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Topic: Cerealia Facula
Scientists had figured out that the bright areas were deposits made mostly of sodium carbonate – a compound of sodium, carbon, and oxygen. «Read the rest of this article» Sections: Technology | No Comments
NASA’s Dawn spacecraft gets new images of Occator Crater on Dwarf Planet CeresNASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory
The flight team maneuvered the spacecraft into an orbit that dives 22 miles (35 kilometers) above the surface of Ceres and viewed Occator Crater, site of the famous bright deposits, and other intriguing regions. In more than three years of orbiting Ceres, Dawn’s lowest altitude before this month was 240 miles (385 kilometers), so the data from this current orbit bring the dwarf planet into much sharper focus. ![]() This mosaic of a prominent mound located on the western side of Cerealia Facula was obtained by NASA’s Dawn spacecraft on June 22, 2018 from an altitude of about 21 miles (34 kilometers). (NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA) «Read the rest of this article» Sections: Technology | No Comments
NASA says Dwarf Planet Ceres is still evolvingWritten by Elizabeth Landau
These exceptions are the hundreds of bright areas that stand out in images Dawn has returned. Now, scientists have a better sense of how these reflective areas formed and changed over time — processes indicative of an active, evolving world. ![]() The bright areas of Occator Crater — Cerealia Facula in the center and Vinalia Faculae to the side — are examples of bright material found on crater floors on Ceres. This is a simulated perspective view. (NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA/PSI) «Read the rest of this article» Sections: Technology | No Comments
NASA’s Dawn spacecraft data used to determine age of Bright Spot on Dwarf Planet CeresWritten by Elizabeth Landau
Researchers led by Andreas Nathues at the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research (MPS) in Gottingen, Germany, analyzed data from two instruments on board NASA’s Dawn spacecraft: the framing camera, and the visible and infrared mapping spectrometer. ![]() The bright spots in the center of Occator Crater on Ceres are shown in enhanced color in this view from NASA’s Dawn spacecraft. (NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA/PSI/LPI) «Read the rest of this article» Sections: Technology | No Comments
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