Don't here much about it
2007-04-29 13:36:53 · 5 answers · asked by jaque strap 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Ceres is about 600 miles in diameter, has no atmosphere and the escape velocity is so low that a 90 year old great-grandmother with a walker could push off with enough force to leave Ceres forever :)
The only planetary object in the Solar System Known to support Life is the Earth. It is hoped that we'll find Life on another planet someday... but it is very doubtful it will be found on Ceres.... perhaps Mars or one of the moons of Jupiter or Saturn, but not Ceres.
2007-04-29 13:58:03 · answer #1 · answered by John T 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Probably not unless we put it there.
Ceres is very much smaller than the moon, and is barely able to shape itself into being round-ish. While it's not impossible here's a plausable example, it's not very likely but it's possible
1. It's possible that rocks were blown off the earth and escaped into interplanetary space and may have impacted on Ceres.
2. It's possible that some of those meteorites might have contained microorganisms, and that they are somehow still alive.
3. Since it's probable that ceres might have pockets of ice or frozen methanates trapped beneath it's surface and those could contain the basic building blocks for life (carbon,hydrogen, oxygen), it's possible that some Earth microbes got into the mix there and got a lucky feeding ground but again the odds of something like this happening make winning the lottery seem like a sure bet.
2007-04-29 15:34:36 · answer #2 · answered by Mark T 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. It has no atmosphere. It is the former asteroid Ceres, which orbits between Mars and Jupiter. When Pluto was demoted to dwarf planet, Ceres was promoted to dwarf planet. Before that it was the largest asteroid.
2007-04-29 13:59:45 · answer #3 · answered by campbelp2002 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ceres has a pitifully thin atmosphere of which we don't know the composition. It would not be enough air to support human life. The temperature is constantly well below freezing. It does have water ice, most likely at it's north and south poles, but the chances of finding life there are slim indeed.
2007-04-29 14:16:19 · answer #4 · answered by North_Star 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes... Ceres has human life.. of course most of the inhabitants are dwarfs.. though some have been classified as migets..Snow white was able to pick up seven of them just a few years after they landed on earth.. I don't think there is anything about the planet that would cause us to want to go there and I think if we did send a spaceship.. I don't think there would be a big enough parking space for it.. you may think I am kidding but hey I am Cereus
2007-04-29 13:45:36 · answer #5 · answered by J. W. H 5 · 2⤊ 2⤋