LINK<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n“Planetesimals\u2014the initial stage of the planetary formation process\u2014are considered to be initially very porous aggregates of dusts, and subsequent thermal and compaction processes reduce their porosity. The Hayabusa2 spacecraft found that boulders on the surface of asteroid (162173) Ryugu have an average porosity of 30\u201350%, higher than meteorites but lower than cometary nuclei, which are considered to be remnants of the original planetesimals. Here, using high-resolution thermal and optical imaging of Ryugu\u2019s surface, we discovered, on the floor of fresh small craters (<20\u2009m in diameter), boulders with reflectance (~0.015) lower than the Ryugu average6 and porosity >70%, which is as high as in cometary bodies. The artificial crater formed by Hayabusa2\u2019s impact experiment is similar to these craters in size but does not have such high-porosity boulders. Thus, we argue that the observed high porosity is intrinsic and not created by subsequent impact comminution and\/or cracking. We propose that these boulders are the least processed material on Ryugu and represent remnants of porous planetesimals that did not undergo a high degree of heating and compaction. Our multi-instrumental analysis suggests that fragments of the highly porous boulders are mixed within the surface regolith globally, implying that they might be captured within collected samples by touch-down operations.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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