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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 53. Chapters: Ceres, Dwarf planet candidates, Plutoids, 2 Pallas, 4 Vesta, Giuseppe Piazzi, 20000 Varuna, 28978 Ixion, IAU definition of planet, 90377 Sedna, Dawn, 50000 Quaoar, 90482 Orcus, List of dwarf planet candidates, 10 Hygiea, (47171) 1999 TC36, (55637) 2002 UX25, (208996) 2003 AZ84, 38628 Huya, (225088) 2007 OR10, (55565) 2002 AW197, (84522) 2002 TC302, (82075) 2000 YW134, (84922) 2003 VS2, 2009 YE7, Ceres in fiction, (15874) 1996 TL66, 2010 EK139, (202421) 2005 UQ513, (119951) 2002 KX14, 2003 UZ413, (42301) 2001 UR163, 2003 QX113, 2006 QH181, (145480) 2005 TB190, (174567) 2003 MW12, (90568) 2004 GV9, 2010 KZ39, Colonization of Ceres, 2005 QU182, 2010 RE64, (120347) Salacia, (35671) 1998 SN165, 2002 MS4, 2008 ST291, (229762) 2007 UK126, (119979) 2002 WC19, 2007 JH43, (145452) 2005 RN43, 19521 Chaos, Mesoplanet, (26375) 1999 DE9, 2001 QF298, (145451) 2005 RM43, (120132) 2003 FY128, (230965) 2004 XA192, 2003 QW90, (120348) 2004 TY364, (144897) 2004 UX10, 1999 CD158, 2007 JJ43. Excerpt: Ceres, formally designated 1 Ceres, is the smallest identified dwarf planet in the Solar System and the only one in the asteroid belt. It was discovered on 1 January 1801 by Giuseppe Piazzi, and for half a century it was classified as the eighth planet. It is named after Ceres, the Roman goddess of growing plants, the harvest, and motherly love. With a diameter of about 950 km (590 mi), Ceres is by far the largest and most massive body in the asteroid belt, and contains almost a third (32%) of the belt's total mass. Observations have revealed that it is spherical, unlike the irregular shapes of smaller bodies with lower gravity. The Cererian surface is probably a mixture of water ice and various hydrated minerals such as carbonates and clays. Ceres appears to be differentiated into a rocky core and ice mantle, and may harbour an ocean of liq...
