Research Project
Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
Experimental heating of Murchison CM chondrite that came from hydrous C-type asteroid was carried out in order to estimate water contents of primitive asteroids. The experiments revealed changes of water contents and mineralogical characteristics of the heated Murchison samples with increasing heating temperatures. Heating at 600°C or higher results in almost complete loss of water from Murchison and thus changes hydrous mineralogy to anhydrous one. A correlation between depths of 3-μm band and water contents was found from experimental heating of Murchison and, based on this relation, the water contents of the hydrous primitive asteroids will be estimated in the near future.
All 2016 2015 2014
All Journal Article (9 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 9 results, Acknowledgement Compliant: 1 results) Presentation (62 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 14 results)
Icarus
Volume: 254 Pages: 135-143
10.1016/j.icarus.2015.02.029
Meteoritics & Planetary Science
Volume: 50 Issue: 2 Pages: 243-254
10.1111/maps.12418
Earth and Planetary Science Letters
Volume: 410 Pages: 1-11
10.1016/j.epsl.2014.11.012
Astrophysical Journal
Volume: 147 Pages: 121-128
Volume: 49 Issue: 7 Pages: 1305-1314
10.1111/maps.12333
Volume: 49 Issue: 7 Pages: 1186-1201
10.1111/maps.12322
Earth Planet Space
Volume: 66 Issue: 1 Pages: 124-134
10.1186/1880-5981-66-124
Volume: 49 Issue: 11 Pages: 1997-2016
10.1111/maps.12386
Horizons in World Physics
Volume: 282 Pages: 21-36