NASA’s Dawn spacecraft is approaching Ceres. Ceres is considered a Dwarf Planet as well as an asteroid. Not only “an” asteroid, but the original asteroid. It’s full name is 1 Ceres because it was the first object classified as an asteroid.
Back in 2006 when the whole Pluto-is-not-a-planet fiasco happened there was talk of Ceres being included in the list of planets. It was discovered in 1801 and for a number of years it actually was considered a planet before getting demoted to asteroid. Then in ’06 it was classified a dwarf planet instead of a planet. I felt bad for the little ball of ice. It was like it had been kicked in the teeth twice. I vowed at that time that I would be the first red head to walk on its surface.
How’s that working out for me?
Inside the Red Head's Head 