stackyFACTSWhile everyone was looking past Mars for the next big planet, they missed the absolute unit lurking right in the middle of the asteroid belt. Ceres accounts for an entire third of the belt's total mass, making it a perfectly round dwarf planet that just hangs out surrounded by cosmic rubble.
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