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Morota T, Sugita S, Cho Y, Kanamaru M, Tatsumi E, Sakatani N, Honda R, Hirata N, Kikuchi H, Yamada M, Yokota Y, Kameda S, Matsuoka M, Sawada H, Honda C, Kouyama T, Ogawa K, Suzuki H, Yoshioka K, Hayakawa M, Hirata N, Hirabayashi M, Miyamoto H, Michikami T, Hiroi T, Hemmi R, Barnouin OS, Ernst CM, Kitazato K, Nakamura T, Riu L, Senshu H, Kobayashi H, Sasaki S, Komatsu G, Tanabe N, Fujii Y, Irie T, Suemitsu M, Takaki N, Sugimoto C, Yumoto K, Ishida M, Kato H, Moroi K, Domingue D, Michel P, Pilorget C, Iwata T, Abe M, Ohtake M, Nakauchi Y, Tsumura K, Yabuta H, Ishihara Y, Noguchi R, Matsumoto K, Miura A, Namiki N, Tachibana S, Arakawa M, Ikeda H, Wada K, Mizuno T, Hirose C, Hosoda S, Mori O, Shimada T, Soldini S, Tsukizaki R, Yano H, Ozaki M, Takeuchi H, Yamamoto Y, Okada T, Shimaki Y, Shirai K, Iijima Y, Noda H, Kikuchi S, Yamaguchi T, Ogawa N, Ono G, Mimasu Y, Yoshikawa K, Takahashi T, Takei Y, Fujii A, Nakazawa S, Terui F, Tanaka S, Yoshikawa M, Saiki T, Watanabe S, Tsuda Y. Sample collection from asteroid (162173) Ryugu by Hayabusa2: Implications for surface evolution. Science 2020; 368:654-659. [DOI: 10.1126/science.aaz6306] [Citation(s) in RCA: 104] [Impact Index Per Article: 26.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2019] [Accepted: 04/02/2020] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- T. Morota
- Department of Earth and Planetary Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
- Departments of Earth and Environmental Sciences and Physics, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan
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- Department of Earth and Planetary Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
- Planetary Exploration Research Center, Chiba Institute of Technology, Narashino 275-0016, Japan
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- Department of Earth and Planetary Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Department of Earth and Space Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka 560-0043, Japan
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- Department of Earth and Planetary Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
- Departamento de Astrofísica, Universidad de La Laguna, 38206 La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain
- Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, 38205 La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain
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- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan
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- Department of Information Science, Kochi University, Kochi 780-8520, Japan
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- Department of Planetology, Kobe University, Kobe 657-8501, Japan
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- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan
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- Planetary Exploration Research Center, Chiba Institute of Technology, Narashino 275-0016, Japan
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- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan
- Department of Information Science, Kochi University, Kochi 780-8520, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Rikkyo University, Tokyo 171-8501, Japan
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- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan
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- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan
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- School of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Aizu, Aizu-Wakamatsu 965-8580, Japan
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- National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tokyo 135-0064 Japan
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- Department of Planetology, Kobe University, Kobe 657-8501, Japan
- JAXA Space Exploration Center, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Meiji University, Kawasaki 214-8571, Japan
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- Department of Complexity Science and Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa 277-8561, Japan
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- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan
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- School of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Aizu, Aizu-Wakamatsu 965-8580, Japan
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- Department of Aerospace Engineering, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849, USA
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- Department of Systems Innovation, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan
- Planetary Science Institute, Tucson, AZ 85719, USA
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- Faculty of Engineering, Kindai University, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-2116, Japan
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- Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, USA
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- The University Museum, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD 20723, USA
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- Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD 20723, USA
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- School of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Aizu, Aizu-Wakamatsu 965-8580, Japan
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- Department of Earth Science, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8578, Japan
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- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan
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- Planetary Exploration Research Center, Chiba Institute of Technology, Narashino 275-0016, Japan
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- Departments of Earth and Environmental Sciences and Physics, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan
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- Department of Earth and Space Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka 560-0043, Japan
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- International Research School of Planetary Sciences, Università d’Annunzio, 65127 Pescara, Italy
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- Department of Earth and Planetary Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Department of Information Science, Kochi University, Kochi 780-8520, Japan
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- Departments of Earth and Environmental Sciences and Physics, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan
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- Departments of Earth and Environmental Sciences and Physics, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan
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- Department of Earth and Planetary Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Department of Earth and Planetary Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Department of Earth and Planetary Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Rikkyo University, Tokyo 171-8501, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Rikkyo University, Tokyo 171-8501, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Rikkyo University, Tokyo 171-8501, Japan
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- Planetary Science Institute, Tucson, AZ 85719, USA
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- Université Côte d’Azur, Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur, Centre National de le Recherche Scientifique, Laboratoire Lagrange, 06304 Nice, France
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- Institut d’Astrophysique Spatiale, Université Paris-Sud, 91405 Orsay, France
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- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan
- Departments of Space and Astronautical Science and Astronomical Science, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI, Hayama 240-0193, Japan
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- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan
- Departments of Space and Astronautical Science and Astronomical Science, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI, Hayama 240-0193, Japan
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- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan
- School of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Aizu, Aizu-Wakamatsu 965-8580, Japan
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- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan
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- Department of Natural Science, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Tokyo City University, Tokyo 158-8557, Japan
- Frontier Research Institute for Interdisciplinary Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8578, Japan
