Minerals in Particle from Comet Wild 2 (IMAGE)

University of Chicago

Minerals in Particle from Comet Wild 2

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High-magnification view from a scanning transmission electron microscope showing individual mineral grains in the comet sample called Inti. The scale bar is 100 nm long (a nanometer is a billionth of a meter).

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Image courtesy University of Washington

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