Roles of minerals during the evolution of organic matter in planetesimals

• Project/Area Number: 18K03722
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 17010:Space and planetary sciences-related
• Research Institution: Yokohama National University
• Principal Investigator: Kebukawa Yoko 横浜国立大学, 大学院工学研究院, 准教授 (70725374)
• Project Period (FY): 2018-04-01 – 2020-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2019)
• Budget Amount: ¥4,420,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,020,000); Fiscal Year 2020: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000); Fiscal Year 2019: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000); Fiscal Year 2018: ¥2,860,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥660,000)
• Keywords: 隕石 / 太陽系 / 有機物 / 鉱物 / 太陽系物質進化 / 小天体 / 変成 / 微惑星

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The chemical processes that occurred inside the small bodies in the early Solar System played important roles in the final chemical structures of the complex organic matter in the primitive meteorites. However, little is known about the role of minerals during the chemical processes of organic matter.
In this study, we conducted heating experiments on minerals and the analogue of primordial organic matter in meteorites, and revealed the effect of minerals on metamorphism of organic matter. We applied nano-infrared spectroscopy (AFM-IR) for the first time to analyze organic matter in meteorite, and successfully visualized the relationship between organic functional groups and mineral distributions with a spatial resolution of tens of nm. Using a transmission scanning X-ray microscope (STXM), the characteristics of organic matter and the relationship with coexistence minerals in meteorites with various degrees of alteration were investigated.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究により，太陽系初期の物質進化過程において，個別の鉱物が有機物に及ぼす影響を明らかにした。また，隕石中の有機物の特徴と鉱物の分布を可視化することにより，有機物・鉱物の相互作用を踏まえた物質進化過程解明へのアプローチ基盤を確立した。本研究で得られた結果及び研究手法は，2020年末に帰還が予定されているはやぶさ2ミッションなどによる小惑星からのリターンサンプル分析にも応用できると期待される。

Research Products

• [Int'l Joint Research] NASA-JSC/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory(米国)
• [Journal Article] Primordial organic matter in the xenolithic clast in the Zag H chondrite: Possible relation to D/P asteroids (2020)
  • Author(s): Kebukawa Yoko、Zolensky Michael E.、Ito Motoo、Ogawa Nanako O.、Takano Yoshinori、Ohkouchi Naohiko、Nakato Aiko、Suga Hiroki、Takeichi Yasuo、Takahashi Yoshio、Kobayashi Kensei
  • Journal Title: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta Volume: 271 Pages: 61-77
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2019.12.012
  • NAID: 120006796066
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
• [Journal Article] Alteration and Stability of Complex Macromolecular Amino Acid Precursors in Hydrothermal Environments (2020)
  • Author(s): Walaa Elmasry, Yoko Kebukawa*, Takeo Kaneko, Yumiko Obayashi, Hitoshi Fukuda, Yoshiyuki Oguri, Kensei Kobayashi
  • Journal Title: Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres Volume: in press Issue: 1-2 Pages: 15-33
  • DOI: 10.1007/s11084-020-09593-x
  • NAID: 120006849910
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Comparison of FT‐IR spectra of bulk and acid insoluble organic matter in chondritic meteorites: An implication for missing carbon during demineralization (2019)
  • Author(s): Kebukawa Yoko、Alexander Conel M. O'D.、Cody George D.
