Eleventh planet term "planet" was redefined to exclude the new category of dwarf planets (just as some planets had earlier been recategorised as asteroids). In 2006 Pluto, Eris, Haumea, Makemake, and (in the inner Solar System) the asteroid Ceres were reclassified as dwarf planets. Eleventh planet Eleventh planet (of the Solar System) may refer to Vesta, the eleventh object to be named a planet, later to be reclassified as an asteroid; Uranus, the eleventh planet from the Sun upon Vesta's discovery, though this was quickly superseded by new discoveries; or Haumea, which would be the eleventh planet if the classification advocated by
Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope The Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope (DKIST), is a scientific facility for studies of the sun under construction at Haleakala Observatory on the Hawaiian island of Maui named after Daniel K. Inouye, a US Senator for Hawaii. With a planned completion date of 2019, it is expected to become the world's largest solar telescope sporting a 4-meter aperture. The DKIST is funded by National Science Foundation and managed by the National Solar Observatory. Until 2013 it was known as the Advanced Technology Solar Telescope (ATST). It is a collaboration of numerous research institutions. The DKIST