 The old astronomical symbol of Ceres is a sickle , 〈 <unk> 〉 ( ) , similar to Venus ' symbol 〈 <unk> 〉 but with a break in the circle . It has a variant 〈 〉 , reversed under the influence of the initial letter ' C ' of ' Ceres ' . These were later replaced with the generic asteroid symbol of a numbered disk , 〈 <unk> 〉 . 
