Organic Matter in the Asteroid Ryugu: What We Know So Far [PDF]
The Hayabusa2 mission was tasked with returning samples from the C-complex asteroid Ryugu (1999 JU3), in order to shed light on the formation, evolution and composition of such asteroids.
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Hydrothermal alteration of Ryugu from a disruptive impact recorded in a returned sample [PDF]
Samples returned from C-type asteroid (162173) Ryugu by JAXA’s Hayabusa2 spacecraft provide material free of terrestrial alteration for analysis. Previous work shows that Ryugu was aqueously altered below 100 °C under neutral to alkaline fluid conditions.
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A primordial noble gas component discovered in the Ryugu asteroid and its implications [PDF]
Ryugu is the C-type asteroid from which material was brought to Earth by the Hayabusa2 mission. A number of individual grains and fine-grained samples analysed so far for noble gases have indicated that solar wind and planetary (known as P1) noble gases ...
Alexander B. Verchovsky +35 more
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Diverse evolutionary pathways of spheroidal asteroids driven by rotation rate [PDF]
Asteroids preserve a continuous record of evolutionary processes since the early solar system. They can take various shapes that represent the cumulative results of their evolution.
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Breunnerite grain and magnesium isotope chemistry reveal cation partitioning during aqueous alteration of asteroid Ryugu [PDF]
Returned samples from the carbonaceous asteroid (162173) Ryugu provide pristine information on the original aqueous alteration history of the Solar System.
Toshihiro Yoshimura +35 more
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Bennu and Ryugu constituents from samples IR analyses and potential source of terrestrial planets’ ingredients [PDF]
Samples collected on carbonaceous asteroids and preserved from terrestrial alteration are key witnesses of the early evolution of the Solar System. Here we present the results of the characterization, by the near-IR hyperspectral microscope MicrOmega ...
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Variations of organic functional chemistry in carbonaceous matter from the asteroid 162173 Ryugu [PDF]
Primordial carbon delivered to the early earth by asteroids and meteorites provided a diverse source of extraterrestrial organics from pre-existing simple organic compounds, complex solar-irradiated macromolecules, and macromolecules from extended ...
Bradley De Gregorio +58 more
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Primordial aqueous alteration recorded in water-soluble organic molecules from the carbonaceous asteroid (162173) Ryugu [PDF]
We report primordial aqueous alteration signatures in water-soluble organic molecules from the carbonaceous asteroid (162173) Ryugu by the Hayabusa2 spacecraft of JAXA.
Yoshinori Takano +42 more
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The evolution of organic material on Asteroid 162173 Ryugu and its delivery to Earth [PDF]
The recent return of samples from asteroid 162173 Ryugu provides a first insight into early Solar System prebiotic evolution from known planetary bodies. Ryugu’s samples are CI chondrite-like, rich in water and organic material, and primarily composed of
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Nonmagnetic framboid and associated iron nanoparticles with a space-weathered feature from asteroid Ryugu [PDF]
Extraterrestrial minerals on the surface of airless Solar System bodies undergo gradual alteration processes known as space weathering over long periods of time.
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