Nature Communications (Feb 2023)

Chondrule-like objects and Ca-Al-rich inclusions in Ryugu may potentially be the oldest Solar System materials

  • Daisuke Nakashima,
  • Tomoki Nakamura,
  • Mingming Zhang,
  • Noriko T. Kita,
  • Takashi Mikouchi,
  • Hideto Yoshida,
  • Yuma Enokido,
  • Tomoyo Morita,
  • Mizuha Kikuiri,
  • Kana Amano,
  • Eiichi Kagawa,
  • Toru Yada,
  • Masahiro Nishimura,
  • Aiko Nakato,
  • Akiko Miyazaki,
  • Kasumi Yogata,
  • Masanao Abe,
  • Tatsuaki Okada,
  • Tomohiro Usui,
  • Makoto Yoshikawa,
  • Takanao Saiki,
  • Satoshi Tanaka,
  • Satoru Nakazawa,
  • Fuyuto Terui,
  • Hisayoshi Yurimoto,
  • Takaaki Noguchi,
  • Hikaru Yabuta,
  • Hiroshi Naraoka,
  • Ryuji Okazaki,
  • Kanako Sakamoto,
  • Sei-ichiro Watanabe,
  • Shogo Tachibana,
  • Yuichi Tsuda

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-36268-8
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Chondrule-like objects and CAIs in the Ryugu samples are early generations of chondrules and possibly oldest solids in the Solar System. They were transported from the inner solar nebula to the formation location of the Ryugu original parent body.