Space Weathering of Genesis Mission Solar-wind Collectors with Inferences for Weathering on Airless BodiesOPEN ACCESS
Amy J. G. Jurewicz, Karen D. Rieck, Chad Olinger, Judy Allton, Mukul Sharma, Lindsay P. Keller and Roy Christoffersen The Planetary Science Journal, Volume 4, Number 5 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Samples from the…
Ryugu asteroid sample return provides a natural laboratory for primordial chemical evolutionOPEN ACCESS
Yasuhiro Oba, Yoshinori Takano, Jason P. Dworkin & Hiroshi Naraoka Nature Communications, Volume 14, Article number: 3107Comment, published: 30 May 2023 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The samples returned from near-Earth asteroid (162173) Ryugu provide…
A Comparison of Presolar Isotopic Signatures in Laboratory-Studied Primitive Solar System Materials and Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko: New Insights from Light Elements, Halogens, and Noble GasesOPEN ACCESS
Peter Hoppe, Martin Rubin & Kathrin Altwegg Space Science Reviews, Volume 219, Article number: 32 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Comets are considered the most primitive planetary bodies in our Solar System. ESA’s Rosetta mission…
The spatial distribution of soluble organic matter and their relationship to minerals in the asteroid (162173) RyuguOPEN ACCESS
Minako Hashiguchi, Dan Aoki, Kazuhiko Fukushima, Hiroshi Naraoka, Yoshinori Takano, Jason P. Dworkin, Karin E. Dworkin, José C. Aponte, Jamie E. Elsila, John M. Eiler, Yoshihiro Furukawa, Aogu Furusho, Daniel P. Glavin, Heather V. Graham,…
Overview of the search for signs of space weathering on the low-albedo asteroid (101955) BennuOPEN ACCESS
B.E. Clark, A. Sen, X.-D. Zou, D.N. DellaGiustina, S. Sugita, N. Sakatani, M. Thompson, D. Trang, E. Tatsumi, M.A. Barucci, M. Barker, H. Campins, T. Morota, C. Lantz, A.R. Hendrix, F. Vilas, L. Keller, V.E….
Keck and Gemini spectral characterization of Lucy mission fly-by target (152830) DinkineshOPEN ACCESS
B.T. Bolin, K.S. Noll, I. Caiazzo, C. Fremling, R.P. Binzel IcarusAvailable online 7 April 2023, 115562 LINK PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Recently, the inner main belt asteroid (152830) Dinkinesh was identified as an additional fly- by…
Curation planning and facilities for asteroid Bennu samples returned by the OSIRIS-REx mission
K. Righter, N. G. Lunning, K. Nakamura-Messenger, C. J. Snead, J. McQuillan, M. Calaway, K. Allums, M. Rodriguez, R. C. Funk, R. S. Harrington, W. Connelly, T. Cowden, J. P. Dworkin, C. C. Lorentson, S….
Spectral Type and Geometric Albedo of (98943) 2001 CC21, the Hayabusa2# Mission TargetOPEN ACCESS
Jooyeon Geem, Masateru Ishiguro, Mikael Granvik, Hiroyuki Naito, Hiroshi Akitaya, Tomohiko Sekiguchi, Sunao Hasegawa, Daisuke Kuroda, Tatsuharu Oono, Yoonsoo P. Bach, Sunho Jin, Ryo Imazawa, Koji S. Kawabata, Seiko Takagi, Makoto Yoshikawa, Anlaug A. Djupvik,…
MASCOT’s in situ analysis of asteroid Ryugu in the context of regolith samples and remote sensing data returned by Hayabusa2OPEN ACCESS
Katharina Otto, Tra-Mi Ho, Stephan Ulamec, Jean-Pierre Bibring, Jens Biele, Matthias Grott, Maximilian Hamm, David Hercik, Ralf Jaumann, Masahiko Sato, Stefan E. Schröder, Satoshi Tanaka, Ulrich Auster, Kohei Kitazato, Jörg Knollenberg, Aurelie Moussi, Tomoki Nakamura,…
Mission to Psyche: Including Undergraduates and the Public on the Journey to a Metal WorldOPEN ACCESS
Catherine D. D. Bowman, Linda T. Elkins-Tanton, Adriana Talamante, James F. Bell III, Ernest Cisneros, Alexandra Cook, Jason D. Frieman, Danya Gainor, Jamie Hunziker, Shaheer Khan, Christopher R. Lawler, Jessica Maschino, Timothy J. McCoy, Kaxandra…
The Psyche Magnetometry InvestigationOPEN ACCESS
Benjamin P. Weiss, José M. G. Merayo, Jodie B. Ream, Rona Oran, Peter Brauer, Corey J. Cochrane, Kyle Cloutier, Linda T. Elkins-Tanton, John L. Jørgensen, Clara Maurel, Ryan S. Park, Carol A. Polanskey, Maria de…
Variations of the surface characteristics of Ryugu returned samplesOPEN ACCESS
Aiko Nakato, Toru Yada, Masahiro Nishimura, Kasumi Yogata, Akiko Miyazaki, Kana Nagashima, Kentaro Hatakeda, Kazuya Kumagai, Yuya Hitomi, Hiromichi Soejima, Jean-Pierre Bibring, Cedric Pilorget, Vincent Hamm, Rosario Brunetto, Lucie Riu, Lionel Lourit, Damien Loizeau, Tania…
Uracil in the carbonaceous asteroid (162173) RyuguOPEN ACCESS
Yasuhiro Oba, Toshiki Koga, Yoshinori Takano, Nanako O. Ogawa, Naohiko Ohkouchi, Kazunori Sasaki, Hajime Sato, Daniel P. Glavin, Jason P. Dworkin, Hiroshi Naraoka, Shogo Tachibana, Hisayoshi Yurimoto, Tomoki Nakamura, Takaaki Noguchi, Ryuji Okazaki, Hikaru Yabuta,…
Insight into multi-step geological evolution of C-type asteroids from Ryugu particles
Akira Yamaguchi, Naotaka Tomioka, Motoo Ito, Naoki Shirai, Makoto Kimura, Richard C. Greenwood, Ming-Chang Liu, Kaitlyn A. McCain, Nozomi Matsuda, Masayuki Uesugi, Naoya Imae, Takuji Ohigashi, Kentaro Uesugi, Aiko Nakato, Kasumi Yogata, Hayato Yuzawa, Yu…
Insights into the formation and evolution of extraterrestrial amino acids from the asteroid RyuguOPEN ACCESS
Christian Potiszil, Tsutomu Ota, Masahiro Yamanaka, Chie Sakaguchi, Katsura Kobayashi, Ryoji Tanaka, Tak Kunihiro, Hiroshi Kitagawa, Masanao Abe, Akiko Miyazaki, Aiko Nakato, Satoru Nakazawa, Masahiro Nishimura, Tatsuaki Okada, Takanao Saiki, Satoshi Tanaka, Fuyuto Terui, Yuichi…
Interaction between clay minerals and organics in asteroid RyuguOPEN ACCESS
J.-C. Viennet, M. Roskosz, T. Nakamura, P. Beck, B. Baptiste, B. Lavina, E.E. Alp, M.Y. Hu, J. Zhao, M. Gounelle, R. Brunetto, H. Yurimoto, T. Noguchi, R. Okazaki, H. Yabuta, H. Naraoka, K. Sakamoto, S….
