Showing posts with label Ceres. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ceres. Show all posts

S0 News | NASA on Earth's Magnetic Shift, Water on Ceres | Aug. 11, 2020

Source: Suspicious0bservers.org

Joseph Farrell | Ancient War in Heaven | Part 1 - The Annihilation of Mother Tiamat | Forum Borealis

Source: forumborealis.net, gizadeathstar.com



The professor returns & takes us back to distant times of yore, accounting for the Cosmic War theory. In part 1 we discuss the Titius-Bode Law, codes in ancient myths, Dr. Campbells influence on the Star Wars movies, Dr. Brandenburg, Dr. Van Flandern, Dr. Velikovsky, Graham Hancock,

Alan Alford, Christopher Knight, & ask such questions as: What's the exploded planet hypothesis? What people would live on original Ceres? Did Tesla try to monetize ZP energy? What's the anomalies of Mars, Luna & other solar system bodies? Is our Solar System a ruin? What tech can bust a planet? + we muse on the recent release of classified files on JFK & Hess.

Space News | The Missing Ceres Craters Mystery | Aug. 9, 2016

Source: thunderbolts.info



Scientists studying the surface features of the dwarf planet Ceres are proposing a new theory for its geologic history. One problem facing NASA investigators is the absence of exceptionally large so-called impact basins from collisions, which planetary scientists believe must have occurred over the dwarf planet’s supposedly ancient geologic age.

Rather than considering that these giant impacts may have simply never happened, the investigators are proposing that mysterious processes have smoothed the surface of Ceres, erasing its largest craters over time. In this episode, we explore the evidence that electrical processes rather than periodic impacts created Ceres' craters. -thunderbolts.info

NASA | Flight Over Dwarf Planet Ceres | Jan. 29, 2016

Source: NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory youtube



Take a flight over dwarf planet Ceres in this video made with images from NASA's Dawn spacecraft. The simulated flyover was made by the mission's camera team at Germany's national aeronautics and space research center (DLR). -NASA

NASA | Unveiling Ceres | Oct. 8, 2015

Source: NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory youtube



Prior to the Dawn spacecraft's arrival in early 2015, dwarf planet Ceres was the largest unexplored world in the inner solar system. Highlights from the mission's first science orbits will be presented. 

Speaker: Dr. Carol Raymond, Dawn Deputy Principal Investigator, JPL

Tour Weird Ceres | Bright Spots and a Pyramid-Shaped Mountain | Aug, 6, 2015

Source: NASA



Description:
Striking 3-D detail highlights a towering mountain, the brightest spots and other features on dwarf planet Ceres in a new video from NASA's Dawn mission.

A prominent mountain with bright streaks on its steep slopes is especially fascinating to scientists. The peak's shape has been likened to a cone or a pyramid. It appears to be about 4 miles (6 kilometers) high, with respect to the surface around it, according to the latest estimates. This means the mountain has about the same elevation as Mount McKinley in Denali National Park, Alaska, the highest point in North America.

Also puzzling is the famous Occator (oh-KAH-tor) crater, home to Ceres' brightest spots. A new animation simulates the experience of a close flyover of this area. The crater takes its name from the Roman agriculture deity of harrowing, a method of pulverizing and smoothing soil.

An animation of Ceres' overall geography, also available in 3-D, shows these features in context. Occator lies in the northern hemisphere, whereas the tall mountain is farther to the southeast (11 degrees south, 316 degrees east). Dawn will resume its observations of Ceres in mid-August from an altitude of 900 miles (less than 1,500 kilometers), or three times closer to Ceres than its previous orbit. -NASA

Earthfiles News | Ceres Bright Spots Still Mysterious | June 18, 2015

Source: Earthfiles.com



On June 6, 2015, NASA/JPL released a new image from the DAWN spacecraft at the lowest altitude to date: 2,700 miles above the surface. Triangular patterns of bright spots and no temperature anomaly in infrared increase the puzzle about what the bright spots are. Next closest altitude will be 932 miles by early September. Stay tuned for more Earthfiles News updates. -Earthfiles.com

„Different Origins“ to Mystery Lights on Dwarf Planet Ceres | April 15, 2015

Dawn Mission Education and Communications | Cratered Surface of Ceres in Motion | March 2, 2015

Source: Dawn Mission Education and Communications (E/C) youtube



The surface of Ceres is covered with craters of many shapes and sizes, as seen in this new animation of a map of the dwarf planet's surface. To make this animation, a map of Ceres, comprised of images captured by NASA's Dawn spacecraft on Feb. 19, 2015 from a distance of nearly 29,000 miles (46,000 kilometers), was projected onto a globe. Ceres' actual rotation is much slower; it takes about nine hours.

