Quaoar, a large body in the Kuiper belt, has crystalline water ice on its surface, yet conditions there should favour amorphous ice. Does this mean that resurfacing has taken place — perhaps even volcanism?
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Stevenson, D. Volcanoes on Quaoar?. Nature 432, 681–682 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1038/432681a
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