Ofufuza adadodoma atayang'ana phiri lodabwitsa, looneka ngati piramidi lomwe linapezedwa pamwamba pa pulaneti laling'ono mu mapulaneti athu ozungulira mapulaneti ― Ceres. Zimabwera pambuyo poti Curiosity Rover ya ku NASA itajambula zithunzi za chinthu china chautatu chomwe chikugwedezeka ku Mars.
Komabe, setilaiti yawo ya Dawn, yomwe inali kuzungulira makilomita 2,700 pamwamba pa pulaneti laling’ono la Ceres panthaŵiyo, inatha kuzindikira nsonga imeneyi. Kuposa theka la kutalika kwa Everest, phirili limakwera makilomita atatu pamwamba pa malo athyathyathya a Ceres. Mu lamba wa asteroid pakati pa Mars ndi Jupiter, Ceres ndiye chinthu chachikulu kwambiri.
Komanso danga kafukufuku anazindikira osachepera eyiti "mawanga owoneka bwino" m’chigwa cha makilomita 55 m’lifupi mwake, chomwe chimaonedwa kukhala chopangidwa ndi chinthu chonyezimira kwambiri, ndipo madzi oundana ndi mchere n’kutheka kuti n’zimene zingachitike.
Scott K. Waring, katswiri wa sayansi ya zakuthambo wa ku Taiwan yemwe watulukira zinthu zambiri zachiwembu, ananena kuti malowa ndi opangidwa ndi anthu, chifukwa ali ndi ngodya zambiri zolondola, ndipo zochitika zoterezi sizikhulupirira sayansi.
Akatswiri apezanso mabokosi ambiri amitundu yosiyanasiyana, ndipo angapo amakhala ndi nsonga zapakati. Amanenedwa kuti alipo “umboni wochuluka” za zochitika zakale padziko lapansi, zomwe zikuphatikizapo kugumuka kwa nthaka ndi zomanga zowonongeka, mwa zina.
Carol Raymond, wachiwiri kwa wofufuza wamkulu wa Dawn mission, yochokera ku NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory ku Pasadena, California, adatero. "Pamwamba pa Ceres pawonetsa zinthu zambiri zosangalatsa komanso zachilendo."
Mabomba okhala ndi maenje apakati amapezeka pamiyezi youndana kudzuwa lakunja, ngakhale maenje apakati m'mabomba akulu amakhala ofala kwambiri ku Ceres. Izi ndi zina zitithandiza kumvetsetsa momwe Ceres ali mkati, zomwe sitingathe kuziwona mwachindunji," adatero. adatero Carol Raymond.
Pa Marichi 6, 2015, 'Dawn,' ulendo woyamba wokaona dziko laling'ono, unafika ku Ceres. Ceres adapezeka mu 1801 ndipo adatchedwa mulungu wamkazi wachiroma waulimi.
