The thickness of the silicate-ice layer is estimated at several kilometers.
Planetary scientists from France, Germany, Italy and the United States came to the conclusion that the outer shell of Ceres is composed of a mixture of silicates and water ice. A study published in the journal Nature Geoscience.
The thickness of the silicate-ice layer is estimated at several kilometers. Most frozen water is, as scientists believe, at the poles of the dwarf planet. Experts note that the presence of subsurface ice explains many geological features of Ceres.
To such conclusions the authors came analyzing the typical landforms of the dwarf planet. Mapping the surface of previously produced space station Dawn that March 2015 is the orbit of Ceres.
Scientists say that the presence of water ice in the upper layers of Ceres, from a chemical point of view carbon is actually a giant meteorite, indicates that in the depths of the largest asteroids located between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter and you can hide large supplies of water.
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