![[Žd’ár nad Sázavou] A second meteorite (39.3 grams) of the Czech bolide on 9 December 2014 was found near Vatín on January 12 by Czech astronomers, first meteorite classified as type L3.9](http://karmaka.de/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/meteority-zdar-660x330.jpg)
![[Žd’ár nad Sázavou] First meteorite found near Nová Ves, close to Nového Města na Moravě on 20 December, ~3 p.m. CET/ Meteorite fall near Rudolec, Jihlava district, Czech Republic, 9 December, 16:16:45-54 UT UTC](http://karmaka.de/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/attachment-660x330.jpg)
3D X-ray tomographic analysis reveals how coesite is preserved in Muong Nong-type tektitesOPEN ACCESS
Matteo Masotta, Stefano Peres, Luigi Folco, Lucia Mancini, Pierre Rochette, Billy P. Glass, Fabrizio Campanale, Nicolas Gueninchault, Francesco Radica, Sounthone Singsoupho & Enrique Navarro Scientific Reports volume 10, Article number: 20608 (2020) LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF…
A condensation origin for the mass-dependent Silicon isotopic variations in Allende components: implications for complementarity
Rayssa Martins, Marc Chaussidon, Frédéric Moynier Earth and Planetary Science LettersAvailable online 25 November 2020, 116678In press, corrected proof LINK “Highlights • Silicon isotopes in Allende components show large variations due to fractionation during a…
The lunar surface as a recorder of astrophysical processesOPEN ACCESS
Ian A. Crawford, Katherine H. Joy, Jan H. Pasckert, Harald Hiesinger Published in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, A379: 20190562 (2020)Review article PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The lunar surface has been exposed to the space…
The fall of the Murchison meteorite
Michael Zolensky, Sara Russell, Adrian Brearley Invited Review Meteoritics & Planetary ScienceVersion of Record online: 25 November 2020 LINK
Observations of the Onset of Complex Organic Molecule Formation in Interstellar Ices
Laurie E. U. Chu, Klaus Hodapp, and Adwin Boogert The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 904, Number 2Published: 24 November 2020 LINK “Isolated dense molecular cores are investigated to study the onset of complex organic molecule formation…
What martian meteorites reveal about the interior and surface of Mars
A. Udry, G. H. Howarth, C. D. K. Herd, J. M. D. Day, T. J. Lapen, J. Filiberto Journal of Geophysical Research: PlanetsREVIEW ARTICLE, First published: 20 November 2020 LINK “Martian meteorites are the only…
Cavezzo, the first Italian meteorite recovered by the PRISMA fireball network. Orbit, trajectory, and strewn-field
D Gardiol, D Barghini, A Buzzoni, A Carbognani, M Di Carlo, M Di Martino, C Knapic, E Londero, G Pratesi, S Rasetti, W Riva, R Salerno, G M Stirpe, G B Valsecchi, C A Volpicelli,…
Early solar system aqueous activity: K isotope evidence from Allende
Yun Jiang, Piers Koefoed, Olga Pravdivtseva, Heng Chen, Chun‐Hui Li, Fang Huang, Li‐Ping Qin, Jia Liu, Kun Wang Meteoritics & Planetary ScienceVersion of Record online: 24 November 2020 LINK “The alkali element K is moderately…
Biconical reflectance, micro‐Raman, and nano‐FTIR spectroscopy of the Didim (H3‐5) meteorite: Chemical content and molecular variations
M. Yesiltas, M. Kaya, T. D. Glotch, R. Brunetto, A. Maturilli, J. Helbert, M. E. Ozel Meteoritics & Planetary ScienceVersion of Record online: 24 November 2020 LINK “The Didim meteorite contains multiple lithologies and clasts…
