From: Adhering grains and surface features on two Itokawa particles
Figure | Adhering particle | Mineralogy | Size | Impact residue | Notes |
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Fig. 4a (left grain) | RB-DQ04-0062 (Naoko) | Chromite | 750 × 320 nm | No | Host olivine and the chromite are a lithic fragment |
Fig. 4a (right grain) | RB-DQ04-0062 (Naoko) | Aggregate of glassy Si-rich material and troilite | 380 × 215 nm | No | Itokawa-like material |
Fig. 4b | RB-DQ04-0091 (Mizuki) | SiO2 glass | 1.5 × 0.4 μm | Yes | Porous grain |
Fig. 4c (left grain) | RB-DQ04-0091 (Mizuki) | Low-Ca pyroxene (En73) | 350 × 150 nm | No | Itokawa-like material |
Fig. 4c (right grain) | RB-DQ04-0091 (Mizuki) | Carbon | ~110 nm | No | Contamination? |
Fig. 4d | RB-DQ04-0091 (Mizuki) | Phosphate | 1 × 0.4 μm | Yes | Likely ejecta from a micrometeoroid impact |
Fig. 4e (left grain) | RB-DQ04-0062 (Naoko) | Olivine (Fa21) | 900 × 340 nm | Yes | Planar crystallographic deformation features |
Fig. 4e (middle grain) | RB-DQ04-0062 (Naoko) | Aggregate of Fe metal and S-rich material | ~300 nm in length | Yes | Lack of Ni in the Fe metal grain |
Fig. 4e (right grain) | RB-DQ04-0062 (Naoko) | Glassy SiO2 with variable amounts of FeO and MgO (see Table 1) | ~340 nm in length | Yes | Porous grain. Beam damage at the contact with the host grain |
Fig. 4f | RB-DQ04-0091 (Mizuki) | Plagioclase (An12Ab62) | 1.5 × 1 μm | No | Itokawa-like material |