Ceres

First body in the asteroid belt discovered, at first thought to be the eight planet, then redesignated the largest asteroid, and later a dwarf planet due to its roundness. It is the only dwarf planet in the asteroid belt. Composed mainly of water ice. Second destination for the Dawn spacecraft.

Ceres In The News[edit | edit source]

Dawn Prepares For Launch (Apr-May 2007)[edit | edit source]

http://www.flatoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070517/NEWS02/705170330/1007/news02 http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story.jsp?id=news/mar010507.xml&headline=Preparations%20Accelerate%20For%20Planetary%20Probes%20&channel=space http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/news/releases/2007/release-20070410.html

Could Life Have Come From Ceres? (Mar 2009)[edit | edit source]

Year of the Solar System (Feb 2011)[edit | edit source]

See also Comet 103P/Hartley 2, Sun, Comet 9P/Tempel 1, Mercury, Vesta, Ceres, Jupiter, Moon

http://www.skyandtelescope.com/news/115728399.html

Dawn Approaching Vesta (Jun 2011)[edit | edit source]

http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2011/0623/NASA-s-Dawn-satellite-has-reached-the-asteroid-belt.-First-stop-Vesta/%28page%29/2

Ceres Features[edit | edit source]

Virtual Tourism[edit | edit source]

https://youtu.be/-C4qHzmLT20 (Fly over with Dawn)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrQ5ogj3lG4 (approach)