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SOFIA Science Imagery

NASA / ARC · 2017-09-14 · photograph (digital archive)

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SCI2017_0003: The column of material at and just below the surface of dwarf planet Ceres (box) – the top layer contains anhydrous (dry) pyroxene dust accumulated from space mixed in with native hydrous (wet) dust, carbonates, and water ice. (Bottom) Cross section of Ceres showing the surface layers that are the subject of this study plus a watery mantle and a rocky-metallic core.

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Credit lineSOFIA Science Imagery. NASA/ARC, 2017-09-14. Public domain. ID: ACD17-0168-008.
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