Variations in the amount of water ice on Ceres’ surface suggest a seasonal water cycle

A. Raponi; Maria Cristina De Sanctis; A. Frigeri; E. Ammannito; M. Ciarniello; V. Formisano; Jean‐Philippe Combe; Gianfranco Magni; F. Tosi; F. G. Carrozzo; S. Fonte; M. Giardino; S. P. Joy; C. Polanskey; Marc D. Rayman; F. Capaccioni; M. T. Capria; A. Longobardo; E. Palomba; Francesca Zambon; Carol A. Raymond; Christopher T. Russell

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increase of water ice. The observed increase, coupled with Ceres' orbital parameters, points to an ongoing process that seems correlated with solar flux. The reported variation on Ceres' surface indicates that this body is chemically and physically active at the present time.

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