Itokawa Dust Particles: A Direct Link Between S-Type Asteroids and Ordinary Chondrites

Nakamura, Tomoki; Noguchi, Takaaki; Tanaka, Masahiko; E. Zolensky, Michael; Kimura, Makoto; Tsuchiyama, Akira; Nakato, Aiko; Ogami, Toshihiro; Ishida, Hatsumi; Uesugi, Masayuki; Yada, Toru; Shirai, Kei; Fujimura, Akio; Okazaki, Ryuji; A. Sandford, Scott; Ishibashi, Yukihiro; Abe, Masanao; Okada, Tatsuaki; Ueno, Munetaka; Mukai, Toshifumi; Yoshikawa, Makoto; Kawaguchi, Junichiro

doi:10.1126/science.1207758

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Itokawa Dust Particles: A Direct Link Between S-Type Asteroids and Ordinary Chondrites

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Authors:

Tomoki Nakamura

Takaaki Noguchi

Masahiko Tanaka

Abstract

Laboratory analysis of samples returned from an asteroid establishes a direct link between asteroids and meteorites and provides clues to the complex history of the asteroid and its surface.

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