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Mysterious asteroid may be reclassified as solar system’s smallest dwarf planet
After causing an uproar, which lasts to this day, by reclassifying Pluto in 2006, the International Astronomical Union is now risking a repeat of the controversy as they consider reclassifying an asteroid as a dwarf planet. Astronomers said Monday that the asteroid Hygiea, which inhabits the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, could soon join Pluto, Ceres, Makemake, Haumea, and Eris, and be considered a dwarf planet after new imaging and data from the European Southern Observatory’s SPHERE instrument on the Very Large Telescope showed Hygiea to be spherical. Also on rt.com

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