EVIDENCE FOR AMMONIUM-BEARING MINERALS ON CERES

被引:141
作者
KING, TVV [1 ]
CLARK, RN [1 ]
CALVIN, WM [1 ]
SHERMAN, DM [1 ]
BROWN, RH [1 ]
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[1] CALTECH,JET PROP LAB,PASADENA,CA 91109
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10.1126/science.255.5051.1551
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
Spectra obtained from recent telescopic observation of 1-Ceres and laboratory measurements and theoretical calculations of three component mixtures of Ceres analog material suggest that an ammoniated phyllosilicate is present on the surface of the asteroid, rather than H2O frost as had been previously reported. The presence of an ammoniated phyllosilicate, most likely ammoniated saponite, on the surface of Ceres implies that secondary temperatures could not have exceeded 400 kelvin.
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