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Dwarf planet Ceres has reservoirs of salty water – Mirage News

The dwarf planet Ceres, about 940 kilometers (585 miles) in diameter, is the largest body in the main asteroid belt. NASA’s Dawn spacecraft mapped the…

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The dwarf planet Ceres, about 940 kilometers (585 miles) in diameter, is the largest body in the main asteroid belt. NASA’s Dawn spacecraft mapped the planet and found evidence – a low-density region of the crust (blue) – of an underground brine reservoir. A crater named Occator is to the left of the blue area This composite image shows gravity anomalies (red is high, blue is low) on the right side and Ceres’ real colors on the left. The bright spots are near the center of Occator. (Image courte…

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