 Ceres has a mass of 9 @.@ 39 × 1020 kg as determined from the Dawn spacecraft . With this mass Ceres comprises approximately a third of the estimated total 3 @.@ 0 ± 0 @.@ 2 × 1021 kg mass of the asteroid belt , which is in turn approximately 4 % of the mass of the Moon . Ceres is massive enough to give it a nearly spherical , equilibrium shape . Among Solar System bodies , Ceres is intermediate in size between the smaller Vesta and the larger Tethys . Its surface area is approximately the same as the land area of India or Argentina . 
 Ceres <a href='got' title='1'><mark>has</mark></a> a mass of 9 @.@ 39 × 1020 kg as determined from the Dawn spacecraft . With this mass Ceres <a href='uninflect' title='2'><mark>comprises</mark></a> approximately a third of the estimated total 3 @.@ 0 ± 0 @.@ 2 × 1021 kg mass of the asteroid belt , which <a href='drop_aux' title='3'><mark>is</mark></a>in turn approximately 4 % of the mass of the Moon . Ceres <a href='drop_aux' title='4'><mark>is</mark></a>massive enough to give it a nearly spherical , equilibrium shape . Among Solar System bodies , Ceres <a href='drop_aux' title='5'><mark>is</mark></a>intermediate in size between the smaller Vesta and the larger Tethys . Its surface area <a href='drop_aux' title='6'><mark>is</mark></a>approximately the same as the land area of India or Argentina . 
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