UNIVERSE
ASTEROIDS
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Question
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Galileo Galilei
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Nicolaus Copernicus
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Giuseppi Piazzi
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Ptolemy
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Detailed explanation-1: -In 1801, while making a star map, Giuseppe Piazzi accidentally discovered a small object 1000 kilometers (600 miles) in diameter between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. Piazzi named the object Ceres. It was the first asteroid to be discovered.
Detailed explanation-2: -Ceres itself was named after the Roman goddess of corn and harvests by its discoverer, Giuseppe Piazzi, who spotted it with his telescope in 1801.
Detailed explanation-3: -Ceres (pronounced /ˈsɪəriːz/, SEER-eez), minor-planet designation 1 Ceres, is a dwarf planet in the asteroid belt between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. It was the first asteroid discovered, on 1 January 1801, by Giuseppe Piazzi at Palermo Astronomical Observatory in Sicily and announced as a new planet.