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イトカワの塵粒:S型小惑星と普通のコンドライトの間の直接的なリンク
Tomoki Nakamura1, Takaaki Noguchi, Masahiko Tanaka
1Department of Earth and Planetary Material Sciences, Faculty of Science, Tohoku University, Aoba, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8578, Japan. tomoki@m.tohoku.ac.jp
まとめ
ハヤブサミッションの塵の分析により,小惑星イトカワワが発見された.
科学分野:
- 惑星科学は惑星科学である.
- 宇宙化学 (コスモケミストリー)
- ミネラロジーは,鉱物学です.
背景:
- 近地小惑星25143イトカワは,ハイアブサミッションのターゲットである.
- 顕微鏡観測により,イトカワはS型小惑星であることを示唆しています.
- 普通のコンドライトは,地球上で最も多い隕石です.
研究 の 目的:
- 小惑星イトカワからの塵粒子の鉱物学と鉱物化学を決定する.
- 普通のコンドライトの起源を調査するために.
- 小惑星イトカワの地質学的歴史を理解するために.
主な方法:
- ハヤブサ宇宙船によって回収された塵粒子の分析.
- シンクロトロン放射によるX線微分.
- 伝送およびスキャニング電子顕微鏡.
主要な成果:
- イトカワの塵粒子は,ミネラロジカル・ケミカル的に熱変異したLLコンドライトと同一である.
- 結果は,イトカワがS型小惑星であることを確認した.
- イトカワの表面粒子は熱解熱と衝撃ショックの証拠を示しています.
結論:
- 普通のコンドライトは,S型小惑星から発生したものです.
- イトカワは,より大きな親小惑星からの再組み立てられた断片で構成されています.
- この研究は,隕石と特定の小惑星のタイプを結びつける直接的な証拠を提供します.
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