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<p>Samples returned from C-type asteroid (162173) Ryugu by JAXA’s Hayabusa2 spacecraft provide material free of terrestrial alteration for analysis. Previous work shows that Ryugu was aqueously altered below 100 °C under neutral to alkaline fluid conditions. Such low-temperature alteration was unexpected based on spacecraft observations which indicated that Ryugu’s surface may be thermally altered. Here we show that sulfides in a single particle (A0016) returned by the Hayabusa2 mission are unlike any previously described from Ryugu. The presence and compositions of violarite, pyrite, chalcopyrite, pentlandite, and Fe-depleted pyrrhotite grains provide direct evidence for hydrothermal alteration between 230 to 400 °C under highly oxidizing and acidic fluid conditions. We hypothesize that A0016 was near to the site of a large impact that disrupted Ryugu’s precursor parent body.</p>

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Hydrothermal alteration of Ryugu from a disruptive impact recorded in a returned sample

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    2025年12月9日

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  • Devin L. Schrader,
  • Thomas J. Zega,
  • Maizey C. Benner,
  • Jemma Davidson

摘要

Samples returned from C-type asteroid (162173) Ryugu by JAXA’s Hayabusa2 spacecraft provide material free of terrestrial alteration for analysis. Previous work shows that Ryugu was aqueously altered below 100 °C under neutral to alkaline fluid conditions. Such low-temperature alteration was unexpected based on spacecraft observations which indicated that Ryugu’s surface may be thermally altered. Here we show that sulfides in a single particle (A0016) returned by the Hayabusa2 mission are unlike any previously described from Ryugu. The presence and compositions of violarite, pyrite, chalcopyrite, pentlandite, and Fe-depleted pyrrhotite grains provide direct evidence for hydrothermal alteration between 230 to 400 °C under highly oxidizing and acidic fluid conditions. We hypothesize that A0016 was near to the site of a large impact that disrupted Ryugu’s precursor parent body.