[DOC] [TLE] Giuseppe Piazzi and the Discovery of Ceres - Lunar and Planetary ... [PAR] In this chapter we focus on the circumstances that led Giuseppe Piazzi (1746
1826) to dis- cover the first asteroid, Ceres, on January 1, 1801. Through the ...... (
1857) wrote: The large number of these bodies known today leads one to 
believe... [DOC] [TLE] Free Flashcards about ASTRONOMY - StudyStack [PAR] IN 1801 GIUSEPPE PIAZZI DISCOVERED THE FIRST KNOWN ONE OF THESE 
HEAVENLY OBJECTS AND DUBBED IT CERES, ASTEROID. THE MUSE OF... [DOC] [TLE] Giuseppe Piazzi - Wikipedia [PAR] Piazzi discovered Ceres, today known as the largest member of the asteroid belt. 
On 1 January 1801 Piazzi discovered a "stellar object" that ... At first he thought it 
was a fixed star, but once he noticed... [DOC] [TLE] Ceres (dwarf planet) - Wikipedia [PAR] Ceres is the largest object in the asteroid belt that lies between the orbits of Mars 
and Jupiter. Its diameter is approximately 945 kilometers (587 miles), making it 
the largest of the minor planets within the orbit of Neptune. The 33rd-largest 
known body in the Solar System, it is the only one identified ... Ceres was the first 
asteroid discovered, by Giuseppe Piazzi at Palermo on 1... [DOC] [TLE] How the first dwarf planet became the asteroid Ceres [PAR] Its discoverer, Giuseppe Piazzi at Palermo Observatory in Sicily, was quick to 
name ... In Germany, the much anticipated planet had been dubbed Hera sixteen 
... object discovered on 1 January 1801 generated huge controversy in Europe, ... 
and call on Juno, Pallas, Apollo or Minerva, for a name to our new heavenly body
. [DOC] [TLE] How the first dwarf planet became the asteroid Ceres (PDF ... [PAR] The discovery on 1 January 1801 of an object between Mars and Jupiter was the 
most ... Its discoverer, Giuseppe Piazzi at Palermo Observatory in Sicily, was 
quick to ... Once another 'planet' dubbed Pallas was discovered in 1802, William 
..... found again in Virgo, the Ceres of ancient times. These. two constellations are
... [DOC] [TLE] the Reclassification of Pluto - Geocentricity [PAR] But to appreciate how that came to pass, we must first look at some ... In 1801, 
Giuseppe Piazzi discovered Ceres, a small body about 580 miles (930 ... Pluto is 
now known to be less than 1% the mass of the earth and is smaller than our 
moon. ... This means that these objects, dubbed plutinos, are locked to Neptune 
in a... [DOC] [TLE] Naming Celestial Objects - Discover Magazine [PAR] Jun 1, 1992 ... Zeus was known as Jupiter to the Romans, and so when Galileo discovered four 
... House whenever they think about Neptune, the naming of heavenly bodies 
involves ... The first asteroid was discovered in 1801 by Italian astronomer 
Giuseppe Piazzi, who at first thought he had discovered a comet, which... [DOC] [TLE] The Asteroids | Atlantis Rising Magazine Library [PAR] The first asteroid was discovered on January 1, 1801 by Giuseppe Piazzi in ... 
Piazzi named the object Ceres, after the Roman goddess of agriculture. ... The 
practice of using feminine names lasted until asteroid number 334 which was 
dubbed ... a renaissance of the sacred feminine; and perhaps these ancient 
archetypes... [DOC] [TLE] The Solar System - Print [PAR] Many of these planets are circled by still smaller objectstheir moons. ... In the 
first few million years after the Sun ignited, major planets formed within this 
gaseous ... Ceres, formerly considered an asteroid, is the sole rocky dwarf planet. 
... On the night of January 1, 1801, the Italian astronomer Giuseppe Piazzi 
discovered a... [DOC] [TLE] How Gauss Determined The Orbit of Ceres - Schiller Institute [PAR] Giuseppe Piazzi on Jan. .... To specify any one of these circles, we require an 
angu- ... first, Piazzi thought he had discovered a small comet with ... book, 
Theory of the Motion of the Heavenly Bodies Moving .... the planets known to him 
moved around the sun in orbits .... Now, let us go back to Fall 1801, as Gauss 
pondered. [DOC] [TLE] The Solar System

Question: In 1801 Giuseppe Piazzi discovered the first known one of these heavenly objects & dubbed it Ceres
Answer: asteroid