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Check Out Ceres

02/01/2016 12:11 PM

https://youtu.be/nJiw2NxqoBU

Flight Over Dwarf Planet Ceres

NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Published on Jan 29, 2016

Take a flight over dwarf planet Ceres in this video made with images from NASA's Dawn spacecraft. The simulated flyover was made by the mission's camera team at Germany's national aeronautics and space research center (DLR).

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02/01/2016 12:44 PM

Looks like it's bumped into a lot of stuff out there. Lots of craters.

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02/01/2016 1:19 PM

Cool, but nevertheless, still a simulation.

The tiny one is Ceres, a dwarf planet large enough to self-round and not really be thought of as an asteroid, although it resides in that area of space. Interestingly enough, there could be liquid water inside this dwarf. Evidence also exists for hydro-volcanic activity including evidence of hydrated Epsom salt molten or brine spewing forth.

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