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

Michael Küppers (), Laurence O’Rourke, Dominique Bockelée-Morvan, Vladimir Zakharov, Seungwon Lee, Paul von Allmen, Benoît Carry, David Teyssier, Anthony Marston, Thomas Müller, Jacques Crovisier, M. Antonietta Barucci and Raphael Moreno
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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
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

Nature, 2014, vol. 505, issue 7484, 525-527

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.

Date: 2014
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