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According to Stellarium, on March 8th, 2016, at 12:00:00, the large asteroid Ceres was at one of its closest approaches to the Sun for the next 100 years. Despite that close separation from the Sun, what was the magnitude of the asteroid at its close approach to the Sun?

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Ceres has a Perihelion of 2.55 AU.

Explanation:

In astronomy, the perihelion, which comes from peri (around, near) and helium (Sun), is the point of the orbit of a body, as a planet, dwarf planet, asteroid, or comet, which is closest to the sun.

Ceres is a dwarf planet located in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, being the largest of the asteroids. Since its discovery in 1801 by Giuseppe Piazzi, Ceres has received several classifications, being initially considered a planet and later an asteroid. In 2006 it was classified in the category of dwarf planet. Ceres has a Perihelion of 2.55 AU.

But the closest asteroid from the sun is the (164294) 2004 XZ130 with a distance of 0.62 AU.

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