C) It orbits the planet Mars --> it is a false statement
Explanation:
Ceres is a dwarf planet that belongs to the asteroid belt, which is a belt containing a huge number of solid bodies with regular and irregular shapes with size much smaller than the planets, called asteroids.
The asteroid belt is located between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. The largest asteroid in this belt is Ceres, which has a diameter of 945 km and an almost perfect spherical shape.
We can now analyze the statements given about Ceres:
A. It is almost a perfect sphere. --> TRUE, as we said above.
B.
There are no objects of comparable size in the main asteroid belt. --> TRUE. The 2nd largest asteroid in the asteroid belt is Vesta, which has a diameter of 525 km, which is about half of the size of Ceres.
C. It orbits the planet Mars. --> FALSE. The asteroids do not orbit around Mars, neither does Ceres.
D. Its orbit lies between the orbits of the planets Mars and Jupiter. --> TRUE, as we said above.
So, the false statement is C).
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