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- Department of Earth and Planetary Systems Science, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8526, Japan
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- National Institute for Environmental Studies, Tsukuba 305-8506, Japan
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- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan
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- Departments of Space and Astronautical Science and Astronomical Science, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI, Hayama 240-0193, Japan
- National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, Mitaka 181-8588, Japan
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- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan
- Departments of Space and Astronautical Science and Astronomical Science, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI, Hayama 240-0193, Japan
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- Departments of Space and Astronautical Science and Astronomical Science, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI, Hayama 240-0193, Japan
- National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, Mitaka 181-8588, Japan
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- Department of Earth and Planetary Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan
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- Department of Planetology, Kobe University, Kobe 657-8501, Japan
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- Research and Development Directorate, JAXA, Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan
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- Planetary Exploration Research Center, Chiba Institute of Technology, Narashino 275-0016, Japan
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- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan
- Departments of Space and Astronautical Science and Astronomical Science, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI, Hayama 240-0193, Japan
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- Research and Development Directorate, JAXA, Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan
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- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan
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- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan
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- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan
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- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan
- Department of Mechanical, Materials and Aerospace Engineering, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 3BX, UK
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- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan
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- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan
- Departments of Space and Astronautical Science and Astronomical Science, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI, Hayama 240-0193, Japan
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- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan
- Departments of Space and Astronautical Science and Astronomical Science, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI, Hayama 240-0193, Japan
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- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan
- Departments of Space and Astronautical Science and Astronomical Science, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI, Hayama 240-0193, Japan
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- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan
- Departments of Space and Astronautical Science and Astronomical Science, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI, Hayama 240-0193, Japan
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- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan
- Department of Chemistry, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan
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- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan
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- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan
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- Departments of Space and Astronautical Science and Astronomical Science, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI, Hayama 240-0193, Japan
- National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, Mitaka 181-8588, Japan
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- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan
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- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan
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- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan
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- Research and Development Directorate, JAXA, Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan
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- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan
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- Research and Development Directorate, JAXA, Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan
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- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan
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- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan
- Research and Development Directorate, JAXA, Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan
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- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan
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- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan
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- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan
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- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan
- Departments of Space and Astronautical Science and Astronomical Science, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI, Hayama 240-0193, Japan
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- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan
- Departments of Space and Astronautical Science and Astronomical Science, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI, Hayama 240-0193, Japan
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- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan
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- Departments of Earth and Environmental Sciences and Physics, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan
- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan
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- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan
- Departments of Space and Astronautical Science and Astronomical Science, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI, Hayama 240-0193, Japan
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Barnouin OS, Daly MG, Palmer EE, Gaskell RW, Weirich JR, Johnson CL, Asad MMA, Roberts JH, Perry ME, Susorney HCM, Daly RT, Bierhaus EB, Seabrook JA, Espiritu RC, Nair AH, Nguyen L, Neumann GA, Ernst CM, Boynton WV, Nolan MC, Adam CD, Moreau MC, Risk B, D'Aubigny CD, Jawin ER, Walsh KJ, Michel P, Schwartz SR, Ballouz RL, Mazarico EM, Scheeres DJ, McMahon J, Bottke W, Sugita S, Hirata N, Hirata N, Watanabe S, Burke KN, DellaGuistina DN, Bennett CA, Lauretta DS. Shape of (101955) Bennu indicative of a rubble pile with internal stiffness. Nat Geosci 2019; 12:247-252. [PMID: 31080497 PMCID: PMC6505705 DOI: 10.1038/s41561-019-0330-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2019] [Accepted: 02/15/2019] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
Abstract
The shapes of asteroids reflect interplay between their interior properties and the processes responsible for their formation and evolution as they journey through the Solar System. Prior to the OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, and Security-Regolith Explorer) mission, Earth-based radar imaging gave an overview of (101955) Bennu's shape. Here, we construct a high-resolution shape model from OSIRIS-REx images. We find that Bennu's top-like shape, considerable macroporosity, and prominent surface boulders suggest that it is a rubble pile. High-standing, north-south ridges that extend from pole to pole, many long grooves, and surface mass wasting indicate some low levels of internal friction and/or cohesion. Our shape model indicates that, similar to other top-shaped asteroids, Bennu formed by reaccumulation and underwent past periods of fast spin leading to its current shape. Today, Bennu might follow a different evolutionary pathway, with interior stiffness permitting surface cracking and mass wasting.
