Reconciling remote-sensing estimates of Ryugu’s albedo with laboratory measurementsOPEN ACCESS
Christian Potiszil, Tsutomu Ota & Eizo Nakamura Nature Astronomy, Published: 26 September 2024 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The Japanese Hayabusa2 spacecraft returned samples from the asteroid Ryugu in December 2020, and several results on…
Three-dimensional textures of Ryugu samples and their implications for the evolution of aqueous alteration in the Ryugu parent body
Akira Tsuchiyama, Megumi Matsumoto, Junya Matsuno, Masahiro Yasutake, Tomoki Nakamura, Takaaki Noguchi, Akira Miyake, Kentaro Uesugi, Akihisa Takeuchi, Shota Okumura, Yuri Fujioka, Mingqi Sun, Aki Takigawa, Toru Matsumoto, Satomi Enju, Itaru Mitsukawa, Yuma Enokido, Tatsuhiko…
Space-weathering induced changes in hydrated silicates: A multi-scale study combining visible/infrared spectroscopy and electron microscopy
Stefano Rubino, Hugues Leroux, Cateline Lantz, Alice Aléon-Toppani, Donia Baklouti, Zahia Djouadi, Obadias Mivumbi, David Troadec, Ferenc Borondics, Rosario Brunetto IcarusAvailable online 28 March 2024, 116070 LINK “Investigating the effects of space-weathering on primitive bodies…
Clumped isotope and Δ17O measurements of carbonates in CM carbonaceous chondrites: new insights into parent body thermal and fluid evolutionOPEN ACCESS
Matthieu Clog, Paula Lindgren, Sevasti Modestou, Alex McDonald, Andrew Tait, Terry Donnelly, Darren Mark, Martin Lee Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 28 January 2024 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) “The CM carbonaceous chondrites…
The water content of CM carbonaceous chondrite falls and finds, and their susceptibility to terrestrial contaminationOPEN ACCESS
Martin R. Lee, Lydia J. Hallis, Luke Daly, Adrian J. Boyce MAPSVersion of Record online: 12 November 2023 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “CM carbonaceous chondrites can be used to constrain the abundance and H…
Gaia view of primitive inner-belt asteroid families: Searching for the origins of asteroids Bennu and RyuguOPEN ACCESS
Marco Delbo, Chrysa Avdellidou, Kevin J. Walsh Accepted for publication in Astronomy and Astrophysics PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Near-Earth asteroids Ryugu and Bennu, were visited, characterised, and sampled by the Hayabusa2 and OSIRIS-REx missions: remote sensing…
The Oxygen Isotopic Composition of Samples Returned from Asteroid Ryugu with Implications for the Nature of the Parent PlanetesimalOPEN ACCESS
Haolan Tang, Edward D. Young, Lauren Tafla, Andreas Pack, Tommaso Di Rocco, Yoshinari Abe, Jérôme Aléon, Conel M. O’D. Alexander, Sachiko Amari, Yuri Amelin, Ken-ichi Bajo, Martin Bizzarro, Audrey Bouvier, Richard W. Carlson6, Marc Chaussidon,…
The parent bodies of CR chondrites and their secondary historyOPEN ACCESS
Trygve Prestgard, Pierre Beck, Lydie Bonal, Jolantha Eschrig, Jérôme Gattacceca, Corinne Sonzogni, Lisa Krämer Ruggiu MAPSVersion of Record online: 31 July 2023 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Renazzo-type (CR) chondrites are a relatively rare group…
Optical spectropolarimetry of large C-complex asteroids: polarimetric evidence for heterogeneous surface compositionsOPEN ACCESS
Yuna G. Kwon, Stefano Bagnulo, Alberto Cellino Accepted for publication in Astronomy & Astrophysics PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “This study presents the first optical spectropolarimetric study of large C-complex asteroids. A total of 64 C-complex asteroids…
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….
Short Cosmic-Ray Exposure Ages of CI and CM Chondrites May Reflect Disintegration of Volatile-Rich Asteroids at Perihelion
E. R. D. Scott, Herzog G. F. 52nd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2021), Abstract #1833 PDF “Dark, volatile-rich asteroids seem to disintegrate near the Sun. This may explain why CM and CI chondrites have…
Space Weathering within C-Complex Main Belt Asteroid FamiliesOPEN ACCESS
Cristina A. Thomas, David E. Trilling, Andrew S. Rivkin, Tyler Linder to be published in the Astronomical Journal PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Using data from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Moving Object Catalog, we study color…
Nature of bright C-complex asteroidsOPEN ACCESS
Sunao Hasegawa, Toshihiro Kasuga, Fumihiko Usui, Daisuke Kuroda accepted for publication in PASJ PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Most C-complex asteroids have albedo values less than 0.1, but there are some high-albedo (bright) C-complex asteroids with albedo…
“Water” abundance at the surface of C-complex main-belt asteroidsOPEN ACCESS
Pierre Beck, Jolantha Eschrig, Sandra Potin, Trygve Prestgard, Lydie Bonal, Eric Quirico, Bernard Schmitt IcarusIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 1 October 2020 LINK PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Highlights • Quantification of equivalent water in CC…
Elephant Moraine 96029, a very mildly aqueously altered and heated CM carbonaceous chondrite: implications for the drivers of parent body processingOPEN ACCESS
Martin R. Lee, Paula Lindgren, Ashley J. King, Richard C. Greenwood, Ian A. Franchi, Robert Sparkes Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 10 May 2016 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) LINK (OPEN ACCESS)…
Bidirectional reflectance spectroscopy of carbonaceous chondrites: Implications for water quantification and primary composition
A. Garenne, P. Beck, G. Montes-Hernandez, O. Brissaud, B. Schmitt, E. Quirico, L. Bonal, C. Beck, K.T. Howard Icarus In Press, Accepted Manuscript Received 21 April 2015, Revised 2 September 2015, Accepted 2 September 2015,…