Temporally distributed parent body accretion in the C reservoir of the solar systemOPEN ACCESS
Wladimir Neumann, Ning Ma, Audrey Bouvier, Mario Trieloff PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Accretion processes in protoplanetary disks produce a diversity of small bodies that played a crucial role in multiple reshuffling events throughout the solar system…
PAHs, hydrocarbons, and dimethylsulfides in Asteroid Ryugu samples A0106 and C0107 and the Orgueil (CI1) meteoriteOPEN ACCESS
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…
Extraterrestrial Amino Acids and Amines Identified in Asteroid Ryugu Samples Returned by the Hayabusa2 Mission
Eric T. Parker, Hannah L. McLain, Daniel P. Glavin, Jason P. Dworkin, Jamie E. Elsila, José C. Aponte, Hiroshi Naraoka, Yoshinori Takano, Shogo Tachibana, Hikaru Yabuta, Hisayoshi Yurimoto, Kanako Sakamoto, Toru Yada, Masahiro Nishimura, Aiko…
Soluble organic molecules in samples of the carbonaceous asteroid (162173) Ryugu
Hiroshi Naraoka, Yoshinori Takano, Jason P. Dworkin, Yasuhiro Oba, Kenji Hamase, Aogu Furusho, Nanako O. Ogawa, Minako Hashiguchi, Kazuhiko Fukushima, […], and Yuichi Tsuda Science24 Feb 2023Vol 379, Issue 6634 LINK “Structured Abstract INTRODUCTIONSurface material…
Macromolecular organic matter in samples of the asteroid (162173) Ryugu
Hikaru Yabuta, George D. Cody, Cécile Engrand, Yoko Kebukawa, Bradley De Gregorio, Lydie Bonal, Laurent Remusat, Rhonda Stroud, Eric Quirico, […] and Yuichi Tsuda Science24 Feb 2023Vol 379, Issue 6634 LINK “Structured Abstract INTRODUCTIONOrganic compounds…
Regolith migration on asteroid 101955 Bennu inferred from boulder alignment
J.R. Marshall, C. Beddingfield, L.K. Fenton, K. Walsh, D.S. Lauretta Planetary and Space ScienceIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 21 February 2023 LINK “The alignment of elongated-boulder long axes was measured for the surface regolith…
Chondrule-like objects and Ca-Al-rich inclusions in Ryugu may potentially be the oldest Solar System materialsOPEN ACCESS
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,…
Nonequilibrium Spherulitic Magnetite In The Ryugu Samples
Elena Dobrică, Hope A. Ishii, John P. Bradley, Kenta Ohtaki, Adrian J. Brearley, Takaaki Noguchi, Toru Matsumoto, Akira Miyake, Yohei Igami, Mitsutaka Haruta, Hikaru Saito, Satoshi Hata, Yusuke Seto, Masaaki Miyahara, Naotaka Tomioka, Hugues Leroux,…
Simulating impact-induced shaking as a triggering mechanism for mass movements on Bennu
Y. Tang, D.S. Lauretta, R.-L. Ballouz, D.N. DellaGiustina, C.A. Bennett, K.J. Walsh, D.R. Golish IcarusAvailable online 6 February 2023 LINK “Observations of near-Earth asteroid Bennu have revealed a dynamic surface composed of unconsolidated material. The…
Evidence of Space Weathering on the CI1-Chondrite Asteroid 162173 Ryugu
Hiroi T.* Milliken R. E. Robertson K. M. Schultz C. D. Amano K. Nakamura T. 54th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference 2023 abstract [#1040] A 6 nm shift in the 2.7-micron band positoin between returned samples and the surface materials of asteroid Ryugu indicates…
Ni Isotopic Composition of Ryugu Samples Returned by the Hayabusa2 Mission
Spitzer F.* Burkhardt C. Kleine T. Hayabusa2 Initial Analysis Chem. Team Hayabusa2-Initial-Analysis core 54th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference 2023abstract [#2488] The Ni isotopic composition of Ryugu is identical to that of CIs and different from all other…
Water in Asteroid Ryugu is Deuterium-Rich Compared to Earth and CI Chondrites
Nittler L. R.* Barosch J. Wang J. Alexander C. M. O’D. 54th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference 2023abstract [#1411] Use oxygen ions / Measure Ryugu water / Deuterium-rich!
Ryugu and the Quest for Unaltered CI-Like Materials from the Early Solar System
Goodrich C. A.* Lee S. Mane P. Hamilton V. E. Zolensky M. E. Kita N. T. 54th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference 2023abstract [#1446] Anhydrous silicates and Ca,Al-rich phases in Ryugu are remnants of CI3 material. We are studying xenoliths from polymict ureilites that show…
The noble gas and nitrogen relationship between Ryugu and carbonaceous chondritesOPEN ACCESS
M.W. Broadley, D.J. Byrne, E. Füri, L. Zimmermann, B. Marty, R. Okazaki, T. Yada, F. Kitajima, S. Tachibana, K. Yogata, K. Sakamoto, H. Yurimoto, T. Nakamura, T. Noguchi, H. Naraoka, H. Yabuta, S. Watanabe, Y….
Rubble pile asteroids are forever
Fred Jourdan, Nicholas E. Timms, Tomoki Nakamura, William D. A. Rickard, Celia Mayers, Steven M. Reddy, David Saxey, Luke Daly, Phil A. Bland, Ela Eroglu, and Denis Fougerouse PNASJanuary 23, 2023120 (5) e22143531 LINK “Rubble…
Uncertainties in physical properties of Itokawa-like asteroids widen constraints on their formation timeOPEN ACCESS
Jonas Hallstrom & Maitrayee Bose Earth, Planets and Space volume 75, Article number: 11Published: 20 January 2023 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “One of the outstanding questions in planetary science is to determine how the fundamental mechanical and…
Testing materials to mitigate terrestrial organic contamination of meteorites: Implications for collection, curation, and handling of astromaterials
Libby D. Tunney, Patrick J. A. Hill, Christopher D. K. Herd, Robert W. Hilts MAPSVersion of Record online: 13 January 2023 LINK “Organic matter in astromaterials can provide important information for understanding the chemistry of our solar system…
Early fluid activity on Ryugu inferred by isotopic analyses of carbonates and magnetite
Kaitlyn A. McCain, Nozomi Matsuda, Ming-Chang Liu, Kevin D. McKeegan, Akira Yamaguchi, Makoto Kimura, Naotaka Tomioka, Motoo Ito, Naoya Imae, Masayuki Uesugi, Naoki Shirai, Takuji Ohigashi, Richard C. Greenwood, Kentaro Uesugi, Aiko Nakato, Kasumi Yogata,…
Small grains from Ryugu: handling and analysis pipeline for infrared synchrotron microspectroscopyOPEN ACCESS
Stefano Rubino, Zélia Dionnet, Alice Aléon-Toppani, Rosario Brunetto, Tomoki Nakamura, Donia Baklouti, Zahia Djouadi, Cateline Lantz, Obadias Mivumbi, Ferenc Borondics, Stephane Lefrançois, Christophe Sandt, Francesco Capitani, Eva Héripré, David Troadec, Megumi Matsumoto, Kana Amano, Tomoyo…
Methods and tools for handling, transportation, weighing, and pelletization applied to the initial analysis of volatile components in the Hayabusa2 samplesOPEN ACCESS
Ryuji Okazaki, Shinji Yamanouchi, Kazuhiko Shimada, Atsushi Baba, Fumio Kitajima & Toru Yada Earth, Planets and Space, Volume 74, Article number: 190Published: 27 December 2022 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The Hayabusa2 spacecraft succeeded in sampling and returning…
A dehydrated space-weathered skin cloaking the hydrated interior of RyuguOPEN ACCESS
Takaaki Noguchi, Toru Matsumoto, Akira Miyake, Yohei Igami, Mitsutaka Haruta, Hikaru Saito, Satoshi Hata, Yusuke Seto, Masaaki Miyahara, Naotaka Tomioka, Hope A. Ishii, John P. Bradley, Kenta K. Ohtaki, Elena Dobrică, Hugues Leroux, Corentin Le…
Oxygen isotope evidence from Ryugu samples for early water delivery to Earth by CI chondritesOPEN ACCESS
Richard C. Greenwood, Ian A. Franchi, Ross Findlay, James A. Malley, Motoo Ito, Akira Yamaguchi, Makoto Kimura, Naotaka Tomioka, Masayuki Uesugi, Naoya Imae, Naoki Shirai, Takuji Ohigashi, Ming-Chang Liu, Kaitlyn A. McCain, Nozomi Matsuda, Kevin…
Raman instrument calibration for astromaterials and analysis of Mars return samples
Ryan Scott Jakubek, Marc D. Fries MAPS, Version of Record online: 17 December 2022 LINK “The study of astromaterials generally involves the distribution of limited sample to many laboratories for analysis. Maximum scientific yield for a…
An observing campaign to search for meteoroids of Bennu at EarthOPEN ACCESS
Peter Jenniskens, Dante S. Lauretta, Lindsey R. Koelbel, Martin C. Towner, Phil Bland, Steve Heathcote, Tim Abbott, Emmanuel Jehin, Toni Hanke, Elise Fahl, Rynault van Wyk, Tim Cooper, Jack W. Baggaley, Dave Samuels, Peter S….
