Nucleosynthetic s-Process Depletion in Mo from Ryugu samples returned by Hayabusa2

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  • N. Nakanishi
  • T. Yokoyama
  • A. Ishikawa
  • R. J. Walker
  • Y. Abe
  • J. Aléon
  • C. M. O'D. Alexander
  • S. Amari
  • Y. Amelin
  • K.-I. Bajo
  • A. Bouvier
  • R. W. Carlson
  • M. Chaussidon
  • B.-G. Choi
  • N. Dauphas
  • A. M. Davis
  • T. Di Rocco
  • W. Fujiya
  • R. Fukai
  • I. Gautam
  • M. K. Haba
  • Y. Hibiya
  • H. Hidaka
  • H. Homma
  • P. Hoppe
  • G. R. Huss
  • K. Ichida
  • T. Iizuka
  • T. R. Ireland
  • S. Itoh
  • N. Kawasaki
  • N. T. Kita
  • K. Kitajima
  • T. Kleine
  • S. Komatani
  • A. N. Krot
  • M.-C. Liu
  • Y. Masuda
  • M. Morita
  • K. Motomura
  • F. Moynier
  • I. Nakai
  • K. Nagashima
  • A. Nguyen
  • L. Nittler
  • M. Onose
  • A. Pack
  • C. Park
  • L. Piani
  • L. Qin
  • S. S. Russell
  • N. Sakamoto
  • M. Schönbächler
  • L. Tafla
  • H. Tang
  • K. Terada
  • Y. Terada
  • T. Usui
  • S. Wada
  • M. Wadhwa
  • K. Yamashita
  • Q.-Z. Yin
  • S. Yoneda
  • E. D. Young
  • H. Yui
  • A.-C. Zhang
  • T. Nakamura
  • H. Naraoka
  • T. Noguchi
  • R. Okazaki
  • K. Sakamoto
  • H. Yabuta
  • M. Abe
  • A. Miyazaki
  • A. Nakato
  • M. Nishimura
  • T. Okada
  • T. Yada
  • K. Yogata
  • S. Nakazawa
  • T. Saiki
  • S. Tanaka
  • F. Terui
  • Y. Tsuda
  • S.-I. Watanabe
  • M. Yoshikawa
  • S. Tachibana
  • H. Yurimoto

Initial analyses of samples collected from two locations on the asteroid Ryugu indicated that the mineralogical, chemical, and isotopic characteristics of the Ryugu samples show similarities to carbonaceous chondrites, particularly the Ivuna-type (CI) group. In this study, we analysed a composite sample of four bulk Ryugu samples (A0106, A0106-A0107, C0107, and C0108) collected from both sampling locations that were combined in order to determine its mass independent Mo isotopic composition and reveal contributions from diverse nucleosynthetic sources. The ε94Mo and ε95Mo values for the Ryugu sample are characterised by the carbonaceous chondrite (CC)-type, which is consistent with the nucleosynthetic isotope compositions observed for other elements (Cr, Ti, Fe, and Zn). The Ryugu composite sample, however, is characterised by greater s-process depletion of Mo isotopes compared with any known bulk carbonaceous chondrite, even including CI chondrites. The observed Mo isotopic signature in the Ryugu composite was most likely caused by either incomplete digestion of s-process-rich presolar SiC, or biased sampling of materials enriched in aqueously-formed secondary minerals characterised by s-process-poor Mo isotopes, resulting from the physicochemical separation between s-process-rich presolar grains and a complementary s-process-poor aqueous fluid in the Ryugu parent body.

Original languageEnglish
JournalGeochemical Perspectives Letters
Volume28
Pages (from-to)31-36
Number of pages6
ISSN2410-339X
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2023

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