Ceres’ spots remain mysterious
[Via BBC News – Science & Environment]
The team behind Nasa’s Dawn mission to Ceres releases striking new images, but remains unable to explain the dwarf planet’s most intriguing mystery.
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Some amazing new pictures do little to solve what those shiny white spots are.
I’ve had fun with this before. Landing strip. Maybe a site for monolith.
But what it really is remains elusive. Look at this picture of Ceres (a resolution of 400 m per pixel):
The crater is that large blob of green in the red background around 240º. Occator.
Now look at this one which gives insights into the mineral content of the surface:
Occator stands out now, as a light blue circle with a black spot in the center.
Right where the monolith is.
Image: Keith Breazeal
