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Ceres is a Dwarf planet, the only one in the Asteroid belt. Not as exciting as Pluto, perhaps. New Dawn is sending back pictures.

Its diameter is approximately 945 kilometres (587 miles), making it the largest of the minor planets within the orbit of Neptune. The thirty-third largest known body in the Solar System, it is the only one within the orbit of Neptune that is designated a dwarf planet by the International Astronomical Union.
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New NASA maps released.

Some mysteries:
  • The bright spots
  • The pimple / flat top pyramid.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/07/28/nasa_releases_topological_maps_of_ceres/

EDIT Scroll down here for recent updates of bright spots, pyramid mountain and maps

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceres_(dwarf_planet)
 
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Bright spots on Ceres may be salt.

Ceres' salty history hints at bright spot origin

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mosaix said:
NASA's Dawn probe has returned some new images of the bright spots seen on Ceres.

Dawn probe sees Ceres' spots in more detail - BBC News

The US space agency has released a new picture of the brightest spots on the dwarf planet Ceres.

Nasa's Dawn probe has just returned the image - one of the first snapshots to come down from the satellite since getting into its latest mapping orbit, which is now just 4,000km above the surface.

Mission scientists confess still to being puzzled by the features.

The best guess is that their brightness stems from the presence of ice or salt.
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