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1. Physics and Astronomy › Astro and Planetary Science

   Migration of D-type asteroids from the outer Solar System inferred from carbonate in meteorites

   Fujiya, Hoppe, Ushikubo et al. · Nature Astronomy · 2019

   The authors found abundant carbonates with high 13C/12C ratios in the Tagish Lake meteorite and infer that some D-type asteroids formed in the cold outer Solar System before moving inward.

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   1. UncheckedThe paper says the large amount of carbon-13-rich carbonate in the Tagish Lake meteorite rules out organic matter as the main source of its carbon.“The high abundance of 13C-rich carbonates in Tagish Lake excludes organic matter as their main carbon source.”
   2. UncheckedThe estimated carbon-13 to carbon-12 and CO2-to-water ratios of the ice that once existed in the Tagish Lake meteorite resemble those of comets' ice.“The estimated 13C/12C and CO2/H2O ratios of ice in Tagish Lake are similar to those of cometary ice.”