More intrigue on the presence of water ice on #DwarfPlanetCeres , this paper looks at permanent shadowed regions in northern latitudes using different ways to model the topography. Quite interesting that these regions will still see sunlight in relative short timespans due to 15-20 deg changes in Ceres' obliquity.
https://www.psi.edu/blog/history-of-ceress-young-cold-traps/
Let me finish this #LPSC2024 thread with a #DwarfPlanetCeres paper, covering features I always found amusing in #DawnMission photos. Attached is one of my favs, in Kupalo crater (right "besides" Juling) https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/jpeg/PIA20944.jpg
Le Becq et al: "A new model of crater degradation on Ceres involving ice sublimation"
https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2024/pdf/1195.pdf
Thread start: https://mastodon.social/@sharponlooker/111870153396426610
@nasapics_bot yet another throwback to the golden days of #DawnMission at #DwarfPlanetCeres and all those wacky craters and rims
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