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Posible formación in situ de nanodiamantes meteoríticos en el sistema solar temprano
Z R Dai1, J P Bradley, D J Joswiak
1School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, USA.
Nature
|July 12, 2002
Resumen
Los nanodiamantes presolares, que una vez se pensó que eran abundantes en meteoritos y cometas, son sorprendentemente raros en el polvo interplanetario. Esto desafía su origen, lo que sugiere que algunos pueden formarse en el interior del Sistema Solar, no sólo alrededor de otras estrellas.
Área de la Ciencia:
- Cosmoquímica es la cosmoquímica.
- Ciencias planetarias Ciencias planetarias.
- La astronomía es la astronomía.
Sus antecedentes:
- Los granos presolares ofrecen información sobre la formación estelar y la evolución temprana del Sistema Solar.
- Los nanodiamantes de los meteoritos fueron considerados los granos presolares más abundantes.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Para investigar la abundancia de nanodiamantes en las partículas de polvo interplanetario (IDP).
- Reevaluar el origen y la distribución de los nanodiamantes presolares.
Principales métodos:
- Análisis de las frágiles partículas de polvo interplanetario ricas en carbono.
- Comparación de la abundancia de nanodiamantes en IDP con muestras de meteoritos y cometas.
Principales resultados:
- Los nanodiamantes están ausentes o muy agotados en los IDP analizados.
- Esto contradice la expectativa de que los nanodiamantes deberían ser abundantes en el material prístino y externo del Sistema Solar, como los cometas.
Conclusiones:
- Algunos nanodiamantes pueden formarse dentro del sistema solar interior, no exclusivamente presolar.
- Alternativamente, la distribución de nanodiamantes presolares puede disminuir con la distancia heliocéntrica, lo que indica una comprensión incompleta del transporte temprano del Sistema Solar.
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