Concepts of the Small Body Sample Return Missions-the 1(st) 10 Million Year Evolution of the Solar System

• Published in: Space Science Reviews
• Main Authors: Lin, Yangting, Zhang, Yonghe, Hu, Sen, Xu, Yuchen, Zhou, Weijia, Li, Shijie, Yang, Wei, Gao, Yang, Li, Mingtao, Yin, Qingzhu, Lin, Douglas, Ip, Wing
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: SPRINGER 2020
• Subjects: Solar system evolution; Protoplanetary disk; Asteroids; Comets; Sample return missions; Astronomy & Astrophysics; ALUMINUM-RICH INCLUSIONS; NEAR-EARTH OBJECTS; NINGQIANG CARBONACEOUS CHONDRITE; TAGISH LAKE METEORITE; D-TYPE ASTEROIDS; ORGANIC-MATTER; REFRACTORY INCLUSIONS; PRESOLAR GRAINS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITIONS; SPECTROSCOPIC SURVEY; Jupiter; Tagish; Tagish Lake
• Online Access: http://ir.sia.cn/handle/173321/26947; https://doi.org/10.1007/s11214-020-00670-1

Each type of asteroids and comets are important, serving as the unique puzzle pieces of the solar system. The countless number of small bodies spread vastly from the near-Earth orbits to the main belt and beyond Jupiter. Thus, in order to complete the whole puzzle, and hence requires a well-designed...