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 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 is 187 km. from the state ...

, 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 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 a ...

* Ceres, Georgia *

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 Genesee is a town in Allegany County, New York, United States. The population was 1,653 at the 2020 census. Genesee is in the southwestern corner of the county, southeast of Olean. History The first settler arrived ''circa'' 1823. The town of ...

, 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 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 Ceres is a municipality San Cristóbal Department, in Santa Fe Province, Argentina. The town of Ceres is northwest of the provincial capital Santa Fe and has a population of 16,054 The town is situated from the border with Santiago del Es ...

, Argentina *

Ceres, Victoria Ceres is a locality of Geelong, Victoria, Australia. As one of the highest points in Geelong, Ceres has a lookout which overlooks the city. In the 2016 census, Ceres had a population of 254 people. History The Ceres area was first settled by s ...

, 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 Tarvit ...

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

, 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 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

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) Ceres were an Australian rock band, formed in 2012 in Melbourne and signed by record label Cooking Vinyl Australia. The band released their debut studio album, ''I Don't Want To Be Anywhere But Here'' in 2014 and released a further two studio ...

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

Mark-Anthony Turnage Mark-Anthony Turnage CBE (born 10 June 1960) is a British composer of classical music. Biography Turnage was born in Corringham, Essex. He began composing at age nine and at fourteen began studying at the junior section of the Royal College of ...

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

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) Ceres International Women's Fraternity is a social women's fraternity focused on Agriculture founded on August 17, 1984 at the International Conclave of FarmHouse fraternity. History The 1980 Conclave passed a proposal that pilot women's FH clu ...

, 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., 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), a computer workstation built at ETH Zürich * Ceres series (disambiguation), 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 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 eating, preening, manipulating objects, killing prey, fighting, probing for food, ...