The State of CO and CO2 Ices in the Kuiper Belt as Seen by JWST

JWST has shown that CO _2 and CO are common on the surfaces of objects in the Kuiper Belt and have apparent surface coverages even higher than that of water ice, though water ice is expected to be significantly more abundant in the bulk composition. Using full Mie scattering theory, we show that the...

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Main Authors: Michael E. Brown, Wesley C. Fraser
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2023-01-01
Series:The Planetary Science Journal
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/ace2ba