Abstract
The Hayabusa 2 spacecraft brought back to Earth grains of the carbonaceous asteroid Ryugu. Such grains represent the pristine state of CI chondritic materials and have been preserved from exposure to Earth's atmosphere. Here, we show evidence of the presence of organics trapped within the interlayer space of smectite layers in Ryugu grains. No such organics are found in theOrgueil CI meteorite. We put forward that the organics within the interlayer space of smectite inOrgueil CI meteorite were lost during their oxidation on Earth.Also, we propose that the presence of organics within the interlayers space of smectite might be responsible for the possible NH infrared signature observed in Ryugu particles and potentially to a few large C-type asteroids including Ceres.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 8-12 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Geochemical Perspectives Letters |
Volume | 25 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2023 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Environmental Chemistry
- Geology
- Geochemistry and Petrology