Formation history of magnesium carbonates and chemical evolution of primitive brines on asteroid Ryugu

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Professor Shogo Tachibana

Summary

An international joint research group led by Deputy Senior Researcher Toshihiro Yoshimura and Senior Researcher Yoshinori Takano of the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Senior Researcher Daisuke Araoka of the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, and Professor Hiroshi Naraoka of the Graduate School of Science, Kyushu University, together with researchers from the University of Tokyo, Horiba Techno Service, Hokkaido University, Tokyo Institute of Technology, and Tokai National University Organization Nagoya University, have conducted an international joint research project on the asteroid Ryuguu. The research group, together with researchers from the University of Tokyo, Horiba Techno Service, Inc.

Professor Shogo Tachibana of the Department of Earth and Planetary Science/ UTokyo Organization for Planetary and Space Science participated in this research result.

For more information, please see below.

• School of Science, UTokyo：https://www.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/press/10478/
• Publication details：https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-50814-y