Dawn Orbiting Ceres 

Tomorrow, Friday 6th of March, a spacecraft called Dawn will enter orbit around a dwarf planet called Ceres. Ceres was discovered by a man called Guiseppe Piazzi on the 1st of January 1801. It takes seven years to go to Ceres. The diameter of Ceres is 950 km. Its surface temperature is -105 degrees celcius. Its Orbit period is 4.6 years. There are mysterious white patches on Ceres. They are believed to be patches of ice, meaning there may be life on this Dwarf planet.

By: Fiona Galeas