Contribution of Ryugu-like material to Earth’s volatile inventory by Cu and Zn isotopic analysis
Marine Paquet, Frederic Moynier, Tetsuya Yokoyama, Wei Dai, Yan Hu, Yoshinari Abe, Jérôme Aléon, Conel M. O’D. Alexander, Sachiko Amari, Yuri Amelin, Ken-ichi Bajo, Martin Bizzarro, Audrey Bouvier, Richard W. Carlson, Marc Chaussidon, Byeon-Gak Choi,…
Mature lunar soils from Fe-rich and young mare basalts in the Chang’e-5 regolith samples
Xuejin Lu, Jian Chen, Zongcheng Ling, Changqing Liu, Xiaohui Fu, Le Qiao, Jiang Zhang, Haijun Cao, Jianzhong Liu, Zhiping He & Rui Xu Nature Astronomy (2022)Published: 12 December 2022 LINK “Space weathering on airless bodies…
Design of an in-situ science mission to a Jupiter Trojan
Michael Khan, Olivier Witasse, Waldemar Martens, Arnaud Boutonnet LINK Planetary and Space ScienceAvailable online 4 December 2022, “The NASA mission Lucy, launched in 2021, will perform flybys at several Jupiter Trojan asteroids. The logical next…
Building a High-resolution Digital Terrain Model of Bennu from Laser Altimetry DataOPEN ACCESS
Jeff A. Seabrook, Michael G. Daly, Olivier S. Barnouin, Eric E. Palmer, Robert W. Gaskell, Hari Nair and Dante S. Lauretta The Planetary Science Journal, Volume 3, Number 12, Published: 2 December 2022 LINK (OPEN…
Constraining surface properties of asteroid (162173) Ryugu from numerical simulations of Hayabusa2 mission impact experimentOPEN ACCESS
Martin Jutzi, Sabina D. Raducan, Yun Zhang, Patrick Michel & Masahiko Arakawa Nature Communications, Volume 13, Article number: 7134 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The Hayabusa2 mission impact experiment on asteroid Ryugu created an unexpectedly…
Shidian meteorite, a new fall analog of near-Earth asteroid (101955) Bennu
Yan Fan, Shijie Li, Shen Liu, Qingzhu Yin, Guangming Song, Rui Xu, Jiang Zhang, Pengfei Zhang, Chengyu Liu, Rong Wang, Thomas Smith MAPSVersion of Record online: 24 November 2022 LINK “Shidian is a recent meteorite…
Trace-element analysis of mineral grains in Ryugu rock fragment sections by synchrotron-based confocal X-ray fluorescenceOPEN ACCESS
Benjamin Bazi, Pieter Tack, Miles Lindner, Bart Vekemans, Ella De Pauw, Beverley Tkalcec, Frank E. Brenker, Jan Garrevoet, Gerald Falkenberg, Hikaru Yabuta, Hisayoshi Yurimoto, Tomoki Nakamura, Kana Amano, Megumi Matsumoto, Yuri Fujioka, Yuma Enokido, Daisuke…
Derivation of 1.064 μm normal albedos on the C-type asteroid Ryugu from laser pulse intensity measurement of the Hayabusa2 LIDAROPEN ACCESS
Ryuhei Yamada, Keiko Yamamoto, Shoko Oshigami, Hiroshi Araki, Hiroki Senshu, Hirotomo Noda, Noriyuki Namiki, Koji Matsumoto, Fumi Yoshida, Shinsuke Abe, Naru Hirata, Sho Sasaki & Takahide Mizuno Earth, Planets and Space volume 74, Article number:…
Physical Considerations for an Intercept Mission to a 1I/’Oumuamua-like Interstellar ObjectOPEN ACCESS
Amir Siraj, Abraham Loeb, Amaya Moro-Martin, Mark Elowitz, Abigail White, Wesley Watters, Gary Melnick, Richard Cloete, Jonathan Grindlay, Frank Laukien accepted for publication in Journal of Astronomical InstrumentationDraft version November 7, 2022 PDF (OPEN ACCESS)…
Bulk composition and thermal evolution constrain the formation of organics in Ceres’ subsurface ocean via geochemical modeling
Jack Diab, Mohit Melwani Daswani, Julie Castillo-Rogez IcarusIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 4 November 2022 LINK “Highlights • Organic formed in the subsurface ocean are controlled by temperature and redox conditions• Under a CI…
Interstellar Object Accessibility and Mission DesignOPEN ACCESS
Benjamin P. S. Donitz, Declan Mages, Hiroyasu Tsukamoto, Peter Dixon, Damon Landau, Soon-Jo Chung, Erica Bufanda, Michel Ingham, Julie Castillo-Rogez Accepted at IEEE Aerospace Conference LINK (OPEN ACCESS) “Interstellar objects (ISOs) are fascinating and under-explored…
Rock magnetic characterization of returned samples from asteroid (162173) Ryugu: Implications for paleomagnetic interpretation and paleointensity estimation
Masahiko Sato, Yuki Kimura, Satoshi Tanaka, Tadahiro Hatakeyama, Seiji Sugita, Tomoki Nakamuna, Shogo Tachibana, Hisayoshi Yurimoto, Takaaki Noguchi, Ryuji Okazaki, Hikaru Yabuta, Hiroshi Naraoka, Kanako Sakamoto, Toru Yada, Masahiro Nishimura, Aiko Nakato, Akiko Miyazaki, Kasumi…
In situ 87Rb–87Sr analyses of terrestrial and extraterrestrial samples by LA-MC-ICP-MS/MS with double Wien filter and collision cell technologiesOPEN ACCESS
Nicolas Dauphas, Timo Hopp, Grant Craig, Zhe J. Zhang, Maria C. Valdes, Philipp R. Heck, Bruce L. A. Charlier, Elizabeth A. Bell, T. Mark Harrison, Andrew M. Davis, Laure Dussubieux, Patrick R. Williams, Michael J….
