TIL that the first asteroid ever discovered, Ceres, was "lost" by astronomers and found again due to the mathematical skill of a 24-year-old Carl Friedrich Gauss. Ceres, now considered a dwarf planet, was observed for only 41 days in 1801 before the sun's brightness made its position unobservable.

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TIL that the first asteroid ever discovered, Ceres, was "lost" by astronomers and found again due to the mathematical skill of a 24-year-old Carl Friedrich Gauss. Ceres, now considered a dwarf planet, was observed for only 41 days in 1801 before the sun's brightness made its position unobservable.

TIL that the first asteroid ever discovered, Ceres, was "lost" by astronomers and found again due to the mathematical skill of a 24-year-old Carl Friedrich Gauss. Ceres, now considered a dwarf planet, was observed for only 41 days in 1801 before the sun's brightness made its position unobservable. https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2018/4/30/17301654/johann-carl-friedrich-gauss-google-doodle ralphbernardo July 29, 2022 at 05:55PM

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TIL that the first asteroid ever discovered, Ceres, was "lost" by astronomers and found again due to the mathematical skill of a 24-year-old Carl Friedrich Gauss. Ceres, now considered a dwarf planet, was observed for only 41 days in 1801 before the sun's brightness made its position unobservable.

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