Impact heat driven volatile redistribution at Occator crater on Ceres as a comparative planetary process
Impact heat driven volatile redistribution at Occator crater on Ceres as a comparative planetary process
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2020-08-10
Authors
Schenk, Paul M.
Scully, J. E. C.
Buczkowski, Debra L.
Sizemore, Hanna G.
Schmidt, B.
Pieters, Carlé M.
Neesemann, A.
O'Brien, D. P.
Marchi, Simone
Williams, David A. (Planetary geologist)
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Nature
Abstract
Here we show using Dawn high-resolution stereo imaging and topography that Ceres' unique composition has resulted in widespread mantling by solidified water- and salt-rich mud-like impact melts with scattered endogenic pits, troughs, and bright mounds indicative of outgassing of volatiles and periglacial-style activity during solidification.
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Ceres (Dwarf planet),
Cratering
Citation
Schenk, P., Scully, J., Buczkowski, D. et al. Impact heat driven volatile redistribution at Occator crater on Ceres as a comparative planetary process. Nat Commun 11, 3679 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17184-7