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Sodium-rich Particle as Evidence of Recent and Intense Micrometeoroid Bombardment on Asteroid Ryugu

  • Authors: E. Palomba, G. Pratesi, M. Angrisani, X. Shehaj, F. Dirri, A. Longobardo, D. Fulvio, S. Caporali, B. Cortigiani

E. Palomba et al 2026 The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1001 .

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Caption: Figure 1.

Electron microscope images and chemical maps of the crater-like structure observed on the A0226 surface. (a) Panoramic SE image of the impact-crater-like structure, outlined by the continuous curvilinear white line. The white dashed rectangle indicates the area shown at high magnification in panel (b), which presents the internal crater-like structure in electron backscattered mode. (c)–(e) FEG-SEM-EDS element maps of the same region (highlighted in Figure 1(b)) for sulfur (S, k-line), iron (Fe, k-line), and silicon (Si, k-line), respectively.

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