The surface composition of Ceres: Discovery of carbonates and iron-rich clays

2006/10/24 by A.S. Rivkin, A. S. Rivkin, E. L. Volquardsen +3 · 2 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Astro and Planetary Science #Astrobiology #Chondrite #Composition (language) #Earth science #Geochemistry #Geology #Meteorite #Mineralogy #Physics #Planetary Science and Exploration #Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies

paper · doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2006.08.022

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• Spextool: A Spectral Extraction Package for SpeX, a 0.8–5.5 Micron Cross‐Dispersed Spectrograph
• The composition of asteroid 2 Pallas and its relation to primitive meteorites
• Differentiation of the asteroid Ceres as revealed by its shape
• Thermal infrared (8?13 ?m) spectra of 29 asteroids: the Cornell Mid-Infrared Asteroid Spectroscopy (MIDAS) Survey

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