Nature Communications (Mar 2023)
Insights into the formation and evolution of extraterrestrial amino acids from the asteroid Ryugu
- Christian Potiszil,
- Tsutomu Ota,
- Masahiro Yamanaka,
- Chie Sakaguchi,
- Katsura Kobayashi,
- Ryoji Tanaka,
- Tak Kunihiro,
- Hiroshi Kitagawa,
- Masanao Abe,
- Akiko Miyazaki,
- Aiko Nakato,
- Satoru Nakazawa,
- Masahiro Nishimura,
- Tatsuaki Okada,
- Takanao Saiki,
- Satoshi Tanaka,
- Fuyuto Terui,
- Yuichi Tsuda,
- Tomohiro Usui,
- Sei-ichiro Watanabe,
- Toru Yada,
- Kasumi Yogata,
- Makoto Yoshikawa,
- Eizo Nakamura
Affiliations
- Christian Potiszil
- Pheasant Memorial Laboratory, Institute for Planetary Materials, Okayama University
- Tsutomu Ota
- Pheasant Memorial Laboratory, Institute for Planetary Materials, Okayama University
- Masahiro Yamanaka
- Pheasant Memorial Laboratory, Institute for Planetary Materials, Okayama University
- Chie Sakaguchi
- Pheasant Memorial Laboratory, Institute for Planetary Materials, Okayama University
- Katsura Kobayashi
- Pheasant Memorial Laboratory, Institute for Planetary Materials, Okayama University
- Ryoji Tanaka
- Pheasant Memorial Laboratory, Institute for Planetary Materials, Okayama University
- Tak Kunihiro
- Pheasant Memorial Laboratory, Institute for Planetary Materials, Okayama University
- Hiroshi Kitagawa
- Pheasant Memorial Laboratory, Institute for Planetary Materials, Okayama University
- Masanao Abe
- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
- Akiko Miyazaki
- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
- Aiko Nakato
- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
- Satoru Nakazawa
- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
- Masahiro Nishimura
- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
- Tatsuaki Okada
- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
- Takanao Saiki
- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
- Satoshi Tanaka
- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
- Fuyuto Terui
- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
- Yuichi Tsuda
- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
- Tomohiro Usui
- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
- Sei-ichiro Watanabe
- Nagoya University
- Toru Yada
- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
- Kasumi Yogata
- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
- Makoto Yoshikawa
- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
- Eizo Nakamura
- Pheasant Memorial Laboratory, Institute for Planetary Materials, Okayama University
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-37107-6
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 14,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 7
Abstract
Amino acid concentrations from 2 particles returned from different touchdown sites on the surface of Ryugu are reported. Differences in chemistry suggest different levels of aqueous alteration are recorded at the 2 sampled locations.
