Itokawa Particles (IMAGE)

Arizona State University

Itokawa Particles

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The two Itokawa particles studied by Jin and Bose are tiny: for comparison, a human hair is 100 to 500 microns in diameter. ASU's NanoSIMS instrument made it possible to extract information on the particles' water content.

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Z. Jin and M. Bose/ASU/JAXA

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