soft drink producing facility in Århus, Denmark, that operated from 1856 until 2008. Although the brewery was closed by its owner Royal Unibrew the Ceres brand continues, with the product brewed at other faciliti ...

, a brewery in Aarhus, Denmark *

Ceres Fruit Juices Ceres Fruit Juices Pty Ltd, trading as The Ceres Beverage Company, is a beverage company based in Paarl, South Africa. It produces fruit juice and other fruit based products and is a subsidiary of Pioneer Foods. Ceres advertises their products be ...

, a South African juice company *

Ceres Hellenic Shipping Enterprises Ceres Hellenic Enterprises is a large traditional Greek ship management company based in London. It was founded by George Livanos in 1949, but family shipping interests in fact date back to 1824. It is currently run by Peter G. Livanos. It owns, ...

, a Greek shipping company *

Ceres, Inc. Ceres, Inc. was a biotechnology company based in Thousand Oaks, California, United States that operated from 1996 to 2016, when it was acquired by Land O'Lakes. The company was a spinoff from UCLA researchers. Its ultimate commercial products were ...

, a US energy crop seeds developer *

Ceres Liner Vallacar Transit Incorporated (VTI) is a Philippine transportation service under the umbrella of the Yanson Group of Bus Companies (YGBC), serving as its flagship subsidiary. The bus company is a family-owned and managed business that has grow ...

, a bus company in the Philippines

Education

Ceres Connection The Ceres Connection is a cooperative program between MIT's Lincoln Laboratory and the Society for Science and the Public dedicated to promoting science education. It names asteroids discovered under the LINEAR project after teachers and contesti ...

, a cooperative program between MIT's Lincoln Laboratory and the Society for Science and the Public dedicated for promoting science education *

Ceres School Ceres School is a historic two-room school building located at Ceres in Allegany County, New York. It was built in 1855 and remodeled in 1893 with Italianate and Queen Anne style design elements. It is a one-story, gross-gabled frame building t ...

, an historic school building located at Ceres in Allegany County, New York * Ceres (women's fraternity), a women's fraternity focused on agriculture

Sport

Ceres Futebol Clube Ceres Futebol Clube, usually known simply as Ceres, is a Brazilian Football League Teams, Brazilian football team from the city of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro (state), Rio de Janeiro state, founded on July 10, 1933. History On July 10, 193 ...

, a Brazilian football team from the city of Rio de Janeiro * Sportsklubben Ceres, a Norwegian sports team from Skedsmo, Akershus *

United City F.C. United City Football Club is a Filipino professional football club based in New Clark City in Capas, Tarlac, that competes in Philippines Football League (PFL), the top-tier league of football in the Philippines. From 2012 to 2020, the club was ...

, a Philippine football team formerly known as Ceres–Negros F.C.

People

Dragoș Cereș Dragoș Cereș (born 2004) is a Moldovan chess player who holds the title of International Master (IM, 2022). He won Moldovan Chess Championship (2022). Biography Dragoș Cereș multiple times won Moldovan Youth Chess Championships in variou ...

(born 2004), a Moldovan chess master

Other uses

Ceres (workstation) The Ceres Workstation was a workstation computer built by Niklaus Wirth's group at ETH Zurich in 1987.The central processing unit (CPU) is a National Semiconductor NS32000, and the operating system, named '' Oberon System'' is written fully in th ...

, 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) The Ceres series of Portuguese postage stamps is a definitive series depicting the Rom ...

, 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