Neptune
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Neptune is the eighth and farthest known planet orbiting the Sun. It is the fourth-largest planet in the Solar System by diameter, the third-most-massive planet, and the densest giant planet. It is 17
Galileo Galilei may have been the first person to sight Neptune
Urbain Le Verrier mostly successfully predicted Neptune's position
Johann Gottfried Galle was requested by Le Verrier to look for Neptune
John Couch Adams independently calculated Neptune's position
Ceres (dwarf planet)
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Ceres is a dwarf planet in the main asteroid belt between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. It was the first object identified in the asteroid belt, discovered on 1 January 1801 by Giuseppe Piazzi at Pa
Ceres as imaged by Dawn, May 2015. The two bright spots are the crater Haulani (right), and the floor of the crater Oxo (left).
Ceres (bottom left), the Moon and Earth, shown to scale
Relative mean diameters of the four largest minor planets in the asteroid belt (dwarf planet Ceres at left)
Ceres, polar regions (November 2015): North (left); south (right). The south pole is in shadow. "Ysolo Mons" has since been renamed "Yamor Mons."