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which indian astronomer discovered an asteroid for the first time

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Answered by khaninayath302
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1801

Discovery of Asteroids

In 1801, while making a star map, Giuseppe Piazzi accidentally discovered a small object 1000 kilometers (600 miles) in diameter between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. Piazzi named the object Ceres. It was the first asteroid to be discovered.

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