A Radiolytic Origin of Red Organics at the Surface of the Arrokoth Trans-Neptunian Object
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Quirico, Eric; Augé, Basile; Bacmann, Aurore; Wolters, Cédric; Vuitton, Véronique; Gautier, Thomas; Flandinet, Laurène; Launois, Thibault; Jovanovic, Lora; Boduch, Philippe; Rothard, Hermann; Desage, Léopold; Faure, Alexandre; Schmitt, Bernard; Poch, Olivier; Grundy, William; Protopapa, Silvia; Fornasier, Sonia; Cooper, John F.; Stern, S. Alan
- Source
- 53rd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference
53rd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Mar 2022, The Woodlands, Texas, United States. pp.LPI Contribution No. 2678
- Subject
- [PHYS.ASTR.EP]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Earth and Planetary Astrophysics [astro-ph.EP]
- Language
- English
International audience; We report calculations and irradiation experiments that show that the red color of Arrokoth is the result of radiolytic processes by Galactic Cosmic Rays.