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M. C. De Sanctis
Researcher at INAF
Publications - 465
Citations - 10427
M. C. De Sanctis is an academic researcher from INAF. The author has contributed to research in topics: Asteroid & Impact crater. The author has an hindex of 45, co-authored 443 publications receiving 9064 citations. Previous affiliations of M. C. De Sanctis include University of Rome Tor Vergata & Sapienza University of Rome.
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Dawn at Vesta: Testing the Protoplanetary Paradigm
Christopher T. Russell,Carol A. Raymond,Angioletta Coradini,Harry Y. McSween,Maria T. Zuber,Andreas Nathues,M. C. De Sanctis,Ralf Jaumann,Alex S. Konopliv,F. Preusker,Sami W. Asmar,Ryan S. Park,Robert Gaskell,H. U. Keller,Stefano Mottola,Thomas Roatsch,Jennifer E.C. Scully,David E. Smith,Pasquale Tricarico,Michael J. Toplis,Ulrich R. Christensen,William C. Feldman,David J. Lawrence,Timothy J. McCoy,Thomas H. Prettyman,Robert C. Reedy,M. E. Sykes,Timothy N. Titus +27 more
TL;DR: Dawn's results confirm predictions that Vesta differentiated and support its identification as the parent body of the HEDs, and present the mineralogical characterization of Vesta, revealing that this asteroid underwent a complex magmatic evolution that led to a differentiated crust and mantle.
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The organic-rich surface of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko as seen by VIRTIS/Rosetta
Fabrizio Capaccioni,Angioletta Coradini,Gianrico Filacchione,Stéphane Erard,Gabriele Arnold,Pierre Drossart,M. C. De Sanctis,D. Bockelee-Morvan,Maria Teresa Capria,Federico Tosi,C. Leyrat,Bernard Schmitt,Eric Quirico,Priscilla Cerroni,Vito Mennella,Andrea Raponi,Mauro Ciarniello,T. B. McCord,L. Moroz,Ernesto Palomba,Eleonora Ammannito,M. A. Barucci,Giancarlo Bellucci,Johannes Benkhoff,Jean-Pierre Bibring,Armando Blanco,M. I. Blecka,Robert W. Carlson,Uri Carsenty,Luigi Colangeli,M. Combes,Michael R. Combi,J. Crovisier,T. Encrenaz,Costanzo Federico,Uwe Fink,Sergio Fonti,Wing-Huen Ip,Patrick G. J. Irwin,Ralf Jaumann,Ralf Jaumann,E. Kuehrt,Yves Langevin,Gianfranco Magni,Stefano Mottola,Vincenzo Orofino,Pasquale Palumbo,Giuseppe Piccioni,Ulrich Schade,Fredric W. Taylor,D. Tiphene,G. P. Tozzi,Pierre Beck,N. Biver,Lydie Bonal,J. Ph. Combe,D. Despan,Enrico Flamini,Sonia Fornasier,Alessandro Frigeri,Davide Grassi,M. Gudipati,M. Gudipati,Andrea Longobardo,Kathrin Markus,F. Merlin,Roberto Orosei,Giovanna Rinaldi,Katrin Stephan,M. Cartacci,Andrea Cicchetti,S. Giuppi,Y. Hello,F. Henry,S. Jacquinod,Raffaella Noschese,G. Peter,Romolo Politi,J. M. Reess,A. Semery +79 more
TL;DR: The VIRTIS instrument on board the Rosetta spacecraft has provided evidence of carbon-bearing compounds on the nucleus of the comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, and no ice-rich patches are observed, indicating a generally dehydrated nature for the surface currently illuminated by the Sun.
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Ammoniated phyllosilicates with a likely outer Solar System origin on (1) Ceres
M. C. De Sanctis,E. Ammannito,E. Ammannito,Andrea Raponi,Simone Marchi,Simone Marchi,T. B. McCord,Harry Y. McSween,Fabrizio Capaccioni,Maria Teresa Capria,Filippo Giacomo Carrozzo,Mauro Ciarniello,Andrea Longobardo,Federico Tosi,Sergio Fonte,Michelangelo Formisano,Alessandro Frigeri,Marco Giardino,Gianfranco Magni,Ernesto Palomba,Diego Turrini,Francesca Zambon,J. P. Combe,William C. Feldman,Ralf Jaumann,Lucy A. McFadden,Carle M. Pieters,Thomas H. Prettyman,Michael J. Toplis,Carol A. Raymond,Christopher T. Russell +30 more
TL;DR: Measurements of Ceres indicate widespread ammoniated phyllosilicates across the surface, but no detectable water ice, which suggests that material from the outer Solar System was incorporated into Ceres, either during its formation at great heliocentric distance or by incorporation of material transported into the main asteroid belt.
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Spectroscopic Characterization of Mineralogy and Its Diversity Across Vesta
M. C. De Sanctis,Eleonora Ammannito,Maria Teresa Capria,Federico Tosi,Fabrizio Capaccioni,Francesca Zambon,F. Carraro,Sergio Fonte,Alessandro Frigeri,Ralf Jaumann,Gianfranco Magni,Simone Marchi,T. B. McCord,Lucy A. McFadden,Harry Y. McSween,David W. Mittlefehldt,Andreas Nathues,Ernesto Palomba,Carle M. Pieters,Carol A. Raymond,Christopher T. Russell,Michael J. Toplis,Diego Turrini +22 more
TL;DR: The mineralogy of Vesta, based on data obtained by the Dawn spacecraft’s visible and infrared spectrometer, is consistent with howardite-eucrite-diogenite meteorites, which suggests a complex magmatic evolution that led to a differentiated crust and mantle.
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Bright carbonate deposits as evidence of aqueous alteration on (1) Ceres
M. C. De Sanctis,Andrea Raponi,Eleonora Ammannito,Eleonora Ammannito,Mauro Ciarniello,Michael J. Toplis,Harry Y. McSween,Julie Castillo-Rogez,Bethany L. Ehlmann,Filippo Giacomo Carrozzo,Simone Marchi,Simone Marchi,Federico Tosi,Francesca Zambon,Fabrizio Capaccioni,Maria Teresa Capria,Sergio Fonte,Michelangelo Formisano,Alessandro Frigeri,Marco Giardino,Andrea Longobardo,Gianfranco Magni,Ernesto Palomba,Lucy A. McFadden,Carle M. Pieters,Ralf Jaumann,Paul M. Schenk,Raffaele Mugnuolo,Carol A. Raymond,Christopher T. Russell +29 more
TL;DR: Spectra of these bright areas in the Occator crater on Ceres are consistent with a large amount of sodium carbonate, constituting the most concentrated known extraterrestrial occurrence of carbonate on kilometre-wide scales in the Solar System.