A Possible Record of an Active Asteroid: Discovery of a Compact Lithology in the Aguas Zarcas CM Chondrite

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Yang X., Hanna R. D., Davis A. M., Neander A. I., Heck P. R.

84th Annual Meeting of The Meteoritical Society 2021 (abstract # 6075)

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We found a previously unreported lithology of compact fragments in the Aguas Zarcas chondrite, which would advance our understanding of the regolith evolution of carbonaceous chondrites and the potential prevalence of active asteroids.

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