13 December 2017
Bright spots suggest Ceres is surprisingly active
... – boiled off due to Cere’s lower surface pressure, creating the diffuse bright regions at Vanilla Faculae. The central dome itself (Cerealia Facula) is thought to have formed from the swelling of icy lava that seeped up in the same impact...
10 August 2020
Salty dwarf planet Ceres could be hiding an ocean
... forms from salty water below the freezing temperature of pure water and scientists have found it at Cerealia Facula, a prominent site at the centre of Occator crater. Discovered by Maria Cristina De Sanctis at the Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica...
