Preliminary Examination of the Comet Wild 2 Samples Returned by the Stardust Spacecraft

Details Preliminary Examination of the Comet Wild 2 Samples Returned by the Stardust Spacecraft Preliminary Examination of the Comet Wild 2 Samples Returned by the Stardust Spacecraft

Aug 2006

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Progress in Planetary Exploration Missions, 26th meeting of the IAU, Joint Discussion 10, 21-22 August 2006, Prague, Czech Repub

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Introduction: The sample return capsule of the Stardust spacecraft was successfully recovered in northern Utah on January 15, 2006, and its cargo of coma grains from Comet Wild 2 has now been the subject of intense investigation. This presentation will present the "final" results from the preliminary analyses that will have been performed. Preliminary Examination: The period since spacecraft recovery been sufficient to permit numerous analyses by over 200 researchers to have been performed and to permit some understanding of the following fundamental sample issues: (1) Comet nucleus composition, mineralogy, petrology, isotopic composition and grain physical properties (2) Sample variability (3) Type and degree of sample alteration by the collection process, and subsequent sample handling (4) Sample documentation and handling procedures (5) Comparisons to what was reported by the Deep Impact Mission to Comet Temple 1 Future of the Samples: Following the close of sample preliminary examination, Stardust samples will be made available to the larger community as are lunar samples, IDPs, and Antarctic meteorites. A sample "catalog" will be available at the JSC Curation website (http://curator.jsc.nasa.gov/stardust/index.cfm). A dedicated peer review committee will consider all sample requests. The Stardust interstellar tray is being scanned in the Cosmic Dust Lab; when this operation is complete (~Christmas 2006) the Cosmic Dust Lab will be reopened for business.

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