Open AccessAmmonia Ice Deposits on Pluto Hint at Recent Cryovolcanism
Author(s) -
Kimberly Cartier
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
eos
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2019eo125219
Subject(s) - pluto , astrobiology , ammonia , geology , environmental science , chemistry , physics , organic chemistry
This discovery is the latest in a growing stack of evidence pointing to the presence of an ammonia-rich water ocean beneath Pluto’s icy crust.