Abstract
The bulk of the comet 81P/Wild 2 (hereafter Wild 2) samples returned to Earth by the Stardust spacecraft appear to be weakly constructed mixtures of nanometer-scale grains, with occasional much larger (over 1 micrometer) ferromagnesian silicates, Fe-Ni sulfides, Fe-Ni metal, and accessory phases. The very wide range of olivine and low-Ca pyroxene compositions in comet Wild 2 requires a wide range of formation conditions, probably reflecting very different formation locations in the protoplanetary disk. The restricted compositional ranges of Fe-Ni sulfides, the wide range for silicates, and the absence of hydrous phases indicate that comet Wild 2 experienced little or no aqueous alteration. Less abundant Wild 2 materials include a refractory particle, whose presence appears to require radial transport in the early protoplanetary disk.
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Zolensky, M. E., Zega, T. J., Yano, H., Wirick, S., Westphal, A. J., Weisberg, M. K., Weber, I., Warren, J. L., Velbel, M. A., Tsuchiyama, A., Tsou, P., Toppani, A., Tomioka, N., Tomeoka, K., Teslich, N., Taheri, M., Susini, J., Stroud, R., Stephan, T., ⦠Bastien, R. (2006). Mineralogy and Petrology of Comet 81P/Wild 2 Nucleus Samples. Science, 314(5806), 1735â1739.
Authors
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- Michael E. Zolensky (first)
- Thomas J. Zega (additional)
- Hajime Yano (additional)
- Sue Wirick (additional)
- Andrew J. Westphal (additional)
- Mike K. Weisberg (additional)
- Iris Weber (additional)
- Jack L. Warren (additional)
- Michael A. Velbel (additional)
- Akira Tsuchiyama (additional)
- Peter Tsou (additional)
- Alice Toppani (additional)
- Naotaka Tomioka (additional)
- Kazushige Tomeoka (additional)
- Nick Teslich (additional)
- Mitra Taheri (additional)
- Jean Susini (additional)
- Rhonda Stroud (additional)
- Thomas Stephan (additional)
- Frank J. Stadermann (additional)
- Christopher J. Snead (additional)
- Steven B. Simon (additional)
- Alexandre Simionovici (additional)
- Thomas H. See (additional)
- François Robert (additional)
- Frans J. M. Rietmeijer (additional)
- William Rao (additional)
- Murielle C. Perronnet (additional)
- Dimitri A. Papanastassiou (additional)
- Kyoko Okudaira (additional)
- Kazumasa Ohsumi (additional)
- Ichiro Ohnishi (additional)
- Keiko Nakamura-Messenger (additional)
- Tomoki Nakamura (additional)
- Smail Mostefaoui (additional)
- Takashi Mikouchi (additional)
- Anders Meibom (additional)
- Graciela Matrajt (additional)
- Matthew A. Marcus (additional)
- Hugues Leroux (additional)
- Laurence Lemelle (additional)
- Loan Le (additional)
- Antonio Lanzirotti (additional)
- Falko Langenhorst (additional)
- Alexander N. Krot (additional)
- Lindsay P. Keller (additional)
- Anton T. Kearsley (additional)
- David Joswiak (additional)
- Damien Jacob (additional)
- Hope Ishii (additional)
- Ralph Harvey (additional)
- Kenji Hagiya (additional)
- Lawrence Grossman (additional)
- Jeffrey N. Grossman (additional)
- Giles A. Graham (additional)
- Matthieu Gounelle (additional)
- Philippe Gillet (additional)
- Matthew J. Genge (additional)
- George Flynn (additional)
- Tristan Ferroir (additional)
- Stewart Fallon (additional)
- Denton S. Ebel (additional)
- Zu Rong Dai (additional)
- Patrick Cordier (additional)
- Benton Clark (additional)
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- Sean Brennan (additional)
- Adrian Brearley (additional)
- John P. Bradley (additional)
- Pierre Bleuet (additional)
- Phil A. Bland (additional)
- Ron Bastien (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, 4:52 a.m.) |
Indexed | 3 weeks, 6 days ago (July 24, 2025, 7:31 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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