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Elemental compositions of comet 81P/Wild 2 samples collected by Stardust

Flynn, George J.
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Bleuet, Pierre
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Borg, Janet
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2006
Science

We measured the elemental compositions of material from 23 particles in aerogel and from residue in seven craters in aluminum foil that was collected during passage of the Stardust spacecraft through the coma of comet 81P/Wild 2. These particles are chemically heterogeneous at the largest size scale analyzed (similar to 180 ng). The mean elemental composition of this Wild 2 material is consistent with the CI meteorite composition, which is thought to represent the bulk composition of the solar system, for the elements Mg, Si, Mn, Fe, and Ni to 35%, and for Ca and Ti to 60%. The elements Cu, Zn, and Ga appear enriched in this Wild 2 material, which suggests that the CI meteorites may not represent the solar system composition for these moderately volatile minor elements.

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research article
DOI
10.1126/science.1136141
Web of Science ID

WOS:000242833600046

Author(s)
Flynn, George J.
Bleuet, Pierre
Borg, Janet
Bradley, John P.
Brenker, Frank E.
Brennan, Sean
Bridges, John
Brownlee, Don E.
Bullock, Emma S.
Burghammer, Manfred
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Date Issued

2006

Publisher

American Association for the Advancement of Science

Published in
Science
Volume

314

Start page

1731

End page

1735

Subjects

Spacecraft

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Abundances

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Solar

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Dust

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REVIEWED

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OTHER

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