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'''Ceres''' is a [[dwarf planet]]. It was classified as such when this new category was created by the [[IAU]] in [[2006]]. When it was discovered on the first day of the [[19th century]], Ceres was classified as a [[planet]], albeit a strangely small one; after the discovery of [[Pallas]], [[Juno]] | '''Ceres''' is a [[dwarf planet]]. It was classified as such when this new category was created by the [[IAU]] in [[2006]]. When it was discovered on the first day of the [[19th century]], Ceres was classified as a [[planet]], albeit a strangely small one; after the discovery of [[Pallas]], [[Juno]], [[Vesta]] and other small bodies with similar orbits, it was reclassified as the largest [[asteroid]], which status it retains alongside its new one. | ||
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Ceres is a dwarf planet. It was classified as such when this new category was created by the IAU in 2006. When it was discovered on the first day of the 19th century, Ceres was classified as a planet, albeit a strangely small one; after the discovery of Pallas, Juno, Vesta and other small bodies with similar orbits, it was reclassified as the largest asteroid, which status it retains alongside its new one.