SPHERE Image of Hygiea — Credit: ESO

Asteroid Hygiea has been promoted to a dwarf Planet

The Reclassification makes Hygiea the smallest dwarf planet in the entire solar system

Faisal Khan
Nov 5 · 3 min read

ew discoveries in the shape of a strange phenomenon, unknown objects, exoplanets is what keeps my interest alive & fuels my passion for space even further. Astronomers have now promoted an object in the asteroid belt to a dwarf…

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