(9.Januar) But Hypatia‘s chemistry tugs at this view. „For starters, there are no silicate minerals in Hypatia‘s matrix, in contrast to chondritic meteorites (and planets like the Earth, Mars and Venus), where silicates are dominant. Then there are the exotic mineral inclusions. If Hypatia itself is not presolar, both features indicate that the solar nebula wasn‘t the same kind of dust everywhere – which starts tugging at the generally accepted view of the formation of our solar system“, says Kramers.