Pfupisa nyaya yacho:  Kupenya kunoshamisa, kwakajeka pamusoro pepuraneti duku Ceres kungava nokwakabva kwakasiyana, maererano nemifananidzo mitsva yeinfrared yakabudiswa neNASA. Mifananidzo yacho, yakatorwa neDawn probe iri kure nemakiromita 45 000, inoratidza kuti nzvimbo mbiri dzisingazivikanwi dziri papuraneti duku iyi dzine zvinhu zvakasiyana-siyana zvinopisa. Mifananidzo yacho yakaratidzwa sechikamu chemepu yekutanga yemavara yeCeres, ichiratidza kusiyana kwezvinhu zviri pamusoro penyika yacho, uye ichiratidza zvinhu zvakasiyana-siyana zvakaibatsira kuti igadziriswe. Dzorera pasi kuti uone vhidhiyo. Ceres ingaratidzika kuva nyika yakasviba, yakasviba, asi mifananidzo mitsva yeinfrared inoratidzira kuti kune zvakawanda kupuraneti duku pane zvaifungwa pakutanga. Mifananidzo yazvino ndiyo yakanyanya kutorwa kusvika pari zvino, uye inoratidza kuti muviri wechando ungangove wakamboshanda zvizere. Mifananidzo yakatorwa uchishandisa bhuruu (440 nanometers), girini (550 nanometers) uye infrared (920 nanometers) mafirita e spectral akabatanidzwa kugadzira mepu. 'Iyi nyika duku yakanga isiri bedzi dombo risina simba munhau yayo yose. Yakanga ichishanda, iine maitire ayo akaguma nezvinhu zvakasiyana-siyana munharaunda dzakasiyana-siyana,' akadaro Chris Russell weUniversity of California, Los Angeles. Nzvimbo 'dzokumwe' dziri pamusoro, dzinonzi chinhu 1 nechiratidzo 5, dzinoratidzwa mumifananidzo yechiedza chinooneka sechiedza chakajeka kana chichienzaniswa nechakasara chechiso cheCeres. Mu infrared, nharaunda 1 inotonhorera kupfuura nzvimbo yose, asi 5 iri munharaunda iyo yakafanana mukushisa kune yakapoteredza. Mwedzi wapera, masayendisiti akati aya mavara maviri anopenya asinganzwisisiki angave ari'makomo anoputika emvura,' asi vakati vanofanira kunyatsoongorora kuti vaone kana zviri izvo. Federico Tosi, anoshanda paDawn's Visible and Infrared Spectrometer, akaratidza mifananidzo yeinfrared yenzvimbo mbiri, achiyera kupisa kwadzo. 'Zvatakawana ndezvokuti nzvimbo inopenya nhamba imwe inowirirana nenzvimbo yakasviba mumufananidzo unopisa,' akadaro pamusangano wenhau nhasi. Mifananidzo yakatorwa neDawning probe iri kure nemakiromita 45 000 inoratidza kuti zviedza zviviri zvisinganzwisisiki zviri pamusoro penyika zvine zvinhu zvakasiyana-siyana.
Mifananidzo inobva kuDawn inoratidza mavara asinganzwisisiki ari pamusoro, anonzi chinhu chimwe uye chinhu chechishanu, mu infrared. Chinhu chimwe chinotonhora kupfuura zvimwe zvose zvomusoro, asi chinopa chiri munharaunda iyo yakafanana mukushisa kunharaunda yakapoteredza. Dzidziso huru pamusoro pematope ndeyekuti chando chakafukidzwa nechikamu chakatetepa chevhu chiri kuputika nemhaka yokumanikidzwa kuri muasteroid.