What are the bright spots on Ceres

[AussieTrooper (Ben)]

Vote!

http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/dawn/world_c...poll-20150424#

[Ric]

I went for a salt deposit of some type.

I hope it will turn out to be something really different, that will get everyone thinking for a while.

[JB80 (Jarrod)]

I chose 'Other'.
That should cover it.

[AussieTrooper (Ben)]

I went for 'ice'. It might be a fairly large icy deposit under the surface, exposed by meteor strikes.
Or alien radar dishes looking for signs of life on earth

[sil (Steve)]

Superman's Fortress of Solitude obviously

[sn1987a (Barry)]

http://australianmuseum.net.au/uploa.../tk_05_big.jpg

[sn1987a (Barry)]

[clive milne]

Originally Posted by sn1987a

http://australianmuseum.net.au/uploa.../tk_05_big.jpg

Classic!

[sn1987a (Barry)]

I'll confess I stole the idea from a post on Reddit

[clive milne]

btw) you need more telescopes Barry.

[sn1987a (Barry)]

Yeah there's still some gaps to fill.

[ZeroID (Brent)]

Beer foam, there's a hidden brewery somewhere

[sil (Steve)]

Originally Posted by ZeroID

Beer foam, there's a hidden brewery somewhere

The Aussie space program:

Step 1 Shake the Keg
Step 2 point at ceres
Step 3 hit keg base with pick
Step 4 drink to lift off

Increase success rate when done in proximity to Weber BBQ.
And one handed so you dont have to put down your snag:

[sn1987a (Barry)]

http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/archive/PIA19547.gif


Latest gif, there's more spots!

http://i2.wp.com/www.universetoday.c...age-May-11.jpg

[Pinwheel (Doug)]

Clearly it's a kid with a green laser!

[BilliGoatsGruff (Billi)]

It's obviously mould spots, because everyone knows that moons are made from cheese!

[sn1987a (Barry)]

http://i.imgur.com/tsm3wN0.gif

[mikesbytes (Michael)]

Oh that pole is rigged, there is no option to select Alien space station

[mikesbytes (Michael)]

New photos of the spots and they have multiplied, particularly around the smaller spot, which is now 2 spots.

I'm wondering what happened to the old man who use to stand at the side of the road, not too far from my abode holding a sign with the word 'UFO'

[mikesbytes (Michael)]

Originally Posted by Calla Cofield

Dawn still has more than a year of observing time around Ceres, after which it will depart for Vesta, the second most massive body in the asteroid belt. The mystery of the white spots is a tantalizing one, but it is not the central goal of the Dawn mission

Calla Cofield is going to kick herself when she realises what she wrote

Next closer orbit commences 6th June, so we should have even better info then. For now we know that its reflected light and that's about it