Obviously, the Kaidun parent object accumulated materials from across the entire main asteroid belt. Many of these materials were subjected to varying levels of physical processing, heating, shock, melting, and aqueous alteration.
Kaidun is important because it contains many asteroidal materials we have not seen before, providing a more complete view of the diversity of materials in the asteroid belt than has been provided by other meteorites. This is possible because of the small, generally sub-millimeter-size of the component clasts in Kaidun – it is far easier for these smaller objects to scatter throughout the solar system than it is for larger, conventionally-sized meteorites.
We suggest that the final parent object where Kaidun was assembled was a large body with a C-type asteroid signature – possible asteroid 1-Ceres or the martian moon Phobos.