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Localized sources of water vapour on the dwarf planet (1) Ceres

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  • Michael Küppers

    (European Space Agency, European Space Astronomy Centre, PO Box 78, Villanueva de la Cañada 28691, Spain)

  • Laurence O’Rourke

    (European Space Agency, European Space Astronomy Centre, PO Box 78, Villanueva de la Cañada 28691, Spain)

  • Dominique Bockelée-Morvan

    (Laboratoire d'études spatiales et d'instrumentation en astrophysique, Observatoire de Paris, CNRS, Université Pierre et Marie Curie (UPMC), Université Paris-Diderot, 5 Place Jules Janssen, 92195 Meudon, France)

  • Vladimir Zakharov

    (Laboratoire d'études spatiales et d'instrumentation en astrophysique, Observatoire de Paris, CNRS, Université Pierre et Marie Curie (UPMC), Université Paris-Diderot, 5 Place Jules Janssen, 92195 Meudon, France)

  • Seungwon Lee

    (Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, La Cañada Flintridge, California 91011, USA)

  • Paul von Allmen

    (Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, La Cañada Flintridge, California 91011, USA)

  • Benoît Carry

    (European Space Agency, European Space Astronomy Centre, PO Box 78, Villanueva de la Cañada 28691, Spain
    Institut de Mécanique Céleste et de Calcul des Éphémérides, Observatoire de Paris, Unité Mixte de Recherche (UMR) 8028, CNRS, 77 Avenue Denfert Rochereau, 75014 Paris, France)

  • David Teyssier

    (European Space Agency, European Space Astronomy Centre, PO Box 78, Villanueva de la Cañada 28691, Spain)

  • Anthony Marston

    (European Space Agency, European Space Astronomy Centre, PO Box 78, Villanueva de la Cañada 28691, Spain)

  • Thomas Müller

    (Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik (MPE), Giessenbachstrasse 1, 85748 Garching, Germany)

  • Jacques Crovisier

    (Laboratoire d'études spatiales et d'instrumentation en astrophysique, Observatoire de Paris, CNRS, Université Pierre et Marie Curie (UPMC), Université Paris-Diderot, 5 Place Jules Janssen, 92195 Meudon, France)

  • M. Antonietta Barucci

    (Laboratoire d'études spatiales et d'instrumentation en astrophysique, Observatoire de Paris, CNRS, Université Pierre et Marie Curie (UPMC), Université Paris-Diderot, 5 Place Jules Janssen, 92195 Meudon, France)

  • Raphael Moreno

    (Laboratoire d'études spatiales et d'instrumentation en astrophysique, Observatoire de Paris, CNRS, Université Pierre et Marie Curie (UPMC), Université Paris-Diderot, 5 Place Jules Janssen, 92195 Meudon, France)

Abstract

The largest asteroid of the Solar System, (1) Ceres, has been thought to have an icy surface; here it is observed to be emitting water vapour.

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  • Michael Küppers & Laurence O’Rourke & Dominique Bockelée-Morvan & Vladimir Zakharov & Seungwon Lee & Paul von Allmen & Benoît Carry & David Teyssier & Anthony Marston & Thomas Müller & Jacques Crovisi, 2014. "Localized sources of water vapour on the dwarf planet (1) Ceres," Nature, Nature, vol. 505(7484), pages 525-527, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:505:y:2014:i:7484:d:10.1038_nature12918
    DOI: 10.1038/nature12918
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