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An Even Closer View of Ceres Shows Multiple White Spots Now
universetoday.com ^ | Bob King

Posted on 02/05/2015 4:14:32 PM PST by BenLurkin

NASA’s Dawn spacecraft has acquired its latest and closest-yet snapshot of the mysterious dwarf planet world Ceres. These latest images, taken on Feb. 4, from a distance of about 90,000 miles (145,000 km) clearly show craters – including a couple with central peaks – and a clearer though still ambiguous view of that wild white spot that has so many of us scratching our heads as to its nature.

Get ready to scratch some more. The mystery spot has plenty of company.

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TOPICS: Astronomy
KEYWORDS: ceres; dawnspacecraft; nasa; spaceexploration
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Look down along the lower limb to spot a crater with a cool central peak. Note also how many white spots are now visible on Ceres. The mystery spot is a little right of center in this view. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
1 posted on 02/05/2015 4:14:32 PM PST by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

Those are Cereal spots, not to be mistaken for fsurreal.


2 posted on 02/05/2015 4:16:41 PM PST by Elsiejay
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To: BenLurkin

Ceres is made of Swiss cheese. There can be no other explanation.


3 posted on 02/05/2015 4:19:47 PM PST by Politicalkiddo ("Don't let anyone look down on you because you are young..." -1 Timothy 4:12)
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To: Politicalkiddo

In fact, it is, “Settled science.”


4 posted on 02/05/2015 4:21:17 PM PST by Yogafist
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To: BenLurkin

http://xkcd.com/1476/


5 posted on 02/05/2015 4:31:59 PM PST by sportutegrl (-)
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To: Yogafist

Yeah. All those cheese-deniers are just anti-science wackos.


6 posted on 02/05/2015 4:47:19 PM PST by Politicalkiddo ("Don't let anyone look down on you because you are young..." -1 Timothy 4:12)
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7 posted on 02/05/2015 4:54:10 PM PST by ShadowAce (Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
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To: sportutegrl

I read the “What If” on that site every week. It is hilarious!


8 posted on 02/05/2015 4:57:27 PM PST by jtminton
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To: BenLurkin

God’s golf ball?


9 posted on 02/05/2015 4:57:58 PM PST by Robert DeLong (u)
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10 posted on 02/05/2015 5:04:10 PM PST by Moonman62 (The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
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To: BenLurkin

Looks I’ll be the first to say, “This is Ceres.”


11 posted on 02/05/2015 5:04:55 PM PST by Pearls Before Swine
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To: ShadowAce

Ahh, xkcd


12 posted on 02/05/2015 5:05:45 PM PST by Crazieman (Article V or National Divorce. The only solutions now.)
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To: BenLurkin
the mysterious dwarf planet world Ceres

Shouldn't that be the "planet of limited stature"?

13 posted on 02/05/2015 5:07:59 PM PST by Hot Tabasco (Man of "non-color" and proud of it)
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To: Hot Tabasco

Maybe “radius challenged?”


14 posted on 02/05/2015 5:13:25 PM PST by 17th Miss Regt
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Shouldn't that be the "planet of limited stature"?

LoL. In this world, that right there is funny...I don't care who you are.

5.56mm

15 posted on 02/05/2015 5:13:39 PM PST by M Kehoe
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To: Pearls Before Swine

...but definitely not Hugh.


16 posted on 02/05/2015 5:27:25 PM PST by who_would_fardels_bear
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To: BenLurkin

Looks like a jaw breaker half way through a sucking without breaking contest.


17 posted on 02/05/2015 5:27:29 PM PST by Keli Kilohana (Editor, ZARR CHASM CHRONICAL [sic], Sore, WV)
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To: BenLurkin

No civilization possible, if that isn’t ice. No ice = no hockey = no civilization.


18 posted on 02/05/2015 5:34:23 PM PST by NTHockey (Rules of engagement #1: Take no prisoners. And to the NSA trolls, FU)
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To: BenLurkin

We had a cheese ball in the back of the storage drawer in the frig that had white spots on it. (There were also green, blue and black spots. The date on the wrapper indicated that it was probably as old as Ceres.)
Ceres is a cheese ball no question about it.


19 posted on 02/05/2015 5:44:16 PM PST by TaMoDee (Go Pack Go! The Pack will be back in 2015!)
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To: Keli Kilohana
Looks like a jaw breaker half way through a sucking without breaking contest.

Or the bubble gum center has just started to peek through.

20 posted on 02/05/2015 5:44:48 PM PST by OldSmaj (obama is a worthless mohametan. Impeach his ass now!)
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