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PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Volume 108, Issue 48, Pages 19147-19151Publisher
NATL ACAD SCIENCES
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1014877108
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solar oxygen isotopes; solar nitrogen isotopes; solar noble gases; solar abundances
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- NASA Sample Return Laboratory Instrument Definition Program (SRLIDAP)
- Laboratory Analysis of Returned Samples (LARS)
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Science results from the Genesis Mission illustrate the major advantages of sample return missions. (i) Important results not otherwise obtainable except by analysis in terrestrial laboratories: the isotopic compositions of O, N, and noble gases differ in the Sun from other inner solar system objects. The N isotopic composition is the same as that of Jupiter. Genesis has resolved discrepancies in the noble gas data from solar wind implanted in lunar soils. (ii) The most advanced analytical instruments have been applied to Genesis samples, including some developed specifically for the mission. (iii) The N isotope result has been replicated with four different instruments.
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