Iron whiskers on asteroid Itokawa indicate sulfide destruction by space weathering
oleh: Toru Matsumoto, Dennis Harries, Falko Langenhorst, Akira Miyake, Takaaki Noguchi
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| Diterbitkan: | Nature Portfolio 2020-02-01 |
Deskripsi
The authors here investigate troilite (FeS) grains recovered from the regolith of asteroid Itokawa. Finding wide-spread occurrence of metallic iron whiskers, the authors suggest them to be a decomposition product formed through irradiation of the sulfide by energetic ions of the solar wind.