Class I would like to introduce to you Ms. Claire and Mr. Shawn. They will teach is about Ceres
Mr. Shawn
Good Morning I'm Mr. Shawn, Me and Ms. Claire is workmates and we are here to teach you about Ceres the dwarf planet
Hi I'm Ms. Claire from NASA I'm here to teach you about Ceres a dwarf planet
Ceres was the largest body found in the Asteroid Belt and some Astronomers also called it Ceres 1 because this is the first minor planet to be discovered
Ceres was discovered by Father Giuseppe Piazzi in 1801 this is the first discovered in Asteroid Belt
They hypothesized that Ceres has a Solid Core and the Mantle was made of Water Ice. It was covered with small craters with salt. They also differentiate Ceres from Earth
Piazzi classified Ceres as a planet but in 1850s Ceres was classified as Asteroid but in 2006 it was reclassified again as a dwarf planet including Pluto and Eris
Dawn was launched in September 2007 and it reached the Ceres and Vesta in 2011. This was the first spacecraft to enter and orbit in the Asteroid Belt
Dawn was a mission by NASA Discovery Program that was seeking for progress and conditions of Ceres and Vesta.