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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.
Several bright surface features were discovered on the dwarf planet Ceres by the Dawn spacecraft in 2015. [34] The brightest spot is located in the middle of Occator crater, and is called "bright spot 5". There are 130 bright areas that have been discovered on Ceres, which are thought to be salt or ammonia-rich clays. [35]
The dwarf planet Ceres, as imaged by NASA's Dawn spacecraft. As of 2024, only two missions have targeted and explored dwarf planets up close. On March 6, 2015, the Dawn spacecraft entered orbit around Ceres, becoming the first spacecraft to visit a dwarf planet. [86] On July 14, 2015, the New Horizons space probe flew by Pluto and its five moons.
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 ...
Ceres is rich with water, the Dawn spacecraft finds. Ceres is the largest dwarf planet in the inner solar system, and new findings from the Dawn spacecraft reveal this body is covered in salty oceans.
The largest object in the Main Asteroid Belt between Mars and Jupiter is Ceres, an odd, water-rich proto-planet roughly the size of Texas (590 miles in diameter). Scientists have long puzzled ...
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.
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 ...