Similarities in element content between Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko coma dust and selected meteorite samples
- Author(s)
- O.J. Stenzel, M. Hilchenbach, S. Merouane, Paquette J., Kurt Varmuza, C. Engrand, Franz Brandstätter, Christian Koeberl, Ludovic Ferriere, Peter Filzmoser, S. Siljeström,
- Abstract
We have analysed the element composition and the context of particles collected within the coma of 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko with Rosetta's COmetary Secondary Ion Mass Analyzer (COSIMA). A comparison has been made between on board cometary samples and four meteorite samples measured in the laboratory with the COSIMA reference model. Focusing on the rock-forming elements, we have found similarities with chondrite meteorites for some ion count ratios. The composition of 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko particles measured by COSIMA shows an enrichment in volatile elements compared to that of the investigated Renazzo (CR2) carbonaceous meteorite sample.
- Organisation(s)
- Department of Lithospheric Research
- External organisation(s)
- Technische Universität Wien, Naturhistorisches Museum Wien (NHM), Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research, Centre de Specrométrie Nucleaire et de Spectrométrie de Masse (CSNSM), RISE Research Institutes of Sweden
- Journal
- Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
- Volume
- 469
- Pages
- S492-S505
- No. of pages
- 14
- ISSN
- 0035-8711
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stx1908
- Publication date
- 07-2017
- Peer reviewed
- Yes
- Austrian Fields of Science 2012
- 105105 Geochemistry
- Keywords
- ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Astronomy and Astrophysics, Space and Planetary Science
- Portal url
- https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/publications/b5e4a160-ede3-417d-ac02-e390f4f3027c