Influx of nitrogen-rich material from the outer Solar System indicated by iron nitride in Ryugu samples

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  • Matsumoto, Toru
    The Hakubi Center for Advanced Research, Kyoto University; Division of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Kyoto University
  • Noguchi, Takaaki
    Division of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Kyoto University
  • Miyake, Akira
    Division of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Kyoto University
  • Igami, Yohei
    Division of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Kyoto University
  • Haruta, Mitsutaka
    Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University
  • Seto, Yusuke
    Department of Geosciences, Osaka Metropolitan University
  • Miyahara, Masaaki
    Earth and Planetary Systems Science Program, Hiroshima University
  • Tomioka, Naotaka
    Kochi Institute for Core Sample Research, X-Star, JAMSTEC
  • Saito, Hikaru
    Institute for Materials Chemistry and Engineering, Kyushu University; Pan-Omics Data-Driven Research Innovation Center, Kyushu University
  • Hata, Satoshi
    Department of Advanced Materials Science, Kyushu University; The Ultramicroscopy Research Center, Kyushu University
  • Harries, Dennis
    Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology, European Space Resources Innovation Centre
  • Takigawa, Aki
    Department of Earth and Planetary Science, University of Tokyo
  • Nakauchi, Yusuke
    Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
  • Tachibana, Shogo
    UTokyo Organization for Planetary and Space Science, University of Tokyo
  • Nakamura, Tomoki
    Department of Earth Science, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University
  • Matsumoto, Megumi
    Department of Earth Science, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University
  • Ishii, Hope A.
    Hawai'i Institute of Geophysics & Planetology, the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa
  • Bradley, John P.
    Hawai'i Institute of Geophysics & Planetology, the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa
  • Ohtaki, Kenta
    Hawai'i Institute of Geophysics & Planetology, the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa
  • Dobrică, Elena
    Hawai'i Institute of Geophysics & Planetology, the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa
  • Leroux, Hugues
    Université de Lille, CNRS, INRAE; Centrale Lille, UMR 8207-UMET-Unité Matériaux et Transformations
  • Le Guillou, Corentin
    Université de Lille, CNRS, INRAE; Centrale Lille, UMR 8207-UMET-Unité Matériaux et Transformations
  • Jacob, Damien
    Université de Lille, CNRS, INRAE; Centrale Lille, UMR 8207-UMET-Unité Matériaux et Transformations
  • de la Peña, Francisco
    Université de Lille, CNRS, INRAE; Centrale Lille, UMR 8207-UMET-Unité Matériaux et Transformations
  • Laforet, Sylvain
    Université de Lille, CNRS, INRAE; Centrale Lille, UMR 8207-UMET-Unité Matériaux et Transformations
  • Marinova, Maya
    Université de Lille, CNRS, INRAE; Centrale Lille, Université Artois, FR 2638-IMEC-Institut Michel-Eugène Chevreul
  • Langenhorst, Falko
    Institute of Geoscience, Friedrich Schiller University Jena
  • Beck, Pierre
    Institut de Planétologie et d'Astrophysique de Grenoble (IPAG), Université Grenoble Alpes
  • Phan, Thi H. V.
    Institut de Planétologie et d'Astrophysique de Grenoble (IPAG), Université Grenoble Alpes
  • Rebois, Rolando
    Institut de Planétologie et d'Astrophysique de Grenoble (IPAG), Université Grenoble Alpes
  • Abreu, Neyda M.
    Langley Research Center, NASA
  • Gray, Jennifer
    Materials Characterization Lab, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park
  • Zega, Thomas
    Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, Department of Planetary Sciences, University of Arizona
  • Zanetta, Pierre-M.
    Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, Department of Planetary Sciences, University of Arizona
  • Thompson, Michelle S.
    Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette
  • Stroud, Rhonda
    Buseck Center for Meteorite Studies, Arizona State University
  • Burgess, Kate
    U.S. Naval Research Laboratory
  • Cymes, Brittany A.
    U.S. Naval Research Laboratory; Jacobs, NASA Johnson Space Center
  • Bridges, John C.
    Space Research Centre, University of Leicester
  • Hicks, Leon
    Space Research Centre, University of Leicester
  • Lee, Martin R.
    School of Geographical and Earth Sciences, University of Glasgow
  • Daly, Luke
    School of Geographical and Earth Sciences, University of Glasgow; Australian Centre for Microscopy and Microanalysis, University of Sydney; Department of Materials, University of Oxford
  • Bland, Phil A.
    School of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Curtin University
  • Zolensky, Michael E.
    ARES, NASA, Johnson Space Center
  • Frank, David R.
    Hawai'i Institute of Geophysics & Planetology, the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa
