“The analysis suggests that Itokawa was born from a larger body that formed 4.6 billion years ago. Then, about 1.5 billion years ago, a large collision tore that body apart and some of the remnants eventually stuck together to form Itokawa”
The observation re fomation of olivene might be part of their analysis.
I’d figure.
Remember Oumuamua? There’s an object that could be really old.
Of course, we’re all born of elements, some as old, or nearly as old as the universe itself.
‘So we’ve got that goin’ for us.’