Ceres: everything you need to know about this exciting little planet

Ceres: Everything You Need To Know About This Exciting Little Planet

In 1801, Giuseppe Piazzi, an Italian monk, looked up into the sky through his telescope and discovered what he thought was a comet or an asteroid. He named it Ceres, after the Roman goddess of grain and agriculture. As more was discovered about it over the years, it came into planet status, and is now…