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Surface Temperatures and Water Ice Sublimation Rate of Oxo Crater: A Comparison With Juling Crater

Raponi, A.; De Sanctis, M. C.; Formisano, M. +3 more

Dwarf planet Ceres is characterized by several sites hosting (or have hosted) ice-rich patches as revealed by the Dawn's Visible and InfraRed spectrometer. The study of the illumination conditions including the effects of the local topography become critical in the estimation of the ice lifetime as well as the water vapor production rate. In this …