Tianwen-2 mission target asteroid (469219) Kamoʻoalewa probably develops an Itokawa-compositional but more space-weathered surface

Pengfei Zhang, Guozheng Zhang, Zichen Wei, Mikael Granvik, Xiaoran Yan, Pengyue Wang, Qinwei Zhang, Ronghua Pang, Wen-Han Zhou, Te Jiang, Pierre Vernazza, Takahiro Hiroi, Edward Cloutis, Francesca DeMeo, Pierre Beck, Wing-Huen Ip, Marco Fenucci, Yongxiong Zhang, Michael Marsset, Yunbo Niu, Xuejin Lu, Xing Wu, Honglei Lin, Shoucun Hu, Bin Cheng, Haibin Zhao, Xiaobin Wang, Xiaoping Lu, Yonglong Zhang, Zongcheng Ling, Jiang Zhang, Sizhe Zhao, Cateline Lantz, Jooyeon Geem, Zhiping He, Juntao Wang, Liyong Zhou, Xiliang Zhang, Shijie Li, Sen Hu, Wei Yang, Xiongyao Li, Xiaoping Zhang, Jiahui Liu, Peng Zhang, Guang Zhang, Yangting Lin, Yang Li

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DOI: 10.1038/s41467-026-73284-w
Published: 2026-05-27
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@article{allodium:10.1038/s41467-026-73284-w,
  title = {Tianwen-2 mission target asteroid (469219) Kamoʻoalewa probably develops an Itokawa-compositional but more space-weathered surface},
  author = {Pengfei Zhang and Guozheng Zhang and Zichen Wei and Mikael Granvik and Xiaoran Yan and Pengyue Wang and Qinwei Zhang and Ronghua Pang and Wen-Han Zhou and Te Jiang and Pierre Vernazza and Takahiro Hiroi and Edward Cloutis and Francesca DeMeo and Pierre Beck and Wing-Huen Ip and Marco Fenucci and Yongxiong Zhang and Michael Marsset and Yunbo Niu and Xuejin Lu and Xing Wu and Honglei Lin and Shoucun Hu and Bin Cheng and Haibin Zhao and Xiaobin Wang and Xiaoping Lu and Yonglong Zhang and Zongcheng Ling and Jiang Zhang and Sizhe Zhao and Cateline Lantz and Jooyeon Geem and Zhiping He and Juntao Wang and Liyong Zhou and Xiliang Zhang and Shijie Li and Sen Hu and Wei Yang and Xiongyao Li and Xiaoping Zhang and Jiahui Liu and Peng Zhang and Guang Zhang and Yangting Lin and Yang Li},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {Nature Communications},
  doi = {10.1038/s41467-026-73284-w},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-73284-w}
}

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AU  - Pengfei Zhang
AU  - Guozheng Zhang
AU  - Zichen Wei
AU  - Mikael Granvik
AU  - Xiaoran Yan
AU  - Pengyue Wang
AU  - Qinwei Zhang
AU  - Ronghua Pang
AU  - Wen-Han Zhou
AU  - Te Jiang
AU  - Pierre Vernazza
AU  - Takahiro Hiroi
AU  - Edward Cloutis
AU  - Francesca DeMeo
AU  - Pierre Beck
AU  - Wing-Huen Ip
AU  - Marco Fenucci
AU  - Yongxiong Zhang
AU  - Michael Marsset
AU  - Yunbo Niu
AU  - Xuejin Lu
AU  - Xing Wu
AU  - Honglei Lin
AU  - Shoucun Hu
AU  - Bin Cheng
AU  - Haibin Zhao
AU  - Xiaobin Wang
AU  - Xiaoping Lu
AU  - Yonglong Zhang
AU  - Zongcheng Ling
AU  - Jiang Zhang
AU  - Sizhe Zhao
AU  - Cateline Lantz
AU  - Jooyeon Geem
AU  - Zhiping He
AU  - Juntao Wang
AU  - Liyong Zhou
AU  - Xiliang Zhang
AU  - Shijie Li
AU  - Sen Hu
AU  - Wei Yang
AU  - Xiongyao Li
AU  - Xiaoping Zhang
AU  - Jiahui Liu
AU  - Peng Zhang
AU  - Guang Zhang
AU  - Yangting Lin
AU  - Yang Li
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Zhang, P., Zhang, G., Wei, Z., Granvik, M., Yan, X., Wang, P., Zhang, Q., Pang, R., Zhou, W., Jiang, T., Vernazza, P., Hiroi, T., Cloutis, E., DeMeo, F., Beck, P., Ip, W., Fenucci, M., Zhang, Y., Marsset, M., Niu, Y., Lu, X., Wu, X., Lin, H., Hu, S., Cheng, B., Zhao, H., Wang, X., Lu, X., Zhang, Y., Ling, Z., Zhang, J., Zhao, S., Lantz, C., Geem, J., He, Z., Wang, J., Zhou, L., Zhang, X., Li, S., Hu, S., Yang, W., Li, X., Zhang, X., Liu, J., Zhang, P., Zhang, G., Lin, Y., & Li, Y. (2026). Tianwen-2 mission target asteroid (469219) Kamoʻoalewa probably develops an Itokawa-compositional but more space-weathered surface. Nature Communications. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-73284-w

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