Astrophysical: Meteorites

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    Samples returned from the asteroid Ryugu are similar to Ivuna-type carbonaceous meteorites
    Carbonaceous meteorites are thought to be fragments of C-type (carbonaceous) asteroids. Samples of the C-type asteroid (162173) Ryugu were retrieved by the...
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    Widely distributed exogenic materials of varying compositions and morphologies on asteroid (101955) Bennu
    Using the multiband imager MapCam on board the OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, and Security-Regolith Explorer) spacecraft...