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Dwarf planet Ceres turns out to be an ocean world – Yahoo! Voices
NASA’s Dawn collected data showing briny water beneath the surface
Tiny dwarf planet Ceres sits between Mars and Jupiter in the asteroid belt, and this small body turns out to be full of surprises. A new analysis of data collected by NASAs Dawn mission, which went silent in 2018, suggests that the planet could be an ocean world, despite being far from the sun.
Dawn previously observed white spots on Ceress surface which are believed to be evidence of ancient ice volcanoes erupting and spewing cryomagma onto the surface. Now, further data from the mission has b…
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