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- O S Barnouin
- The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, USA
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- The Centre for Research in Earth and Space Science, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Planetary Science Institute, Tucson, AZ, USA
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- Planetary Science Institute, Tucson, AZ, USA
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- Planetary Science Institute, Tucson, AZ, USA
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- Planetary Science Institute, Tucson, AZ, USA
- Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
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- Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
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- The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, USA
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- The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, USA
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- Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
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- The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, USA
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- Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company, Denver, CO, USA
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- The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, USA
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- The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, USA
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- The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, USA
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- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
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- The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, USA
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- Lunar Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
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- Lunar Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
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- KinetX Aerospace, Inc. Simi Valley, CA, USA
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- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
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- Lunar Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
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- Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC, USA
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- Southwest Research Institute, Boulder, CO, USA
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- Université Côte d'Azur, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, CNRS, Laboratoire Lagrange, Nice, France
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- Lunar Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
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- Lunar Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
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- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
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- Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA
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- Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA
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- Southwest Research Institute, Boulder, CO, USA
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- University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Aizu University, Aizu-Wakamatsu, Japan
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- Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, JAXA, Sagamihara, Japan
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- Lunar Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
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- Lunar Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
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- Lunar Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
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Sugita S, Honda R, Morota T, Kameda S, Sawada H, Tatsumi E, Yamada M, Honda C, Yokota Y, Kouyama T, Sakatani N, Ogawa K, Suzuki H, Okada T, Namiki N, Tanaka S, Iijima Y, Yoshioka K, Hayakawa M, Cho Y, Matsuoka M, Hirata N, Hirata N, Miyamoto H, Domingue D, Hirabayashi M, Nakamura T, Hiroi T, Michikami T, Michel P, Ballouz RL, Barnouin OS, Ernst CM, Schröder SE, Kikuchi H, Hemmi R, Komatsu G, Fukuhara T, Taguchi M, Arai T, Senshu H, Demura H, Ogawa Y, Shimaki Y, Sekiguchi T, Müller TG, Hagermann A, Mizuno T, Noda H, Matsumoto K, Yamada R, Ishihara Y, Ikeda H, Araki H, Yamamoto K, Abe S, Yoshida F, Higuchi A, Sasaki S, Oshigami S, Tsuruta S, Asari K, Tazawa S, Shizugami M, Kimura J, Otsubo T, Yabuta H, Hasegawa S, Ishiguro M, Tachibana S, Palmer E, Gaskell R, Le Corre L, Jaumann R, Otto K, Schmitz N, Abell PA, Barucci MA, Zolensky ME, Vilas F, Thuillet F, Sugimoto C, Takaki N, Suzuki Y, Kamiyoshihara H, Okada M, Nagata K, Fujimoto M, Yoshikawa M, Yamamoto Y, Shirai K, Noguchi R, Ogawa N, Terui F, Kikuchi S, Yamaguchi T, Oki Y, Takao Y, Takeuchi H, Ono G, Mimasu Y, Yoshikawa K, Takahashi T, Takei Y, Fujii A, Hirose C, Nakazawa S, Hosoda S, Mori O, Shimada T, Soldini S, Iwata T, Abe M, Yano H, Tsukizaki R, Ozaki M, Nishiyama K, Saiki T, Watanabe S, Tsuda Y. The geomorphology, color, and thermal properties of Ryugu: Implications for parent-body processes. Science 2019; 364:252. [PMID: 30890587 DOI: 10.1126/science.aaw0422] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2018] [Accepted: 03/12/2019] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
Abstract
The near-Earth carbonaceous asteroid 162173 Ryugu is thought to have been produced from a parent body that contained water ice and organic molecules. The Hayabusa2 spacecraft has obtained global multicolor images of Ryugu. Geomorphological features present include a circum-equatorial ridge, east-west dichotomy, high boulder abundances across the entire surface, and impact craters. Age estimates from the craters indicate a resurfacing age of [Formula: see text] years for the top 1-meter layer. Ryugu is among the darkest known bodies in the Solar System. The high abundance and spectral properties of boulders are consistent with moderately dehydrated materials, analogous to thermally metamorphosed meteorites found on Earth. The general uniformity in color across Ryugu's surface supports partial dehydration due to internal heating of the asteroid's parent body.
