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

Icarus

Volumn 185, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 563-567

  Rivkin, A S ^a   Volquardsen, E L ^b   Clark, B E ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c ITHACA COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Asteroid Ceres; Asteroids; composition; Infrared observations; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751083553     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2006.08.022     Document Type: Article

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