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Chemistry in Retrieved Ryugu Asteroid Samples Revealed by Non-Invasive X-ray Microanalyses: Pink-Beam Fluorescence CT and Tender-Energy Absorption Spectroscopy
- Paul Northrup,
- Ryan Tappero,
- Timothy D. Glotch,
- George J. Flynn,
- Mehmet Yesiltas,
- Yoko Kebukawa,
- Leonard Flores,
- Marina E. Gemma and
- Gavin Piccione
The Hayabusa2 space mission recently retrieved 5.4 g of material from asteroid Ryugu, providing the first direct access to pristine material from a carbonaceous asteroid. This study employs a novel combination of non-invasive synchrotron X-ray techni...

