Water ice detected on asteroid Themis

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Asteroid Themis (24 Themis) has been subject to two independent measurements detecting water ice on its surface.
http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/acm2008/pdf/8099.pdf

plus organics:
http://www.abstractsonline.com/Plan/Vie ... 7aeebc38de

Relayed and explained by media:

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn1 ... ubble.html

http://sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/ ... n_asteroid

A good omen for Ceres subsurface ice, and may be, in polar areas, ice on the surface....