  • Journal Title: Meteoritics & Planetary Science Volume: 54 Issue: 7 Pages: 1632-1641
  • DOI: 10.1111/maps.13302
  • NAID: 120006714789
  • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
• [Journal Article] Nanoscale infrared imaging analysis of carbonaceous chondrites to understand organic-mineral interactions during aqueous alteration (2019)
  • Author(s): Yoko Kebukawa, Hanae Kobayashi, Norio Urayama, Naoki Baden, Masashi Kondo, Michael E. Zolensky, and Kensei Kobayashi
  • Journal Title: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America Volume: 116 Issue: 3 Pages: 753-758
  • DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1816265116
  • NAID: 120006551707
  • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
• [Journal Article] A novel organic-rich meteoritic clast from the outer solar system (2019)
  • Author(s): Yoko Kebukawa, Motoo Ito, Michael E. Zolensky, Richard C. Greenwood, Zia Rahman, Hiroki Suga, Aiko Nakato, Queenie H. S. Chan, Marc Fries, Yasuo Takeichi, Yoshio Takahashi, Kazuhiko Mase, Kensei Kobayashi
  • Journal Title: Scientific Reports Volume: 9 Issue: 1 Pages: 3169-3169
  • DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-39357-1
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
• [Journal Article] Bulk chemical characteristics of soluble polar organic molecules formed through condensation of formaldehyde: Comparison with soluble organic molecules in Murchison meteorite (2019)
  • Author(s): Yuki Isono, Shogo Tachibana, Hiroshi Naraoka, Francois-Regis Orthous-Daunay, Laurette Piani, Yoko Kebukawa
  • Journal Title: GEOCHEMICAL JOURNAL Volume: 53 Issue: 1 Pages: 41-51
  • DOI: 10.2343/geochemj.2.0551
  • NAID: 130007592011
  • ISSN: 0016-7002, 1880-5973
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
• [Journal Article] Heating experiments of the Tagish Lake meteorite: Investigation of the effects of short‐term heating on chondritic organics (2019)
  • Author(s): Queenie H. S. Chan, Aiko Nakato, Yoko Kebukawa, Michael E. Zolensky, Tomoki Nakamura, Jessica A. Maisano, Matthew W. Colbert, James E. Martinez, A. L. David Kilcoyne, Hiroki Suga, Yoshio Takahashi, Yasuo Takeichi, Kazuhiko Mase, Ian P. Wright
  • Journal Title: Meteoritics & Planetary Science Volume: 54 Issue: 1 Pages: 104-125
  • DOI: 10.1111/maps.13193
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
• [Journal Article] Geochemistry and the Origin of Life: From Extraterrestrial Processes, Chemical Evolution on Earth, Fossilized Life’s Records, to Natures of the Extant Life (2018)
  • Author(s): Satoru Nakashima, Yoko Kebukawa, Norio Kitadai, Motoko Igisu, Natsuki Matsuoka
  • Journal Title: Life Volume: 8 Issue: 4 Pages: 39-39
  • DOI: 10.3390/life8040039
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
• [Presentation] 走査型透過X 線顕微鏡(STXM) を用いたTagish Lake 隕石に含まれる有機物の分析 (2019)
  • Author(s): 桐生健斗・癸生川陽子・ 小林憲正
  • Organizer: 第79回分析討論会
• [Presentation] Organic matter in carbonaceous chondrite lithologies of Almahata Sitta meteorite, a polymict ureilite (2019)
  • Author(s): 癸生川 陽子, Michael Zolensky, Cyrena Anne Goodrich, 伊藤 元雄, 小川 奈々子, 高野 淑識, 大河内 直彦, 菅 大暉, Matthew Marcus, David Kilcoyne, 大東 琢治, Rahman Zia, Shaddad Muawia, 小林 憲正
  • Organizer: 日本地球惑星科学連合2019年大会
• [Presentation] Abiotic synthesis of organic matters in environments simulating asteroids and the catalytic effect of minerals on amino acid formation (2019)
  • Author(s): Walaa Elsayed Elmasry, Yoko Kebukawa, Kensei Kobayashi
  • Organizer: 日本地球惑星科学連合2019年大会
• [Presentation] 隕石母天体での熱プロセスにおける鉱物と有機物の相互作用 (2019)
  • Author(s): 平川 尚毅、癸生川 陽子、小林 憲正
  • Organizer: 日本地球惑星科学連合2019年大会
• [Presentation] KINETIC ESTIMATION OF THE THERMAL HISTORY OF ORGANIC MATTER IN CHONDRITES USING RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY (2019)
  • Author(s): K. Kiryu, Y. Kebukawa, M. Igisu, T. Shibuya and K. Kobayashi
  • Organizer: MetSoc2019
