Formation and evolution of carbonaceous asteroid Ryugu: Direct evidence from returned samples
Pyroxene
Parent body
Carbonaceous chondrite
DOI:
10.1126/science.abn8671
Publication Date:
2022-09-22T18:00:40Z
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ABSTRACT
Samples of the carbonaceous asteroid Ryugu were brought to Earth by Hayabusa2 spacecraft. We analyzed 17 samples measuring 1 8 millimeters. Carbon dioxide-bearing water inclusions are present within a pyrrhotite crystal, indicating that Ryugu's parent formed in outer Solar System. The contain low abundances materials at high temperatures, such as chondrules and calcium- aluminum-rich inclusions. rich phyllosilicates carbonates, which through aqueous alteration reactions temperature, pH, water/rock ratios <1 (by mass). Less altered fragments olivine, pyroxene, amorphous silicates, calcite, phosphide. Numerical simulations, based on mineralogical physical properties samples, indicate body ~2 million years after beginning System formation.
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