Quartz and cristobalite ballen in impact melt rocks from the Ries impact structure, Germany, formed by dehydration of shock‐generated amorphous phasesOPEN ACCESS
Claudia A. Trepmann, Fabian Dellefant, Melanie Kaliwoda, Kai‐Uwe Hess, Wolfgang W. Schmahl, Stefan Hölzl Meteoritics & Planetary ScienceVersion of Record online: 24 November 2020 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Quartz and cristobalite ballen aggregates surrounded…
Evidence for the presence of chondrule‐ and CAI‐derived material in an isotopically anomalous Antarctic micrometeorite
Bastien Soens, Martin D. Suttle, Ryoga Maeda, Frank Vanhaecke, Akira Yamaguchi, Matthias Van Ginneken, Vinciane Debaille, Philippe Claeys, Steven Goderis Meteoritics & Planetary ScienceVersion of Record online: 24 November 2020 LINK “We report the discovery…
Structural and Spectral Properties of Astronomical Complex Organic Molecules: 1:1:1 Glycine-X-Y and Y-Glycine-X
Anita Kabi, Pradipta K.Behera, Prabhat K. Sahu Molecular AstrophysicsAvailable online 21 November 2020 LINK “Current research to understand astrochemistry and astrobiology with regard to the weakly bound astronomical complexes including amino acids in the Inter-Stellar…
Meteorite Potůčky (Steinbach): history and new finds (Czech Republic) / [Meteorit potůčky (Steinbach): historie a nové nálezy (Česká Republika)]OPEN ACCESS
Pauliš, Petr; Černý, David; Malý, Tomáš; Dolníček, Zdeněk; Bohatý, Martin; Ulmanová, Jana; Pour, Ondřej; Plášil, Jakub; Malina, Ondřej; Bohdálek, Petr; Sýkora, Ivan; Povinec, P. Pavel Bulletin Mineralogie Petrologie, Volume 28, issue 1 (2020), pages 179-202…
A primordial 15N-depleted organic component detected within the carbonaceous chondrite MariboOPEN ACCESS
Christian Vollmer, Jan Leitner, Demie Kepaptsoglou, Quentin M. Ramasse, Ashley J. King, Paul F. Schofield, Addi Bischoff, Tohru Araki & Peter Hoppe Scientific Reports 10 , 1–9 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “We report on…
Observational constraints on the likelihood of 26Al in planet-forming environmentsOPEN ACCESS
Megan Reiter accepted to A&A Letters PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Recent work suggests that 26Al may determine the water budget in terrestrial exoplanets as its radioactive decay dehydrates planetesimals leading to rockier compositions. Here I consider…
Phase reddening on asteroid Bennu from visible and near-infrared spectroscopyOPEN ACCESS
S. Fornasier, P. H. Hasselmann, J. D. P Deshapriya, M. A. Barucci, B. E. Clark, A. Praet, V. E. Hamilton, A. Simon, J-Y. Li, E. A. Cloutis, F. Merlin, X-D. Zou, D. S. Lauretta Astronomy…
The aqueous alteration of GEMS-like amorphous silicate in a chondritic micrometeorite by Antarctic water
M.D. Suttle, L. Folco, M.J. Genge, I.A. Franchi, F. Campanale, E. Mugnaioli, X. Zhaoe Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 17 November 2020 LINK “We analysed the heterogenous fine-grained (sub-μm) matrix of…
The internal structure and geodynamics of Mars inferred from a 4.2-Gyr zircon recordOPEN ACCESS
Maria M. Costa, Ninna K. Jensen, Laura C. Bouvier, James N. Connelly, Takashi Mikouchi, Matthew S. A. Horstwood, Jussi-Petteri Suuronen, Frédéric Moynier, Zhengbin Deng, Arnaud Agranier, Laure A. J. Martin, Tim E. Johnson, Alexander A….