  • Martinez, James
    Jacobs Engineering
  • Tsuchiyama, Akira
    Research Organization of Science and Technology, Ritsumeikan University; CAS Key Laboratory of Mineralogy and Metallogeny/Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Mineral Physics and Materials, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS); CAS Center for Excellence in Deep Earth Science
  • Yasutake, Masahiro
    Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute
  • Matsuno, Junya
    CAS Key Laboratory of Mineralogy and Metallogeny/Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Mineral Physics and Materials, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)
  • Okumura, Shota
    Division of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Kyoto University
  • Mitsukawa, Itaru
    Division of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Kyoto University
  • Uesugi, Kentaro
    Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute
  • Uesugi, Masayuki
    Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute
  • Takeuchi, Akihisa
    Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute
  • Sun, Mingqi
    CAS Key Laboratory of Mineralogy and Metallogeny/Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Mineral Physics and Materials, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS); CAS Center for Excellence in Deep Earth Science; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
  • Enju, Satomi
    Department of Mathematics, Physics, and Earth Science, Ehime University
  • Michikami, Tatsuhiro
    Faculty of Engineering, Kindai University
  • Yurimoto, Hisayoshi
    Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Hokkaido University
  • Okazaki, Ryuji
    Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Kyushu University
  • Yabuta, Hikaru
    Earth and Planetary Systems Science Program, Hiroshima University
  • Naraoka, Hiroshi
    Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Kyushu University
  • Sakamoto, Kanako
    Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
  • Yada, Toru
    Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
  • Nishimura, Masahiro
    Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
  • Nakato, Aiko
    Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
  • Miyazaki, Akiko
    Marine Works Japan Ltd.
  • Yogata, Kasumi
    Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
  • Abe, Masanao
    Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency; The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI
  • Okada, Tatsuaki
    Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency; The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI
  • Usui, Tomohiro
    Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency; The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI
  • Yoshikawa, Makoto
    Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency; The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI
  • Saiki, Takanao
    Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency; The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI
  • Tanaka, Satoshi
    Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency; The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI
  • Terui, Fuyuto
    Department of Mechanical Engineering, Kanagawa Institute of Technology
  • Nakazawa, Satoru
    Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency; The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI
  • Watanabe, Sei-ichiro
    Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Nagoya University
  • Tsuda, Yuichi
    Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency; The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI

Description

Large amounts of nitrogen compounds, such as ammonium salts, may be stored in icy bodies and comets, but the transport of these nitrogen-bearing solids into the near-Earth region is not well understood. Here, we report the discovery of iron nitride on magnetite grains from the surface of the near-Earth C-type carbonaceous asteroid Ryugu, suggesting inorganic nitrogen fixation. Micrometeoroid impacts and solar wind irradiation may have caused the selective loss of volatile species from major iron-bearing minerals to form the metallic iron. Iron nitride is a product of nitridation of the iron metal by impacts of micrometeoroids that have higher nitrogen contents than the CI chondrites. The impactors are probably primitive materials with origins in the nitrogen-rich reservoirs in the outer Solar System. Our observation implies that the amount of nitrogen available for planetary formation and prebiotic reactions in the inner Solar System is greater than previously recognized.

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  • CRID
    1050299306989147648
  • ISSN
    23973366
  • HANDLE
    2433/287075
  • Text Lang
    en
  • Article Type
    journal article
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