The Absence of Large Craters on Ceres Is Consistent with an Early Phase of Tectonic Activity

Scott D. King1, Michael T Bland2, Roger Fu3, Anton Ermakov4, Simone Marchi5, Julie C Castillo6, Jennifer E. C. Scully6, Carol A Raymond7 and Christopher T Russell8, (1)Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, United States, (2)USGS Astrogeology Science Center, Flagstaff, United States, (3)Columbia University of New York, Palisades, NY, United States, (4)University of California, Berkeley, Space Sciences Laboratory, Berkeley, United States, (5)Southwest Research Institute Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States, (6)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States, (7)NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States, (8)University of California, IGPP/EPSS, Los Angeles, CA, United States