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Discovery of Ceres

Discovery of Ceres
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Ceres is a dwarf planet in the main asteroid belt between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. It was the first object identified in the asteroid belt, discovered on 1 January 1801 by Giuseppe Piazzi at Palermo Astronomical Observatory in Sicily, and announced as a new planet.

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Timeline

  1. Discovery of Ceres (this page)January 1, 1801
  2. Discovery of niobium1801
  3. Discovery of vanadium1801
  4. Discovery of tantalum1802
  5. Discovery of palladium1803
  6. Discovery of rhodium1803

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