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Ian A. Franchi

Researcher at Open University

Publications -  423
Citations -  12779

Ian A. Franchi is an academic researcher from Open University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Chondrite & Meteorite. The author has an hindex of 55, co-authored 388 publications receiving 11190 citations. Previous affiliations of Ian A. Franchi include Leiden University & Max Planck Society.

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Comet 81P/Wild 2 under a microscope.

Donald E. Brownlee, +185 more
- 15 Dec 2006 - 
TL;DR: The Stardust spacecraft collected thousands of particles from comet 81P/Wild 2 and returned them to Earth for laboratory study, and preliminary examination shows that the nonvolatile portion of the comet is an unequilibrated assortment of materials that have both presolar and solar system origin.
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Organics captured from comet 81P/Wild 2 by the Stardust spacecraft.

TL;DR: The presence of deuterium and nitrogen-15 excesses suggest that some organics have an interstellar/protostellar heritage and a diverse suite of organic compounds is present and identifiable within the returned samples.
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Widespread magma oceans on asteroidal bodies in the early Solar System

TL;DR: It is shown that magma oceans were present on all the differentiated Solar System bodies so far sampled, and the modification of such bodies before incorporation into larger objects can explain some anomalous planetary features, such as Earth's high Mg/Si ratio.
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Impact features on Stardust : implications for Comet 81P/Wild 2 dust

TL;DR: Particles emanating from comet 81P/Wild 2 collided with the Stardust spacecraft at 6.1 kilometers per second, producing hypervelocity impact features on the collector surfaces that were returned to Earth.