Typical asteroids are irregularly shaped. Why is Ceres not so shaped?
A) Ceres is near Earth; it was shaped into a sphere by Earth's gravitational force.
B) Ceres is relatively massive; its gravitational force is strong enough to crush its material into a sphere.
C) Ceres is near the Sun; the Sun's heat melted Ceres, and it solidified into a sphere.
D) Ceres is shaped like all the other asteroids.
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