Dawn’s Ceres Reconnaissance Hints At Europa’s Ultimate Fate

Credit: Ceres: NASA
HOUSTON — Enigmatic Ceres, the largest main belt asteroid that was long ago robbed of full planet status by Jupiter’s powerful gravitational forces, is giving up its secrets to a grateful NASA Dawn mission team more than two centuries after its discovery. Launched on Sept. 27, 2007, Dawn maneuvered...

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