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Michael E. Zolensky is affiliated with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Physics and Astronomy as well as Earth and Planetary Sciences.

Their scientific contributions focus on several key topics:

  • Astro and Planetary Science
  • Planetary Science and Exploration
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • High-pressure geophysics and materials
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research

Notable recent papers authored or coauthored by Michael E. Zolensky include:

  • Formation and evolution of carbonaceous asteroid Ryugu: Direct evidence from returned samples, 2022, Science
  • A dehydrated space-weathered skin cloaking the hydrated interior of Ryugu, 2022, Nature Astronomy
  • Spectrally blue hydrated parent body of asteroid (162173) Ryugu, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Organic matter and water from asteroid Itokawa, 2021, Scientific Reports
  • The polymict carbonaceous breccia Aguas Zarcas: A potential analog to samples being returned by the OSIRIS-REx and Hayabusa2 missions, 2021, Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Frequent collaborators of Michael E. Zolensky include:

  • Tomoki Nakamura
  • T. Noguchi
  • Shogo Tachibana
  • Tomohiro Usui
  • Satoshi Tanaka

The scientist's publications have appeared regularly in several venues, with the most frequent being:

  • Meteoritics and Planetary Science
  • Nature Astronomy
  • Science Advances
  • Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
  • The Planetary Science Journal

Within subfields, their work engages strongly in:

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Geophysics
  • Ecology
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Spectroscopy

Best Publications

  • Comet 81P/Wild 2 under a microscope.

    Don Brownlee;Peter Tsou;Jérôme Aléon;Conel M O'd Alexander

  • Chelyabinsk airburst, damage assessment, meteorite recovery, and characterization

    Olga P. Popova;Peter Jenniskens;Peter Jenniskens;Vacheslav Emel'yanenko;Anna Kartashova

  • Mineralogy and petrology of comet 81P/wild 2 nucleus samples

    Michael E. Zolensky;Thomas J. Zega;Hajime Yano;Sue Wirick

  • Mineralogy and composition of matrix and chondrule rims in carbonaceous chondrites

    Michael Zolensky;Ruth Barrett;Lauren Browning

  • Organics captured from comet 81P/Wild 2 by the Stardust spacecraft.

    Scott A. Sandford;Jérôme Aléon;Conel M. O. 'D. Alexander;Tohru Araki

  • Itokawa Dust Particles: A Direct Link Between S-Type Asteroids and Ordinary Chondrites

    Tomoki Nakamura;Takaaki Noguchi;Masahiko Tanaka;Michael E. Zolensky

  • The geomorphology, color, and thermal properties of Ryugu: Implications for parent-body processes

    S. Sugita;S. Sugita;R. Honda;T. Morota;S. Kameda

  • The impact and recovery of asteroid 2008 TC 3

    P. Jenniskens;M.H. Shaddad;D. Numan;S. Elsir

  • Correlated alteration effects in CM carbonaceous chondrites

    Lauren B. Browning;Lauren B. Browning;Harry Y. McSween;Michael E. Zolensky

  • Mineralogical and chemical modification of components in CV3 chondrites: Nebular or asteroidal processing?

    Alexander N. Krot;Edward R. D. Scott;Michael E. Zolensky

  • The fall, recovery, orbit, and composition of the Tagish Lake meteorite: a new type of carbonaceous chondrite.

    Peter G. Brown;Alan R. Hildebrand;Michael E. Zolensky;Monica Grady

  • Incipient Space Weathering Observed on the Surface of Itokawa Dust Particles

    Takaaki Noguchi;T. Nakamura;M. Kimura;M. E. Zolensky

  • Three-Dimensional Structure of Hayabusa Samples: Origin and Evolution of Itokawa Regolith

    Akira Tsuchiyama;Masayuki Uesugi;Takashi Matsushima;Tatsuhiro Michikami

  • The search for and analysis of direct samples of early Solar System aqueous fluids.

    Michael E. Zolensky;Robert J. Bodnar;Hisayoshi Yurimoto;Shoichi Itoh

  • Surface of Young Jupiter Family Comet 81P/Wild 2: View from the Stardust Spacecraft

    Donald E. Brownlee;Friedrich Horz;Ray L. Newburn;Michael Zolensky

  • Aqueous alteration of the Nakhla meteorite

    James L. Gooding;Susan J. Wentworth;Michael E. Zolensky

  • Progressive alteration in CV3 chondrites: More evidence for asteroidal alteration

    Alexander N. Krot;Michael I. Petaev;Edward R. D. Scott;Byeon-Gak Choi

  • Aqueous alteration on the hydrous asteroids - Results of EQ3/6 computer simulations

    Michael E Zolensky;William L Bourcier;James L Gooding

  • The Tagish Lake meteorite : A possible sample from a D-type asteroid

    Takahiro Hiroi;Michael E. Zolensky;Carle M. Pieters

  • Mineralogy of Tagish Lake: An ungrouped type 2 carbonaceous chondrite

    M. E. Zolensky;K. Nakamura;M. Gounelle;T. Mikouchi

Frequent Co-Authors

Akira Tsuchiyama
Akira Tsuchiyama Ritsumeikan University
John Bridges
John Bridges University of Leicester
Anton T. Kearsley
Anton T. Kearsley Natural History Museum
Tomoki Nakamura
Tomoki Nakamura Tohoku University
Frank E. Brenker
Frank E. Brenker Goethe University Frankfurt
Manfred Burghammer
Manfred Burghammer European Synchrotron Radiation Facility
Rhonda M. Stroud
Rhonda M. Stroud Arizona State University
Peter Cloetens
Peter Cloetens European Synchrotron Radiation Facility
Lindsay P. Keller
Lindsay P. Keller Arizona State University
Takaaki Noguchi
Takaaki Noguchi Kyoto University

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