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Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
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Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 14-03-2023
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 20-12-2021
DOI: 10.1038/S41550-021-01550-6
Abstract: C-type asteroids 1 are considered to be primitive small Solar System bodies enriched in water and organics, providing clues to the origin and evolution of the Solar System and the building blocks of life. C-type asteroid 162173 Ryugu has been characterized by remote sensing 2–7 and on-asteroid measurements 8,9 with Hayabusa2 (ref. 10 ). However, the ground truth provided by laboratory analysis of returned s les is invaluable to determine the fine properties of asteroids and other planetary bodies. We report preliminary results of analyses on returned s les from Ryugu of the particle size distribution, density and porosity, spectral properties and textural properties, and the results of a search for Ca–Al-rich inclusions (CAIs) and chondrules. The bulk s le mainly consists of rugged and smooth particles of millimetre to submillimetre size, confirming that the physical and chemical properties were not altered during the return from the asteroid. The power index of its size distribution is shallower than that of the surface boulder observed on Ryugu 11 , indicating differences in the returned Ryugu s les. The average of the estimated bulk densities of Ryugu s le particles is 1,282 ± 231 kg m −3 , which is lower than that of meteorites 12 , suggesting a high microporosity down to the millimetre scale, extending centimetre-scale estimates from thermal measurements 5,9 . The extremely dark optical to near-infrared reflectance and spectral profile with weak absorptions at 2.7 and 3.4 μm imply a carbonaceous composition with indigenous aqueous alteration, matching the global average of Ryugu 3,4 and confirming that the s le is representative of the asteroid. Together with the absence of submillimetre CAIs and chondrules, these features indicate that Ryugu is most similar to CI chondrites but has lower albedo, higher porosity and more fragile characteristics.
Publisher: Research Square Platform LLC
Date: 16-03-2023
DOI: 10.21203/RS.3.RS-2389559/V1
Abstract: Volatile components are abundant in carbonaceous asteroids and can be important tracers for the evolution of asteroid surfaces interacting with the space environment, but their behavior on airless surfaces is poorly understood. S les from the C-type carbonaceous asteroid Ryugu show dehydration of phyllosilicate, indicating ongoing surface modifications on the aqueously-altered asteroid. Here we report the analysis of Ryugu s les showing selective liberation of carbon, oxygen, and sulfur from iron-rich oxide, sulfide, and carbonate, which are major products of aqueous alteration. These mineral surfaces are decomposed to metallic iron, iron nitride, and magnesium-iron oxide. The modifications are most likely caused by solar wind implantation and micrometeorite impacts and are distinct indicators of surface space exposure over 10 3 years. Nitridation of metallic iron may require micrometeorites rich in solid nitrogen compounds, which implies that the amount of nitrogen available for planetary formation in the inner solar system is larger than previously recognized.
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 10-07-2023
Publisher: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Date: 14-07-2023
Abstract: Preliminary analyses of asteroid Ryugu s les show kinship to aqueously altered CI (Ivuna-type) chondrites, suggesting similar origins. We report identification of C-rich, particularly primitive clasts in Ryugu s les that contain preserved presolar silicate grains and exceptional abundances of presolar SiC and isotopically anomalous organic matter. The high presolar silicate abundance (104 ppm) indicates that the clast escaped extensive alteration. The 5 to 10 times higher abundances of presolar SiC (~235 ppm), N-rich organic matter, organics with N isotopic anomalies (1.2%), and organics with C isotopic anomalies (0.2%) in the primitive clasts compared to bulk Ryugu suggest that the clasts formed in a unique part of the protoplanetary disk enriched in presolar materials. These clasts likely represent previously uns led outer solar system material that accreted onto Ryugu after aqueous alteration ceased, consistent with Ryugu’s rubble pile origin.
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 28-06-2023
DOI: 10.1111/NPH.19109
Abstract: Carotenoids are photoprotectant pigments and precursors of hormones such as strigolactones (SL). Carotenoids are produced in plastids from geranylgeranyl diphosphate (GGPP), which is erted to the carotenoid pathway by phytoene synthase (PSY). In tomato ( Solanum lycopersicum ), three genes encode plastid‐targeted GGPP synthases ( SlG1 to SlG3 ) and three genes encode PSY isoforms ( PSY1 to PSY3 ). Here, we investigated the function of SlG1 by generating loss‐of‐function lines and combining their metabolic and physiological phenotyping with gene co‐expression and co‐immunoprecipitation analyses. Leaves and fruits of slg1 lines showed a wild‐type phenotype in terms of carotenoid accumulation, photosynthesis, and development under normal growth conditions. In response to bacterial infection, however, slg1 leaves produced lower levels of defensive GGPP‐derived diterpenoids. In roots, SlG1 was co‐expressed with PSY3 and other genes involved in SL production, and slg1 lines grown under phosphate starvation exuded less SLs. However, slg1 plants did not display the branched shoot phenotype observed in other SL‐defective mutants. At the protein level, SlG1 physically interacted with the root‐specific PSY3 isoform but not with PSY1 and PSY2. Our results confirm specific roles for SlG1 in producing GGPP for defensive diterpenoids in leaves and carotenoid‐derived SLs (in combination with PSY3) in roots.
