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The brightest cluster of spots ("Spot 5") is located in an 80-kilometer (50 mi) crater called Occator, [1] [2] which is located at 19.86° N latitude; 238.85 E longitude. [1] [2] Spots on Ceres from different angles. The spot in the center of the crater is named Cerealia Facula, [16] and the group of spots to the east - Vinalia Faculae. [17]
Oxo / ˈ ɒ ʃ oʊ / is a small impact crater on the dwarf planet Ceres. Located in Ceres's northern hemisphere, it is the second-brightest feature on Ceres, after Haulani Crater . The crater was named after the Candomblé (and Yoruba ) god of agriculture.
For example, it is only 28% the size of Earth's Moon and 41% that of Pluto, another dwarf planet. It is comparable in size to Saturn's moons Tethys and Dione. Ceres' small size means that it cooled much faster than full-sized planets and larger moons, limiting its degree of thermal evolution. [7]
Ceres (minor-planet designation: 1 Ceres) is a dwarf planet in the middle main asteroid belt between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.It was the first known asteroid, discovered on 1 January 1801 by Giuseppe Piazzi at Palermo Astronomical Observatory in Sicily, and announced as a new planet.
Scientists have detected ice on the planet's surface, which could mean Ceres is hiding an ocean below its frozen crust. Dwarf planet Ceres may have a huge ocean that could support life Skip to ...
About 6% of white dwarfs show infrared excess due to a disk around a white dwarf. [66] In the past only a relative small sample of white dwarf disks was known. [67] Due to advances in white dwarf detection (e.g. with Gaia or LAMOST) and improvement of WISE infrared catalogs with unWISE/CatWISE, the number has increased to hundreds of candidates.
Ceres, the largest object in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, is an "ocean world" with a big reservoir of salty water under its frigid surface, scientists said in findings that raise ...
Ahuna Mons [2] (/ ə ˈ h uː n ə ˈ m ɒ n z /) is the largest mountain on the dwarf planet and asteroid Ceres.It protrudes above the cratered terrain, is not an impact feature, and is the only mountain of its kind on Ceres.