Linking remote sensing, in situ and laboratory spectroscopy for a Ryugu analog meteorite sampleOPEN ACCESS
Alessandro Maturilli, Sabrina Schwinger, Enrica Bonato, Jörn Helbert, Mickael Baqué, Maximilian Hamm, Giulia Alemanno and Mario D’Amore Frontiers in Space Technologies, 24 October 2022Sec. Space Robotics LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (DOWNLOAD) “In 2022 JAXA issued an…
First asteroid gas sample delivered by the Hayabusa2 mission: A treasure box from RyuguOPEN ACCESS
Ryuji Okazaki, Yayoi N. Miura, Yoshinori Takano, Hirotaka Sawada, Kanako Sakamoto, Toru Yada, Keita Yamada, Shinsuke Kawagucci, Yohei Matsui, […] Shogo Tachibana Science Advances20 Oct 2022 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) Supplementary Materials (PDF) “The…
Ryugu’s nucleosynthetic heritage from the outskirts of the Solar SystemOPEN ACCESS
Timo Hopp, Nicolas Dauphas, Yoshinari Abe, Jérôme Aléon, Conel M. O’D. Alexander, Sachiko Amari, Yuri Amelin, Ken-ichi Bajo, Martin Bizzarro […] Hisayoshi Yurimoto Science Advances20 Oct 2022 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) Supplementary Materials (PDF)…
Noble gases and nitrogen in samples of asteroid Ryugu record its volatile sources and recent surface evolutionOPEN ACCESS
Ryuji Okazaki, Bernard Marty, Henner Busemann, Ko Hashizume, Jamie D. Gilmour, Alex Meshik, Toru Yada, Fumio Kitajima, Michael W. Broadley […] Yuichi Tsuda Science Advances20 Oct 2022 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) Supplementary Materials (PDF)…
The Solar System calcium isotopic composition inferred from Ryugu samplesOPEN ACCESS
F. Moynier, W. Dai, T. Yokoyama, Y. Hu, M. Paquet, Y. Abe, J. Aléon, C.M.O’D. Alexander, S. Amari, Y. Amelin, K.-I. Bajo, et al. Geochemical Perspectives Letters v24Published 19 October 2022 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN…
Evaluating possible spectroscopic variation of Bennu’s sampling site
A Praet, G Poggiali, M A Barucci, B E Clark, X-D Zou, A A Simon, H H Kaplan, J-Y Li, C Alcaria Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, stac2969Published: 19 October 2022 LINK “The…
Predicting Asteroid Material Properties from a DART-like Kinetic ImpactOPEN ACCESS
Kathryn M. Kumamoto, J. Michael Owen, Megan Bruck Syal, Jason Pearl, Cody Raskin, Wendy K. Caldwell, Emma Rainey, Angela M. Stickle, R. Terik Daly and Olivier Barnouin The Planetary Science Journal, Volume 3, Number 10…
Particle size distributions inside and around the artificial crater produced by the Hayabusa2 impact experiment on RyuguOPEN ACCESS
K. Ogawa, N. Sakatani, T. Kadono, M. Arakawa, R. Honda, K. Wada, K. Shirai, Y. Shimaki, K. Ishibashi, Y. Yokota, T. Saiki, H. Imamura, Y. Tsuda, S. Nakazawa, Y. Takagi, M. Hayakawa, H. Yano, C….
Cold Compaction and Macro-Porosity Removal in Rubble-Pile Asteroids: 2. Applications
Zhongtian Zhang, David Bercovici, Linda Elkins-Tanton JGR PlanetsFirst published: 07 October 2022 LINK “Key Points We model cold compaction in stony and metallic rubble piles, under the assumption of initially narrow boulder size distributions Stony…
Rare earth element identification and quantification in millimetre-sized Ryugu rock fragments from the Hayabusa2 space missionOPEN ACCESS
Pieter Tack, Ella De Pauw, Beverley Tkalcec, Miles Lindner, Benjamin Bazi, Bart Vekemans, Frank Brenker, Marco Di Michiel, Masayuki Uesugi, Hisayoshi Yurimoto, Tomoki Nakamura, Kana Amano, Megumi Matsumoto, Yuri Fujioka, Yuma Enokido, Daisuke Nakashima, Takaaki…
Formation and evolution of carbonaceous asteroid Ryugu: Direct evidence from returned samples
T. Nakamura M. Matsumoto K. Amano Y. Enokido M. E. Zolensky T. Mikouchi H. Genda S. Tanaka M. Y. Zolotov K. Kurosawa S. Wakita R. Hyodo H. Nagano D. Nakashima Y. Takahashi Y. Fujioka M….
Chang’E-5 samples reveal high water content in lunar mineralsOPEN ACCESS
Chuanjiao Zhou, Hong Tang, Xiongyao Li, Xiaojia Zeng, Bing Mo, Wen Yu, Yanxue Wu, Xiandi Zeng, Jianzhong Liu & Yuanyun Wen Nature Communications, Volume 13, Article number: 5336Published: 10 September 2022 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN…
Characterization of the MASCOT landing area by Hayabusa2OPEN ACCESS
Stefan Schröder, Naoya Sakatani, Rie Honda, Eri Tatsumi, Yasuhiro Yokota, Deborah Domingue, Yuichiro Cho, Shingo Kameda, Kohei Kitazato, Toru Kouyama, Moe Matsuoka, Akira Miura, Tomokatsu Morota, Tatsuaki Okada, Hirotaka Sawada, Hiroki Senshu, Yuri Shimaki, Seiji…
Incorporation of 16O-rich anhydrous silicates in the protolith of highly hydrated asteroid Ryugu
Ming-Chang Liu, Kaitlyn A. McCain, Nozomi Matsuda, Akira Yamaguchi, Makoto Kimura, Naotaka Tomioka, Motoo Ito, Masayuki Uesugi, Naoya Imae, Naoki Shirai, Takuji Ohigashi, Richard C. Greenwood, Kentaro Uesugi, Aiko Nakato, Kasumi Yogata, Hayato Yuzawa, Yu…
An olivine cumulate outcrop on the floor of Jezero crater, MarsOPEN ACCESS
Y. Liu, M. M. Tice, M. E. Schmidt, A. H. Treiman, T. V. Kizovski, J. A. Hurowitz, A. C. Allwood, J. Henneke, D. A. K. Pedersen […] M.-P. Zorzano Science25 August 2022 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF…
Aqueously altered igneous rocks sampled on the floor of Jezero crater, MarsOPEN ACCESS
K. A. Farley, K. M. Stack, D. L. Shuster, B. H. N. Horgan, J. A. Hurowitz, J. D. Tarnas, J. I. Simon, V. Z. Sun, E. L. Scheller, […] M.-P. Zorzano Science25 August 2022 LINK…
Meteoroids detection with the LUMIO lunar CubeSat
F. Topputo, G. Merisio, V. Franzese, C. Giordano, M. Massari, G. Pilato, D. Labate, A. Cervone, S. Speretta, A. Menicucci, E. Turan, E. Bertels, J. Vennekens, R. Walker, D. Koschny IcarusAvailable online 24 August 2022,…
The Geologic Impact of 16 Psyche’s Surface TemperaturesOPEN ACCESS
Carver J. Bierson, Linda T. Elkins-Tanton and Joseph G. O’Rourke The Planetary Science Journal, Volume 3, Number 8Published: 18 August 2022 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “NASA’s Discovery mission Psyche will soon be launched to…
A pristine record of outer Solar System materials from asteroid Ryugu’s returned sampleOPEN ACCESS
Motoo Ito, Naotaka Tomioka, Masayuki Uesugi, Akira Yamaguchi, Naoki Shirai, Takuji Ohigashi, Ming-Chang Liu, Richard C. Greenwood, Makoto Kimura, Naoya Imae, Kentaro Uesugi, Aiko Nakato, Kasumi Yogata, Hayato Yuzawa, Yu Kodama, Akira Tsuchiyama, Masahiro Yasutake,…
Presolar Stardust in Asteroid RyuguOPEN ACCESS
Jens Barosch, Larry R. Nittler, Jianhua Wang, Conel M. O’D. Alexander, Bradley T. De Gregorio, Cécile Engrand, Yoko Kebukawa, Kazuhide Nagashima, Rhonda M. Stroud, Hikaru Yabuta et all The Astrophysical Journal Letters, Volume 935, Number…
Ultraviolet Spectroscopy of Lucy Mission Targets with the Hubble Space TelescopeOPEN ACCESS
