論文

査読有り 国際誌
2011年8月26日

Irradiation history of Itokawa regolith material deduced from noble gases in the Hayabusa samples.

Science (New York, N.Y.)
  • Keisuke Nagao
  • Ryuji Okazaki
  • Tomoki Nakamura
  • Yayoi N Miura
  • Takahito Osawa
  • Ken-ichi Bajo
  • Shintaro Matsuda
  • Mitsuru Ebihara
  • Trevor R Ireland
  • Fumio Kitajima
  • Hiroshi Naraoka
  • Takaaki Noguchi
  • Akira Tsuchiyama
  • Hisayoshi Yurimoto
  • Michael E Zolensky
  • Masayuki Uesugi
  • Kei Shirai
  • Masanao Abe
  • Toru Yada
  • Yukihiro Ishibashi
  • Akio Fujimura
  • Toshifumi Mukai
  • Munetaka Ueno
  • Tatsuaki Okada
  • Makoto Yoshikawa
  • Junichiro Kawaguchi
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英語
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研究論文(学術雑誌)
DOI
10.1126/science.1207785

Noble gas isotopes were measured in three rocky grains from asteroid Itokawa to elucidate a history of irradiation from cosmic rays and solar wind on its surface. Large amounts of solar helium (He), neon (Ne), and argon (Ar) trapped in various depths in the grains were observed, which can be explained by multiple implantations of solar wind particles into the grains, combined with preferential He loss caused by frictional wear of space-weathered rims on the grains. Short residence time of less than 8 million years was implied for the grains by an estimate on cosmic-ray-produced (21)Ne. Our results suggest that Itokawa is continuously losing its surface materials into space at a rate of tens of centimeters per million years. The lifetime of Itokawa should be much shorter than the age of our solar system.

リンク情報
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1207785
PubMed
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21868672
ID情報
  • DOI : 10.1126/science.1207785
  • ISSN : 0036-8075
  • PubMed ID : 21868672

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