NASA's Dawn mission captured a sequence of images of dwarf planet Ceres on May 16, released recently, offering us a better look at its mystifying bright spots on Ceres.
"Dawn scientists can now conclude that the intense brightness of these spots is due to the reflection of sunlight by highly reflective material on the surface, possibly ice," Christopher Russell, principal investigator for the Dawn mission from the University of California, said in a prepared statement.
Ceres taken from a distance of 4,500 miles (7,200 kilometers).
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"Dawn scientists can now conclude that the intense brightness of these spots is due to the reflection of sunlight by highly reflective material on the surface, possibly ice," Christopher Russell, principal investigator for the Dawn mission from the University of California, said in a prepared statement.
Ceres taken from a distance of 4,500 miles (7,200 kilometers).Continue reading…
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