Ceres

Brooklyn Knurr
Ceres

Location: Kuiper Asteroid Belt

Classification: Dwarf Planet
Formation: 4.5 billion years ago
Discovery: January 1, 1801 by Giuseppi Piazzi
Unique features: may have an atmosphere, harbor a subsurface ocean, has
¨mysterious¨ bright spots. The mysterious spots is sunlight.
Ceres

Studied: It has evidence of ice volcanoes, and it is on it´s way to its final orbit
Physical Data: Dimensions(964.4 × 964.2 × 891.8) ± 0.2 km
Physical Data: Surface Area (2,770,000 km²)
Properties: rocky inner core, icy mantle, thin dusty outer crust inferred from
its density and rotation rate
Ceres is in the inner solar system
Questions

What are the bright spots on Ceres?

Is Ceres in the inner solar system or outer solar system?

Sites
https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/dwarf-planets/ceres/in-depth/#:~:text=Ceres%20formed%20along%20with%20the,but%20di
dn't%20quite%20finish.

https://space-facts.com/ceres/

https://earthsky.org/space/jan-1-1801-discovery-of-ceres/#:~:text=On%20January%201%2C%201801%2C%20the,classified%20as%
20an%20asteroid%2C%20however.

https://www.space.com/22891-ceres-dwarf-planet.html#:~:text=Ceres%20is%20a%20dwarf%20planet,object%20in%20the%20aste
roid%20belt.

https://solarviews.com/eng/ceres.htm#:~:text=Ceres'%20shape%20suggests%20that%20its,its%20density%20and%20rotation%20
rate.&text=January%2024%2C%202004-,NASA's%20Hubble%20Space%20Telescope%20took%20these%20images,during%20its%2
09%2Dhour%20rotation.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceres_(dwarf_planet)

https://www.space.com/28740-dwarf-planet-ceres-strange-facts.html