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Isotopic imprints of late molecular cloud infall in the outer Solar System
- 1Centre for Star and Planet Formation, Globe Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
- 2School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, Clifton, UK
Abstract
Anomalous carbonaceous chondrites record late infall of isotopically distinct material to the outer disk and suggest that Bennu- and Ryugu-like bodies formed at the migrating water ice line, revising the history of Earth’s volatile-rich building blocks.
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BibTeX
@article{kooten2026isotopic,
title = {{Isotopic imprints of late molecular cloud infall in the outer Solar System}},
author = {Elishevah M. M. E. van Kooten and Sebastian Sjørring Lodal and Isaac J. Onyett and Lasse Rasmus Pohlmann and Jean Bollard and Courtney Rundhaug and Martin Schiller and Martin Bizzarro},
journal = {Nature Astronomy},
year = {2026},
month = jul,
doi = {10.1038/s41550-026-02927-1},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-026-02927-1},
note = {CC BY-NC-ND},
}
RIS
TY - JOUR
TI - Isotopic imprints of late molecular cloud infall in the outer Solar System
AU - Elishevah M. M. E. van Kooten
AU - Sebastian Sjørring Lodal
AU - Isaac J. Onyett
AU - Lasse Rasmus Pohlmann
AU - Jean Bollard
AU - Courtney Rundhaug
AU - Martin Schiller
AU - Martin Bizzarro
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/07/10
JO - Nature Astronomy
DO - 10.1038/s41550-026-02927-1
UR - https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-026-02927-1
AB - Anomalous carbonaceous chondrites record late infall of isotopically distinct material to the outer disk and suggest that Bennu- and Ryugu-like bodies formed at the migrating water ice line, revising the history of Earth’s volatile-rich building blocks.
SN - 2397-3366
ER -