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Interstellar silicon carbide - How much older than the solar system?The SiC grains in C2 chondrites have large isotopic anomalies in Si, C, N, Ne, and Xe, and thus are virtually undegraded interstellar matter that survived formation of the solar system. They also contain excess Ne-21, of which only a minor part can have formed during the recent, 1 Myr cosmic-ray exposure of the meteorite. If the excess Ne-21 is cosmogenic, then the presolar exposure age of the SiC is 41 + 20 or - 14 Myr. This age is surprisingly short compared to the predicted lifetime of refractory interstellar grains, 500-1000 Myr. Possible explanations are: (1) the predicted grain lifetime is wrong, (2) the age of SiC has been falsified by neon losses, or (3) the solar system formed in part from atypically young material.
Document ID
19890031982
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
External Source(s)
Authors
Ming, Tang
(Chicago, University IL, United States)
Anders, Edward
(Chicago, University IL; Bern, Universitaet, Switzerland)
Date Acquired
August 14, 2013
Publication Date
December 1, 1988
Publication Information
Publication: Astrophysical Journal, Part 2 - Letters
Volume: 335
ISSN: 0004-637X
Subject Category
Lunar And Planetary Exploration
Report/Patent Number
ISSN: 0004-637X
Accession Number
89A19353
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAG9-52
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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