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Comet 81P/wild 2 under a microscope

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Brownlee, D; Tsou, P; Aléon, J; O'D Alexander, CM; Araki, T; Bajt, S; Baratta, GA; Bastien, R; Bland, P; Bleuet, P; Borg, J; Bradley, JP ...
Published in: Science
December 15, 2006

The Stardust spacecraft collected thousands of particles from comet 81P/Wild 2 and returned them to Earth for laboratory study. The preliminary examination of these samples shows that the nonvolatile portion of the comet is an unequilibrated assortment of materials that have both presolar and solar system origin. The comet contains an abundance of silicate grains that are much larger than predictions of interstellar grain models, and many of these are high-temperature minerals that appear to have formed in the inner regions of the solar nebula. Their presence in a comet proves that the formation of the solar system included mixing on the grandest scales.

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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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1711 / 1716

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  • General Science & Technology
 

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Brownlee, D., Tsou, P., Aléon, J., O’D Alexander, C. M., Araki, T., Bajt, S., … Lyon, I. (2006). Comet 81P/wild 2 under a microscope. Science, 314(5806), 1711–1716. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1135840
Brownlee, D., P. Tsou, J. Aléon, C. M. O’D Alexander, T. Araki, S. Bajt, G. A. Baratta, et al. “Comet 81P/wild 2 under a microscope.” Science 314, no. 5806 (December 15, 2006): 1711–16. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1135840.
Brownlee D, Tsou P, Aléon J, O’D Alexander CM, Araki T, Bajt S, et al. Comet 81P/wild 2 under a microscope. Science. 2006 Dec 15;314(5806):1711–6.
Brownlee, D., et al. “Comet 81P/wild 2 under a microscope.” Science, vol. 314, no. 5806, Dec. 2006, pp. 1711–16. Scopus, doi:10.1126/science.1135840.
Brownlee D, Tsou P, Aléon J, O’D Alexander CM, Araki T, Bajt S, Baratta GA, Bastien R, Bland P, Bleuet P, Borg J, Bradley JP, Brearley A, Brenker F, Brennan S, Bridges JC, Browning ND, Brucato JR, Bullock E, Burchell MJ, Busemann H, Butterworth A, Chaussidon M, Cheuvront A, Chi M, Cintala MJ, Clark BC, Clemett SJ, Cody G, Colangeli L, Cooper G, Cordier P, Daghlian C, Dai Z, D’Hendecourt L, Djouadi Z, Dominguez G, Duxbury T, Dworkin JP, Ebel DS, Economou TE, Fakra S, Fairey SAJ, Fallon S, Ferrini G, Ferroir T, Fleckenstein H, Floss C, Flynn G, Franchi IA, Fries M, Gainsforth Z, Gallien JP, Genge M, Gilles MK, Gillet P, Gilmour J, Glavin DP, Gounelle M, Grady MM, Graham GA, Grant PG, Green SF, Grossemy F, Grossman L, Grossman JN, Guan Y, Hagiya K, Harvey R, Heck P, Herzog GF, Hoppe P, Hörz F, Huth J, Hutcheon ID, Ignatyev K, Ishii H, Ito M, Jacob D, Jacobsen C, Jacobsen S, Jones S, Joswiak D, Jurewicz A, Kearsley AT, Keller LP, Khodja H, Kilcoyne ALD, Kissel J, Krot A, Langenhorst F, Lanzirotti A, Le L, Leshin LA, Leitner J, Lemelle L, Leroux H, Liu MC, Luening K, Lyon I. Comet 81P/wild 2 under a microscope. Science. 2006 Dec 15;314(5806):1711–1716.
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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

1711 / 1716

Related Subject Headings

  • General Science & Technology