In 2007, NASA’s Dawn spacecraft left the Earth and traveled to the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. Its final destination is a dwarf planet in the belt called Ceres.
On March 6th of 2015, Dawn will arrive at Ceres. Already, some images have been interesting NASA scientists.
Ceres is a very small planet, qualifying both as a huge asteroid and a dwarf planet. It’s 590 miles across, which is approximately the same size as the state of Texas, and scientists have discovered the dwarf planet to consist of 25% water. Observations show huge geysers erupting from the surface and drifting into space. This dwarf planet may be a lot more than some asteroid.
Definitely the strangest aspect of Ceres is this white spot on its surface.
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