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- S Sugita
- The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan. .,Planetary Exploration Research Center, Chiba Institute of Technology, Narashino 275-0016, Japan
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- Kochi University, Kochi 780-8520, Japan
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- Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan
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- Rikkyo University, Tokyo 171-8501, Japan
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- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS), Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan
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- The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Planetary Exploration Research Center, Chiba Institute of Technology, Narashino 275-0016, Japan
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- University of Aizu, Aizu-Wakamatsu 965-8580, Japan
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- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS), Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan.,Kochi University, Kochi 780-8520, Japan
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- National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tokyo 135-0064 Japan
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- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS), Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan
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- Kobe University, Kobe 657-8501, Japan
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- Meiji University, Kawasaki 214-8571, Japan
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- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS), Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan.,The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, Mitaka 181-8588, Japan.,SOKENDAI (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies), Hayama 240-0193, Japan
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- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS), Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan.,SOKENDAI (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies), Hayama 240-0193, Japan
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- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS), Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan
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- The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS), Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan
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- The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS), Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan
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- University of Aizu, Aizu-Wakamatsu 965-8580, Japan
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- Kobe University, Kobe 657-8501, Japan
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- The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Planetary Science Institute, Tucson, AZ 85719, USA
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- Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8578, Japan
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- Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, USA
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- Kindai University, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-2116, Japan
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- Université Côte d'Azur, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, Centre National de le Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire Lagrange, 06304 Nice, France
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- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS), Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan.,University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85705, USA
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- Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD 20723, USA
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- Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD 20723, USA
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- German Aerospace Center (DLR), Institute of Planetary Research, 12489 Berlin, Germany
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- The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- International Research School of Planetary Sciences, Università d'Annunzio, 65127 Pescara, Italy.,Planetary Exploration Research Center, Chiba Institute of Technology, Narashino 275-0016, Japan
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- Rikkyo University, Tokyo 171-8501, Japan
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- Rikkyo University, Tokyo 171-8501, Japan
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- Ashikaga University, Ashikaga 326-8558, Japan
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- Planetary Exploration Research Center, Chiba Institute of Technology, Narashino 275-0016, Japan
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- University of Aizu, Aizu-Wakamatsu 965-8580, Japan
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- University of Aizu, Aizu-Wakamatsu 965-8580, Japan
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- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS), Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan
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- Hokkaido University of Education, Asahikawa 070-8621, Japan
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Extraterrestrische Physik, 85748 Garching, Germany
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- University of Stirling, FK9 4LA, Scotland, UK
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- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS), Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan
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- National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, Mitaka 181-8588, Japan
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- National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, Mitaka 181-8588, Japan.,SOKENDAI (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies), Hayama 240-0193, Japan
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- University of Aizu, Aizu-Wakamatsu 965-8580, Japan
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- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS), Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan
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- Research and Development Directorate, JAXA, Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan
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- National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, Mitaka 181-8588, Japan
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- National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, Mitaka 181-8588, Japan
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- Nihon University, Funabashi 274-8501, Japan
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- Planetary Exploration Research Center, Chiba Institute of Technology, Narashino 275-0016, Japan
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- National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, Mitaka 181-8588, Japan
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- Osaka University, Toyonaka 560-0043, Japan
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- National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, Mitaka 181-8588, Japan
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- National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, Mitaka 181-8588, Japan
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- National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, Mitaka 181-8588, Japan
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- National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, Mitaka 181-8588, Japan
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- National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, Mitaka 181-8588, Japan
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- Osaka University, Toyonaka 560-0043, Japan
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- Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo 186-8601, Japan
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- Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8526, Japan
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- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS), Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan
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- Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Korea
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- The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Planetary Science Institute, Tucson, AZ 85719, USA
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- Planetary Science Institute, Tucson, AZ 85719, USA
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- Planetary Science Institute, Tucson, AZ 85719, USA
