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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
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posted on
02/05/2015 4:14:32 PM PST
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BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
Those are Cereal spots, not to be mistaken for fsurreal.
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posted on
02/05/2015 4:16:41 PM PST
by
Elsiejay
To: BenLurkin
Ceres is made of Swiss cheese. There can be no other explanation.
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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)
To: Politicalkiddo
In fact, it is, “Settled science.”
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posted on
02/05/2015 4:21:17 PM PST
by
Yogafist
To: BenLurkin
To: Yogafist
Yeah. All those cheese-deniers are just anti-science wackos.
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posted on
02/05/2015 4:47:19 PM PST
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Politicalkiddo
("Don't let anyone look down on you because you are young..." -1 Timothy 4:12)
To: sportutegrl
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posted on
02/05/2015 4:54:10 PM PST
by
ShadowAce
(Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
To: sportutegrl
I read the “What If” on that site every week. It is hilarious!
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posted on
02/05/2015 4:57:27 PM PST
by
jtminton
To: BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
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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.)
To: BenLurkin
Looks I’ll be the first to say, “This is Ceres.”
To: ShadowAce
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posted on
02/05/2015 5:05:45 PM PST
by
Crazieman
(Article V or National Divorce. The only solutions now.)
To: BenLurkin
the mysterious dwarf planet world Ceres
Shouldn't that be the "planet of limited stature"?
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posted on
02/05/2015 5:07:59 PM PST
by
Hot Tabasco
(Man of "non-color" and proud of it)
To: Hot Tabasco
Maybe “radius challenged?”
To: Hot Tabasco
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
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posted on
02/05/2015 5:13:39 PM PST
by
M Kehoe
To: Pearls Before Swine
...but definitely not Hugh.
To: BenLurkin
Looks like a jaw breaker half way through a sucking without breaking contest.
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posted on
02/05/2015 5:27:29 PM PST
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Keli Kilohana
(Editor, ZARR CHASM CHRONICAL [sic], Sore, WV)
To: BenLurkin
No civilization possible, if that isn’t ice. No ice = no hockey = no civilization.
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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)
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.
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posted on
02/05/2015 5:44:16 PM PST
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TaMoDee
(Go Pack Go! The Pack will be back in 2015!)
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.
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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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