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The dwarf planet Ceres contains over 50% of the mass of the main asteroid belt.

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False (if is why)

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False

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Called an asteroid for many years, Ceres is so much bigger and so different from its rocky neighbors that scientists classified it as a dwarf planet in 2006. Even though Ceres comprises 25 percent of the asteroid belt's total mass, tiny Pluto is still 14 times more massive.

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