Ryugu’s observed volatile loss did not arise from impact heating alone

The loss of volatile material from asteroid Ryugu was not caused solely by heating from hypervelocity impacts as previously believed, suggest impact experiments conducted at speeds comparable to those expected in the main asteroid belt

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Kosuke Kurosawa, Ryota Moriwaki, Hikaru Yabuta, Ko Ishibashi, Goro Komatsu, Takafumi Matsui
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021-07-01
Series:Communications Earth & Environment
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-021-00218-3