Mystery Solved: Bright Areas on Ceres Come From Salty Water …
Aug 10, 2020 · Images of Occator Crater, seen in false-color, were pieced together to create this animated view. NASA’s Dawn spacecraft gave scientists extraordinary close-up views of the dwarf planet Ceres, which lies in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.
Stunning new views of Ceres' mystery bright spots - EarthSky
Jul 5, 2018 · Ceres' intriguing bright spots have come into full view in these spectacular new high-resolution images from NASA's Dawn spacecraft, now in its lowest orbit around the dwarf planet.
Images of ceres - NASA
Your search criteria found 641 images Target is ceres: Go to PIAxxxxx: Refine this list of images by: Target: Mission: ... Map of Ceres' Bright Spots Full Resolution: TIFF (2.613 MB) JPEG (288.1 kB) 2017-12-12: Ceres: Dawn: Framing Camera: 3840x2160x1: PIA21913: Occator ...
Bright Spots and Color Differences Revealed on Ceres
Mar 22, 2016 · Dawn mission scientists have unveiled new images from the spacecraft's lowest orbit at Ceres, including the mysterious bright spots in Occator Crater.
Bright Spots On Ceres - NASA
Sep 7, 2018 · Bright surface features on the dwarf planet Ceres known as faculae were first discovered by NASA’s Dawn spacecraft in 2015. This mosaic of one such feature, Cerealia Facula, combines images obtained from altitudes as …
Bright spots on Ceres - Wikipedia
Several bright surface features (also known as faculae) were discovered on the dwarf planet Ceres by the Dawn spacecraft in 2015. The brightest cluster of spots ("Spot 5") is located in an 80-kilometer (50 mi) crater called Occator .
Ceres Multimedia - Science@NASA
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New NASA Images Shed Light on Ceres’ Bright Spots
Mar 23, 2016 · For months, scientists have been puzzled by mysterious bright spots dotting the surface of Ceres, a dwarf planet drifting in the asteroid belt. Now, new images snapped by NASA’s Dawn...
Bright Spots Shine in Newest Dawn Ceres Images
Jun 10, 2015 · New images of dwarf planet Ceres, taken by NASA's Dawn spacecraft, show the cratered surface of this mysterious world in sharper detail than ever before. These are among the first snapshots from Dawn's second mapping orbit, …
Ceres Spots Continue to Mystify in Latest Dawn Images
Jun 22, 2015 · New images of Ceres from NASA's Dawn spacecraft provide more clues about its mysterious bright spots, and also reveal a pyramid-shaped peak towering over a relatively flat landscape. "The surface of Ceres has revealed many interesting and unique features.