Sunday, March 8, 2015

Bright Spots On Ceres

Have you heard of the bright spots on Ceres?

http://www.cnet.com/news/8-possible-explanations-for-those-bright-spots-on-dwarf-planet-ceres/


What puzzles me is why there seems to be no publicly available data about the intensity and spectra of these anomalies. If they represent reflections, the Sun must be the source of the light. Are their intensity and spectra consistent with a reflection? If not, then they are something else.


From a mythological perspective, the Roman goddess Ceres is the equivalent of the Greek goddess Demeter:


[She] is the goddess of the harvest, who presides over grains and the fertility of the earth. Her cult titles include Sito (Σιτώ), "she of the Grain", as the giver of food or grain and Thesmophoros (θεσμός, thesmos: divine order, unwritten law; "phoros": bringer, bearer), "Law-Bringer," as a mark of the civilized existence of agricultural society.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demeter


From a Biblical perspective, she is the rider of the so-called fourth horse of the Apocalypse (the pale green horse), and as such she represents famine.


Isn't it fascinating that this object is a subject of worldwide wonder at a time when we are on the verge of both global war and famine? If her appearance represents opening of the fourth seal of the scroll, we are in for a rough time.

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