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a relatively recent discovery, with the first one--Ceres--only being identified in 1801. Only one asteroid, 4 Vesta, which has a relatively reflective surface, is normally visible to the naked eye in dark skies when it is favorably positioned. Rarely, small asteroids passing close to Earth may be briefly visible to the naked eye. as of 5 2025, the Minor Planet Center had data on 1,460,356 minor planets in the inner and outer Solar System,

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