Nature Communications (Feb 2022)

Brine residues and organics in the Urvara basin on Ceres

  • A. Nathues,
  • M. Hoffmann,
  • N. Schmedemann,
  • R. Sarkar,
  • G. Thangjam,
  • K. Mengel,
  • J. Hernandez,
  • H. Hiesinger,
  • J. H. Pasckert

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-28570-8
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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The authors report the discovery of salts and fresh organic-rich exposures in the Urvara basin, possibly linked to a late resurfacing of the crater floor. These results are consistent with a deep-seated brine/salt reservoir in the crust of Ceres.