Dwarf planet near Earth has 90% water on its surface Astronomers have been curious about the makeup of Ceres, the largest object in the asteroid belt, ever since its discovery by Giuseppe Piazzi in 1801. Ceres, with its heavily cratered and dimpled ... 10/10/2024 - 11:07 am | View Link
Dwarf Planet Ceres Once Hosted a Muddy Ocean Below Its Icy Surface Recent studies suggest that the dwarf planet Ceres, the largest object in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, may have once contained a muddy ocean beneath its surface. This new understanding ... 10/8/2024 - 6:01 am | View Link
Dwarf planet Ceres once had a muddy ocean, study suggests New computer simulations show how a now-frozen ocean of water mixed with dirt and rock could explain geological features on Ceres' surface. 10/7/2024 - 3:00 am | View Link
Nearby Dwarf Planet Could Have a Crust That's 90% Water As much as over 90 percent of the dwarf planet's crust could be water ice, giving some insight, the researchers believe, into ice-covered ocean worlds. There are quite a few of these in the Solar ... 10/6/2024 - 9:00 am | View Link
This nearby dwarf planet's ice may be left over from a dirty ocean Pluto is the most famous dwarf planet, due in part to its very public demotion from ninth planet of the solar system two decades ago. But a relatively obscure dwarf planet in the main asteroid ... 10/1/2024 - 10:30 pm | View Link
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