/r/dwarfPlanetCeres
Articles and discussion about the dwarf planet Ceres.
Ceres is the largest asteroid and only dwarf planet orbiting within the Asteroid Belt.
After travelling for seven years under ion thrust, the Dawn spacecraft arrived at Ceres in March 2015. Dawn became the first scientific probe to orbit two different destinations in our Solar System, having previously visited the asteroid 4 Vesta (the second largest asteroid in the main belt). In the first months, Ceres grew from a blur in photos, just a few pixels across, to a detailed object that fills the field of view. Many discoveries were made as we came to see details of the dwarf planet Ceres for the first time.The main resource for finding out about the Dawn space probe, Vesta, and Ceres is the Dawn web site at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California, USA: http://dawn.jpl.nasa.gov
Oh, and a recommendation for the other dwarf planet subreddit, r/NewHorizons.
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NASA's Exploration of Ceres and Pluto: An Update (September 2015)
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Fuel Depot
From information obtained from Dawn, I would suggest that SpaceX plan for developing an automated fuel depot on Ceres where there are ample deposits of accessible water ice CO2 (dry Ice) and Ammonia ice. Developing the infrastructure there, leveraging autonomous surface robotic devices are AI could reap huge rewards. Landing the first few Starships there would provide an instant base and storage tanks for fuel. They could also deliver the extraction and separation equipment. There are concentration in shadowed craters near Ceres North Pole.
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Surprising New Findings Inside a Crater on Ceres
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The difference between primary and dwarf planets
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Motion of dwarf planet Ceres over 3 nights
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Dawn Spacecraft Buzzes Ceres - Scott Manley
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Landslides on Ceres - figure 1.
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Crack system on the other side of Occator Crater (Not the bright side)
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