An unusually large basin nearly 186 miles (300 kilometers) across is seen just south of the equator, with a shallow interior, faint rim and low-relief mounds within. Several bright spots are seen, including two that are very bright and lie within a single crater north of the equator. The bright spot in the center of that crater too small to be resolved at this distance, so its true brightness is not yet known.

Dawn's mission is managed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, for NASA's Science Mission Directorate in Washington. Dawn is a project of the directorate's Discovery Program, managed by NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. The University of California, Los Angeles, is responsible for overall Dawn mission science. Orbital ATK Inc., in Dulles, Virginia, designed and built the spacecraft. The German Aerospace Center, the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research, the Italian Space Agency and the Italian National Astrophysical Institute are international partners on the mission team. -Dawn Mission Education and Communications

Dawn Mission Education and Communications (E/C) | Ceres Image Release - 02.25.2015

Source: Dawn Mission Education and Communications (E/C) youtube



February 25, 2015—Dwarf planet Ceres continues to puzzle scientists as NASA's Dawn spacecraft gets closer to being captured into orbit around the object. The latest images from Dawn, taken nearly 29,000 miles (46,000 kilometers) from Ceres, reveal that a bright spot that stands out in previous images lies close to yet another bright area. -Dawn Mission Education and Communications (E/C)

Ceres Comes into View | One Mystery White Spot is TWO | Feb. 26, 2015

Source: humanspan youtube



Closing in at less than 30,000 miles, Ceres has come into view for the first time in high resolution and with a contrast of surprises. First, the ONE brightest white spot is actually TWO very bright spots within ONE crater. Second, like we were expecting because of how Vesta came into view - first generating great excitement and then proving to be just a big cratered asteroid, Ceres appears to be a big golf ball looking like the Moon. While complex craters have central peaks that can reflect sunlight and multiple craters can overlay one another having multiple central peaks, this is definitely only one crater with TWO distinct central peaks and they happen to be the brightest spots on the entire surface of the Dwarf Planet.

So, what are we left with as Dawn prepares to begin orbiting Ceres in 7 days on March 6th, 2015? The images of Ceres sure don't reveal water, but the current biggest mystery - these two white spots - may reveal the water beneath the surface and betray the "moon like" disguise of this protoplanet thus making it perhaps one of the most unique planets bound to our Sun. Maybe the Fountains of Enceladus give us a clue about what we are seeing as we point out in Video #2 in this series. While some questions are answered, more come to mind as the Dawn Spacecraft prepares to arrive next week. -humanspan

NASA probe begins search for life on Ceres | Jan. 22, 2015

Source: RT.com



NASA’s Dawn spacecraft is approaching the dwarf planet Ceres, and will soon begin searching for signs of life. Launched in 2007, the probe has journeyed hundreds of millions of miles to the object and already has begun sending back digital images. RT’s Lindsay France explains why scientists believe the mission is so important.

New Dwarf Planet Ceres Images Snapped By NASA Dawn Probe | Jan. 19, 2015

Source: nasa.gov



The Dawn spacecraft observed Ceres for an hour on Jan. 13, 2015, from a distance of 238,000 miles (383,000 kilometers). A little more than half of its surface was observed at a resolution of 27 pixels. This animated GIF shows bright and dark features.
Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA/PSI

The von Kármán Lecture Series | Dawn’s Mission to the Asteroid Belt

Source: NASA youtube



A Theodore von Kármán Lecture Series talk, held December 4 and 5 at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, addressed the ambitious and exciting mission of the Dawn spacecraft, one of NASA's most remarkable ventures into the solar system.

After more than seven years of interplanetary spaceflight, which included a spectacular exploration of the asteroid Vesta, the Dawn probe is just a few months away from the mysterious world, Ceres. Ceres and Vesta are two of the most massive residents of the main asteroid belt, that vast collection of bodies between Mars and Jupiter. Dr. Marc Rayman, Dawn Project Mission Director, is the featured speaker. -NASA

Hubble And Dawn Collaborate To See Ceres | Dec. 11, 2014

Source: Dawn Mission Education and Communications (E/C) youtube



Recorded - Dec 11, 2014 
As the Dawn Spacecraft approaches the dwarf planet Ceres in a matter of months, it's difficult to forget the amount of teamwork and collaboration that took place in order for amazing feats like this to be accomplished.

