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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 in [[ | '''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 in [[1801]], Ceres was classified as a planet, albeit a strangely small one; after the discovery of [[Pallas]], [[Juno]] and [[Vesta]], 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 in 1801, Ceres was classified as a planet, albeit a strangely small one; after the discovery of Pallas, Juno and Vesta, it was reclassified as the largest asteroid, which status it retains alongside its new one.