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}}'''Ceres''', formerly known as '''Asteroid 1 Ceres''', is the largest planetoid and the first identified object in the [[Asteroid Belt]], roughly one-fourth of the diameter of the [[Moon]]. Giuseppe Piazzi discovered it on January 1, 1801. Recently, in the wake of the [[Eris]]-[[Pluto]] controversy, the [[International Astronomical Union]] has declared that it is more than a mere asteroid and qualifies as a [[dwarf planet]].
}}'''Ceres''', formerly known as '''Asteroid 1 Ceres''', is the largest planetoid and the first identified object in the [[Asteroid Belt]], roughly one-fourth of the diameter of the [[Moon]]. Giuseppe Piazzi discovered it on January 1, 1801. Recently, in the wake of the [[Eris]]-[[Pluto]] controversy, the [[International Astronomical Union]] has declared that it is more than a mere asteroid and qualifies as a [[dwarf planet]].