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Zolensky ME, Zega TJ, Yano H, et al. Mineralogy and petrology of comet 81P/Wild 2 nucleus samples. Science. 2006;314(5806):1735-9doi: 10.1126/science.1135842.
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., Stadermann, F. J., Snead, C. J., Simon, S. B., Simionovici, A., See, T. H., Robert, F., Rietmeijer, F. J., Rao, W., Perronnet, M. C., Papanastassiou, D. A., Okudaira, K., Ohsumi, K., Ohnishi, I., Nakamura-Messenger, K., Nakamura, T., Mostefaoui, S., Mikouchi, T., Meibom, A., Matrajt, G., Marcus, M. A., Leroux, H., Lemelle, L., Le, L., Lanzirotti, A., Langenhorst, F., Krot, A. N., Keller, L. P., Kearsley, A. T., Joswiak, D., Jacob, D., Ishii, H., Harvey, R., Hagiya, K., Grossman, L., Grossman, J. N., Graham, G. A., Gounelle, M., Gillet, P., Genge, M. J., Flynn, G., Ferroir, T., Fallon, S., Fakra, S., Ebel, D. S., Dai, Z. R., Cordier, P., Clark, B., Chi, M., Butterworth, A. L., Brownlee, D. E., Bridges, J. C., Brennan, S., Brearley, A., Bradley, J. P., Bleuet, P., Bland, P. A., & Bastien, R. (2006). Mineralogy and petrology of comet 81P/Wild 2 nucleus samples. Science (New York, N.Y.), 314(5806), 1735-9. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1135842
Zolensky, Michael E, et al. "Mineralogy and petrology of comet 81P/Wild 2 nucleus samples." Science (New York, N.Y.) vol. 314,5806 (2006): 1735-9. doi: https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1135842
Zolensky ME, Zega TJ, Yano H, Wirick S, Westphal AJ, Weisberg MK, Weber I, Warren JL, Velbel MA, Tsuchiyama A, Tsou P, Toppani A, Tomioka N, Tomeoka K, Teslich N, Taheri M, Susini J, Stroud R, Stephan T, Stadermann FJ, Snead CJ, Simon SB, Simionovici A, See TH, Robert F, Rietmeijer FJ, Rao W, Perronnet MC, Papanastassiou DA, Okudaira K, Ohsumi K, Ohnishi I, Nakamura-Messenger K, Nakamura T, Mostefaoui S, Mikouchi T, Meibom A, Matrajt G, Marcus MA, Leroux H, Lemelle L, Le L, Lanzirotti A, Langenhorst F, Krot AN, Keller LP, Kearsley AT, Joswiak D, Jacob D, Ishii H, Harvey R, Hagiya K, Grossman L, Grossman JN, Graham GA, Gounelle M, Gillet P, Genge MJ, Flynn G, Ferroir T, Fallon S, Fakra S, Ebel DS, Dai ZR, Cordier P, Clark B, Chi M, Butterworth AL, Brownlee DE, Bridges JC, Brennan S, Brearley A, Bradley JP, Bleuet P, Bland PA, Bastien R. Mineralogy and petrology of comet 81P/Wild 2 nucleus samples. Science. 2006 Dec 15;314(5806):1735-9. doi: 10.1126/science.1135842. PMID: 17170295.
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Science. 2006 Dec 15;314(5806):1735-9. doi: 10.1126/science.1135842.

Mineralogy and petrology of comet 81P/Wild 2 nucleus samples.

Science (New York, N.Y.)

Michael E Zolensky, Thomas J Zega, Hajime Yano, Sue Wirick, Andrew J Westphal, Mike K Weisberg, Iris Weber, Jack L Warren, Michael A Velbel, Akira Tsuchiyama, Peter Tsou, Alice Toppani, Naotaka Tomioka, Kazushige Tomeoka, Nick Teslich, Mitra Taheri, Jean Susini, Rhonda Stroud, Thomas Stephan, Frank J Stadermann, Christopher J Snead, Steven B Simon, Alexandre Simionovici, Thomas H See, François Robert, Frans J M Rietmeijer, William Rao, Murielle C Perronnet, Dimitri A Papanastassiou, Kyoko Okudaira, Kazumasa Ohsumi, Ichiro Ohnishi, Keiko Nakamura-Messenger, Tomoki Nakamura, Smail Mostefaoui, Takashi Mikouchi, Anders Meibom, Graciela Matrajt, Matthew A Marcus, Hugues Leroux, Laurence Lemelle, Loan Le, Antonio Lanzirotti, Falko Langenhorst, Alexander N Krot, Lindsay P Keller, Anton T Kearsley, David Joswiak, Damien Jacob, Hope Ishii, Ralph Harvey, Kenji Hagiya, Lawrence Grossman, Jeffrey N Grossman, Giles A Graham, Matthieu Gounelle, Philippe Gillet, Matthew J Genge, George Flynn, Tristan Ferroir, Stewart Fallon, Sirine Fakra, Denton S Ebel, Zu Rong Dai, Patrick Cordier, Benton Clark, Miaofang Chi, Anna L Butterworth, Donald E Brownlee, John C Bridges, Sean Brennan, Adrian Brearley, John P Bradley, Pierre Bleuet, Phil A Bland, Ron Bastien

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  1. Astromaterials Research and Exploration Science, NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX 77058, USA. [email protected]

PMID: 17170295 DOI: 10.1126/science.1135842

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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