List of works - Motoo Ito

A micro-Raman and infrared study of several Hayabusa category 3 (organic) particles

A novel organic-rich meteoritic clast from the outer solar system

scientific article published on 28 February 2019

A pristine record of outer Solar System materials from asteroid Ryugu’s returned sample

scientific article published in 2022

Aerobic microbial life persists in oxic marine sediment as old as 101.5 million years

scientific article published on 28 July 2020

Comet 81P/Wild 2 under a microscope

scientific article

Contribution of Ryugu-like material to Earth’s volatile inventory by Cu and Zn isotopic analysis

scholarly article

Deep microbial proliferation at the basalt interface in 33.5-104 million-year-old oceanic crust

scientific article published on 02 April 2020

Development of a sample holder for synchrotron radiation-based computed tomography and diffraction analysis of extraterrestrial materials

scientific article published on 01 March 2020

Discovery of fossil asteroidal ice in primitive meteorite Acfer 094

scientific article published on 20 November 2019

Discovery of natural MgSiO3 tetragonal garnet in a shocked chondritic meteorite.

scientific article published on 25 March 2016

H, C, and N isotopic compositions of Hayabusa category 3 organic samples

article

Incorporation of 16O-rich anhydrous silicates in the protolith of highly hydrated asteroid Ryugu

scientific article published in 2022

Isotopic compositions of cometary matter returned by Stardust

scientific article published in December 2006

Organic matter in extraterrestrial water-bearing salt crystals

scientific article published on 10 January 2018

Oxygen isotopes of anhydrous primary minerals show kinship between asteroid Ryugu and comet 81P/Wild2

scholarly article

Presolar Stardust in Asteroid Ryugu

scholarly article

Ryugu’s nucleosynthetic heritage from the outskirts of the Solar System

scholarly article

Samples returned from the asteroid Ryugu are similar to Ivuna-type carbonaceous meteorites

scholarly article

Sequential analysis of carbonaceous materials in Hayabusa-returned samples for the determination of their origin

Tiny droplets of ocean island basalts unveil Earth's deep chlorine cycle

scientific article published in Nature Communications

List of works by Motoo Ito

A micro-Raman and infrared study of several Hayabusa category 3 (organic) particles

A novel organic-rich meteoritic clast from the outer solar system

A pristine record of outer Solar System materials from asteroid Ryugu’s returned sample

Aerobic microbial life persists in oxic marine sediment as old as 101.5 million years

Comet 81P/Wild 2 under a microscope

Contribution of Ryugu-like material to Earth’s volatile inventory by Cu and Zn isotopic analysis

Deep microbial proliferation at the basalt interface in 33.5-104 million-year-old oceanic crust

Development of a sample holder for synchrotron radiation-based computed tomography and diffraction analysis of extraterrestrial materials

Discovery of fossil asteroidal ice in primitive meteorite Acfer 094

Discovery of natural MgSiO3 tetragonal garnet in a shocked chondritic meteorite.

H, C, and N isotopic compositions of Hayabusa category 3 organic samples

Incorporation of 16O-rich anhydrous silicates in the protolith of highly hydrated asteroid Ryugu

Isotopic compositions of cometary matter returned by Stardust

Organic matter in extraterrestrial water-bearing salt crystals

Oxygen isotopes of anhydrous primary minerals show kinship between asteroid Ryugu and comet 81P/Wild2

Presolar Stardust in Asteroid Ryugu

Ryugu’s nucleosynthetic heritage from the outskirts of the Solar System

Samples returned from the asteroid Ryugu are similar to Ivuna-type carbonaceous meteorites

Sequential analysis of carbonaceous materials in Hayabusa-returned samples for the determination of their origin

Tiny droplets of ocean island basalts unveil Earth's deep chlorine cycle

ToF-SIMS analysis of carbonaceous particles in the sample catcher of the Hayabusa spacecraft

X-ray absorption near edge structure spectroscopic study of Hayabusa category 3 carbonaceous particles