The First Asteroid: Ceres, 1801-2001
- ISBN-10
- 0970816219
- ISBN-13
- 9780970816214
- Category
- Asteroids
- Pages
- 485
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2001
- Author
- Clifford J. Cunningham
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