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- German Aerospace Center (DLR), Institute of Planetary Research, 12489 Berlin, Germany
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- German Aerospace Center (DLR), Institute of Planetary Research, 12489 Berlin, Germany
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- German Aerospace Center (DLR), Institute of Planetary Research, 12489 Berlin, Germany
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- NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX 77058, USA
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- Laboratoire d'Etudes Spatiales et d'Instrumentation en Astrophysique (LESIA)-Observatoire de Paris, Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL), Centre National de le Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Sorbonne Université, Université Paris-Diderot, 92195 Meudon Principal Cedex, France
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- NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX 77058, USA
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- Planetary Science Institute, Tucson, AZ 85719, USA
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- Université Côte d'Azur, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, Centre National de le Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire Lagrange, 06304 Nice, France
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- The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tokyo 135-0064 Japan
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- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS), Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan
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- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS), Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan.,SOKENDAI (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies), Hayama 240-0193, Japan
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- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS), Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan.,SOKENDAI (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies), Hayama 240-0193, Japan
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- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS), Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan
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- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS), Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan
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- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS), Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan
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- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS), Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan
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- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS), Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan
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- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS), Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan
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- The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS), Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan
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- Research and Development Directorate, JAXA, Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan
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- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS), Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan
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- Research and Development Directorate, JAXA, Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan
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- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS), Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan
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- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS), Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan.,Research and Development Directorate, JAXA, Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan
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- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS), Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan
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- Research and Development Directorate, JAXA, Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan
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- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS), Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan
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- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS), Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan
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- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS), Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan
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- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS), Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan
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- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS), Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan
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- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS), Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan.,SOKENDAI (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies), Hayama 240-0193, Japan
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- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS), Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan.,SOKENDAI (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies), Hayama 240-0193, Japan
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- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS), Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan.,SOKENDAI (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies), Hayama 240-0193, Japan
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- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS), Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan
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- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS), Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan.,SOKENDAI (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies), Hayama 240-0193, Japan
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- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS), Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan
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- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS), Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan
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- Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan.,Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS), Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan
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- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS), Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sagamihara 252-5210, Japan.,SOKENDAI (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies), Hayama 240-0193, Japan
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Weaver HA, Buie MW, Buratti BJ, Grundy WM, Lauer TR, Olkin CB, Parker AH, Porter SB, Showalter MR, Spencer JR, Stern SA, Verbiscer AJ, McKinnon WB, Moore JM, Robbins SJ, Schenk P, Singer KN, Barnouin OS, Cheng AF, Ernst CM, Lisse CM, Jennings DE, Lunsford AW, Reuter DC, Hamilton DP, Kaufmann DE, Ennico K, Young LA, Beyer RA, Binzel RP, Bray VJ, Chaikin AL, Cook JC, Cruikshank DP, Dalle Ore CM, Earle AM, Gladstone GR, Howett CJA, Linscott IR, Nimmo F, Parker JW, Philippe S, Protopapa S, Reitsema HJ, Schmitt B, Stryk T, Summers ME, Tsang CCC, Throop HHB, White OL, Zangari AM. The small satellites of Pluto as observed by New Horizons. Science 2016; 351:aae0030. [PMID: 26989256 DOI: 10.1126/science.aae0030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
Abstract
The New Horizons mission has provided resolved measurements of Pluto's moons Styx, Nix, Kerberos, and Hydra. All four are small, with equivalent spherical diameters of ~40 kilometers for Nix and Hydra and ~10 kilometers for Styx and Kerberos. They are also highly elongated, with maximum to minimum axis ratios of ~2. All four moons have high albedos (~50 to 90%) suggestive of a water-ice surface composition. Crater densities on Nix and Hydra imply surface ages of at least 4 billion years. The small moons rotate much faster than synchronous, with rotational poles clustered nearly orthogonal to the common pole directions of Pluto and Charon. These results reinforce the hypothesis that the small moons formed in the aftermath of a collision that produced the Pluto-Charon binary.
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Affiliation(s)
- H A Weaver
- Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD 20723, USA.
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- Southwest Research Institute, Boulder, CO 80302, USA
