2 papers
astro-ph.EP2019
Oxygen Isotopic Composition of an Enstatite Ribbon of Probable Cometary Origin
Ryan C. Ogliore, Donald E. Brownlee, Kazuhide Nagashima +5
Filamentary enstatite crystals are found in interplanetary dust particles of likely cometary origin but are very rare or absent in meteorites. Crystallographic characteristics of f…
astro-ph.EP2018
Fine-grained Material Associated with a Large Sulfide returned from Comet 81P/Wild 2
Zack Gainsforth, Andrew J. Westphal, Anna L. Butterworth +10
In a consortium analysis of a large particle captured from the coma of comet 81P/Wild 2 by the Stardust spacecraft, we report the discovery of a field of fine-grained material (FGM…