Episode 499
The secrets of Ceres
Dwarf planet Ceres is spilling its secrets thanks to new data from NASA's Dawn mission
Naked Scientists, In Short Special Editions Podcast · The Naked Scientists
September 4, 20163m 51s
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Show Notes
NASA's space probe Dawn has been orbiting the dwarf planet Ceres, which sits between Jupiter and Mars, for the past eighteen months. The probe is sending back data on this small body, which we previously knew almost nothing about. Last week, a whole constellation of papers detailing Dawn's discoveries were published in the journal Science. Laura Brooks asked David Rothery, Professor of Planetary Geosciences at the Open University, to take her through the results... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
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