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Oct 2001

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"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 5251. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Solar System, Asteroids

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The first asteroid to be discovered, by Giuseppe Piazzi on 1 January 1801, and so designated (1) Ceres. The discovery resulted from a search prompted by Bode's law, a numerical relationship between the known major planets which suggested a `missing planet' between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. Ceres is by far the largest of the asteroids, with a diameter of 933 km, and accounts for over one-qua...

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