Comments on: Another Dawn image of some of Ceres’ bright spots https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/another-dawn-image-of-some-of-ceres-bright-spots/ Thu, 02 Jul 2015 11:23:33 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: PeterF https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/another-dawn-image-of-some-of-ceres-bright-spots/#comment-778764 Thu, 02 Jul 2015 11:23:33 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=34973#comment-778764 Thus the reason it is so hard to locate asteroids. It will be a very long time before all of them are charted. Lots of places for space pirates to hide…

]]> By: Robert Zimmerman https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/another-dawn-image-of-some-of-ceres-bright-spots/#comment-778201 Tue, 30 Jun 2015 19:46:54 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=34973#comment-778201 In reply to Nick P.

As far as I understand, this is the daylight side. Ceres, like most asteroids, is very dark, about the color of coal.

]]> By: Nick P https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/another-dawn-image-of-some-of-ceres-bright-spots/#comment-778178 Tue, 30 Jun 2015 18:42:26 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=34973#comment-778178 Is this on the nightime side? If so, it’s awfully hard to see how this could be reflective ice.

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