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] INTERACTION BETWEEN ORGANIC MATTER AND MINERALS IN METEORITE PARENT BODIES DURING THERMAL PROCESSES (2019)
  • Author(s): N. Hirakawa, Y. Kebukawa, K. Kobayashi and H. Nakano
  • Organizer: MetSoc2019
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Aguas Zarcas (CM2)隕石の有機物分析:Typical CM2 or not? (2019)
  • Author(s): 癸生川陽子，Michael E. Zolensky，大東琢治，近藤正志，伊藤元雄，兒玉優，小林憲正
  • Organizer: 日本惑星科学会2019年秋季講演会
• [Presentation] Gamma-ray induced amino acid syntheses in the Solar System aqueous environments (2019)
  • Author(s): Y. Kebukawa
  • Organizer: The 1st International Workshop for Aquaplanetology
  • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
• [Presentation] Mineral surfaces and their catalytic effects on amino acid formation during hydrothermal alteration in environments simulating meteorite parent asteroids (2019)
  • Author(s): Walaa Elmasry, Kebukawa Yoko, Kobayashi Kensei
  • Organizer: The 1st International Workshop for Aquaplanetology
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] The molecular structure and distribution of organic matter depending on the lithology in the Tagish Lake meteorite (2019)
  • Author(s): Kento Kiryu, Yoko Kebukawa, Kensei Kobayashi
  • Organizer: The 1st International Workshop for Aquaplanetology
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Interactions between organic matter and minerals in meteorites’ parent bodies (2019)
  • Author(s): Naoki Hirakawa, Yoko Kebukawa, Kensei Kobayashi
  • Organizer: The 1st International Workshop for Aquaplanetology
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Investigation of Organic Matter in Carbonaceous Chondrite Lithologies of Almahata Sitta (2019)
  • Author(s): Y. Kebukawa, M. E. Zolensky, M. Ito, C. A. Goodrich, M. A. Marcus, A. L. D. Kilcoyne, T. Ohigashi, Z. Rahman, M. H. Shaddad and K. Kobayashi
  • Organizer: 50th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Applications of infrared nano-spectroscopy for carbonaceous chondrites: To understand organic-mineral interactions during aqueous alteration (2018)
  • Author(s): Yoko Kebukawa, Norio Urayama, Hanae Kobayashi, Naoki Baden, Hans A. Bechtel, Masashi Kondo, Kensei Kobayashi
  • Organizer: 日本地球惑星科学連合2018年大会
• [Presentation] Effect of Minerals on Amino Acids Formation in Environments Simulating Parent Bodies of Meteorites (2018)
  • Author(s): Walaa Elsayed Mohamed Elmasry, Shusuke Misawa, Jun Matsukuma, Yoko Kebukawa, Kensei Kobayashi
  • Organizer: 日本地球惑星科学連合2018年大会
• [Presentation] 初期太陽系の微惑星におけるガンマ線によるアミノ酸前駆体の形成 (2018)
  • Author(s): 三澤 柊介，癸生川 陽子，Elmasry Walaa，依田 功，村松 康司，濱中 颯太，小林 憲正
  • Organizer: 日本地球惑星科学連合2018年大会
• [Presentation] Organic Matter in Carbonaceous Chondrite-like Xenolithic Clasts: Preserving Unique Records in the Solar System (2018)
  • Author(s): Yoko Kebukawa, Motoo Ito, Michael Zolensky, Richard Greenwood, Zia Rahman, Hiroki Suga, Aiko Nakato, Queenie Chan, Marc Fries, Yasuo Takeichi, Yoshio Takahashi, Kazuhiko Mase, Kensei Kobayashi
  • Organizer: AOGS 15th Annual Meeting
  • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
• [Presentation] 微惑星における多様なアミノ酸の形成 (2018)
  • Author(s): 癸生川陽子
  • Organizer: 第41回日本分子生物学会年会
  • Invited
• [Presentation] Possible effects of gamma-ray from short-lived radioactive nuclides on formation of organic matter during aqueous alteration (2018)
  • Author(s): Y. Kebukawa, S. Misawa, S. Asano, I. Yoda, H. Mita, Y. Muramatsu, S. Hamanaka, Y. Tobita, and K. Kobayashi
  • Organizer: 81st Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Bells 隕石の有機物はユニークか？ - 軟X 線顕微鏡による微小領域分析 (2018)
  • Author(s): 癸生川 陽子, 内村 絵梨花, 武市 泰男, 菅 大暉, 大東 琢治, 伊藤 元雄, 近藤 正志, 高橋 嘉夫, Michael E. Zolensky, 小林 憲正
  • Organizer: 2018年度 日本地球化学会年会
• [Presentation] 超臨界オートクレーブを用いたモデル星間有機物の母天体変成実験―鉱物との相互作用の解明を目指して― (2018)
  • Author(s): 平川尚毅、癸生川陽子、小林憲正、中野英之
  • Organizer: 2018年度 日本地球化学会年会