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Soluble organic molecules in samples of the carbonaceous asteroid (162173) Ryugu
, 2023 Surface material from the near-Earth carbonaceous (C-type) asteroid (162173) Ryugu was collected and brought to Earth by the Hayabusa2 spacecraft. Ryugu is a dark, primitive asteroid containing hydrous minerals that are similar to the most hydrated ...Glavin, D., Hatakeda, K., Matsumoto, K., Tanaka, S., Noda, H., Vuitton, V., Yoshitake, M., Yamada, M., Yurimoto, H., Hitomi, Y., Hayashi, T., Usui, T., Furusho, A., Yoshikawa, K., Mimasu, Y., Tatsumi, E., Isa, J., Hamase, K., Yamada, T., Iijima, Y., Fukai, R., Kawahara, K., Graham, H., Yamamoto, Y., Nishimura, M., Ishiguro, M., Takei, Y., Fujii, A., Soejima, H., Matsuoka, M., Ogawa, K., Takano, Y., Suzuki, A., Eiler, J., Arakawa, M., Yogata, K., Miyazaki, A., Noguchi, T., Hertkorn, N., Sugahara, H., Shirai, K., Yoshikawa, M., Jr, H., Yada, T., Furuya, S., Abe, M., Thissen, R., Hayakawa, M., Hosoda, S., Ruf, A., Yokota, Y., Shimaki, Y., Aoki, D., Okada, T., Tsuda, Y., McLain, H., Ono, G., Tsukizaki, R., Takeuchi, H., Honda, C., Michikami, T., Naraoka, H., Oba, Y., Mita, H., Iwata, T., Okazaki, R., Hirata, N., Dworkin, J., Noguchi, R., Furukawa, Y., Ozaki, M., Wolters, C., Ohkouchi, N., Parker, E., Kumagai, K., Senshu, H., Watanabe, S., Terui, F., Yoshimura, T., Yano, H., Honda, R., Sakamoto, K., Miura, A., Kitazato, K., Sawada, H., Nakazawa, S., Fukushima, K., Orthous-Daunay, F., Schmitt-Kopplin, P., Yoshihara, K., Morota, T., Yabuta, H., Yamamoto, D., Saiki, T., Sakai, S., Aponte, J., Okamoto, C., Wada, K., Koga, T., Lauretta, D., Elsila, J., Ogawa, N., Ishihara, Y., Kikuchi, S., Tachibana, S., Nakato, A., Namiki, N., Sakatani, N., Chikaraishi, Y., Hashiguchi, M., Nakamura, T., Sugita, S., Ikeda, H. +112 morecore +3 more sourcesThe Asteroid 162173 Ryugu: a Cometary Origin [PDF]
The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 2021 Abstract The Japanese Hayabusa2 mission has revealed in detail the physical characteristics of the C-type asteroid 162173 Ryugu, in particular, its spinning top-shaped rubble-pile structure and potentially high organic content. A widely accepted formation scenario for Ryugu is catastrophic collision between larger asteroids and the ...Hitoshi Miura, Eizo Nakamura, Tak Kunihiro +2 moreopenaire +1 more sourceMid-infrared emissivity of partially dehydrated asteroid (162173) Ryugu shows strong signs of aqueous alteration
Nature Communications, 2022 Spectral characteristics can be used to link asteroid and meteorite materials. Here, the authors show in-situ mid-infrared data of a boulder on asteroid Ryugu, compared with laboratory spectra of various meteorites, indicate that Ryugu experienced strong M. Hamm, M. Grott, H. Senshu, J. Knollenberg, J. de Wiljes, V. E. Hamilton, F. Scholten, K. D. Matz, H. Bates, A. Maturilli, Y. Shimaki, N. Sakatani, W. Neumann, T. Okada, F. Preusker, S. Elgner, J. Helbert, E. Kührt, T.-M. Ho, S. Tanaka, R. Jaumann, S. Sugita +21 moredoaj +1 more sourcePAHs, hydrocarbons, and dimethylsulfides in Asteroid Ryugu samples A0106 and C0107 and the Orgueil (CI1) meteorite
Earth, Planets and Space, 2023 Evaluating the molecular distribution of organic compounds in pristine extraterrestrial materials is cornerstone to understanding the abiotic synthesis of organics and allows us to better understand the molecular diversity available during the formation ...José C. Aponte, Jason P. Dworkin, Daniel P. Glavin, Jamie E. Elsila, Eric T. Parker, Hannah L. McLain, Hiroshi Naraoka, Ryuji Okazaki, Yoshinori Takano, Shogo Tachibana, Guannan Dong, Sarah S. Zeichner, John M. Eiler, Hisayoshi Yurimoto, Tomoki Nakamura, Hikaru Yabuta, Fuyuto Terui, Takaaki Noguchi, Kanako Sakamoto, Toru Yada, Masahiro Nishimura, Aiko Nakato, Akiko Miyazaki, Kasumi Yogata, Masanao Abe, Tatsuaki Okada, Tomohiro Usui, Makoto Yoshikawa, Takanao Saiki, Satoshi Tanaka, Satoru Nakazawa, Yuichi Tsuda, Sei-ichiro Watanabe, The Hayabusa2-initial-analysis SOM team, The Hayabusa2-initial-analysis core team +34 moredoaj +1 more sourceWater circulation in Ryugu asteroid affected the distribution of nucleosynthetic isotope anomalies in returned sample. [PDF]
