Eleven years ago last week, July 15 (PDT)/July 16, 2011 (EDT), NASA’s Dawn Mission entered orbit around Vesta, becoming the first spacecraft to orbit an object in the asteroid belt. Four years ago last month, June 2018, Dawn reached its lowest orbit around Ceres at 22 miles/35 kilometers above the surface. One month later on July 16, NASA announced the spacecraft was running out of hydrazine fuel, and the mission officially ended on November 1, 2018.
In the ancient sacrum cereale a priest, probably the Flamen Cerialis, invoked Ceres (and probably Tellus) along with twelve specialised, minor assistant-gods to secure divine help and protection at each stage of the grain cycle, beginning shortly before the Feriae Sementivae.
—https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceres_(mythology)#Helper_gods
Vervactor, "He who ploughs"
Reparātor, "He who prepares the earth"
Imporcĭtor, "He who ploughs with a wide furrow"
Insitor, "He who plants seeds"
Obarātor, "He who traces the first ploughing"
Occātor, "He who harrows"
Serritor, "He who digs"
Subruncinator, "He who weeds"
Mĕssor, "He who reaps"
Convector, "He who carries the grain"
Conditor, "He who stores the grain"
Promitor, "He who distributes the grain"
Thursday, July 8, 2022, local, 16:33 CDT:
Vesta station Rx 6° 54′ Pisces yod natal Vesta, natal Mercury
Monday, July 18, 2022, local, 4:24 CDT:
Mercury 27° 37′ conjunct Ceres 27° 37′ Cancer
Thursday, July 21, 2022, local, 20:04 CDT:
Sun 29° 15′ conjunct Ceres 29° 15′ Cancer
Image: “This mosaic from NASA's Dawn spacecraft, of Cerealia Facula combines images obtained from altitudes as low as 22 miles (35 km) above Ceres' surface.”
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NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA/PSI
August 21, 2018