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Ceres is the smallest identified dwarf planet in the Solar System and the only one in the asteroid belt.It was discovered on 1 January 1801, by Giuseppe Piazzi, and for half a century was classified as the eighth planet.It is named after Ceres, a Roman goddess.With a diameter of about 950 km (590 miles), Ceres is the largest and most massive body in the asteroid belt and …