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- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91109, USA
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- Lowell Observatory, Flagstaff, AZ 86001, USA
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- National Optical Astronomy Observatory, Tucson, AZ 26732, USA
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- Southwest Research Institute, Boulder, CO 80302, USA
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- Southwest Research Institute, Boulder, CO 80302, USA
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- Southwest Research Institute, Boulder, CO 80302, USA
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- Southwest Research Institute, Boulder, CO 80302, USA
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- Southwest Research Institute, Boulder, CO 80302, USA
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- Department of Astronomy, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22904, USA
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- Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63130, USA
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- Space Science Division, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA 94035, USA
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- Southwest Research Institute, Boulder, CO 80302, USA
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- Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, TX 77058, USA
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- Southwest Research Institute, Boulder, CO 80302, USA
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- Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD 20723, USA
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- Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD 20723, USA
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- Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD 20723, USA
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- Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD 20723, USA
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- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA
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- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA
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- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA
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- Department of Astronomy, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA
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- Southwest Research Institute, Boulder, CO 80302, USA
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- Space Science Division, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA 94035, USA
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- Southwest Research Institute, Boulder, CO 80302, USA
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- SETI Institute, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. Space Science Division, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA 94035, USA
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- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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- University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA
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- Independent science writer, Arlington, VT, USA
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- Southwest Research Institute, Boulder, CO 80302, USA
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- Space Science Division, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA 94035, USA
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- Space Science Division, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA 94035, USA
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- University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA
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- Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX 78238, USA
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- Southwest Research Institute, Boulder, CO 80302, USA
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- University of California, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA
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- Southwest Research Institute, Boulder, CO 80302, USA
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- Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, IPAG, F-38000 Grenoble, France
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- Department of Astronomy, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA
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- Southwest Research Institute, Boulder, CO 80302, USA
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- Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, IPAG, F-38000 Grenoble, France
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- Roane State Community College, Oak Ridge, TN 37830, USA
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- George Mason University, Fairfax, VA 22030, USA
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- Southwest Research Institute, Boulder, CO 80302, USA
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- Planetary Science Institute, Tucson, AZ 85719, USA
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- Space Science Division, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA 94035, USA
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- Southwest Research Institute, Boulder, CO 80302, USA
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Gladstone GR, Stern SA, Ennico K, Olkin CB, Weaver HA, Young LA, Summers ME, Strobel DF, Hinson DP, Kammer JA, Parker AH, Steffl AJ, Linscott IR, Parker JW, Cheng AF, Slater DC, Versteeg MH, Greathouse TK, Retherford KD, Throop H, Cunningham NJ, Woods WW, Singer KN, Tsang CCC, Schindhelm E, Lisse CM, Wong ML, Yung YL, Zhu X, Curdt W, Lavvas P, Young EF, Tyler GL, Bagenal F, Grundy WM, McKinnon WB, Moore JM, Spencer JR, Andert T, Andrews J, Banks M, Bauer B, Bauman J, Barnouin OS, Bedini P, Beisser K, Beyer RA, Bhaskaran S, Binzel RP, Birath E, Bird M, Bogan DJ, Bowman A, Bray VJ, Brozovic M, Bryan C, Buckley MR, Buie MW, Buratti BJ, Bushman SS, Calloway A, Carcich B, Conard S, Conrad CA, Cook JC, Cruikshank DP, Custodio OS, Ore CMD, Deboy C, Dischner ZJB, Dumont P, Earle AM, Elliott HA, Ercol J, Ernst CM, Finley T, Flanigan SH, Fountain G, Freeze MJ, Green JL, Guo Y, Hahn M, Hamilton DP, Hamilton SA, Hanley J, Harch A, Hart HM, Hersman CB, Hill A, Hill ME, Holdridge ME, Horanyi M, Howard AD, Howett CJA, Jackman C, Jacobson RA, Jennings DE, Kang HK, Kaufmann DE, Kollmann P, Krimigis SM, Kusnierkiewicz D, Lauer TR, Lee JE, Lindstrom KL, Lunsford AW, Mallder VA, Martin N, McComas DJ, McNutt RL, Mehoke D, Mehoke T, Melin ED, Mutchler M, Nelson D, Nimmo F, Nunez JI, Ocampo A, Owen WM, Paetzold M, Page B, Pelletier F, Peterson J, Pinkine N, Piquette M, Porter SB, Protopapa S, Redfern J, Reitsema HJ, Reuter DC, Roberts JH, Robbins SJ, Rogers G, Rose D, Runyon K, Ryschkewitsch MG, Schenk P, Sepan B, Showalter MR, Soluri M, Stanbridge D, Stryk T, Szalay JR, Tapley M, Taylor A, Taylor H, Umurhan OM, Verbiscer AJ, Versteeg MH, Vincent M, Webbert R, Weidner S, Weigle GE, White OL, Whittenburg K, Williams BG, Williams K, Williams S, Zangari AM, Zirnstein E. The atmosphere of Pluto as observed by New Horizons. Science 2016; 351:aad8866. [PMID: 26989258 DOI: 10.1126/science.aad8866] [Citation(s) in RCA: 179] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- G. Randall Gladstone
- Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX 78238, USA
- University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX 78249, USA
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- Southwest Research Institute, Boulder, CO 80302, USA
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- National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Ames Research Center, Space Science Division, Moffett Field, CA 94035, USA
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- The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD 20723, USA
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- Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Institute, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA
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- The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD 20723, USA
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- Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX 78238, USA
- University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX 78249, USA
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- The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
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- The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD 20723, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
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- The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD 20723, USA
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Sonnensystemforschung, 37191 Katlenburg-Lindau, Germany
