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Subject: Re: Ceres
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In a message dated 00-12-20 22:23:13 EST, you write:

<< The 200th anniversary of the discovery of the first asteroid,
 Ceres, will be on January 1, 2001.  The discovery was made on the
 first night of the 19th century by the Sicilian astronomer Piazzi.
 His reason for selecting the name Ceres should be obvious to any
 classicist.  >>
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  all that "chaff"? Or because there was a "planet" missing?

allen koenigsberg
bc
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