Ceres most commonly refers to:

  • Ceres (dwarf planet), the largest asteroid and first to be discovered
  • Ceres (mythology), the Roman goddess of agriculture

Ceres may also refer to:

Places

Australia

  • Ceres, Victoria, Australia
  • CERES Community Environment Park (Centre for Education and Research in Environmental Strategies), a community environmental park in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Brazil

  • Ceres, Goiás, Brazil
  • Ceres Microregion, in north-central Goiás state, Brazil

South Africa

  • Ceres, South Africa, in Western Cape
  • Ga-Ngwetsana, also known as Ceres, Limpopo, South Africa
  • Ceres Koekedouw Dam, dam on the Koekedouw River, near Ceres, Western Cape, South Africa

United States

  • Ceres, California
  • Ceres, Georgia
  • Ceres, Iowa
  • Ceres, New York, a community that also extends into Pennsylvania
  • Ceres, Oklahoma, a community in Noble County
  • Ceres, Virginia
  • Ceres, West Virginia
  • Ceres Township, McKean County, Pennsylvania

Other countries

  • Ceres, Santa Fe, Argentina
  • Ceres, Piedmont, Italy
  • Ceres, Fife, Scotland, UK
  • Ceres Nunataks, Antarctica
  • CERES Ile du Levant, short for Centre d'Essais et de Recherches d'Engins Spéciaux, a rocket launch and missile test site at Ile du Levant island, France

Aircraft, rocket, transport, and vessels

Aircraft, locomotive, car

  • CAC Ceres, a crop-duster aircraft manufactured in Australia
  • Ceres, a West Cornwall Railway steam locomotive
  • Toyota Corolla Ceres a compact, 4-door hardtop sold in Japan
  • Kia Ceres, a version of the Kia Bongo, a 2-door pick up truck
  • Ceres Liner, A transportation brand based in Bacolod.

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, space

  • Ceres rocket family, a spacelaunch rocket series from Galactic Energy
  • Ceres-1, a Chinese four stage carrier rocket by Galactic Energy
  • CERES (satellite), a French spy satellite program

Arts, entertainment, and media

  • Ceres (band), a band from Melbourne, Australia
  • Ceres (sculpture), a c.1770 statuette by Augustin Pajou
  • "Ceres" (The Bear), a TV episode released in 2022
  • Ceres (2005), an orchestral work by Mark-Anthony Turnage
  • Sailor Ceres, a character in Sailor Moon media
  • The titular character of Ceres, Celestial Legend, a manga and mini anime series
  • Ceres Space Colony, from the video game Super Metroid

Brands and enterprises

  • Ceres Brewery, a brewery in Aarhus, Denmark
  • Ceres Cafe, Chicago, Illinois, United States
  • Ceres Fruit Juices, a South African juice company
  • Ceres Hellenic Shipping Enterprises, a Greek shipping company
  • Ceres, Inc., a US energy crop seeds developer
  • Ceres Liner, a bus company in the Philippines
  • Ceres (organization), a coalition of investors and environmentalists (formerly the Coalition for Environmentally Responsible Economies)

Education

  • Ceres Connection, a cooperative program between MIT's Lincoln Laboratory and the Society for Science and the Public dedicated for promoting science education
  • Ceres School, 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, a Brazilian football team from the city of Rio de Janeiro
  • SK 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 (born 2004), a Moldovan chess master

Computing, software, electronics

  • Ceres (workstation), a computer workstation built at ETH Zürich
  • Ceres Chess Engine, an experimental chess engine that uses Leela Chess Zero networks

Groups, organizations

  • Centre for Research on Energy Security (CeRES), an Indian research center on geopolitics and energy
  • Coalition for Environmentally Responsible Economies
  • (French: Center of Socialist Studies, Research and Education), a left-wing political organization founded by Jean-Pierre Chevènement

Other uses

  • Ceres series (disambiguation), several series of postage stamps representing the goddess Ceres
  • California Environmental Resources Evaluation System
  • Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System, an ongoing NASA meteorological experiment.
  • Plural of cere, a part of the bill of certain birds

See also

  • Colonization of Ceres
  • Keres (disambiguation)
  • Keres (mythology), death spirits unconnected with Ceres
  • Seres (disambiguation)
  • Cere (disambiguation)