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Endogenically sourced volatiles on Charon and other Kuiper belt objects

Kuiper belt objects (KBOs) have diverse surface compositions, and the New Horizons mission to the Pluto-Charon system allows us to test hypotheses on the origin and evolution of these KBO surfaces. Previous work proposed that Charon’s organic-rich north pole formed from radiolytically processed vola...

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Autores principales: Menten, Stephanie M., Sori, Michael M., Bramson, Ali M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9363412/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35945207
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-31846-8