The great isotopic dichotomy of the early Solar System

TS Kruijer, T Kleine, LE Borg - Nature Astronomy, 2020 - nature.com
The isotopic composition of meteorites and terrestrial planets holds important clues about
the earliest history of the Solar System and the processes of planet formation. Recent work …

The non-carbonaceous–carbonaceous meteorite dichotomy

T Kleine, G Budde, C Burkhardt, TS Kruijer… - Space Science …, 2020 - Springer
The isotopic dichotomy between non-carbonaceous (NC) and carbonaceous (CC)
meteorites indicates that meteorite parent bodies derive from two genetically distinct …

Formation and evolution of carbonaceous asteroid Ryugu: Direct evidence from returned samples

T Nakamura, M Matsumoto, K Amano, Y Enokido… - Science, 2022 - science.org
Samples of the carbonaceous asteroid Ryugu were brought to Earth by the Hayabusa2
spacecraft. We analyzed 17 Ryugu samples measuring 1 to 8 millimeters. Carbon dioxide …

Bifurcation of planetary building blocks during Solar System formation

T Lichtenberg, J Dra̧żkowska, M Schönbächler… - Science, 2021 - science.org
Geochemical and astronomical evidence demonstrates that planet formation occurred in two
spatially and temporally separated reservoirs. The origin of this dichotomy is unknown. We …

The New Generation Planetary Population Synthesis (NGPPS)-I. Bern global model of planet formation and evolution, model tests, and emerging planetary systems

A Emsenhuber, C Mordasini, R Burn, Y Alibert… - Astronomy & …, 2021 - aanda.org
Context. The explosion of observational data on exoplanets gives many constraints on
theoretical models of planet formation and evolution. Observational data probe very large …

The effect of Jupiter's formation on the distribution of refractory elements and inclusions in meteorites

SJ Desch, A Kalyaan… - The Astrophysical Journal …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
We present a comprehensive evolutionary model of the Sun's protoplanetary disk,
constructed to resolve the" CAI storage problem" of meteoritics. We predict the abundances …

Origin of life-forming volatile elements in the inner Solar System

MW Broadley, DV Bekaert, L Piani, E Füri, B Marty - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Volatile elements such as hydrogen, carbon, nitrogen and oxygen are essential ingredients
to build habitable worlds like Earth, but their origin and evolution on terrestrial planets …

Subduction-driven volatile recycling: A global mass balance

DV Bekaert, SJ Turner, MW Broadley… - Annual Review of …, 2021 - annualreviews.org
Volatile elements (water, carbon, nitrogen, sulfur, halogens, and noble gases) played an
essential role in the secular evolution of the solid Earth and emergence of life. Here we …

Isotopic evolution of the protoplanetary disk and the building blocks of Earth and the Moon

M Schiller, M Bizzarro, VA Fernandes - Nature, 2018 - nature.com
Nucleosynthetic isotope variability among Solar System objects is often used to probe the
genetic relationship between meteorite groups and the rocky planets (Mercury, Venus, Earth …

The Ni isotopic composition of Ryugu reveals a common accretion region for carbonaceous chondrites

F Spitzer, T Kleine, C Burkhardt, T Hopp… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
The isotopic compositions of samples returned from Cb-type asteroid Ryugu and Ivuna-type
(CI) chondrites are distinct from other carbonaceous chondrites, which has led to the …