As of right now, the Hubble Space Telescope has the highest resolution image of Ceres, but that's all about to change as Dawn arrives and gives us all a completely new perspective of the largest object in the asteroid belt. In fact, the images taken by Hubble have been highly instrumental in the planning phases of getting Dawn to Ceres, as well as Vesta.

Join Tony Darnell, Dr. Carol Christian, and Scott Lewis, are on location at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory with Keri Bean as they discuss the long journey Dawn has made to get to Ceres. Joining them as well is Max Mutchler and Jianyang Li who worked on getting the gorgeous view from Hubble.




The Dawn spacecraft acquired this view as part of a calibration of its science camera. Ceres is the bright spot in the center of the image. A cropped, magnified view of Ceres appears in the inset image at lower left. Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA

Carol Raymond | Vesta in the Light of Dawn, May 7, 2013

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In September 2012, the Dawn spacecraft completed its mission at Asteroid Vesta and began the journey to its next destination, the dwarf planet Ceres.  During its year at Vesta, Dawn revealed a complex world with huge impact basins, deep troughs, a geologically diverse surface and a layered interior.  An intact survivor from the beginning of the solar system, Vesta has much to tell us about the conditions in which our planetary neighborhood took shape. Join Carol Raymond on a tour of this ancient world and learn what it can tell us about the early days of the Solar System.

Carol Raymond is a Principal Scientist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the Deputy Principal Investigator for Dawn.    

The Exploring Space Lectures Series is made possible by the generous support of NASA, with additional support provided by Aerojet.

NASA's Dawn heading to dwarf planet Ceres, September 6, 2012

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After spending a year gazing at a giant asteroid, NASA's Dawn spacecraft began cruising toward an even bigger target. After pulling way from the asteroid Vesta it's now headed towards the dwarf planet Ceres. The jorney will take approximately three years.



NASA's Dawn Prepares for Trek Toward Dwarf Planet, August 30, 2012

Source: solarsystem.nasa.gov

PASADENA, Calif. - NASA's Dawn spacecraft is on track to become the first probe to orbit and study two distant solar system destinations, to help scientists answer questions about the formation of our solar system. The spacecraft is scheduled to leave the giant asteroid Vesta on Sept. 4 PDT (Sept. 5 EDT) to start its two-and-a-half-year journey to the dwarf planet Ceres.

Dawn began its 3-billion-mile (5-billion kilometer) odyssey to explore the two most massive objects in the main asteroid belt in 2007. Dawn arrived at Vesta in July 2011 and will reach Ceres in early 2015. Dawn's targets represent two icons of the asteroid belt that have been witness to much of our solar system's history.

To make its escape from Vesta, the spacecraft will spiral away as gently as it arrived, using a special, hyper-efficient system called ion propulsion. Dawn's ion propulsion system uses electricity to ionize xenon to generate thrust. The 12-inch-wide ion thrusters provide less power than conventional engines, but can maintain thrust for months at a time.

"Thrust is engaged, and we are now climbing away from Vesta atop a blue-green pillar of xenon ions," said Marc Rayman, Dawn's chief engineer and mission director, at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. "We are feeling somewhat wistful about concluding a fantastically productive and exciting exploration of Vesta, but now have our sights set on dwarf planet Ceres.

Dawn's orbit provided close-up views of Vesta, revealing unprecedented detail about the giant asteroid. The mission revealed that Vesta completely melted in the past, forming a layered body with an iron core. The spacecraft also revealed the scarring from titanic collisions Vesta suffered in its southern hemisphere, surviving not one but two colossal impacts in the last two billion years. Without Dawn, scientists would not have known about the dramatic troughs sculpted around Vesta, which are ripples from the two south polar impacts.

"We went to Vesta to fill in the blanks of our knowledge about the early history of our solar system," said Christopher Russell, Dawn's principal investigator, based at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA). "Dawn has filled in those pages, and more, revealing to us how special Vesta is as a survivor from the earliest days of the solar system. We can now say with certainty that Vesta resembles a small planet more closely than a typical asteroid."

The mission to Vesta and Ceres is managed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., for the agency's Science Mission Directorate in Washington. Dawn is a project of the directorate's Discovery Program, which is managed by NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala.

UCLA is responsible for the overall Dawn mission science. Orbital Sciences Corp. of Dulles, Va., designed and built the spacecraft. The German Aerospace Center, the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research, the Italian Space Agency and the Italian National Astrophysical Institute are part of the mission's team. The California Institute of Technology in Pasadena manages JPL for NASA.

For information about the Dawn mission, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/dawn and http://dawn.jpl.nasa.gov.
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