May 21, 2015: Light on Ceres

Undertoad · 05-21-2015, 09:37 PM

This is the best image so far of the bright spot on Ceres - a "dwarf planet" which is the largest item in the asteroid belt; dwarf planet is a term which is not found to be derogatory. Gravdigr had previously pointed to Ceres in another thread, but that was two and a half months ago; now NASA's Dawn spacecraft has gone and orbited the dwarf (the subplanet, not Gravdigr) to get a better shot, and the strange, unsolved mystery light on the rock is much higher resolution, and we can all stare in wonder... because, obviously...

...we found them.

NASA's so-called "scientists" don't know why that light is there. They are claiming that this is not the alien horde waiting to attack our home planet, but rather might be a patch of reflective ice, or something volcanic, or outgassing. What do they know? I outgas all the time, and it looks nothing like this.

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05-21-2015, 09:37 PM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	May 21, 2015: Light on Ceres This is the best image so far of the bright spot on Ceres - a "dwarf planet" which is the largest item in the asteroid belt; dwarf planet is a term which is not found to be derogatory. Gravdigr had previously pointed to Ceres in another thread, but that was two and a half months ago; now NASA's Dawn spacecraft has gone and orbited the dwarf (the subplanet, not Gravdigr) to get a better shot, and the strange, unsolved mystery light on the rock is much higher resolution, and we can all stare in wonder... because, obviously... ...we found them. NASA's so-called "scientists" don't know why that light is there. They are claiming that this is not the alien horde waiting to attack our home planet, but rather might be a patch of reflective ice, or something volcanic, or outgassing. What do they know? I outgas all the time, and it looks nothing like this. via mashable

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