What Is The White Spot On Ceres, The Dwarf Planet?

In 2007, NASA’s Dawn spacecraft left the Earth and traveled to the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. Its final destination is a dwarf planet in the belt called Ceres.

On March 6th of 2015, Dawn will arrive at Ceres. Already, some images have been interesting NASA scientists.

Ceres is a very small planet, qualifying both as a huge asteroid and a dwarf planet. It’s 590 miles across, which is approximately the same size as the state of Texas, and scientists have discovered the dwarf planet to consist of 25% water. Observations show huge geysers erupting from the surface and drifting into space. This dwarf planet may be a lot more than some asteroid.

Definitely the strangest aspect of Ceres is this white spot on its surface.