2 papers
astro-ph.EP2026
OSIRIS-REx Returned a Pristine Sample of Asteroid Bennu: Takeaways from the Mission's Contamination Control and Knowledge Program
Jason P. Dworkin, Scott A. Sandford, Nicole G. Lunning +81
NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission had the objective of delivering a pristine sample from asteroid (101955) Bennu to Earth for scientific analysis--where "pristine" signifies the absence of…
astro-ph.EP2024
The nucleosynthetic fingerprint of the outermost protoplanetary disk and early Solar System dynamics
Elishevah van Kooten, Xuchao Zhao, Ian Franchi +6
Knowledge of the nucleosynthetic isotope composition of the outermost protoplanetary disk is critical to understand the formation and early dynamical evolution of the Solar System.…