Ceres: ice stability and water emission

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2015
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Magni, G.
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Marchi, S.
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Ammannito, E.
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Bockelee-Morvan, D.
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Raymond, C. A.
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Russell, C. T.
Abstract
Recent observations of H2O vapor plumes in localized regions [1] suggest the presence of ice on surface and/or on sub-surface regions of asteroid Ceres. In the hypothesis of a cometary-like emission mechanism (as already suggested by [2]), we performed several simulations in order to establish what are the likely physical conditions (in particular ice depth and thermal conductivity of crust) to fit Herschel observations [1].
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European Planetary Science Congress 2015 (EPCS)
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EPSC2015-490
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European Planetary Science Congress 2015 (EPCS)
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La Cité des Congrès, Nantes, France
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27 September-2 October, 2015
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