Methods and tools for handling, transportation, weighing, and pelletization applied to the initial analysis of volatile components in the Hayabusa2 samples
Abstract The Hayabusa2 spacecraft succeeded in sampling and returning materials from the C-type, near-Earth asteroid (162173) Ryugu. As part of the Hayabusa2 Initial Analyses, chemical and isotopic compositions of volatile species were measured. The samples analyzed were grains of about 1 mm in diam...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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SpringerOpen
2022-12-01
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Series: | Earth, Planets and Space |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s40623-022-01747-7 |