Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP210101798

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP210101798

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Funded Activity Summary

Analysis of asteroid samples returned by Hayabusa 2 and Osiris-REx . This year sees the highly anticipated return of the Hayabusa2 spacecraft to Woomera carrying samples of the asteroid Ryugu. This is only the fifth extraterrestrial sample return mission in history. The research team has been invited to participate in the preliminary examination which will take place in Japan in early 2021. The investigators have developed unique analytical skills that allow measurement of small amounts of rock for oxygen isotope compositions at unprecedented precision. This project aims to characterise a suite of carbonaceous chondrites, which appear to be the best match to Ryugu, and therefore will provide the exemplar data to understand the provenance of Ryugu, and place it in the context of solar system materials.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 05-05-2022

End Date: 04-05-2025

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $450,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Planetary Science (excl. Extraterrestrial Geology) | Geology | Isotope Geochemistry | Extraterrestrial Geology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Expanding Knowledge in the Earth Sciences | Expanding Knowledge in the Physical Sciences | Scientific Instruments |

Other Keywords

Expanding Knowledge in the Earth Sciences | Expanding Knowledge in the Physical Sciences | Extraterrestrial Geology | Geology | Isotope Geochemistry | Planetary Science (excl. Extraterrestrial Geology) | Scientific Instruments

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