Discovering new material on dwarf planet Ceres

NASA has just officially announced the latest findings on new materials found on the dwarf planet Ceres.

These new compounds are all substances formed from the effects of meteorites or asteroids.

Ceres (Latin: Cerēs), is the smallest dwarf planet known in the Solar System and is the only dwarf planet in the main asteroid belt between Jupiter and Mars. This dwarf planet was discovered by astronomer Giuseppe Piazzi on January 1, 1801 and named after the Greek god Ceres - goddess of plants, crops and maternal love. For half a century it was said to be the 8th planet.

Recently, the imaging device of NASA's Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) technology reached the Ceres dwarf planet surface and discovered a surprise. Accordingly, the surface structure of Ceres dwarf planet is not only rich in specific Carbon as we think but also contains a lot of dry pyroxen dust compounds , mixed with wet dust, ice and carbonate. These new compounds are all substances formed from the effects of meteorites or asteroids.

The latest data show that Ceres dwarfs can be formed by accretion from impacted remnants, meteorites, supernovae in space. Not only that, this accretion process can operate outside the solar system.

Scientists have not yet been able to determine where the new materials found on Ceres come from? And the problem of how the Ceres dwarf planet formed in the universe continues to be an open question in the scientific world.