Ka taƙaita labarin:  (CNN) Jirgin sararin samaniya na NASA mai girman tirela mai girman Dawn zai hau zuwa Ceres a ranar Juma'a, ya kusanci isa ya jawo shi cikin kewayen duniya kuma ya kammala aikin farko zuwa duniyar dwarf. "Ina farin ciki da cewa Dawn yanzu yana kan ƙofar Ceres", Jim Green, darektan sashen kimiyyar duniyar NASA ya ce a wani taron manema labarai a ranar Litinin. Ana sa ran Dawn za ta fara zagayawa Ceres da misalin karfe 7:20 na safe. ET, amma NASA ta ce zai iya ɗaukar awa ɗaya ko biyu don tabbatar da shi. An gano Ceres a cikin 1801 (ba a gano Pluto ba har zuwa 1930) kuma shi ne abu na farko da aka samo a cikin babban belin asteroid na tsarin hasken rana tsakanin Mars da Jupiter. Yana da kimanin mil miliyan 310 daga Duniya kuma an fara rarraba shi a matsayin duniya, sa'an nan kuma daga bisani ya ragu zuwa wani asteroid, kawai don sake sakewa a matsayin duniyar dwarf. Hotunan farko daga Dawn sun riga sun sa masana kimiyyar manufa farin ciki. "Ceres ta ba mu mamaki sosai", in ji Carol Raymond, mataimakin babban mai binciken Dawn. "Hotuna na farko sun nuna wasu abubuwa masu ban mamaki". Ɗaya daga cikin ƙalubalen -- fari biyu masu haske da suka bayyana a hotuna da Dawn ta ɗauka a watan Fabrairu. "Waɗannan wurare sun kasance abin mamaki ga ƙungiyar, kuma sun kasance masu ban mamaki ga ƙungiyar da kuma duk wanda ya gan su". Alamu suna cikin rami mai faɗi mil 57 (kilomita 92). Wurin da ke tsakiyar ramin yana da haske sau biyu fiye da wurin da ke gefen ramin. Raymond ya ce: "Wannan hasken da ya yi yawa ba mu yi tsammani ba. Ƙungiyar Dawn tana "murna sosai game da wannan fasalin domin yana da ban mamaki a cikin tsarin hasken rana". Raymond ya ce hasken ya yi daidai da kayan da ke nuna haske sosai kamar kankara ko gishiri. Wannan na iya taimakawa wajen ƙara ƙarin tabbaci ga wani binciken da aka yi a 2014 ta hanyar Herschel infrared sararin samaniya na ESA. Tauraron ya gano tururin ruwa a kusa da Ceres yana fitowa daga yankin da ake da tabo. Raymond ya ce: "Wataƙila yana da nasaba da fitowar tururin ruwa". Masana kimiyya na Herschel sun kuma ce bincikensu ya nuna Ceres yana da yanayi. Raymond ta ce tawagarta tana son...
Jirgin sararin samaniya na NASA Dawn ya isa Ceres a ranar Juma'a. Jirgin sama shi ne na farko da ya ziyarci duniyar dwarf.