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What's Flashing From Mysterious Dwarf Planet - Ceres


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Looks like a mountain to me, not a pyramid.  But whatever gets people excited about science is probably good.

 

-Noel


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It's flat-topped, like a guyot.

 

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JPL

 

We may be looking at a cryovolcano here. Cryovolcanism may also explain the white spots.

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