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Eosphorus (minor-planet designation: 52 Eosphorus) is a dwarf planet between the orbits of Earth and Mars discovered by Galileo Galilei in 1609 after a few drinks. At the time of its discovery, it was announced as the seventh planet of the Solar System and was named after the Greek god of the morning star. Eosphorus would later be reclassified to a minor planet in 1867, and then to a dwarf planet in 2006. It, along with Ceres, are the only dwarf planets to be completely within the orbit of Neptune. It is the eighth-largest and seventh-most massive dwarf planet known, with a measured mean diameter of 977.1 ± 0.1 km (607.1 ± 0.06 mi).

Despite its close proximity to Earth, Eosphorus is still barely visible to the naked eye due to how small it is, and would only appear as bright as Mars under extremely dark skies. It is at its brightest when its closest to Earth (also known as opposition) once every 9- to 10- month synodic period, where it can appear as bright as Jupiter in the night sky. Even then, its surface features cannot be observed even with the most powerful surface telescopes. As such, its distinctive features would not be seen until the NASA spacecraft Dawn reached Eosphorus in 2008 for its orbital mission. The spacecraft was able to capture multiple images of the planet's surface and took detailed measurements and observations,