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by davyjones 4119 days ago
My crazy theory: naturally formed nuclear reactor.
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Not far-fetched at all. There's precedent right here on our home planet:

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

Ceres is as old as Earth, so its Uranium should be as lowly enriched in U-235 as here, which is today too low for natural reactions. Additionally it would be highly unusual for Ceres to have concentrated Uranium ore deposits to a similar degree as Earth, for mineralogical reasons.
You need water for this to work. Is there water on ceres?
My crazy theory: you think it was a coincidence that, just as our spacecraft approaches Ceres, a defense satellite in Low Earth orbit 'mysteriously' explodes? Pah! That's just what they want you to think!
Awesome.