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- Groupe de Spectroscopie Moléculaire et Atmosphérique, Université Reims Champagne-Ardenne, 51687 Reims, France
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Stern SA, Bagenal F, Ennico K, Gladstone GR, Grundy WM, McKinnon WB, Moore JM, Olkin CB, Spencer JR, Weaver HA, Young LA, Andert T, Andrews J, Banks M, Bauer B, Bauman J, Barnouin OS, Bedini P, Beisser K, Beyer RA, Bhaskaran S, Binzel RP, Birath E, Bird M, Bogan DJ, Bowman A, Bray VJ, Brozovic M, Bryan C, Buckley MR, Buie MW, Buratti BJ, Bushman SS, Calloway A, Carcich B, Cheng AF, Conard S, Conrad CA, Cook JC, Cruikshank DP, Custodio OS, Dalle Ore CM, Deboy C, Dischner ZJB, Dumont P, Earle AM, Elliott HA, Ercol J, Ernst CM, Finley T, Flanigan SH, Fountain G, Freeze MJ, Greathouse T, Green JL, Guo Y, Hahn M, Hamilton DP, Hamilton SA, Hanley J, Harch A, Hart HM, Hersman CB, Hill A, Hill ME, Hinson DP, Holdridge ME, Horanyi M, Howard AD, Howett CJA, Jackman C, Jacobson RA, Jennings DE, Kammer JA, Kang HK, Kaufmann DE, Kollmann P, Krimigis SM, Kusnierkiewicz D, Lauer TR, Lee JE, Lindstrom KL, Linscott IR, Lisse CM, Lunsford AW, Mallder VA, Martin N, McComas DJ, McNutt RL, Mehoke D, Mehoke T, Melin ED, Mutchler M, Nelson D, Nimmo F, Nunez JI, Ocampo A, Owen WM, Paetzold M, Page B, Parker AH, Parker JW, Pelletier F, Peterson J, Pinkine N, Piquette M, Porter SB, Protopapa S, Redfern J, Reitsema HJ, Reuter DC, Roberts JH, Robbins SJ, Rogers G, Rose D, Runyon K, Retherford KD, Ryschkewitsch MG, Schenk P, Schindhelm E, Sepan B, Showalter MR, Singer KN, Soluri M, Stanbridge D, Steffl AJ, Strobel DF, Stryk T, Summers ME, Szalay JR, Tapley M, Taylor A, Taylor H, Throop HB, Tsang CCC, Tyler GL, Umurhan OM, Verbiscer AJ, Versteeg MH, Vincent M, Webbert R, Weidner S, Weigle GE, White OL, Whittenburg K, Williams BG, Williams K, Williams S, Woods WW, Zangari AM, Zirnstein E. The Pluto system: Initial results from its exploration by New Horizons. Science 2015; 350:aad1815. [DOI: 10.1126/science.aad1815] [Citation(s) in RCA: 367] [Impact Index Per Article: 40.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- S. A. Stern
- Southwest Research Institute, Boulder, CO 80302, USA
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- Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80303, USA
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- National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Ames Research Center, Space Science Division, Moffett Field, CA 94035, USA
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- Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63130, USA
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- National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Ames Research Center, Space Science Division, Moffett Field, CA 94035, USA
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- Southwest Research Institute, Boulder, CO 80302, USA
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- Southwest Research Institute, Boulder, CO 80302, USA
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- Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD 20723, USA
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- Southwest Research Institute, Boulder, CO 80302, USA
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- Universität der Bundeswehr München, Neubiberg 85577, Germany
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- Southwest Research Institute, Boulder, CO 80302, USA
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- Planetary Science Institute, Tucson, AZ 85719, USA
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- National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Ames Research Center, Space Science Division, Moffett Field, CA 94035, USA
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- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, La Cañada Flintridge, CA 91011, USA
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- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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- Southwest Research Institute, Boulder, CO 80302, USA
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- University of Bonn, Bonn D-53113, Germany
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- NASA Headquarters (retired), Washington, DC 20546, USA
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- University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA
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- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, La Cañada Flintridge, CA 91011, USA
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- Southwest Research Institute, Boulder, CO 80302, USA
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- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, La Cañada Flintridge, CA 91011, USA
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- Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD 20723, USA
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- Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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- Southwest Research Institute, Boulder, CO 80302, USA
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- Southwest Research Institute, Boulder, CO 80302, USA
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- National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Ames Research Center, Space Science Division, Moffett Field, CA 94035, USA
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- Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD 20723, USA
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- National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Ames Research Center, Space Science Division, Moffett Field, CA 94035, USA
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- Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD 20723, USA
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- KinetX Aerospace, Tempe, AZ 85284, USA
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- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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- Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX 28510, USA
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- Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD 20723, USA
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- Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD 20723, USA
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- Southwest Research Institute, Boulder, CO 80302, USA
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- Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD 20723, USA
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- Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD 20723, USA
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- Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD 20723, USA
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- Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX 28510, USA
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- NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC 20546, USA
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- Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD 20723, USA
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- Rheinisches Institut für Umweltforschung an der Universität zu Köln, Cologne 50931, Germany
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- Department of Astronomy, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA
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- Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD 20723, USA
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- Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX 28510, USA
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- Southwest Research Institute, Boulder, CO 80302, USA
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- Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD 20723, USA
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- Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD 20723, USA
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- Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD 20723, USA
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- Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD 20723, USA
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- Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Institute, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA
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- Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD 20723, USA
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- Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80303, USA
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- Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22904, USA
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- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, La Cañada Flintridge, CA 91011, USA
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- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA
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- Southwest Research Institute, Boulder, CO 80302, USA
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- Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD 20723, USA