Oriel A. Humes, Cristina A. Thomas, Joshua P. Emery and Will M. Grundy The Planetary Science Journal, Volume 3, Number 8Published: 10 August 2022 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The recently launched Lucy mission aims…
Space weathering signatures in sulfide and silicate minerals from asteroid ItokawaOPEN ACCESS
Laura C. Chaves & Michelle S. Thompson Earth, Planets and Space, Volume 74, Article number: 124 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Transmission electron microscopy analyses of the polymineralic regolith particle RC-MD01-0025 show microstructural and microchemical…
Towards In-Situ Geochemical Analysis of Planetary Rocks and Soils by Laser Ablation/Ionisation Time-of-Flight Mass SpectrometryOPEN ACCESS
Marek Tulej, Peter Keresztes Schmidt, Salome Gruchola, Coenraad P. de Koning, Kristina A. Kipfer, Nikita J. Boeren, Niels F. W. Ligterink, Andreas Riedo and Peter Wurz Universe, 2022, 8(8), 410ReviewPublished: 4 August 2022 LINK (OPEN…
Inferring interiors and structural history of top-shaped asteroids from external properties of asteroid (101955) BennuOPEN ACCESS
Yun Zhang, Patrick Michel, Olivier S. Barnouin, James H. Roberts, Michael G. Daly, Ronald-L. Ballouz, Kevin J. Walsh, Derek C. Richardson, Christine M. Hartzell & Dante S. Lauretta Nature Communications, Volume 13, Article number: 4589Published:…
Near-zero cohesion and loose packing of Bennu’s near subsurface revealed by spacecraft contactOPEN ACCESS
Kevin J. Walsh, Ronald-Louis Ballouz, Erica R. Jawin, Chrysa Avdellidou, livier S. Barnouin, Carina A. Bennett, Edward B. Bierhaus, Brent J. BosSaverio Cambioni, Harold C. ConnollyJr., Marco Delbo, Daniella N. DellaGiustina, Joseph DeMartini, Joshua P….
Spacecraft sample collection and subsurface excavation of asteroid (101955) Bennu
D. S. Lauretta, C. D. Adam, A. J. Allen, R.-L. Ballouz, S. Barnouin, K. J. Becker, T. Becker, C. A. Bennett, E. B. Bierhaus, B. J. BosR. D. BurnsH. Campins, Y. Cho, P. R. Christensen,…
Spectral reflectance variations of aubrites, metal-rich meteorites, and sulfides: Implications for exploration of (16) Psyche and other “spectrally featureless” asteroidsOPEN ACCESS
Steven D. Dibb, James F. Bell III, Laurence A. J. Garvie MAPSVersion of Record online: 05 July 2022 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The 350–2500 nm reflectance spectra of five enstatite achondrites (aubrites), five metal-rich chondrites…
Bulk compositions of the Chang’E-5 lunar soil: Insights into chemical homogeneity, exotic addition, and origin of landing site basaltsOPEN ACCESS
Keqing Zong, Zaicong Wang, Jiawei Li, Qi He, Yiheng Li, Harry Becker, Wen Zhanga, Zhaochu Hu, Tao He, Kenan Cao, Zhenbing She, Xiang Wu, Long Xiao, Yongsheng Liu Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaAvailable online 30 June…
NIRS3 spectral analysis of the artificial Omusubi-Kororin crater on Ryugu
A Galiano, E Palomba, F Dirri, A Longobardo, K Kitazato, T Iwata, M Matsuoka, T Hiroi, D Takir, T Nakamura, M Abe, M Ohtake, S Matsuura, S Watanabe, M Yoshikawa, T Saiki, S Tanaka, T…
Identification and characterization of a new ensemble of cometary organic moleculesOPEN ACCESS
N. Hänni, K. Altwegg, M. Combi, S. A. Fuselier, J. De Keyser, M. Rubin & S. F. Wampfler Nature Communications, Volume 13, Article number: 3639Published: 25 June 2022 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “In-situ study…
High-Resolution Thermophysical Analysis of the OSIRIS-REx Sample Site and Three Other Regions of Interest on BennuOPEN ACCESS
B. Rozitis, A. J. Ryan, J. P. Emery, M. C. Nolan, S. F. Green, P. R. Christensen, V. E. Hamilton, M. G. Daly, O. S. Barnouin, D. S. Lauretta JGR PlanetsFirst published: 18 June 2022…
Incipient Space Weathering on 162173 Ryugu Recorded by Crystallographic Changes of Pyrrhotite
Harries D. * Langenhorst F. Matsumoto T. Noguchi T. Yurimoto H. Nakamura T. Yabuta H. Naraoka H. Okazaki R. Sakamoto K. Tachibana S. Watanabe S. Tsuda Y. MetSoc 2022 abstract [#6073] LINK “Pyrrhotite recovered from…
Dehydration Decomposition of Phyllosilicates in the C-Type Asteroid Ryugu Material by Space Weathering
Noguchi T. * Matsumoto T. Miyake A. Igami Y. Haruta M. Saito H. Hata S. Seto Y. Miyahara M. Tomioka N. Ishii H. A. Bradley J. P. Ohtaki K. Dobricǎ E. Leroux H. LeGuillou C….
Molecular Atlas and Structural Complexity Revealed with Ultrahigh Resolution Mass Spectrometry and Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy of Ryugu
Schmitt-Kopplin Ph. Hertkorn H. Harir M. Lucio M. Naraoka H. Hayabusa2-Initial-Analysis SOM Team Hayabusa2-Initial-Analysis Core MetSoc 2022 abstract [#6040]LINK “Ryugu sample A0106 showed extreme chemical diversity and complexity, close to low temperature water altered meteoritic…
Site selection for the Hayabusa2 artificial cratering and subsurface material sampling on Ryugu
Shota Kikuchi, Sei-ichiro Watanabe, Koji Wada, Takanao Saiki et al. Planetary and Space ScienceIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 16 June 2022 LINK “Highlights • Hayabusa2 aimed to collect subsurface samples from Ryugu excavated by…
Environmental assessment in the prelaunch phase of Hayabusa2 for safety declaration of returned samples from the asteroid (162173) Ryugu: background monitoring and risk management during development of the sampler systemOPEN ACCESS
Kanako Sakamoto, Yoshinori Takano, Hirotaka Sawada, Ryuji Okazaki, Takaaki Noguchi, Masayuki Uesugi, Hajime Yano, Toru Yada, Masanao Abe, Shogo Tachibana & The Hayabusa2 Project Team Earth, Planets and Space, Volume 74, Article number: 90 LINK…
Samples returned from the asteroid Ryugu are similar to Ivuna-type carbonaceous meteoritesOPEN ACCESS
Tetsuya Yokoyama, Kazuhide Nagashima, Izumi Nakai, Edward D. Young, Yoshinari Abe, Jérôme Aléon, Conel M. O’D. Alexander, Sachiko Amari, Yuri Amelin, Ken-ichi Bajo, Martin Bizzarro, Audrey Bouvier, Richard W. Carlson, Marc Chaussidon, Byeon-Gak Choi, Nicolas…
On the origin and evolution of the asteroid Ryugu: A comprehensive geochemical perspectiveOPEN ACCESS
Eizo NAKAMURA , Katsura KOBAYASHI, Ryoji TANAKA, Tak KUNIHIRO, Hiroshi KITAGAWA, Christian POTISZIL, Tsutomu OTA, Chie SAKAGUCHI, Masahiro YAMANAKA, Dilan M. RATNAYAKE, Havishk TRIPATHI, Rahul KUMAR, Maya-Liliana AVRAMESCU, Hidehisa TSUCHIDA, Yusuke YACHI, Hitoshi MIURA, Masanao…
A Numerical Approach Using a Finite Element Model to Constrain the Possible Interior Layout of (16) PsycheOPEN ACCESS
Yaeji Kim and Masatoshi Hirabayashi The Planetary Science Journal, Volume 3, Number 5 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Asteroid (16) Psyche (278×238×171 km in size) is notable for the largest M-type asteroid and has the…
Low surface strength of the asteroid Bennu inferred from impact ejecta deposit
M. E. Perry, O. S. Barnouin, R. T. Daly, E. B. Bierhaus, R.-L. Ballouz, K. J. Walsh, M. G. Daly, D. N. DellaGiustina, M. C. Nolan, J. P. Emery, M. M. Al Asad, C. L….
