More news from Ceres, via a
BBC article:
- The very bright spots are parts of a layer of salty ice, exposed by recent meteorite impacts (Sorry, CG).
- There is some evidence that Ceres might have originated considerably further from the Sun, with its orbit moving inwards later on.
Brits will appreciate that one of the craters on Ceres has been named Oxo; disappointingly, there don't seem to be any surface features named Bovril or Marmite.