Ceres!

[recceranger]

http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-30888818

[Dave In Vermont]

And here as well:

http://www.space.com/28310-dwarf-planet-ceres-photos-dawn-spacecraft.html

Clear Skies,

Dave

[jabeoo1]

Excellent!  Its cratered, maybe from the late heavy bombardment.

[lukebl]

Excited by this too. Enticing preliminary images. I wonder what the bright white spot on the upper left is.

[reddoss]

Excited by this too. Enticing preliminary images. I wonder what the bright white spot on the upper left is.

It is thought it has a rocky core, a mantel of ice with water frost on and hydrate minerals on the surface, and that  it may have a thin atmosphere. So it could be any number of things.  The white spot was first seen by Hubble. Current suggestions are that it may be ice, geysers or a cryo-volcano. It will be very interesting to see if the Dawn space craft can find out what it is. 

[Moonshane]

The seeing must have been awful 

[bingevader]

Excited by this too. Enticing preliminary images. I wonder what the bright white spot on the upper left is.

Evidence of the existence of Ceresians?