Alignment of fractures on Bennu’s boulders indicative of rapid asteroid surface evolution
Marco Delbo, Kevin J. Walsh, Christophe Matonti, Justin Wilkerson, Maurizio Pajola, Manar M. Al Asad, Chrysa Avdellidou, Ronald-Louis Ballouz, Carina A. Bennett, Harold C. Connolly Jr., Daniella N. DellaGiustina, Dathon R. Golish, Jamie L. Molaro,…
The Heterogeneous Surface of Asteroid (16) PsycheOPEN ACCESS
Saverio Cambioni, Katherine de Kleer, Michael Shepard JGR PlanetsFirst published: 19 May 2022 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Main-belt asteroid (16) Psyche is the largest M-type asteroid, a class of object classically thought to be…
Determining the Relative Cratering Ages of Regions of Psyche’s SurfaceOPEN ACCESS
S. Marchi, E. Asphaug, J. F. Bell III, W. F. Bottke, R. Jaumann, R. S. Park, C. A. Polanskey, T. H. Prettyman, D. A. Williams, R. Binzel, R. Oran, B. Weiss & C. T. Russell…
The morphometry of small impact craters on Bennu: Relationships to geologic units, boulders, and impact armoringOPEN ACCESS
R. Terik Daly, Olivier S. Barnouin, Edward B. Bierhaus, Michael G. Daly, Jeffrey A. Seabrook, Ronald L. Ballouz, Hari Nair, Raymond C. Espiritu, Erica R. Jawin, David Trang, Daniella N. DellaGuistina, Keara N. Burke, Juliette…
The Radiation Environment of Ceres and Implications for Surface Sampling
T.A. Nordheim, J.C. Castillo-Rogez, M.N. Villarreal, J.E.C. Scully, and E.S. Costello AstrobiologyPublished Online: 21 Apr 2022 LINK “Ceres is a large water-rich dwarf planet located within the asteroid belt. Its surface displays evidence of material…
GRO 95577 (CR1) as a mineralogical analogue for asteroid (101955) Bennu
Victoria E. Hamilton, Hannah H. Kaplan, Harold C. Connolly Jr, Cyrena A. Goodrich, Neyda M. Abreu, Amy A. Simon IcarusAvailable online 21 April 2022 LINK “Highlights • The only known CR1 meteorite is the best…
Assessing the Sampleability of Bennu’s Surface for the OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return MissionOPEN ACCESS
Kevin J. Walsh, Edward B. Bierhaus, Dante S. Lauretta, Michael C. Nolan, Ronald-Louis Ballouz, Carina A. Bennett, Erica R. Jawin, Olivier S. Barnouin, Kevin Berry, Keara N. Burke, Bella Brodbeck, Rich Burns, Benton C. Clark,…
Preservation of Terrestrial Microorganisms and Organics Within Alteration Products of Chondritic Meteorites from the Nullarbor Plain, AustraliaOPEN ACCESS
Alastair W. Tait, Siobhan A. Wilson, Andrew G. Tomkins, Jessica L. Hamilton, Emma J. Gagen, Alex I. Holman, Kliti Grice, Louisa J. Preston, David J. Paterson, and Gordon Southam Astrobiology, Vol. 22, No. 4Published Online:…
Distinguishing the Origin of Asteroid (16) PsycheOPEN ACCESS
Linda T. Elkins-Tanton, Erik Asphaug, James F. Bell III, Carver J. Bierson, Bruce G. Bills, William F. Bottke, Samuel W. Courville, Steven D. Dibb, Insoo Jun, David J. Lawrence, Simone Marchi, Timothy J. McCoy, Jose…
Crater population on asteroid (101955) Bennu indicates impact armouring and a young surface
E. B. Bierhaus, D. Trang, R. T. Daly, C. A. Bennett, O. S. Barnouin, K. J. Walsh, R.-L. Ballouz, W. F. Bottke, K. N. Burke, M. E. Perry, E. R. Jawin, T. J. McCoy, H….
Mission Overview and Scientific Contributions from the Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity Rover After Eight Years of Surface OperationsOPEN ACCESS
Ashwin R. Vasavadain Space Science Reviews218, Article number: 14 (2022)Published: 05 April 2022 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory mission, with its Curiosity rover, has been exploring Gale crater (5.4° S, 137.8° E) since…
Geologic Context of the OSIRIS-REx Sample Site from High-resolution Topography and ImagingOPEN ACCESS
O. S. Barnouin, E. R. Jawin, R. T. Daly, R.-L. Ballouz, M. G. Daly, J. A. Seabrook, P. Michel, Y. Zhang, C. L. Johnson, K. J. Walsh, M. M. Al Asad, R. Gaskell, J. Weirich,…
The Formation of Terraces on Asteroid (101955) BennuOPEN ACCESS
O. S. Barnouin, M. G. Daly, J. A. Seabrook, Y. Zhang, F. Thuillet, P. Michel, J. H. Roberts, R. T. Daly, M. E. Perry, H. C. M. Susorney, E. R. Jawin, R.-L. Ballouz, K. J….
Three-axial shape distributions of pebbles, cobbles and boulders smaller than a few meters on asteroid RyuguOPEN ACCESS
Tatsuhiro Michikami, Axel Hagermann, Tomokatsu Morota, Yasuhiro Yokota, Seitaro Urakawa, Hiroyuki Okamura, Naoya Tanabe, Koki Yumoto, Tatsuki Ebihara, Yuichiro Cho, Carolyn M. Ernst, Masahiko Hayakawa, Masatoshi Hirabayashi, Naru Hirata, Chikatoshi Honda, Rie Honda, Shingo Kameda,…
Science Goals and Mission Concept for a Landed Investigation of MercuryOPEN ACCESS
Carolyn M. Ernst, Nancy L. Chabot, Rachel L. Klima, Sanae Kubota, Gabe Rogers, Paul K. Byrne, Steven A. Hauck II, Kathleen E. Vander Kaaden, Ronald J. Vervack Jr., Sébastien Besse, David T. Blewett, Brett W….
