New NASA Video Shows Mysterious Features On Ceres

Geo Beats 2015-08-06

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NASA has posted a new animated video of Ceres’ surface which shows a four mile-high mountain-like shape, the tallest feature spotted to date, as well as the bright spots of a crater named Occator.

NASA recently posted an animated video of the dwarf planet Ceres’ surface, and it shows several features that have scientists intrigued.
Among them is a pyramid-shaped mountain estimated to be about four miles high which Dawn science team member Paul Schenk notes “is among the tallest features we've seen on Ceres to date.” 
But he wonders why it stands alone with no associated crater. 
Another notable area is the crater named Occator which features the dwarf planet’s brightest

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