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NASA's Dawn
Spacecraft scientists analysed and collected data that Ceres now has the
status of an "ocean world". Therefore we can say that the latest data that
has been collected from NASA's Dawn mission proves the most of the part
of the planet has a vast repository of salty water hidden below its surface.
That means it makes a possible home for life in the solar system.
About Ceres
Ceres is a dwarf planet and the largest object known in the asteroid belt
between Mars and Jupiter. Our Solar System consists of five dwarf planets
and the most famous is Pluto. The other dwarf planets are Eris,
Makemake, Haumea, and Ceres.
Before going into detail let us first study the dwarf planet.
Dwarf planets are too small to be considered full-fledged planets but too
large to fall into smaller categories. As we know that Pluto was considered
as a planet since its discovery in 1930 but later was reclassified into the
new "dwarf planet". To date, five dwarf planets have been found. The
sixth claim for a dwarf planet is Hygiea which so far has been taken to be
an asteroid. Although, astronomers estimate that there may be as many
as 200 dwarf planets in the solar system and the Kuiper belt.