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Evidence for Ammonium-Bearing Minerals on Ceres

Trude V. V. King, R. N. Clark, W. M. Calvin, D. M. Sherman, and R. H. BrownAuthors Info & Affiliations
Science
20 Mar 1992
Vol 255, Issue 5051
pp. 1551-1553
DOI: 10.1126/science.255.5051.1551
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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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Volume 255 | Issue 5051
20 March 1992

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Received: 13 November 1991
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Trude V. V. King
U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO 80225
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R. N. Clark
U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO 80225
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W. M. Calvin
U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO 80225
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D. M. Sherman
U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO 80225
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R. H. Brown
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA 91109
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