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What's That Spot On World Ceres?
JPL ^ | Unknown | NASA

Posted on 07/31/2015 8:51:48 AM PDT by JimSEA

What's the spot on World Ceres? Can you guess what's creating those unusual bright spots on Ceres? On March 6, NASA's Dawn spacecraft began orbiting Ceres, the largest body in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. Even before the spacecraft arrived at the dwarf planet, images revealed mysterious bright spots that captivated scientists and observers alike. Until Dawn gets a closer look over the next few months, it's anyone's guess what those spots could be. So, go ahead! Cast your vote below. - See more at: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/dawn/world_ceres/#sthash.bwDwq56N.dpuf

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TOPICS: Astronomy; Science; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: ceres; solarsystem
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Kind of dumb poll, results at the source after you vote. The point is that no one knows and there is no consensus.
1 posted on 07/31/2015 8:51:48 AM PDT by JimSEA
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I rack it up there with the “real” crop circles.


2 posted on 07/31/2015 8:54:15 AM PDT by cuban leaf (The US will not survive the obama presidency. The world may not either.)
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Capitalism. The rest of Ceres is run by communists, like North Korea, so of course it’s dark.


3 posted on 07/31/2015 8:54:30 AM PDT by AZLiberty (I identify as me.)
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Aliens of the outer space kind.


4 posted on 07/31/2015 8:55:06 AM PDT by Paladin2 (Ive given up on aphostrophys and spell chek on my current device...)
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Are you Ceres?


5 posted on 07/31/2015 8:55:06 AM PDT by AZLiberty (I identify as me.)
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a sign in the ‘heavens’ of His approaching Coming

Mrs. Esopman


6 posted on 07/31/2015 8:56:27 AM PDT by esopman (Blessings on Freepers Everywhere and Their Most Intelligent Designer)
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Lidar...


7 posted on 07/31/2015 8:57:31 AM PDT by Truth29
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8 posted on 07/31/2015 8:59:07 AM PDT by Kartographer ("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
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Lemme guess: the Rose Law Firm billing records?


9 posted on 07/31/2015 8:59:23 AM PDT by Old Sarge (Its the Sixties all over again, but with crappy music...)
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10 posted on 07/31/2015 9:02:24 AM PDT by Mr. K (If it is HilLIARy -vs- Jeb! then I am writing-in Palin/Cruz)
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I was waiting for that. It answers all questions. 😱
11 posted on 07/31/2015 9:05:52 AM PDT by JimSEA
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My campfires. I was roasting weenies and the grease dripping off them really turns up the flames. Sorry.


12 posted on 07/31/2015 9:08:42 AM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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This is hugh!


13 posted on 07/31/2015 9:47:35 AM PDT by beethovenfan (Islam is a cancer on civilization.)
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The point is that no one knows and there is no consensus.

We don't need to know, as long as we get consensus. It's the brave new world of science.
14 posted on 07/31/2015 9:50:37 AM PDT by chrisser (This space for rent.)
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DiLithium crystals of course


15 posted on 07/31/2015 9:53:02 AM PDT by mistfree (It's a very uncreative man who can't think of more than one way to spell a word.)
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World Ceres? Is that a baseball joke?


16 posted on 07/31/2015 9:53:20 AM PDT by sparklite2 (Voting is acting white.)
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Pieces of a comet that crashed into Ceres.


17 posted on 07/31/2015 11:02:05 AM PDT by 2001convSVT (Going Galt as fast as I can.)
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I’m willing to wager that most people have no idea Ceres even exists.


18 posted on 07/31/2015 5:24:40 PM PDT by Reaper19
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Are you Ceres?


Quite. ;-)

Just as michael medved thinks most conspiracy theories are stupid, but he thinks there is something to the flight 800 one, I think there is something to some of the crop circles. A lot of them are obviously fake, while others are very good and convincing, yet fake. And then others are not explainable.

I don’t know what they mean, but there is a lot of stuff I don’t know. :-)

So far, no “natural” explanation for the bright spots has really made sense. They are sort of “marsh gas” types of explanations. However, once we get better images it may turn out to be a simple explanation that is just kinda unlikely, but accurate in this case.

BTW, the same goes for all the weird stuff on Mars. Some of it is stupid, but some of it is not.


19 posted on 08/01/2015 7:25:36 AM PDT by cuban leaf (The US will not survive the obama presidency. The world may not either.)
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I’m willing to wager that most people have no idea Ceres even exists.

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Is that one of the Kardashians?


20 posted on 08/01/2015 7:29:33 AM PDT by Moonman62 (The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
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