Oxygen isotopes of anhydrous primary minerals show kinship between asteroid Ryugu and comet 81P/Wild2
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The extraterrestrial materials returned from asteroid (162173) Ryugu consist predominantly of low-temperature aqueously formed secondary minerals and are chemically and mineralogically similar to CI (Ivuna-type) carbonaceous chondrites. Here, we show that high-temperature anhydrous primary minerals in Ryugu and CI chondrites exhibit a bimodal distribution of oxygen isotopic compositions: 16O-rich (associated with refractory inclusions) and 16O-poor (associated with chondrules). Both the 16O-rich and 16O-poor minerals probably formed in the inner solar protoplanetary disk and were subsequently transported outward. The abundance ratios of the 16O-rich to 16O-poor minerals in Ryugu and CI chondrites are higher than in other carbonaceous chondrite groups but are similar to that of comet 81P/Wild2, suggesting that Ryugu and CI chondrites accreted in the outer Solar System closer to the accretion region of comets.
Original language | English |
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Article number | eade2067 |
Journal | Science Advances |
Volume | 8 |
Issue number | 50 |
Number of pages | 10 |
ISSN | 2375-2548 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2022 |
- PROGRESSIVE AQUEOUS ALTERATION, CARBONACEOUS CHONDRITES, CRYSTALLINE SILICATES, THERMAL HISTORIES, RICH INCLUSIONS, SOLAR NEBULA, OLIVINE, CHONDRULES, SYSTEMATICS, PARTICLES
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