Migration of D-type asteroids from the outer Solar System inferred from carbonate in meteorites

• Published in: Nature Astronomy
• Main Authors: Fujiya, W., Hoppe, P., Ushikubo, T., Fukuda, K., Lindgren, P., Lee, M., Koike, M., Shirai, K., Sano, Y.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Tagish; Tagish Lake
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/21.11116/0000-0003-E9FA-D

Recent dynamical models of Solar System evolution and isotope studies of rock-forming elements in meteorites have suggested that volatile-rich asteroids formed in the outer Solar System beyond Jupiter’s orbit, despite being currently located in the main asteroid belt. The ambient temperature under w...