Sci Adv, 2023 Yokoyama T, Wadhwa M, Iizuka T, Rai V, Gautam I, Hibiya Y, Masuda Y, Haba MK, Fukai R, Hines R, Phelan N, Abe Y, Aléon J, Alexander CMO, Amari S, Amelin Y, Bajo KI, Bizzarro M, Bouvier A, Carlson RW, Chaussidon M, Choi BG, Dauphas N, Davis AM, Di Rocco T, Fujiya W, Hidaka H, Homma H, Hoppe P, Huss GR, Ichida K, Ireland T, Ishikawa A, Itoh S, Kawasaki N, Kita NT, Kitajima K, Kleine T, Komatani S, Krot AN, Liu MC, McKeegan KD, Morita M, Motomura K, Moynier F, Nakai I, Nagashima K, Nguyen A, Nittler L, Onose M, Pack A, Park C, Piani L, Qin L, Russell S, Sakamoto N, Schönbächler M, Tafla L, Tang H, Terada K, Terada Y, Usui T, Wada S, Walker RJ, Yamashita K, Yin QZ, Yoneda S, Young ED, Yui H, Zhang AC, Nakamura T, Naraoka H, Noguchi T, Okazaki R, Sakamoto K, Yabuta H, Abe M, Miyazaki A, Nakato A, Nishimura M, Okada T, Yada T, Yogata K, Nakazawa S, Saiki T, Tanaka S, Terui F, Tsuda Y, Watanabe SI, Yoshikawa M, Tachibana S, Yurimoto H. +91 moreeuropepmc +3 more sourcesSpectrally blue hydrated parent body of asteroid (162173) Ryugu
Nature Communications, 2021 Both poles of asteroid Ryugu, the target of space mission Hayabusa2, preserve the least processed material by space weathering. Here, the authors show detection of 700 nm absorption band in the polar spectra of Ryugu, that allows to constrain the ...Eri Tatsumi, Naoya Sakatani, Lucie Riu, Moe Matsuoka, Rie Honda, Tomokatsu Morota, Shingo Kameda, Tomoki Nakamura, Michael Zolensky, Rosario Brunetto, Takahiro Hiroi, Sho Sasaki, Sei’ichiro Watanabe, Satoshi Tanaka, Jun Takita, Cédric Pilorget, Julia de León, Marcel Popescu, Juan Luis Rizos, Javier Licandro, Ernesto Palomba, Deborah Domingue, Faith Vilas, Humberto Campins, Yuichiro Cho, Kazuo Yoshioka, Hirotaka Sawada, Yasuhiro Yokota, Masahiko Hayakawa, Manabu Yamada, Toru Kouyama, Hidehiko Suzuki, Chikatoshi Honda, Kazunori Ogawa, Kohei Kitazato, Naru Hirata, Naoyuki Hirata, Yuichi Tsuda, Makoto Yoshikawa, Takanao Saiki, Fuyuto Terui, Satoru Nakazawa, Yuto Takei, Hiroshi Takeuchi, Yukio Yamamoto, Tatsuaki Okada, Yuri Shimaki, Kei Shirai, Seiji Sugita +48 moredoaj +1 more sourceChondrule-like objects and Ca-Al-rich inclusions in Ryugu may potentially be the oldest Solar System materials
Nature Communications, 2023 Chondrule-like objects and CAIs in the Ryugu samples are early generations of chondrules and possibly oldest solids in the Solar System. They were transported from the inner solar nebula to the formation location of the Ryugu original parent body.Daisuke Nakashima, Tomoki Nakamura, Mingming Zhang, Noriko T. Kita, Takashi Mikouchi, Hideto Yoshida, Yuma Enokido, Tomoyo Morita, Mizuha Kikuiri, Kana Amano, Eiichi Kagawa, Toru Yada, Masahiro Nishimura, Aiko Nakato, Akiko Miyazaki, Kasumi Yogata, Masanao Abe, Tatsuaki Okada, Tomohiro Usui, Makoto Yoshikawa, Takanao Saiki, Satoshi Tanaka, Satoru Nakazawa, Fuyuto Terui, Hisayoshi Yurimoto, Takaaki Noguchi, Hikaru Yabuta, Hiroshi Naraoka, Ryuji Okazaki, Kanako Sakamoto, Sei-ichiro Watanabe, Shogo Tachibana, Yuichi Tsuda +32 moredoaj +1 more sourceDynamic precise orbit determination of Hayabusa2 using laser altimeter (LIDAR) and image tracking data sets
Earth, Planets and Space, 2020 The precise orbit of the Hayabusa2 spacecraft with respect to asteroid Ryugu is dynamically determined using the data sets collected by the spacecraft’s onboard laser altimeter (LIght Detection And Ranging, LIDAR) and automated image tracking (AIT).Keiko Yamamoto, Toshimichi Otsubo, Koji Matsumoto, Hirotomo Noda, Noriyuki Namiki, Hiroshi Takeuchi, Hitoshi Ikeda, Makoto Yoshikawa, Yukio Yamamoto, Hiroki Senshu, Takahide Mizuno, Naru Hirata, Ryuhei Yamada, Yoshiaki Ishihara, Hiroshi Araki, Shinsuke Abe, Fumi Yoshida, Arika Higuchi, Sho Sasaki, Shoko Oshigami, Seiitsu Tsuruta, Kazuyoshi Asari, Makoto Shizugami, Naoko Ogawa, Go Ono, Yuya Mimasu, Kent Yoshikawa, Tadateru Takahashi, Yuto Takei, Atsushi Fujii, Tomohiro Yamaguchi, Shota Kikuchi, Sei-ichiro Watanabe, Satoshi Tanaka, Fuyuto Terui, Satoru Nakazawa, Takanao Saiki, Yuichi Tsuda +37 moredoaj +1 more source