On New Year's Day, 1801, Giuseppe Piazzi discovered the asteroid Ceres. His search was inspired by an event that had occurred only about 20 years before. What event?
A) first astronomical use of the telescope by Galileo
B) invention of the first practical reflecting telescope by Newton
C) discovery of Uranus by Herschel
D) discovery of Pluto by Tombaugh
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