New Candidate Interstellar Particle in Stardust IS Aerogel Collector: Analysis by STXM and PtychographyThe Stardust Interstellar Preliminary Examination (ISPE) reported in 2014 the discovery of 7 probable contemporary interstellar (IS) particles captured in Stardust IS Collector aerogel and foils. The ISPE reports represented work done over 6 years by more than 60 scientists and >30,000 volunteers, which emphasizes the challenge identifying and analyzing Stardust IS samples was far beyond the primary Stardust cometary collection. We present a new potentially interstellar particle resulting from a continuation of analyses of the IS aerogel collection.
Document ID
20200001865
Acquisition Source
Johnson Space Center
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Butterworth, A. L. (California Univ. Berkeley, CA, United States)
Westphal, A. J. (California Univ. Berkeley, CA, United States)
Lettieri, R. (California Univ. Berkeley, CA, United States)
Marchant, W. (California Univ. Berkeley, CA, United States)
Zevin, D. (California Univ. Berkeley, CA, United States)
Gainsforth, Z. (California Univ. Berkeley, CA, United States)
Shapiro, D. (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Berkeley, CA, United States)
Yu, Y. (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Berkeley, CA, United States)
Gonzalez, C. P. (NASA Johnson Space Center Houston, TX, United States)
Bastien, R. (NASA Johnson Space Center Houston, TX, United States)
Zolensky, M. (NASA Johnson Space Center Houston, TX, United States)