Imperial College London
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Dr Thomas M Davison

Faculty of Engineering, Department of Earth Science & Engineering

Teaching Fellow in Computational Data Science
 
 
 
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4.85Royal School of MinesSouth Kensington Campus

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@article{Jourdan:2017:10.1130/G39138.1,
author = {Jourdan, F and Timms, NE and Eroglu, E and Mayers, C and Free, A and Bland, PA and Collins, G and Davison, T and Abe, M and Yada, T},
doi = {10.1130/G39138.1},
journal = {Geology},
pages = {819--822},
title = {Collisional history of asteroid Itokawa},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1130/G39138.1},
volume = {45},
year = {2017}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - In situ extrate rrestrial samples returned for study (e.g., from the Moon) are crucial in understanding the origin and evolution of the Solar System as, contrary to meteorites, they provide a known geological context for the samples and their analyses. Asteroid 25143 Itokawa is a rubble pile asteroid consisting of reaccumulated fragments from a catastrophically disrupted monolithic parent asteroid, and from which regolith dust particles have been recovered by the Hayabusa space probe. We analyzed two dust particles using Electron Backscatter Diffraction (EBSD) and 40 Ar/39 Ar dating techniques. One of the grains showing signs of 15–25 GPa impact shock pressure, yielded a 40 Ar/Ar plateau age of 2.3 ± 0.1 Ga. We develop a novel temperature -pressure-porosity model, coupled with diffusion models to show that the relatively low pressure and high temperature involved in the impact process can be reconciled only if the asteroid was already made of porous material at ~2.3 Ga and thus, if asteroid Itokawa was already formed, thereby providing a minimum age for catastrophic asteroid breakup. A second particle shows no sign of deformation indicating shock pressure of  10 GPa and a calculated maximum temperature of ~200 °C. This low temperature estimate is compatible with a lack of isotopic resetting for this particle. This suggests that the breakup of Itokawa’s parent was a relatively low-temperature process at the scale of the asteroid, and occurred on a pre-shattered parent body.
AU  - Jourdan,F
AU  - Timms,NE
AU  - Eroglu,E
AU  - Mayers,C
AU  - Free,A
AU  - Bland,PA
AU  - Collins,G
AU  - Davison,T
AU  - Abe,M
AU  - Yada,T
DO  - 10.1130/G39138.1
EP  - 822
PY  - 2017///
SN  - 1943-2682
SP  - 819
TI  - Collisional history of asteroid Itokawa
T2  - Geology
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1130/G39138.1
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/48610
VL  - 45
ER  -
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