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Ring-Mold Craters on Ceres: Evidence for Shallow Subsurface Water Ice Sources

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Date Issued
2018
Author(s)
Krohn, K.
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Neesemann, A.
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Jaumann, R.
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Otto, K. A.
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Stephan, K.
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Wagner, R. J.
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Ruesch, O.
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Williams, D. A.
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Raymond, C. A.
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Russell, C. T.
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Abstract
One of the main tasks of the Dawn mission is to characterize the potentially ice-rich crust of the dwarf planet Ceres. Ongoing studies reveal morphological features related to ice-rich material such as pits or particular landslides. Here we report the identification of ring-mold craters within the huge impact crater Occator. The Cerean ring-mold craters exhibit strong morphological similarities to the ring-mold craters on Mars, where ice-rich material is thought to be involved in such crater development. We discuss the occurrence of water ice reservoirs in the subsurface and assume that ice-rich material likely plays an important role in the development of ring-mold craters on Ceres. The occurrence of ring-mold craters on the surface of Ceres is not only a sign of water ice reservoirs in the subsurface but can also be used for the study of habitable zones on planetary bodies.
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45
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16
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8121
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2018GeoRL..45.8121K
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