{"id":61712,"date":"2024-07-31T12:46:03","date_gmt":"2024-07-31T12:46:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/scientists-find-out-what-the-mysterious-dome-located-in-the-asteroid-belt-is-made-of-2"},"modified":"2024-08-01T12:05:39","modified_gmt":"2024-08-01T12:05:39","slug":"scientists-find-out-what-the-mysterious-dome-located-in-the-asteroid-belt-is-made-of-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/scientists-find-out-what-the-mysterious-dome-located-in-the-asteroid-belt-is-made-of-2","title":{"rendered":"Scientists Find Out What the Mysterious Dome Located in the Asteroid Belt is Made Of"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Liberia. <\/strong><\/span>Having examined data supplied by a NASA robotic spacecraft, scientists also discovered a plume \u201cunlike any other documented up to date\u201d which extends from the planet\u2019s mantle into the dome.<\/p>\n<p>Evidence uncovered by an international team of researchers has allowed them to determine the likely composition of a large dome located on the surface of Ceres, a dwarf planet in the asteroid belt, according to phys.org<\/p>\n<p>Having analysed data supplied by NASA spacecraft Dawn, the scientists now believe that the dome in question \u2013 a four-kilometre-high and seventeen-kilometre-wide named Ahuna Mons \u2013 is made of slurry, \u201ca mix of salty brine and solid particles\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Further study of the data provided by Dawn led to the discovery of evidence of a plume \u201cunlike any other documented to date, and thus is a novelty in the solar system\u201d, which extends from Ceres\u2019 mantle into the dome above it, and which possibly carried slurry up into the area where the dome was formed, the website notes.<\/p>\n<p>The scientists also observed that the dome was created \u201cperhaps just a couple hundred million years ago\u201d, as it has very few craters.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About Liberia Follow Africa-Press<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Liberia. 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