The NC-CC Isotope Dichotomy: Implications for the Chemical and Isotopic Evolution of the Early Solar System
Katherine R. Bermingham, Evelyn Füri, Katharina Lodders & Bernard Marty Space Science Reviews, Volume 216, Article number: 133 (2020) LINK “Understanding the formation of our planetary system requires identification of the materials from which it…
A non-energetic mechanism for glycine formation in the interstellar medium
S. Ioppolo, G. Fedoseev, K.-J. Chuang, H. M. Cuppen, A. R. Clements, M. Jin, R. T. Garrod, D. Qasim, V. Kofman, E. F. van Dishoeck & H. Linnartz Nature Astronomy (2020), Published: 16 November 2020…
UV laser‐induced fluorescence spectroscopy as a non‐destructive technique for mineral and organic detection in carbonaceous chondrites
Elizabeth A. Lymer, Michael G. Daly, Kimberly T. Tait, Veronica E. Di cecco, Emmanuel A. Lalla Meteoritics & Planetary ScienceVersion of Record online: 16 November 2020 LINK “Here, we discuss the merits of non‐destructive UV…
Origin of isolated olivine grains in carbonaceous chondrites
Emmanuel Jacquet, Maxime Piralla, Pauline Kersaho, Yves Marrocchi Meteoritics & Planetary ScienceVersion of Record online:16 November 2020 LINK “We report microscopic, cathodoluminescence, chemical, and O isotopic measurements of FeO‐poor isolated olivine grains (IOG) in the…
Luminous efficiency based on FRIPON meteorsOPEN ACCESS
Esther Drolshagen, Theresa Ott, Detlef Koschny, Gerhard Drolshagen, Jeremie Vaubaillon, Francois Colas, Josep Maria Trigo-Rodriguez, Brigitte Zanda, Sylvain Bouley, Simon Jeanne, Adrien Malgoyre, Mirel Birlan, Pierre Vernazza, Daniele Gardiol, Dan Alin Nedelcu, Jim Rowe, Mathieu…
Reassessing the thermal history of martian meteorite Shergotty and Apollo mare basalt 15555 using kinetic isotope fractionation of zoned minerals
Frank Richter, Lee M. Saper, Johan Villeneuve, Marc Chaussidon, E. Bruce Watson, Andrew M. Davis, Ruslan A. Mendybaev, Steven B. Simon Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta LINK “Elemental abundance and isotopic fractionation profiles across zoned minerals…
Bjurböle L/LL4 ordinary chondrite properties studied by raman spectroscopy, x-ray diffraction, magnetization measurements and mössbauer spectroscopy
A. A. Maksimova, E. V. Petrova, A.V. Chukin, B.A. Nogueira, R. Fausto, Á. Szabó, Z. Dankházi, I. Felner, M. Gritsevich, T.Kohout, E. Kuzmann, Z. Homonnay, M. I. Oshtrakh Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular…
Astronomical context of Solar System formation from molybdenum isotopes in meteorite inclusions
Gregory A. Brennecka, Christoph Burkhardt, Gerrit Budde, Thomas S. Kruijer, Francis Nimmo, Thorsten Kleine Science 13 Nov 2020:Vol. 370, Issue 6518, pp. 837-840DOI: 10.1126/science.aaz8482 LINK “Calcium-aluminum–rich inclusions (CAIs) in meteorites are the first solids to…
Graphite-Based Geothermometry on Almahata Sitta Ureilitic MeteoritesOPEN ACCESS
Anna Barbaro, M. Chiara Domeneghetti, Cyrena A. Goodrich, Moreno Meneghetti, Lucio Litti, Anna Maria Fioretti, Peter Jenniskens, Muawia H. Shaddad and Fabrizio Nestola Minerals 2020, 10(11), 1005 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (DOWNLOAD) “The thermal history…
Oxygen-isotope systematics of chondrules and olivine fragments from Tagish Lake C2 chondrite: Implications of chondrule-forming regions in protoplanetary diskOPEN ACCESS
Takayuki Ushikubo, Makoto Kimura Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 12 November 2020 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) “Highlights: • Oxygen isotopic systematics of chondrules and olivine fragments of Tagish Lake meteorite were studied.•…
Aqueous Alteration Studies on Mukundpura (MK) Carbonaceous Chondrite using FTIR, TGA and Raman spectroscopy and its CM classificationOPEN ACCESS
A. Dixit, R. P. Tripathi, Sudhanshu Kumar, Mohd. Azaj Ansari, K Sreenivas Submitted to MAPS PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “FTIR measurement on MK immediately after its fall, shows a unique doublet around 10 micrometer, significantly different…
Photometry of asteroid (101955) Bennu with OVIRS on OSIRIS-REx
Xiao-Duan Zou, Jian-Yang Li, Beth E. Clark, Dathon R. Golish, Salvatore Ferrone, Amy A. Simon, Dennis C. Reuter, Deborah L. Domingue, Hannah Kaplan, Maria Antonietta Barucci, Sonia Fornasiere, Alice Praet, Pedro Henrique Hasselmann, Carina Bennett,…
In situ occurrence of Muong Nong-type Australasian tektite fragments from the Quaternary deposits near Huai Om, northeastern ThailandOPEN ACCESS
Toshihiro Tada, Ryuji Tada, Praphas Chansom, Wickanet Songtham, Paul A. Carling & Eiichi Tajika Progress in Earth and Planetary Science, Volume 7, Article number: 66 (2020) LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “There are several reports…
Reviewing Martian Atmospheric Noble Gas Measurements: From Martian Meteorites to Mars MissionsOPEN ACCESS
Thomas Smith, P.M. Ranjith, Huaiyu He and Rixiang Zhu Geosciences 2020, 10 (11), 439 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Martian meteorites are the only samples from Mars available for extensive studies in laboratories on Earth….
