Pitted terrains on (1) Ceres and implications for shallow subsurface volatile distribution

Pitted terrains on (1) Ceres and implications for shallow subsurface volatile distribution

Abstract Prior to the arrival of the Dawn spacecraft at Ceres, the dwarf planet was anticipated to be ice‐rich. Searches for morphological features related to ice have been ongoing during Dawn's mission at Ceres. Here we report the identification of pitted terrains associated with fresh Cerean...

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Main Authors: H. G. Sizemore, T. Platz, N. Schorghofer, T. H. Prettyman, M. C. De Sanctis, D. A. Crown, N. Schmedemann, A. Neesemann, T. Kneissl, S. Marchi, P. M. Schenk, M. T. Bland, B. E. Schmidt, K. H. G. Hughson, F. Tosi, F. Zambon, S. C. Mest, R. A. Yingst, D. A. Williams, C. T. Russell, C. A. Raymond
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2017-07-01
Series:Geophysical Research Letters
Subjects:
Ceres
geomorphology
craters
pitted terrain
volatiles
ground ice
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/2017GL073970
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