Ceres, the capital of the Belt, in "The Expanse" TV series

Ceres, located in the Main Asteroid Belt between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter, is the largest known asteroid (~940km in diameter) and the only dwarf planet in the Inner Solar system. In the universe of The Expanse TV series (a political sci-fi drama set in mid-24th century when humans have colonized the entire Solar system) Ceres acts as the de facto capital for the Belt - one of the three competing powers in The Expanse, along with the United Nations (based on Earth) and Mars.

Ceres naturally has a gravity of 0.029g (2,9% of the gravity force on Earth), but in the universe of The Expanse it has been artificially spun up to 0.3g of centrifugal force (so the "gravity" points in the opposite direction, not towards the center of the planet). There is a population of around 6 million in Ceres Station which consists of tens of thousands of kilometers of tunnels bored deep into Ceres. Ceres Station is the most important spaceport in the Belt, 800 to 1'000 ships are docked on Ceres every day, so along with the 6 million permanent residents there are an extra one million transiting through at any given time. Ceres Station was initially governed by the United Nations, but during season 1 of the show Outer Planets Alliance (OPA, a fractured sociopolitical movement trying to unite the Belt) takes control.

The life on Ceres is depicted in season 1 and season 6 of The Expanse. Here you can view some of the best shots from locations on Ceres Station (part of them downscaled from 4K UHD screens for better image quality) as well as some concept art for Ceres:

Mid-town Ceres Station:

Ceres Station docks on the surface of Ceres:

Administrative Plaza of Ceres:

Concept art for The Medina level on Ceres by North Front Studio:

Representatives from Earth, Mars and the Belt discussing the creation of the Transport Union:

Ceres Station docks on the surface of Ceres:

Concept art for Ceres docks by Tim Warnock:

Ceres Station docks:

Mid-town Ceres Station. Note the horizon is tilting up, not down:

Concept art for Mid-town Ceres by North Front Studio:

Detective Miller visiting Administrative Plaza of Ceres:

A ship closing to Ceres:

Marco Inaros at Ceres Station docks:

Free Navy's flagship Pella at Ceres Station docks:

Rocinante at Ceres Station docks:

Rocinante leaving Ceres Station docks:

More content from The Expanse TV series:

• Pallas, the origin of the Free Navy
• Destruction of Deimos
• Ganymede, the breadbasket of the Belt
• Lunar colony in season 5
• Martian colonies in season 5
• Martian colonies in season 4
• Mars in season 2