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

From: Ron Baalke <baalke_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed Aug 23 16:43:25 2006
Message-ID: <200608232040.NAA26327_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>

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
Received on Wed 23 Aug 2006 04:40:35 PM PDT