Ceres & Dawn's Approach

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CERES & DAWN'S APPROACH
granitehouse Offer Upgrade User ID: 65218348 United States 02/03/2015 12:41 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	CERES & DAWN'S APPROACH Check out this amazing new closer shot of Ceres as DAWN approaches. [link to www.nasa.gov] What is the giant reflective white spot? Is there symbolic meaning to the name of the Spacecraft? Are we about to discover a glimmering crystal dome base? An enormous radar dish that is jamming spiritual and technological communication from Earth? Could it be an enormous weapon? Or might it be the freshest trace of an ongoing mining operation? Is that giant crater well below the white dot an opening to the inside of a space station? What's the lore with Ceres? And courtesy of NASA for those of you who don't know: “You may not realize that the word ‘cereal’ comes from the name Ceres. Perhaps you already connected with the dwarf planet at breakfast today," said JPL's Marc Rayman, Mission Director and Chief Engineer of the Dawn mission. Smithy

Daughter User ID: 62159782 United States 02/03/2015 04:28 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: CERES & DAWN'S APPROACH You ever wondered why the Roman and other ancient people knew about these solar bodies, without modern spacecraft or Modern telescopes? They named them, maybe there were the others around, who knew and told them. Daughter out with my own way.
Anonymous Coward User ID: 1687993 United States 02/03/2015 05:40 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: CERES & DAWN'S APPROACH that white spot looks like a geyser.
granitehouse (OP) User ID: 65218348 United States 02/03/2015 05:53 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: CERES & DAWN'S APPROACH If there is anything artificial about Ceres and the white spot, then it is likely that this will be the end of the DAWN Mission. We might get one more good look and then lights out. Or maybe a holographic field will conceal the true nature of the most interesting features of Ceres. Yeah. How could the ancients possibly know about Ceres? Look at the best pic Hubble could get, not very good, and that's Hubble. And could somebody please explain to me WHY CAN'T Hubble get detailed pics of our Planets? Last Edited by granitehouse on 02/03/2015 05:54 PM Smithy
Anonymous Coward User ID: 67277640 Canada 02/03/2015 06:12 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: CERES & DAWN'S APPROACH dull pic as always when Ceres is concerned... the other only pic is interesting when contrast is increased a little... lot of blue and land mass kinda raw from nasa. add contrast, some saturation... and it's another planet... [link to solarsystem.nasa.gov (secure)]
granitehouse (OP) User ID: 65218348 United States 02/03/2015 10:00 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: CERES & DAWN'S APPROACH dull pic as always when Ceres is concerned... the other only pic is interesting when contrast is increased a little... lot of blue and land mass kinda raw from nasa. add contrast, some saturation... and it's another planet... [link to solarsystem.nasa.gov (secure)] Quoting: Anonymous Coward 67277640 I don't know. Both pics leave a lot to the imagination. I suppose if there was anything of a mindblowing nature there then DAWN would probably not have made it this close. Still the pic you put up makes it look like the wee planet might have already been mined extensively. There is always something interesting and new about each large body we explore. Like the dunes on that comet or asteroid. That was wild looking. Maybe Ceres is an abandoned space station. Smithy
Sholomar User ID: 67276327 United States 02/04/2015 03:46 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: CERES & DAWN'S APPROACH These pictures were taken around 150,000 KM and the spacecraft's ultimate goal is to settle at an orbit of just 375KM where it will remain, so we should get some great pictures. Vesta has already been imaged. [link to en.wikipedia.org]
Anonymous Coward User ID: 60624052 United States 02/04/2015 04:44 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: CERES & DAWN'S APPROACH Title sounds like a porno.
Face Palmer User ID: 67696113 Germany 02/04/2015 04:47 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: CERES & DAWN'S APPROACH You ever wondered why the Roman and other ancient people knew about these solar bodies, without modern spacecraft or Modern telescopes? They named them, maybe there were the others around, who knew and told them. Quoting: Daughter Or maybe back then the air was not as polluted as it is nowadays and there was no extraneous light and people could just see a lot more stuff. "The world will soon wake up to the reality that everyone is broke and can collect nothing from the bankrupt, who are owed unlimited amounts by the insolvent, who are attempting to make late payments on a bank holiday in the wrong country, with an unacceptable currency, against defaulted collateral, of which nobody is sure who holds title." Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity. The woman who is not pursued sets up the doctrine that pursuit is offensive to her sex, and wants to make it a felony. No genuinely attractive woman has any such desire. - H.L. Mencken, In Defense Of Women
granitehouse (OP) User ID: 65218348 United States 02/04/2015 02:44 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: CERES & DAWN'S APPROACH Title sounds like a porno. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 60624052 A damn good porno. Dude dressed like a satellite. Chic dressed like sexually frustrated dwarf planet. Let the scanning begin. Click. Sending telemetry! Smithy
granitehouse (OP) User ID: 65218348 United States 02/04/2015 02:46 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: CERES & DAWN'S APPROACH You ever wondered why the Roman and other ancient people knew about these solar bodies, without modern spacecraft or Modern telescopes? They named them, maybe there were the others around, who knew and told them. Quoting: Daughter Or maybe back then the air was not as polluted as it is nowadays and there was no extraneous light and people could just see a lot more stuff. Quoting: Face Palmer This is a valid point. One of the first places I would travel to in a time machine is Earth's distant past. For the stars and enormous trees and to unravel the mysteries of early civilizations. Smithy
granitehouse (OP) User ID: 65218348 United States 02/04/2015 08:34 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: CERES & DAWN'S APPROACH These pictures were taken around 150,000 KM and the spacecraft's ultimate goal is to settle at an orbit of just 375KM where it will remain, so we should get some great pictures. Vesta has already been imaged. [link to en.wikipedia.org] Quoting: Sholomar It was cool that DAWN got to survey Vesta, but Vesta's features are kind of dull compared to Ceres. The white spot resembles the Death Star's Death Beam Depression/Crater. Is it possible that Ceres is a supply depot for ships transitioning from inner to outer solar system? Might it be doppleganger storage? When the Lord arrives and resurrects all the wonderful people of Earth, the clones of the dead could be brought in from Ceres. Smithy
Anonymous Coward User ID: 61744975 United States 02/04/2015 08:41 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: CERES & DAWN'S APPROACH Its a new day..

granitehouse (OP) User ID: 65218348 United States 02/07/2015 01:54 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: CERES & DAWN'S APPROACH Here are the latest images. Why does the clip cut before we can see the biggest white spot fully transition? [link to www.nasa.gov] Smithy
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