Oxygen Isotopic Compositions of Asteroidal Materials returned from Itokawa by the Hayabusa Mission

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2011

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Yurimoto, Hisayoshi
Abe, Ken-ichi
Abe, Masanao
Ebihara, Mitsuru
Fujimura, Akio
Hashiguchi, Minako
Hashizume, K
Itoh, Shoichi
Katayama, Juri
Kato, Chizu

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American Association for the Advancement of Science

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Meteorite studies suggest that each solar system object has a unique oxygen isotopic composition. Chondrites, the most primitive of meteorites, have been believed to be derived from asteroids, but oxygen isotopic compositions of asteroids themselves have

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Keywords: carbon monoxide; oxygen; asteroid; chondrite; isotopic composition; mass spectrometry; oxygen isotope; satellite mission; solar system; spacecraft; article; astronomy; chemical analysis; chemical composition; dust; gas; mass spectrometry; melting point; m

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