Ureilites Are an Extensive Suite of Deep to Shallow Mantle Samples from a Dwarf Protoplanet

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Tomkins A. G.* Jennings L. A. Kirby R. S.

METSOC 2026 abstract (PDF)

“We use a combination of thermometry, petrology and thermal modelling to explore the characteristics of the Ureilite Parent Body mantle, and the implications for the size of the primary asteroid.”

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