Development of innovative Non-Destructive Analytical Strategies for Mars Sample Return tested on Dar al Gani 735 Martian Meteorite
C. García-Florentino, I. Torre-Fdez, P. Ruiz-Galende, J. Aramendia, K. Castro, G.Arana, M. Maguregui, S. Fdz. Ortiz de Vallejuelo, J. M. Madariaga TalantaIn press, journal pre-proof, Available online 5 November 2020 LINK “Highlights • Non- Destructive…
Isotopic Composition of Noble Gases, Nitrogen, and Carbon in the Ozerki New L Chondrite
E. V. Korochantseva, A. B. Verchovsky, A. I. Buikin, K. A. Lorents & A. V. Korochantsev Geochemistry International, Volume 58, pages 1239–1256(2020) LINK “The isotopic composition of noble gases, nitrogen, and carbon in two samples…
Vanadium micro-XANES determination of oxygen fugacity in olivine-hosted glass inclusion and groundmass glasses of martian primitive shergottite Yamato 980459
Ryoichi Nakada, Tomohiro Usui, Masashi Ushioda, Yoshio Takahashi American Mineralogist (2020) 105 (11): 1695–1703 LINK “The redox condition of magma determines the stability and composition of crystallizing and volatile phases in martian meteorites, reflecting the…
A probabilistic approach to determination of Ceres’ average surface composition from Dawn VIR and GRaND dataOPEN ACCESS
H. Kurokawa, B. L. Ehlmann, M. C. De Sanctis, M. G. A. Lapôtre, T. Usui, N. T. Stein, T. H. Prettyman, A. Raponi, M. Ciarniello accepted for publication in JGR: Planets PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The…
Halo Meteors
Amir Siraj, Abraham Loeb New AstronomyAvailable online 2 November 2020 LINK “Highlights • We propose a search for interstellar meteors originating from Milky Way Halo stars• We show that halo meteors would be kinematically distinct…
Donwilhelmsite, [CaAl4Si2O11], a new lunar high-pressure Ca-Al-silicate with relevance for subducted terrestrial sediments
Jörg Fritz, Ansgar Greshake, Mariana Klementova, Richard Wirth, Lukas Palatinus, Reidar G. Trønnes,Vera Assis Fernandes, Ute Böttger, Ludovic Ferrière American Mineralogist (2020) 105 (11): 1704–1711. LINK “We report on the occurrence of a new high-pressure…
A new occurrence of corundum in eucrite and its significance
Jie-Ya Li, Ai-Cheng Zhang, Naoya Sakamoto, Hisayoshi Yurimoto, Li-Xin Gu American Mineralogist (2020) 105 (11): 1656–1661 LINK “The diversity of lithologies is an important proxy of internal evolution in differentiated planets and asteroids. The major…
New constraints from 26Al-26Mg chronology of anorthite bearing chondrules in unequilibrated ordinary chondrites
Guillaume Siron, Kohei Fukuda, Makoto Kimura, Noriko T. Kita Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaIn press, journal pre-proof, Available online 1 November 2020 LINK “26Al-26Mg ages were determined for 14 anorthite-bearing chondrules from five different unequilibrated ordinary…
Early oxidation of the martian crust triggered by impactsOPEN ACCESS
Zhengbin Deng, Frédéric Moynier, Johan Villeneuve, Ninna K. Jensen, Deze Liu, Pierre Cartigny, Takashi Mikouchi, Julien Siebert, Arnaud Agranier, Marc Chaussidon and Martin Bizzarro Science Advances, 30 Oct 2020:Vol. 6, no. 44, eabc4941DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abc4941 LINK…
In-situ water-immersion experiments on amorphous silicates in the MgO–SiO2 system: implications for the onset of aqueous alteration in primitive meteorites
Yohei Igami, Akira Tsuchiyama, Tomoya Yamazaki, Megumi Matsumoto, Yuki Kimura Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 29 October 2020 LINK “Amorphous silicates, abundant in primitive carbonaceous chondrites, are among the most primitive…