The Solar Wind at (16) Psyche: Predictions for a Metal WorldOPEN ACCESS
Glyn A. Collinson, Li-Jen Chen, Lan K. Jian, and John Dorelli The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 927, Number 2Published: 2022, March 17 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “NASA’s Psyche spacecraft will carry a magnetometer to main-belt…
Science Drivers for the Future Exploration of Ceres: From Solar System Evolution to Ocean World ScienceOPEN ACCESS
Julie Castillo-Rogez, Marc Neveu, Vassilissa Vinogradoff, Kelly E. Miller, Michael M. Sori, Federico Tosi, Britney Schmidt, Jennifer E. C. Scully, Mohit Melwani Daswani, Kynan Hughson The Planetary Science Journal, Volume 3, Number 3Published: March 16,…
Global geologic map of asteroid (101955) Bennu indicates heterogeneous resurfacing in the past 500,000 yearsOPEN ACCESS
R.-L. Ballouz, A.J. Ryan, H.H. Kaplan, M. Pajola, V.E. Hamilton, O.S. Barnouin, J.P. Emery, B. Rozitis, D.N. DellaGiustina, M.G. Daly, C.A. Bennett, D.R. Golish, M.E. Perry, R.T.Daly, E.B. Bierhaus, M.C. Nolan, H.L. Enos, D.S. Lauretta…
Non-protein amino acids identified in carbon-rich Hayabusa particles
Eric T. Parker, Queenie H. S. Chan, Daniel P. Glavin, Jason P. Dworkin MAPSVersion of Record online: 08 March 2022 LINK “Amino acid abundances in acid-hydrolyzed hot water extracts of gold foils containing five Category…
Deciphering Redox State for a Metal-Rich WorldOPEN ACCESS
Timothy J. McCoy, Steven D. Dibb, Patrick N. Peplowski, Clara Maurel, Hannah L. Bercovici, Catherine M. Corrigan, James F. Bell III, Benjamin P. Weiss, David J. Lawrence, Daniel D. Wenkert, Thomas H. Prettyman & Lindy…
Brine residues and organics in the Urvara basin on CeresOPEN ACCESS
A. Nathues, M. Hoffmann, N. Schmedemann, R. Sarkar, G. Thangjam, K. Mengel, J. Hernandez, H. Hiesinger & J. H. Pasckert Nature Communications, Volume 13, Article number: 927 (2022) LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Ceres is…
In-Situ Oxygen Isotope Study of Anhydrous Minerals in a Ryugu Particle: Implications for the Precursors to CI-Chondrite Parent Bodies
Liu M.-C. McCain K. A. Matsuda N. Yamaguchi A. Kimura M. et al. PDF LPSC 2022 abstract [#2276] “Ryugu’s olivine / Not only chondrule pieces / But also AOA remains.”
Carbonaceous Presolar Grains in Asteroid Ryugu
Nittler L R. Barosch J. De Gregorio B. T. Stroud R. M. Yabuta H. et al. PDF LPSC 2022 abstract [#1423] “Dust made of carbon / Older than Sun, found in / Ryugu samples..”
Organics and Their Relationship to Phyllosilicates in Ryugu, Orgueil and Ivuna: In Situ TEM and XANES Study
Le Guillou C. Bernard S. Leroux H. Noguchi T. Yurimoto H. et al. PDF LPSC 2022 abstract [#2099] “Organics in Ryugu are less oxygenated than CI chondrites. Either terrestrial weathering or parent body alteration conditions…
Olivine Compositional Variation of Asteroid Ryugu Samples: Possible Precursors of Ryugu’s Parent Asteroid
Mikouchi T. Nakamura T. Zolensky M. E. Yoshida H. Nakashima D. et al. PDF LPSC 2022 abstract [#1935] “Ryugu samples have rare olivine-bearing fragments, possible precursors of Ryugu’s parent asteroid. Ryugu olivines are compositionally similar…
Mineralogical Comparison Between Asteroid Ryugu Samples Returned by the Hayabusa2 Spatial Mission and Antarctic Micrometeorites (AMMs)
Bejach L. Engrand C. Duprat J. Dartois E. Mathurin J. et al. PDF LPSC 2022 abstract [#1924] “Ryugu samples are made of phyllosilicates, magnetite, Fe sulfides, carbonates, rare apatite. AMMs show similar magnetite structures (~5%),…
Comparison of Ryugu Particles with IDPs and Comet Samples
Brownlee D. E. Joswiak D. J. Nakamura T. Morita T. Amano K. et al. PDF LPSC 2022 abstract [#1774] “TEM studies compare 50µm Ryugu particles with comet samples and stratospheric IDPs. Ryugu is similar to…
Amino Acid Analyses of a Sample of Ryugu by a Combination of Liquid Chromatography and High-Resolution Mass Spectrometry Techniques
Parker E. T. * Furusho A. Glavin D. P. Hamase K. Naraoka H. et al. PDF LPSC 2022 abstract [#2651] “This abstract summarizes the amino acid analyses of the acid-hydrolyzed, hot water extract of the…
The Oxygen Isotopic Composition of Hayabusa2 Particles: Testing the Relationship with CI and CY Chondrites
Greenwood R. C. Findlay R. Franchi I. A. Malley J. A. Ito M. et al. PDF LPSC 2022 abstract [#2105] “High-precision oxygen isotope analysis of returned samples from asteroid Ryugu demonstrates a close affinity with…
Reflectance Spectral Comparison Between a Large Ryugu Returned Sample and Carbonaceous Chondrites
Amano K. * Matsuoka M. Nakamura T. Kagawa E. Hiroi T. et al. PDF LPSC 2022 abstract [#1789] “We measured reflectance spectra of the samples collected from asteroid Ryugu by Hayabusa2 and compared the results…
The Oxygen Isotopic Composition of Samples Returned from Asteroid Ryugu: Evidence for Similarity to CI Chondrites
Young E. D. * Tang H. Tafla L. Pack A. Di Rocco T. et al. PDF LPSC 2022 abstract [#1290] “Oxygen isotope analyses of samples returned from asteroid Ryugu resemble CI chondrites but differ in…
Multi-Isotopic Analyses of Bulk Ryugu Samples Returned by the Hayabusa2 Mission
Yokoyama T. * Hayabusa2-Initial-Analysis Chemistry Hayabusa2-Initial-Analysis Core PDF LPSC 2022 abstract [#1273] “We report preliminary results on the isotopic compositions of Ti, Cr, and Pb obtained from the Ryugu samples and some carbonaceous chondrites.”
Soluble Organic Compounds in Asteroid 162173 Ryugu
Naraoka H. * Takano Y. Dworkin J. P. Hayabusa2-Initial-Analysis SOM Team Hayabusa2-Initial-Analysis Core PDF LPSC 2022 abstract [#1781] “We report soluble organic compounds in the slovent-extract samples in the Ryugu grains collected by the Hayabusa2…
Macromolecular Organic Matter in C-Type Asteroid Ryugu
Yabuta H. * Cody G. D. Engrand C. Kebukawa Y. De Gregorio B. et al. PDF LPSC 2022 abstract [#2241] “The initial analysis results on macromolecular organic matter from the asteroid Ryugu samples are presented…
Isotopic Compositions of Noble Gases and Nitrogen in the Ryugu Samples Returned by Hayabusa2
Okazaki R. * Marty B. Busemann H. Hashizume K. Gilmour J. et al. PDF LPSC 2022 abstract [#1348] “We report the first results of measurements for isotopic ratios and concentrations of noble gases and nitrogen…
Mineralogy and Space Weathering of Fine Fraction Recovered from Asteroid (162173) Ryugu
Noguchi T. * Matsumoto T. Miyake A. Igami Y. Haruta M. et al. PDF LPSC 2022 abstract [#1747] “The grains recovered from Ryugu by the Hayabusa2 have mineralogy similar to that of CIs and show…
Early History of Ryugu’s Parent Asteroid: Evidence from Return Sample
Nakamura T. * Matsumoto M. Amano K. Enokido Y. Zolensky M. E. et al. PDF LPSC 2022 abstract [#1753] “Formation and evolution of Ryugu’s parent asteroid were estimated based on mineralogical and physical properties of…
Chemical and Isotopic Characterization of Asteroid Ryugu
Yurimoto H. * Hayabusa2-Initial-Analysis Chemistry Team Hayabusa2-Initial-Analysis Core PDF LPSC 2022 abstract [#1377] Returned samples from C-type asteroid Ryugu show strong similarities to CI (Ivuna-like) carbonaceous chondrites.”
