[meteorite-list] Ceres, Pallas, Juno & Vesta Were Once Considered Planets

Ron Baalke baalke at zagami.jpl.nasa.gov
Wed Aug 23 16:40:35 EDT 2006


Here's an interesting history of the first asteroids:

http://aa.usno.navy.mil/hilton/AsteroidHistory/minorplanets.html

For roughly 50 years until the 1850's, Ceres, Pallas, Juno and Vesta
were all considered planets.

Ron Baalke





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