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  • Edward F. Tedesco
    Research Associate Professor, Space Science Center, University of New Hampshire, Durham.
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Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
Modified link of Web site: NASA - Science - Ceres. Nov 01, 2026
Add new Web site: IOPscience - Journal of Physics: Conference Series - Studying the fractal properties of Ceres. May 08, 2026
Add new Web site: ABC News - Ceres is an ocean world with active geology, according to close-up data from NASA spacecraft Dawn. Mar 13, 2026
Add new Web site: IOPscience - The Astrophysical Journal Letters - Surface Albedo and Spectra Variability of Ceres (PDF). Aug 22, 2025
Add new Web site: Die Max-Planck-Gesellschaft betreibt Grundlagenforschung - Dwarf planet Ceres: Origin in the asteroid belt? May 23, 2025
Add new Web site: PBS - Native American Reservations, Explained. May 29, 2024
Add new Web site: The Nine Planets - Ceres Facts. Oct 11, 2023
Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Organic Material on Ceres: Insights from Visible and Infrared Space Observations. Aug 18, 2023
Add new Web site: NASA Science - Ceres. Apr 01, 2023
Add new Web site: Lunar and Planetary Institute - Giuseppe Piazzi and the Discovery of Ceres. Jan 25, 2022
Added photographs of Ceres and Occator crater. Sep 15, 2020
Article revised and updated. Aug 27, 2020
Add new Web site: NASA - Science - Ceres. Jan 31, 2019
Add new Web site: Space.com - Ceres: The Smallest and Closest Dwarf Planet. Jan 31, 2019
Add new Web site: Kids Astronomy - Ceres. Sep 06, 2018
Corrected display issue. Aug 22, 2018
Add new Web site: Space Facts for Kids - Ceres Facts. Sep 05, 2016
Add new Web site: Star Child - Ceres: A Dwarf Planet. Sep 05, 2016
Date of Dawn's arrival at Ceres and discussion of bright spots added. Mar 06, 2015
Image of bright spots on Ceres added. Mar 06, 2015
Material about water on Ceres added. Jan 23, 2014
Article revised and updated. Jan 23, 2014
Added new Web site: Window To The Universe - Ceres. May 10, 2009
Media added. Jan 09, 2008
Added new Web site: h2g2 - Ceres. Aug 22, 2007
Added new Web site: The Planets - Ceres Facts (Dwarf Planet). Aug 22, 2007
Added new Web site: The Planetary Society - Ceres. Aug 22, 2007
Added new Web site: Astronomy - Ceres. Aug 22, 2007
Article revised and updated. Sep 29, 2006
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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