Highly siderophile elements in shergottite sulfides and the sulfur content of the martian mantle
Marine Paquet, James M.D. Day, Arya Udry, Ruan Hattingh, Ben Kumler, Rachel R.Rahib, Kimberly T. Tait, Clive R. Neal Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 28 October 2020 LINK “Shergottite meteorites are…
The fall, recovery, classification, and initial characterization of the Hamburg, Michigan H4 chondriteOPEN ACCESS
Philipp R. Heck, Jennika Greer, Joseph S. Boesenberg, Audrey Bouvier, Marc W. Caffee, William S. Cassata, Catherine Corrigan, Andrew M. Davis, Donald W. Davis, Marc Fries, Mike Hankey, Peter Jenniskens, Philippe Schmitt‐Kopplin, Shannon Sheu, Reto…
Network of thermal cracks in meteorites due to temperature variations: new experimental evidence and implications for asteroid surfaces
Guy Libourel, Clément Ganino, Marco Delbo, Mathieu Niezgoda, Benjamin Remy, Lionel Aranda, Patrick Michel Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society,Published: 22 October 2020 LINK “In recent years several studies have shown the importance of…
Bennu’s near-Earth lifetime of 1.75 million years inferred from craters on its boulders
R.-L. Ballouz, K. J. Walsh, O. S. Barnouin, D. N. DellaGiustina, M. Al Asad, E. R. Jawin, M. G. Daly, W. F. Bottke, P. Michel, C. Avdellidou, M. Delbo, R. T. Daly, E. Asphaug, C….
Molecular water detected on the sunlit Moon by SOFIAOPEN ACCESS
C. I. Honniball, P. G. Lucey, S. Li, S. Shenoy, T. M. Orlando, C. A. Hibbitts, D. M. Hurley & W. M. Farrell Nature Astronomy , 1–7 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Widespread hydration was…
Satellite observation of the dust trail of a major bolide event over the Bering Sea on December 18, 2018OPEN ACCESS
J. Borovicka, M. Setvak, H. Roesli, J. K. Kerkmann accepted for publication in A&A PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “One of the most energetic bolide events in recent decades was detected by the US Government sensors (USGS)…
Microporosity and parent body of the rubble-pile NEA (162173) Ryugu
Wladimir Neumann, Matthias Grott, Mario Trieloff, Ralf Jaumann, Jens Biele, Maximilian Hamm, Ekkehard Kührt IcarusIn press, journal pre-proof, Available online 24 October 2020 LINK “Highlights • We investigate the porosity for ice-rich planetesimals of the…
The old, unique C1 chondrite Flensburg – insight into the first processes of aqueous alteration, brecciation, and the diversity of water-bearing parent bodies and lithologiesOPEN ACCESS
Addi Bischoff, Conel M. O’D Alexander, Jean-Alix Barrat, Christoph Burkhardt, Henner Busemann, Detlev Degering, Tommaso Di Rocco, Meike Fischer, Thomas Fockenberg, Dionysis I. Foustoukos Jérôme Gattacceca, Jose R. A. Godinho, Dennis Harries, Dieter Heinlein, Jan…
Primary crystallization and partial remelting of chondrules in the protoplanetary disk: Petrographic, mineralogical and chemical constraints recorded in zoned type-I chondrulesOPEN ACCESS
J. Pape, Å.V. Rosén, K. Mezger, M. Guillong Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 22 October 2020 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) “Chondrules from unequilibrated ordinary chondrites are among the oldest Solar system materials…
Motion of Dust Ejected from the Surface of Asteroid (101955) BennuOPEN ACCESS
Yu Jiang, Jürgen Schmidt Heliyon (2020) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “From Jan. 6, 2019 to Feb. 18, 2019, OSIRIS-REx observed asteroid (101955) Bennu ejecting 11 plumes of dust, of which part is escaping and another part…
Irradiation origin of 10Be in the solar nebula: Evidence from Li-Be-B and Al-Mg isotope systematics, and REE abundances of CAIs from Yamato-81020 CO3.05 chondrite
