Dwarf Planet Ceres Is an Ocean World: NASA
- Ceres is a dwarf planet and the largest object in the Great Asteroid Belt, and it has a new distinction today: ocean world.
- The latest data from NASA’s Dawn mission proves the almost Ocean-planet has a vast repository of salty water hiding below its surface. That makes it a possible home for life in the solar system.
Dwarf Planets
- According to the International Astronomical Union, which sets definitions for planetary science, a dwarf planet is a celestial body that -orbits the sun, has enough mass to assume a nearly round shape, but has not cleared the neighbourhood around its ....
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