The Asteroid 162173 Ryugu: a Cometary OriginOPEN ACCESS
Hitoshi Miura, Eizo Nakamura and Tak Kunihiro The Astrophysical Journal Letters, Volume 925, Number 2 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The Japanese Hayabusa2 mission has revealed in detail the physical characteristics of the C-type asteroid…
Kilometer-scale crater size-frequency distributions on CeresOPEN ACCESS
Kosei Toyokawa, Junichi Haruyama, Naoyuki Hirata, Sayuri Tanaka, Takahiro Iwata IcarusAvailable online 29 January 2022 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) “Highlights • We explored the crater size-frequency distribution (SFD) with D > 1 km on Ceres.• The SFD of projectiles…
Resurfacing processes constrained by crater distribution on Ryugu
Naofumi Takaki, Yuichiro Cho, Tomokatsu Morota, Eri Tatsumi, Rie Honda, Shingo Kameda, Yasuhiro Yokota, Naoya Sakatani, Toru Kouyama, Masahiko Hayakawa, Moe Matsuoka, Manabu Yamada, Chikatoshi Honda, Hidehiko Suzuki, Kazuo Yoshioka, Kazunori Ogawa, Hirotaka Sawada, Patrick…
Polyaromatic Units Set the Albedo of Dark Extraterrestrial MaterialsOPEN ACCESS
Romain Maupin, Zahia Djouadi, Rosario Brunetto, Obadias Mivumbi, Christophe Sandt and Ferenc Borondics The Planetary Science Journal, Volume 3, Number 1, 20 January 2022 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Primitive extraterrestrial materials are generally dark,…
Martian moons exploration MMX: sample return mission to Phobos elucidating formation processes of habitable planetsOPEN ACCESS
Kiyoshi Kuramoto, Yasuhiro Kawakatsu, Masaki Fujimoto, Akito Araya, Maria Antonietta Barucci, Hidenori Genda, Naru Hirata, Hitoshi Ikeda, Takeshi Imamura, Jörn Helbert, Shingo Kameda, Masanori Kobayashi, Hiroki Kusano, David J. Lawrence, Koji Matsumoto, Patrick Michel, Hideaki…
Mid-infrared emissivity of partially dehydrated asteroid (162173) Ryugu shows strong signs of aqueous alterationOPEN ACCESS
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,…
A case for a Themis asteroid family spacecraft mission
M.E. Landis, J.C. Castillo-Rogez, P.O. Hayne, H. Hsieh, K.H.G. Hughson, D. Kubitschek, K.E. Miller, T.H. Prettyman, A.S. Rivkin, B.E. Schmidt, J.E.C.Scully, N. Yamashita, M.N. Villarreal, M. Alexander, A. Armstrong, C. Bader, C. Brown, J.T. Engbrecht,…
Preliminary analysis of the Hayabusa2 samples returned from C-type asteroid RyuguOPEN ACCESS
Toru Yada, Masanao Abe, Tatsuaki Okada, Aiko Nakato, Kasumi Yogata, Akiko Miyazaki, Kentaro Hatakeda, Kazuya Kumagai, Masahiro Nishimura, Yuya Hitomi, Hiromichi Soejima, Miwa Yoshitake, Ayako Iwamae, Shizuho Furuya, Masayuki Uesugi, Yuzuru Karouji, Tomohiro Usui, Tasuku…
First compositional analysis of Ryugu samples by the MicrOmega hyperspectral microscopeOPEN ACCESS
C. Pilorget, T. Okada, V. Hamm, R. Brunetto, T. Yada, D. Loizeau, L. Riu, T. Usui, A. Moussi-Soffys, K. Hatakeda, A. Nakato, K. Yogata, M. Abe, A. Aléon-Toppani, J. Carter, M. Chaigneau, B. Crane, B….
MicrOmega/MASCOT first results
Jean-Pierre Bibring, Cédric Pilorget, Lucie Riu, Vincent Hamm, Rosario Brunetto, Tra-Mi Ho, Ralph Jaumann, Yves Langevin, Aurélie Moussi, François Poulet, Mathieu Vincendon, the MicrOmega/Mascot team Planetary and Space ScienceAvailable online 4 December 2021 LINK “Highlights…
Machine Learning Mid-Infrared Spectral Models for Predicting Modal Mineralogy of CI/CM Chondritic Asteroids and Bennu
L. B. Breitenfeld, A. D. Rogers, T. D. Glotch, V. E. Hamilton, P. R. Christensen, D. S. Lauretta, M. E. Gemma, K. T. Howard, D. S. Ebel, G. Kim, A. M. Kling, H. Nekvasil, N….
Solar wind contributions to Earth’s oceans
Luke Daly, Martin R. Lee, Lydia J. Hallis, Hope A. Ishii, John P. Bradley, Phillip. A. Bland, David W. Saxey, Denis Fougerouse, William D. A. Rickard, Lucy V. Forman, Nicholas E. Timms, Fred Jourdan, Steven…
Electromagnetic characterization of a crushed L-chondrite for subsurface radar investigations of solar system bodies
Alessandro Brin, Sebastian Emanuel Lauro, Barbara Cosciotti, Elisabetta Mattei, Elena Pettinelli IcarusIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 17 November 2021 LINK “Highlights • Electric and magnetic characterization of an L-chondrite granular sample.• Electric permittivity and…
YORP Effect on Asteroid 162173 Ryugu: Implications for the Dynamical History
M. Kanamaru, S. Sasaki, T. Morota, Y. Cho, E. Tatsumi, M. Hirabayashi, N. Hirata, H. Senshu, Y. Shimaki, N. Sakatani, S. Tanaka, T. Okada, T. Usui, S. Sugita, S. Watanabe JGR: PlanetsFirst Published: 11 November…
Anaerobic Microscopic Analysis of Ferrous Saponite and its Sensitivity to Oxidation by Earth’s Air: Lessons Learned for Analysis of Returned Samples from Mars and Carbonaceous AsteroidsOPEN ACCESS
Natsumi Noda, Shohei Yamashita, Yoshio Takahashi, Megumi Matsumoto, Yuma Enokido, Kana Amano, Takahiro Kawai, Hiroshi Sakuma, Keisuke Fukushi, Yasuhito Sekine, Tomoki Nakamura Minerals 2021, 11(11), 1244 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (DOWNLOAD) “Ferrous saponite is a secondary…
Sending a Spacecraft to Interstellar Comet 2I/BorisovOPEN ACCESS
Adam Hibberd, Nikolaos Perakis, Andreas M. Hein PDF (OPEN ACCESS) Preprint submitted to Acta AstronauticaSubmitted on 13 Sep 2019 (v1), last revised 4 Nov 2021 (this version, v3) “In August 2019, a second interstellar object…