RETRACTED: X-ray fluorescence spectrometry of asteroid Itokawa by Hayabusa (Retracted Article)

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作者
Okada, Tatsuaki [1 ]
Shirai, Kei
Yamamoto, Yukio
Arai, Takehiko
Ogawa, Kazunori
Hosono, Kozue
Kato, Manabu
机构
[1] Japan Aerosp Explorat Agcy, Inst Space & Astronaut Sci, Kanagawa 2298510, Japan
[2] Univ Tokyo, Dept Earth & Planetary Sci, Tokyo 1130033, Japan
[3] Grad Univ Adv Studies, Dept Space & Astronaut Sci, Kanagawa 2298510, Japan
[4] Tokyo Inst Technol, Dept Earth & Planetary Sci, Tokyo 1528550, Japan
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10.1126/science.1125731
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
X-ray fluorescence spectrometry of asteroid 25143 Itokawa was performed by the x-ray spectrometer onboard Hayabusa during the first touchdown on 19 November 2005. We selected those data observed during relatively enhanced solar activity and determined average elemental mass ratios of Mg/Si =0.78 +/- 0.09 and Al/Si = 0.07 +/- 0.03. Our preliminary results suggest that Itokawa has a composition consistent with that of ordinary chondrites, but primitive achondrites cannot be ruled out. Among ordinary chondrites, LL- or L-chondrites appear to be more likely than H-chondrites. No substantial regional difference was found on the asteroid surface, indicating its homogeneity in composition.
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