What am I watching?

January 19, 2015

Look at this marvelous animated gif of the dwarf planet, Ceres, taken by NASA’s Dawn spacecraft.

Thanks to Lights in the Dark for this post.

This is where you can find Ceres. It is remarkable for a number of reasons, not the least of which is because scientists suspect there is a significant amount of water present on Ceres under a layer of ice.

“Ceres Orbit” by Orionist

I hope we will see more photos soon as Dawn gets nearer to Ceres.

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Ceres, Dawn Spacecraft, Dwarf Planet, geeky science blogging, NASA, science |

6 comments

So did you hear they found radio waves that the “may” be extraterrestrial?
Love the spinning planet. Cerces goddess of grain!
by Carol Carlisle January 19, 2015 at 5:57 pm

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- “Radio waves,” how exciting!
  And Ceres . . . I wouldn’t want her going against the grain!
  by Anne Bonney January 20, 2015 at 12:58 pm
  
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  - Ah my prize winowimg punster. So proud to know you!!!
    by Carol Carlisle January 21, 2015 at 3:40 pm
  - And I, you! 🙂
    by Anne Bonney January 22, 2015 at 11:00 am
A whole world spinning out of control!
by Curtis January 20, 2015 at 3:48 am

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- 🙂 We’ll see!
  by Anne Bonney January 20, 2015 at 12:57 pm
  
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