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- Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD 20723, USA
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- Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD 20723, USA
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- Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD 20723, USA
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- National Optical Astronomy Observatory, Tucson, AZ 26732, USA
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- NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL 35812, USA
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- Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD 20723, USA
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- Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD 20723, USA
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- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA
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- Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD 20723, USA
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- Southwest Research Institute, Boulder, CO 80302, USA
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- Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX 28510, USA
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- Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD 20723, USA
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- Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD 20723, USA
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- Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD 20723, USA
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- Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD 20723, USA
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- Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
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- KinetX Aerospace, Tempe, AZ 85284, USA
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- University of California, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA
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- Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD 20723, USA
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- NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC 20546, USA
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- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, La Cañada Flintridge, CA 91011, USA
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- Rheinisches Institut für Umweltforschung an der Universität zu Köln, Cologne 50931, Germany
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- KinetX Aerospace, Tempe, AZ 85284, USA
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- Southwest Research Institute, Boulder, CO 80302, USA
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- Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80303, USA
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- Southwest Research Institute, Boulder, CO 80302, USA
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- Department of Astronomy, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA
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- Southwest Research Institute, Boulder, CO 80302, USA
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- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA
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- Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD 20723, USA
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- Southwest Research Institute, Boulder, CO 80302, USA
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- Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, TX 77058, USA
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- Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Institute, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA
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- Michael Soluri Photography, New York, NY 10014, USA
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- Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80303, USA
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- KinetX Aerospace, Tempe, AZ 85284, USA
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- Planetary Science Institute, Tucson, AZ 85719, USA
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- Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD 20723, USA
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- Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD 20723, USA
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- Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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A'Hearn MF, Belton MJS, Delamere WA, Kissel J, Klaasen KP, McFadden LA, Meech KJ, Melosh HJ, Schultz PH, Sunshine JM, Thomas PC, Veverka J, Yeomans DK, Baca MW, Busko I, Crockett CJ, Collins SM, Desnoyer M, Eberhardy CA, Ernst CM, Farnham TL, Feaga L, Groussin O, Hampton D, Ipatov SI, Li JY, Lindler D, Lisse CM, Mastrodemos N, Owen WM, Richardson JE, Wellnitz DD, White RL. Deep Impact: Excavating Comet Tempel 1. Science 2005; 310:258-64. [PMID: 16150978 DOI: 10.1126/science.1118923] [Citation(s) in RCA: 640] [Impact Index Per Article: 33.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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Deep Impact collided with comet Tempel 1, excavating a crater controlled by gravity. The comet's outer layer is composed of 1- to 100-micrometer fine particles with negligible strength (<65 pascals). Local gravitational field and average nucleus density (600 kilograms per cubic meter) are estimated from ejecta fallback. Initial ejecta were hot (>1000 kelvins). A large increase in organic material occurred during and after the event, with smaller changes in carbon dioxide relative to water. On approach, the spacecraft observed frequent natural outbursts, a mean radius of 3.0 +/- 0.1 kilometers, smooth and rough terrain, scarps, and impact craters. A thermal map indicates a surface in equilibrium with sunlight.
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- M F A'Hearn
- University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA.
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Tully G, Barritt SM, Bender K, Brignon E, Capelli C, Dimo-Simonin N, Eichmann C, Ernst CM, Lambert C, Lareu MV, Ludes B, Mevag B, Parson W, Pfeiffer H, Salas A, Schneider PM, Staalstrom E. Results of a collaborative study of the EDNAP group regarding mitochondrial DNA heteroplasmy and segregation in hair shafts. Forensic Sci Int 2004; 140:1-11. [PMID: 15013160 DOI: 10.1016/s0379-0738(03)00181-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2002] [Revised: 03/05/2003] [Accepted: 04/04/2003] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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A collaborative exercise was carried out by the European DNA Profiling Group (EDNAP) in order to evaluate the distribution of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) heteroplasmy amongst the hairs of an individual who displays point heteroplasmy in blood and buccal cells. A second aim of the exercise was to study reproducibility of mtDNA sequencing of hairs between laboratories using differing chemistries, further to the first mtDNA reproducibility study carried out by the EDNAP group. Laboratories were asked to type 2 sections from each of 10 hairs, such that each hair was typed by at least two laboratories. Ten laboratories participated in the study, and a total of 55 hairs were typed. The results showed that the C/T point heteroplasmy observed in blood and buccal cells at position 16234 segregated differentially between hairs, such that some hairs showed only C, others only T and the remainder, C/T heteroplasmy at varying ratios. Additionally, differential segregation of heteroplasmic variants was confirmed in independent extracts at positions 16093 and the poly(C) tract at 302-309, whilst a complete A-G transition was confirmed at position 16129 in one hair. Heteroplasmy was observed at position 16195 on both strands of a single extract from one hair segment, but was not observed in the extracts from any other segment of the same hair. Similarly, heteroplasmy at position 16304 was observed on both strands of a single extract from one hair. Additional variants at positions 73, 249 and the HVII poly(C) region were reported by one laboratory; as these were not confirmed in independent extracts, the possibility of contamination cannot be excluded. Additionally, the electrophoresis and detection equipment used by this laboratory was different to those of the other laboratories, and the discrepancies at position 249 and the HVII poly(C) region appear to be due to reading errors that may be associated with this technology. The results, and their implications for forensic mtDNA typing, are discussed in the light of the biology of hair formation.
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- G Tully
- The Forensic Science Service trade mark, Trident Court, Solihull Parkway, Birmingham Business Park, Solihull B37 7YN, UK.
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