"This is the time of year that ancient Greeks gave thanks to the goddess Ceres for bringing forth a bountiful harvest. Modern planetary scientists give thanks to a different Ceres — not a goddess, but the largest object in the belt between Mars and Jupiter."

"Studying Ceres should help researchers gain a better understanding of how our solar system formed, and they'll soon have unique new data about from Ceres from a NASA spacecraft called Dawn, which is spending this Thanksgiving heading for its closest, and final, orbit around the dwarf planet."

"It should reach the desired orbit in a couple of weeks."