David C Jewitt

Summary

Affiliation: University of Hawaii
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Crystalline water ice on the Kuiper belt object (50000) Quaoar
    David C Jewitt
    Institute for Astronomy, 2680 Woodlawn Drive, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, USA
    Nature 432:731-3. 2004

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Publications1

  1. ncbi Crystalline water ice on the Kuiper belt object (50000) Quaoar
    David C Jewitt
    Institute for Astronomy, 2680 Woodlawn Drive, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, USA
    Nature 432:731-3. 2004
    ..We conclude that Quaoar has been recently resurfaced, either by impact exposure of previously buried (shielded) ices or by cryovolcanic outgassing, or by a combination of these processes...