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Impact features on stardust: Implications for comet 81P/wild 2 dust

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Hörz, F; Bastien, R; Borg, J; Bradley, JP; Bridges, JC; Brownlee, DE; Burchell, MJ; Chi, M; Cintala, MJ; Dai, ZR; Djouadi, Z; Dominguez, G ...
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December 15, 2006

Particles emanating from comet 81P/Wild 2 collided with the Stardust spacecraft at 6.1 kilometers per second, producing hypervelocity impact features on the collector surfaces that were returned to Earth. The morphologies of these surprisingly diverse features were created by particles varying from dense mineral grains to loosely bound, polymineralic aggregates ranging from tens of nanometers to hundreds of micrometers in size. The cumulative size distribution of Wild 2 dust is shallower than that of comet Halley, yet steeper than that of comet Grigg-Skjellerup.

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1095-9203

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0036-8075

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December 15, 2006

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314

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5806

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1716 / 1719

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  • General Science & Technology
 

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Hörz, F., Bastien, R., Borg, J., Bradley, J. P., Bridges, J. C., Brownlee, D. E., … Zinner, E. (2006). Impact features on stardust: Implications for comet 81P/wild 2 dust. Science, 314(5806), 1716–1719. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1135705
Hörz, F., R. Bastien, J. Borg, J. P. Bradley, J. C. Bridges, D. E. Brownlee, M. J. Burchell, et al. “Impact features on stardust: Implications for comet 81P/wild 2 dust.” Science 314, no. 5806 (December 15, 2006): 1716–19. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1135705.
Hörz F, Bastien R, Borg J, Bradley JP, Bridges JC, Brownlee DE, et al. Impact features on stardust: Implications for comet 81P/wild 2 dust. Science. 2006 Dec 15;314(5806):1716–9.
Hörz, F., et al. “Impact features on stardust: Implications for comet 81P/wild 2 dust.” Science, vol. 314, no. 5806, Dec. 2006, pp. 1716–19. Scopus, doi:10.1126/science.1135705.
Hörz F, Bastien R, Borg J, Bradley JP, Bridges JC, Brownlee DE, Burchell MJ, Chi M, Cintala MJ, Dai ZR, Djouadi Z, Dominguez G, Economou TE, Fairey SAJ, Floss C, Franchi IA, Graham GA, Green SF, Heck P, Hoppe P, Huth J, Ishii H, Kearsley AT, Kissel J, Leitner J, Leroux H, Marhas K, Messenger K, Schwandt CS, See TH, Snead C, Stadermann I FJ, Stephan T, Stroud R, Teslich N, Trigo-Rodríguez JM, Tuzzolino AJ, Troadec D, Tsou P, Warren J, Westphal A, Wozniakiewicz P, Wright I, Zinner E. Impact features on stardust: Implications for comet 81P/wild 2 dust. Science. 2006 Dec 15;314(5806):1716–1719.
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Published In

Science

DOI

EISSN

1095-9203

ISSN

0036-8075

Publication Date

December 15, 2006

Volume

314

Issue

5806

Start / End Page

1716 / 1719

Related Subject Headings

  • General Science & Technology