Ceres is more than just a space rock
Outer crust of minerals, salts, ices cover dwarf planet’s solid core
NOT SOLID AS A ROCK Dwarf planet Ceres (seen in this image from the Dawn spacecraft) has layers that could point to how and where it formed, a new study suggests.
JPL-Caltech/NASA, UCLA, MPS, DLR, IDA
Like an interplanetary parfait, the dwarf planet Ceres appears to have layers.