Correlated iron isotopes and silicon contents in aubrite metals reveal structure of their asteroidal parent bodyOPEN ACCESS 

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Soumya Ray, Laurence A. J. Garvie, Vinai K. Rai & Meenakshi Wadhwa

Scientific Reports, Volume 11, Article number: 22552 (2021)

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Update (7 December 2021): Publisher Correction: Correlated iron isotopes and silicon contents in aubrite metals reveal structure of their asteroidal parent body

“Iron isotopes record the physical parameters, such as temperature and redox conditions, during differentiation processes on rocky bodies. Here we report the results of a correlated investigation of iron isotope compositions and silicon contents of silicon-bearing metal grains from several aubritic meteorites. Based on their Fe isotopic and elemental Si compositions and thermal modelling, we show that these aubrite metals equilibrated with silicates at temperatures ranging from ~ 1430 to ~ 1640 K and likely sampled different depths within their asteroidal parent body. The highest temperature in this range corresponds to their equilibration at a minimum depth of up to ~ 35 km from the surface of the aubrite parent body, followed by brecciation and excavation by impacts within the first ~ 4 Myr of Solar System history.”

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