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Piazzi died on July 22, 1826. Almost 200 years later, in 2006, Ceres was re-designated again, making Piazzi the first person to discover a dwarf planet.

The post Scientists Might Just Have Discovered Another Dwarf Planet Sibling For Pluto first on TwistedSifter. In 2006, Ceres – located in our solar system’s main asteroid belt – was officially ...

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