Organic Material on Ceres: Insights from Visible and Infrared Space Observations

Organic Material on Ceres: Insights from Visible and Infrared Space Observations

The NASA/Dawn mission has acquired unprecedented measurements of the surface of the dwarf planet Ceres, the composition of which is a mixture of ultra-carbonaceous material, phyllosilicates, carbonates, organics, Fe-oxides, and volatiles as determined by remote sensing instruments including the VIR...

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Main Authors: Andrea Raponi, Maria Cristina De Sanctis, Filippo Giacomo Carrozzo, Mauro Ciarniello, Batiste Rousseau, Marco Ferrari, Eleonora Ammannito, Simone De Angelis, Vassilissa Vinogradoff, Julie C. Castillo-Rogez, Federico Tosi, Alessandro Frigeri, Michelangelo Formisano, Francesca Zambon, Carol A. Raymond, Christopher T. Russell
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-12-01
Series:Life
Subjects:
astrobiology
organic material
Ceres
small bodies
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2075-1729/11/1/9

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