To help explain, I made this handy (simplified) drawing: Dawn launched from ... This month, Dawn finally caught up with Ceres, which lies in the asteroid belt between Jupiter and Mars.

By far, Ceres is the largest object in the asteroid belt, which girdles the ... within the plumes of water erupting from Enceladus, drawing some connection between the two bodies.

drawing more material in. As it happened, Ceres was well on its way to becoming a planet before it ran out of material to feed on. Bigger than an asteroid, but smaller than a planet, scientists ...

In short, the largest asteroid in the solar system is Ceres, which at nearly 590 miles ... So how do experts draw the line between an asteroid and a meteoroid? To Marchi, if a rocky object ...

A crater-rich dwarf planet named Ceres located in the main asteroid belt between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter was long thought to be composed of a materials mixture not dominated by water ice.

FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS McDONALD OBSERVATORY, AS HEARD ON KCBS RADIO WEEKDAYS @ 9:52 A.M., 7:35 P.M. & 2:52 A.M STARDATE 5/1/2014: Ceres is the solar system's largest asteroid — a big ball ...

Here’s how it works. Ceres is the closest dwarf planet to Earth and the largest object in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. Since its discovery in 1801, Ceres has had multiple ...

But first a bit of history: Ceres was the first asteroid to be discovered, by Giuseppe Piazzi on the first night of the 19th century, Jan. 1, 1801. Ironically it was initially classified as a ...

Rocket scientists who have plotted a course for a human mission to the largest known asteroid, Ceres, say that such a voyage may not be much more challenging than sending people to Mars ...

Things like asteroids or Ceres, a dwarf planet like Pluto which orbits in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. A new study in Nature Communications says carbon appears to be blown into ...

By far, Ceres is the largest object in the asteroid belt, which girdles the inner planets between ... have also been found within the plumes of water erupting from Enceladus, drawing some connection ...