NASA NTRS · 20190002546
The Putative Cerean Exosphere
Abstract
The ice-rich crust of dwarf planet 1 Ceres is the source of a tenuous water exosphere, and the behavior of thisputative exosphere is investigated with model calculations. Outgassing water molecules seasonally condensearound the winter pole in an optically thin layer.
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Schorghofer, Norbert, Byrne, Shane, Landis, Margaret E., Mazarico, Erwan M., Prettyman, Thomas, Schmidt, Britney E., Villarreal, Michaela N., Castillo-Rogez, Julie, Raymond, Carol A., Russell, Christopher T.. 2017-11-20. The Putative Cerean Exosphere. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20190002546
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