The Giant Cue Ball: Efficient Relaxation of Ceres’ Craters
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????. Figure 1. Elevation profiles of a crater over a pure ice half-space and heat flow of 1 mW m, after 100 Myr. Surface temperature is indicated in the legend box. 1798.pdf 44th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2013)
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