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Intriguing Dehydrated Phyllosilicates Found in an Unusual Clast in the LL3.15 Chondrite NWS6925Meteorites provide us with valuable insights into the conditions of the early solar system. Collisions often occur in our solar system that can result in materials accreting to other bodies as foreign clasts. These foreign pieces may have multiple origins that can sometimes be easily identified as a particular type of meteorite. It is important to interpret the origins of these clasts in order to understand dynamics of the solar system, especially throughout its early history. The Nice Model, as modified, proposes a reordering of planetary orbits that is hypothesized to have triggered the Late Heavy Bombardment. Clasts found within meteorites that came from objects in the solar system not commonly associated as an impactor could be indicative of such an event suggested by the Nice Model. Impacts also redistribute material from one region of an asteroid to another, and so clasts are found that reveal portions of the geological history of a body that are not recorded by typical samples. These would be cognate clasts. The goal of this investigation was to examine meteorites that had particularly interesting foreign and cognate clasts enclosed in them. We focus here on an unusual clast located in the ordinary chondrite, NWA 6925. This is one of three clasts analyzed during the LPI summer internship of Jessica Johnson.
Document ID
20160002398
Acquisition Source
Johnson Space Center
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Johnson, Jessica M.
(Connecticut State Univ. System New Britain, CT, United States)
Zolensky, Michael E.
(NASA Johnson Space Center Houston, TX, United States)
Chan, Queenie
(NASA Johnson Space Center Houston, TX, United States)
Kring, David A.
(Lunar and Planetary Inst. Houston, TX, United States)
Date Acquired
February 26, 2016
Publication Date
March 21, 2016
Subject Category
Lunar And Planetary Science And Exploration
Report/Patent Number
JSC-CN-35140
Report Number: JSC-CN-35140
Meeting Information
Meeting: Lunar and Planetary Science Conference
Location: The Woodlands, TX
Country: United States
Start Date: March 21, 2016
End Date: March 25, 2016
Sponsors: Lunar and Planetary Inst.
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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