Soluble organic matter Molecular atlas of Ryugu reveals cold hydrothermalism on C-type asteroid parent body

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Acknowledgement

The Hayabusa2 project has been led by JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) in collaboration with DLR (German Space Center) and CNES (French Space Center), and supported by NASA and ASA (Australian Space Agency). We thank all of the members of the Hayabusa2 project for their technical and scientific contributions. We thank Dr. Laurence Garvie from ASU (Arizona State University) and the Buseck Center Meteorite Studies for some selected fragments of meteorites used in this study. This research is partly supported by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) under KAKENHI grant numbers JP20H00202, JP20H05846, JP20K20485, JP20K14549, JP21J00504, JP21H01203, JP21H04501, and JP21KK0062. J.P.D., J.C.A., E.T.P., D.P.G., H.L.M., J.E.E., and H.V.G. are grateful to NASA for support of the Consortium for Hayabusa2 Analysis of Organic Solubles. This research is also funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) – Project-ID 364653263 – TRR 235 (CRC 235).

Funding

Open Access funding enabled and organized by Projekt DEAL.

Additional Information

Consortia

Hayabusa2-initial-analysis SOM team

• Philippe Schmitt-Kopplin
• , Norbert Hertkorn
• , Hiroshi Naraoka
• , Yoshinori Takano
• , Jason P. Dworkin
• , Kenji Hamase
• , Aogu Furusho
• , Minako Hashiguchi
• , Kazuhiko Fukushima
• , Dan Aoki
• , José C. Aponte
• , Eric T. Parker
• , Daniel P. Glavin
• , Hannah L. McLain
• , Jamie E. Elsila
• , Heather V. Graham
• , John M. Eiler
• , Alexander Ruf
• , Francois-Regis Orthous-Daunay
• , Junko Isa
• , Véronique Vuitton
• , Roland Thissen
• , Nanako O. Ogawa
• , Saburo Sakai
• , Toshihiro Yoshimura
• , Toshiki Koga
• , Haruna Sugahara
• , Naohiko Ohkouchi
• , Hajime Mita
• , Yoshihiro Furukawa
• , Yasuhiro Oba
• & Shogo Tachibana

Contributions

P.S.-K. designed this research. P.S.-K. and N.H. conducted experiments and analyzed data in cooperation with M.H., M.L., F.M., L.B., and E.Q. P.S.-K. wrote the paper. S.T., H. Yurimoto, T. Nakamura, T. Noguchi, R.O., H. Yabuta, and H.N. administered the initial analysis with J.D., Y. Takano, and M.A. T. Yada, M.N., K.Y., A.N., M.Y., A.M., and T.U. curated samples. K.S., T.O., S.N., F.T., S. Tanaka, and T.S. contributed to science operations of the spacecraft. S.-i.W. and Y. Tsuda administered the project. All authors discussed the results and commented on the manuscript.

Data Availability

All data from the mission are available at the DARTS archive www.darts.isas.jaxa.jp/planet/project/hayabusa2/ and on the Small Bodies Node of the NASA Planetary Data System https://pds-smallbodies.astro.umd.edu/data_sb/missions/hayabusa2/. The samples of Ryugu are curated by the JAXA Astromaterials Science Research Group; distribution for analysis is through an Announcement of Opportunity available at https://jaxa-ryugu-sample-ao.net. The FTICR-MS raw data can be make available in contacting the corresponding author and can be adapted depending on further utilization.

Conflict of Interest

The authors declare no competing interests.