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What is the 'shiny' substance on it's surface? Speculation?
http://www.cnn.com/2015/02/20/us/gallery/dawn-mission/index.html
Scientists think it may be ice.
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Did any of you space enthusiasts read any of the Snowden documents? Particularly the one that talked about who really controls the US Government.
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(06-02-2015, 03:15 AM)EatonFan Wrote: What is the 'shiny' substance on it's surface? Speculation?
Scientists think it may be ice.
Give them time, they'll say it's just a weather balloon.
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What grabs my interest is the fact that it's only in that one tiny little section of Ceres.
I think it's some kind of ice volcano, but am hoping for the remains of an alien colony with the secret to nuclear fusion conveniently laying around
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I am thinking methane that is reflecting sunlight.
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Comets have a high percentage of ice in their composition. Maybe its the remains of a comet impact. Also, Pluto and Ceres are way out at the outer edge of our solar system. They are at, or very close to a region called the Kiuper Belt which is part of the Oort Cloud where many comets are thought to originate. It follows that there may be many other smaller icy bodies out there....one of which may have collided with Ceres.
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(06-05-2015, 10:48 AM)Johnny Cupcakes Wrote: You're thinking of Pluto and Charon. Ceres is in the asteroid belt in between Mars and Jupiter.
Correct. I think the white spot may be a mineral deposit of some sort as well. It stays pretty consist as far as brightness and I'd think it would vary a bit more if it were ice, but all is just speculation.
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