Origin and evolution of the cometary reservoirs

L Dones, R Brasser, N Kaib, H Rickman - Space Science Reviews, 2015 - Springer
Comets have three known reservoirs: the roughly spherical Oort Cloud (for long-period
comets), the flattened Kuiper Belt (for ecliptic comets), and, surprisingly, the asteroid belt (for …

On the origin and evolution of the asteroid Ryugu: A comprehensive geochemical perspective

E Nakamura, K Kobayashi, R Tanaka… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Presented here are the observations and interpretations from a comprehensive analysis of
16 representative particles returned from the C-type asteroid Ryugu by the Hayabusa2 …

Space-weathering of solar system bodies: A laboratory perspective

CJ Bennett, C Pirim, TM Orlando - Chemical reviews, 2013 - ACS Publications
In the past few years, several major space missions have been completed (eg, Deep Impact,
LCROSS, Chandrayaan-1, Stardust, Hayabusa), and a number of spacecraft are currently …

The Winchcombe meteorite, a unique and pristine witness from the outer solar system

AJ King, L Daly, J Rowe, KH Joy, RC Greenwood… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Direct links between carbonaceous chondrites and their parent bodies in the solar system
are rare. The Winchcombe meteorite is the most accurately recorded carbonaceous …

Origin of water in the inner Solar System: Planetesimals scattered inward during Jupiter and Saturn's rapid gas accretion

SN Raymond, A Izidoro - Icarus, 2017 - Elsevier
There is a long-standing debate regarding the origin of the terrestrial planets' water as well
as the hydrated C-type asteroids. Here we show that the inner Solar System's water is a …

Magnesium isotope evidence that accretional vapour loss shapes planetary compositions

RC Hin, CD Coath, PJ Carter, F Nimmo, YJ Lai… - Nature, 2017 - nature.com
It has long been recognized that Earth and other differentiated planetary bodies are
chemically fractionated compared to primitive, chondritic meteorites and, by inference, the …

Insight into multi-step geological evolution of C-type asteroids from Ryugu particles

A Yamaguchi, N Tomioka, M Ito, N Shirai, M Kimura… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
C-type asteroids are the source of the carbonaceous chondrite meteorites and represent
remnants of primitive planetesimals that formed at the outer margins of the early Solar …

Hydrogen isotopes in lunar volcanic glasses and melt inclusions reveal a carbonaceous chondrite heritage

AE Saal, EH Hauri, JA Van Orman, MJ Rutherford - Science, 2013 - science.org
Water is perhaps the most important molecule in the solar system, and determining its origin
and distribution in planetary interiors has important implications for understanding the …

Growing the terrestrial planets from the gradual accumulation of submeter-sized objects

HF Levison, KA Kretke, KJ Walsh… - Proceedings of the …, 2015 - National Acad Sciences
Building the terrestrial planets has been a challenge for planet formation models. In
particular, classical theories have been unable to reproduce the small mass of Mars and …

Early aqueous activity on the ordinary and carbonaceous chondrite parent bodies recorded by fayalite

PM Doyle, K Jogo, K Nagashima, AN Krot… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
Chronology of aqueous activity on chondrite parent bodies constrains their accretion times
and thermal histories. Radiometric 53Mn–53Cr dating has been successfully applied to …