Publisher: American Astronomical Society
Date: 04-2023
Abstract: Rock fragments of the Cb-type asteroid Ryugu returned to Earth by the JAXA Hayabusa2 mission share mineralogical, chemical, and isotopic properties with the Ivuna-type (CI) carbonaceous chondrites. Similar to CI chondrites, these fragments underwent extensive aqueous alteration and consist predominantly of hydrous minerals likely formed in the presence of liquid water on the Ryugu parent asteroid. Here we present an in situ analytical survey performed by secondary ion mass spectrometry from which we have estimated the D/H ratio of Ryugu’s hydrous minerals, D/H Ryugu , to be [165 ± 19] × 10 −6 , which corresponds to δ D Ryugu = +59 ± 121‰ (2 σ ). The hydrous mineral D/H Ryugu ’s values for the two s ling sites on Ryugu are similar they are also similar to the estimated D/H ratio of hydrous minerals in the CI chondrites Orgueil and Alais. This result reinforces a link between Ryugu and CI chondrites and an inference that Ryugu’s s les, which avoided terrestrial contamination, are our best proxy to estimate the composition of water at the origin of hydrous minerals in CI-like material. Based on this data and recent literature studies, the contribution of CI chondrites to the hydrogen of Earth’s surficial reservoirs is evaluated to be ∼3%. We conclude that the water responsible for the alteration of Ryugu’s rocks was derived from water ice precursors inherited from the interstellar medium the ice partially re-equilibrated its hydrogen with the nebular H 2 before being accreted on the Ryugu’s parent asteroid.
Publisher: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Date: 18-11-2022
Abstract: Little is known about the origin of the spectral ersity of asteroids and what it says about conditions in the protoplanetary disk. Here, we show that s les returned from Cb-type asteroid Ryugu have Fe isotopic anomalies indistinguishable from Ivuna-type (CI) chondrites, which are distinct from all other carbonaceous chondrites. Iron isotopes, therefore, demonstrate that Ryugu and CI chondrites formed in a reservoir that was different from the source regions of other carbonaceous asteroids. Growth and migration of the giant planets destabilized nearby planetesimals and ejected some inward to be implanted into the Main Belt. In this framework, most carbonaceous chondrites may have originated from regions around the birthplaces of Jupiter and Saturn, while the distinct isotopic composition of CI chondrites and Ryugu may reflect their formation further away in the disk, owing their presence in the inner Solar System to excitation by Uranus and Neptune.
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 12-12-2022
Publisher: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Date: 16-12-2022
Abstract: 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: 16 O-rich (associated with refractory inclusions) and 16 O-poor (associated with chondrules). Both the 16 O-rich and 16 O-poor minerals probably formed in the inner solar protoplanetary disk and were subsequently transported outward. The abundance ratios of the 16 O-rich to 16 O-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.
Publisher: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Date: 04-03-2022
Abstract: The Hayabusa2 spacecraft investigated the C-type (carbonaceous) asteroid (162173) Ryugu. The mission performed two landing operations to collect s les of surface and subsurface material, the latter exposed by an artificial impact. We present images of the second touchdown site, finding that ejecta from the impact crater was present at the s le location. Surface pebbles at both landing sites show morphological variations ranging from rugged to smooth, similar to Ryugu’s boulders, and shapes from quasi-spherical to flattened. The s les were returned to Earth on 6 December 2020. We describe the morphology of grams of returned pebbles and sand. Their erse color, shape, and structure are consistent with the observed materials of Ryugu we conclude that they are a representative s le of the asteroid.
Publisher: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Date: 18-11-2022
Abstract: The Hayabusa2 spacecraft returned to Earth from the asteroid 162173 Ryugu on 6 December 2020. One day after the recovery, the gas species retained in the s le container were extracted and measured on-site and stored in gas collection bottles. The container gas consists of helium and neon with an extraterrestrial
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