Ceres : Dwarf Planet

Nawaal has a lot of interest in astronomy. So one day she asked me to find out about dwarf planets.

The day started with Nawaal asking frome me to sit on net. We discoved about asteroid ceres that is the dwarf planet in the asteroid belt that exists between Mars and Jupiter.

We read about dawn mission that has sent pictures of Ceres after passing from Vesta (another large asteroid). I also found out about the discovery of Ceres by Italian astronomer Giuseppe Piazzi in 1 January 1801.

Further I read that Vesta has a large crater that can fill Pacific Ocean. There has been long search for the missing planet between Mars and Jupiter as the gap was too large between them for any plant not to exist.

Dawrf Planets do not have a clear orbit.

Then we search and found out that the space craft Dawn has sent pictures of the dwarf planet Ceres. (Listen its pronunciation). The planet lies in the asteroid belt.

Dawn Mission is desognated as " A journey to the beginning of the Solar System".

The planet Ceres was discovered by Italian astronomer Giuseppe Piazzi (his full name was Geoacchino Giuseppe Maria Ubaldo Nicole Piazzi) on 1 January 1801.

The four largest asteroid of the asteroid belt are

1. Ceres
2. Vesta
3. Pallas
4. Hygiea   

Vesta has a large crater that can fill Pacific Ocean. . 

Read more about Dawn Mission on Dawn Blog

Safa Marwah

Tonight Bilal asked me about Saffa and Marwah. I told him these are two hills near Kaaba in Makkah. These hills are famous in Islam because a very lesson giving story of the love of mother for her child is linked with this. According to the Islamic tradition Hazrat Hajra, wife of Hazrat Ibrahim, was left in the desert by Hazrat Ibrahim along with her infant son. In in search for water for her infant child Hazrat Ismael she ran to and fro for seven times between these two hills in the desert of Makkah. God then liked her endeavor (saii) so much that now every Muslim has to perform the similar act running to an fro between two hills during Hajj.

Presently a the thorough-way is constructed between these two hills.

In Quran Saffa and Marwa are called landmarks of Allah.

“Verily Safa and Marwah are among the landmarks (distinctive signs) of (the Deen of) Allah.” [2:158]