Ammonia, accreted either as organic matter or as ice, may have reacted with
phyllosilicates on Ceres during differentiation.
Not exact matches
Although Ceres»
phyllosilicates are uniform in their composition, there are marked differences in how abundant these materials are
on the surface.
To satisfy microbial nutritional fitness, the research team uses mineral mixtures that mimic the Martian regolith composition from different locations and historical periods of Mars: «JSC 1A» is mainly composed of palagonite — a rock that was created by lava; «P - MRS» is rich in hydrated
phyllosilicates; the sulfate containing «S - MRS,» emerging from acidic times
on Mars and the highly porous «MRS07 / 52» that consists of silicate and iron compounds and simulates sediments of the Martian surface.
One of the surprises found
on Ceres was the presence of ammonia in the
phyllosilicates.
This shallow angle would have permitted some of the ejected material from the collision to fall back
on the surface, spraying it with the observed
phyllosilicate traces.