Michael Busch on Nostr: Also today on the arXiv: Schröder et al. 2024, "Spectral properties of bright ...
Also today on the arXiv:
Schröder et al. 2024, "Spectral properties of bright deposits in permanently shadowed craters on Ceres" - https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.15327
Identifying deposits of water ice that has gotten cold-trapped by doing spectroscopy from light bounced into the permanent shadows from other surfaces that are exposed to the Sun.
This is relatively pure water ice, at least compared to the brines that move around under Ceres' surface.
Schröder et al. 2024, "Spectral properties of bright deposits in permanently shadowed craters on Ceres" - https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.15327
Identifying deposits of water ice that has gotten cold-trapped by doing spectroscopy from light bounced into the permanent shadows from other surfaces that are exposed to the Sun.
This is relatively pure water ice, at least compared to the brines that move around under Ceres' surface.