Nature Communications (May 2021)

Origin of ammoniated phyllosilicates on dwarf planet Ceres and asteroids

  • Santosh K. Singh,
  • Alexandre Bergantini,
  • Cheng Zhu,
  • Marco Ferrari,
  • Maria Cristina De Sanctis,
  • Simone De Angelis,
  • Ralf I. Kaiser

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-23011-4
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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The authors here propose a chemical reaction that forms ammoniated phyllosilicates on Ceres. This process could trigger at a very low temperature, suggesting Ceres evolution in a region different from its current location.