Abstract
Particles emanating from comet 81P/Wild 2 collided with the Stardust spacecraft at 6.1 kilometers per second, producing hypervelocity impact features on the collector surfaces that were returned to Earth. The morphologies of these surprisingly diverse features were created by particles varying from dense mineral grains to loosely bound, polymineralic aggregates ranging from tens of nanometers to hundreds of micrometers in size. The cumulative size distribution of Wild 2 dust is shallower than that of comet Halley, yet steeper than that of comet Grigg-Skjellerup.
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HoÌrz, F., Bastien, R., Borg, J., Bradley, J. P., Bridges, J. C., Brownlee, D. E., Burchell, M. J., Chi, M., Cintala, M. J., Dai, Z. R., Djouadi, Z., Dominguez, G., Economou, T. E., Fairey, S. A. J., Floss, C., Franchi, I. A., Graham, G. A., Green, S. F., Heck, P., ⦠Zinner, E. (2006). Impact Features on Stardust: Implications for Comet 81P/Wild 2 Dust. Science, 314(5806), 1716â1719.
Authors
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- Friedrich Hörz (first)
- Ron Bastien (additional)
- Janet Borg (additional)
- John P. Bradley (additional)
- John C. Bridges (additional)
- Donald E. Brownlee (additional)
- Mark J. Burchell (additional)
- Miaofang Chi (additional)
- Mark J. Cintala (additional)
- Zu Rong Dai (additional)
- Zahia Djouadi (additional)
- Gerardo Dominguez (additional)
- Thanasis E. Economou (additional)
- Sam A. J. Fairey (additional)
- Christine Floss (additional)
- Ian A. Franchi (additional)
- Giles A. Graham (additional)
- Simon F. Green (additional)
- Philipp Heck (additional)
- Peter Hoppe (additional)
- Joachim Huth (additional)
- Hope Ishii (additional)
- Anton T. Kearsley (additional)
- Jochen Kissel (additional)
- Jan Leitner (additional)
- Hugues Leroux (additional)
- Kuljeet Marhas (additional)
- Keiko Messenger (additional)
- Craig S. Schwandt (additional)
- Thomas H. See (additional)
- Christopher Snead (additional)
- Frank J. Stadermann (additional)
- Thomas Stephan (additional)
- Rhonda Stroud (additional)
- Nick Teslich (additional)
- Josep M. Trigo-Rodríguez (additional)
- A. J. Tuzzolino (additional)
- David Troadec (additional)
- Peter Tsou (additional)
- Jack Warren (additional)
- Andrew Westphal (additional)
- Penelope Wozniakiewicz (additional)
- Ian Wright (additional)
- Ernst Zinner (additional)
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Dates
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Created | 18 years, 8 months ago (Dec. 14, 2006, 7:55 p.m.) |
Deposited | 1 year, 7 months ago (Jan. 10, 2024, 4:51 a.m.) |
Indexed | 4 minutes ago (Aug. 21, 2025, 6:40 a.m.) |
Issued | 18 years, 8 months ago (Dec. 15, 2006) |
Published | 18 years, 8 months ago (Dec. 15, 2006) |
Published Print | 18 years, 8 months ago (Dec. 15, 2006) |
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