Content-Length: 274630 | pFad | http://www.nature.com/articles/s41550-024-02438-x

ma=86400 Echoes of a salty ocean on Ryugu | Nature Astronomy
Skip to main content

Thank you for visiting nature.com. You are using a browser version with limited support for CSS. To obtain the best experience, we recommend you use a more up to date browser (or turn off compatibility mode in Internet Explorer). In the meantime, to ensure continued support, we are displaying the site without styles and JavaScript.

  • News & Views
  • Published:

Asteroids

Echoes of a salty ocean on Ryugu

Nature Astronomy volume 8, pages 1508–1509 (2024)Cite this article

Subjects

The discovery of sodium carbonate salts in samples returned from the asteroid Ryugu suggests a very water-rich past of Ryugu’s parent body.

This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution

Access options

Buy this article

  • Purchase on SpringerLink
  • Instant access to full article PDF
Buy now

Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout

Fig. 1: Salty remnants in Ceres’s bright spots similar to those seen in Ryugu samples analysed by Matsumoto et al.

References

  1. Matsumoto, T. et al. Nat. Astron. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-024-02418-1 (2024).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  2. Oba, Y., Takano, Y., Dworkin, J. P. & Naraoka, H. Nat. Commun. 14, 3107 (2023).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  3. Palme, H., Lodders, K. & Jones, A. Solar system abundances of the elements. In Planets, Asteroids, Comets and The Solar System, Volume 2 of Treatise on Geochemistry (ed. Davis, A. M.) 2nd edn, 15–36 (Elsevier, 2014).

  4. Nakamura, T. et al. Science 377, eabn8671 (2022).

    Google Scholar 

  5. Berkley, J. L., Taylor, G. J., Keil, K. & Healey, J. T. Geophys. Res. Lett. 5, 1075–1078 (1978).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  6. Barber, D. J. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 45, 945–970 (1981).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  7. Zolensky, M. E. et al. Science 285, 1377–1379 (1999).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  8. Carrozzo, F. G. et al. Sci. Adv. 4, e1701645 (2018).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  9. De Sanctis, M. C. et al. Nature 536, 54–57 (2016).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  10. Postberg, F. et al. Nature 459, 1098–1101 (2009).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  11. McCord, T. B. et al. Science 280, 1242–1245 (1998).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  12. Tosi, F. et al. Nat. Astron. 8, 82–93 (2024).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Lunar and Planetary Institute, USRA, Houston, TX, USA

    Prajkta Mane

  2. NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX, USA

    Michael E. Zolensky

Authors
  1. Prajkta Mane
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Michael E. Zolensky
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Prajkta Mane.

Ethics declarations

Competing interests

The authors declare no competing interests.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Mane, P., Zolensky, M.E. Echoes of a salty ocean on Ryugu. Nat Astron 8, 1508–1509 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-024-02438-x

Download citation

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-024-02438-x

Search

Advanced search

Quick links

Nature Briefing

Sign up for the Nature Briefing newsletter — what matters in science, free to your inbox daily.

Get the most important science stories of the day, free in your inbox. Sign up for Nature Briefing








ApplySandwichStrip

pFad - (p)hone/(F)rame/(a)nonymizer/(d)eclutterfier!      Saves Data!


--- a PPN by Garber Painting Akron. With Image Size Reduction included!

Fetched URL: http://www.nature.com/articles/s41550-024-02438-x

Alternative Proxies:

Alternative Proxy

pFad Proxy

pFad v3 Proxy

pFad v4 Proxy