Kohei Fukuda, Hajime Hiyagon, Wataru Fujiya, Takanori Kagoshima, Keita Itano, Tsuyoshi Iizuka, Noriko T. Kita, Yuji Sano Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 20 October 2020 LINK “We have performed in situ…
Oxygen isotopic heterogeneity in the early Solar System inherited from the protosolar molecular cloudOPEN ACCESS
Alexander N. Krot, Kazuhide Nagashima, James R. Lyons, Jeong-Eun Lee, Martin Bizzarro Science Advances 16 Oct 2020:Vol. 6, no. 42, eaay2724DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aay2724 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The Sun is 16O-enriched (Δ17O = −28.4 ±…
Mass-independent and mass-dependent Cr isotopic composition of the Rumuruti (R) chondrites: Implications for their origin and planet formation
Ke Zhu (朱柯), Frédéric Moynier, Martin Schiller, Conel M. O’D. Alexander, Jean-Alix Barrat, Addi Bischoff, Martin Bizzarro Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaIn Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 15 October 2020 LINK “Chromium (Cr) isotopes play an…
Accuracy of meteor positioning from space-and ground-based observationsOPEN ACCESS
Hongru Chen, Nicolas Rambaux, Jérémie Vaubaillon Astronomy & Astrophysics 642 L11 (2020), manuscript no. 39014 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Aims. The knowledge of the orbits and origins derived from meteors is important for the study of…
When the Moon had a magnetosphereOPEN ACCESS
James Green, David Draper, Scott Boardsen, Chuanfei Dong Science Advances 14 Oct 2020:Vol. 6, no. 42, eabc0865DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abc0865 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Apollo lunar samples reveal that the Moon generated its own global magnetosphere,…
Gravity strike angles: a modern approach and tool to estimate the direction of impactors of meteoritic craters
Jaroslav Klokočník, Jan Kostelecký, Aleš Bezděk, Gunther Kletetschka Planetary and Space ScienceIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 14 October 2020 LINK “Highlights the direction of impactor is estimated by a new method, independent of all…
Mineralogical and oxygen isotopic study of a new ultrarefractory inclusion in the Northwest Africa 3118 CV3 chondrite
Yong Xiong, Ai‐Cheng Zhang, Noriyuki Kawasaki, Chi Ma, Naoya Sakamoto, Jia‐Ni Chen, Li‐Xin Gu, Hisayoshi Yurimoto Meteoritics & Planetary ScienceVersion of Record online: 14 October 2020 LINK “Calcium‐aluminum‐rich inclusions (CAIs) are the first solid materials…
A scheme for moldavite fluvial abrasion based on observations from a natural river stream
Tomasz Brachaniec Meteoritics & Planetary ScienceVersion of Record online:10 October 2020 LINK “Tektite resistance to fluvial abrasion has become the core issue of several recent papers. Because of contradictory results of barrel observations, the experiment…
Kaitianite, Ti3+2Ti4+O5, a new titanium oxide mineral from Allende
Chi Ma, John R. Beckett Meteoritics & Planetary ScienceVersion of Record online:10 October 2020 LINK “Kaitianite, Ti3+2Ti4+O5, is a new titanium oxide mineral discovered in the Allende CV3 carbonaceous chondrite. The type grain coexists with…
Potassium isotope anomalies in meteorites inherited from the protosolar molecular cloudOPEN ACCESS
Y. Ku, S. B. Jacobsen Science Advances 09 Oct 2020:Vol. 6, no. 41, eabd0511 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Potassium (K) and other moderately volatile elements are depleted in many solar system bodies relative to…
Widespread carbon-bearing materials on near-Earth asteroid (101955) Bennu
Amy A. Simon, Hannah H. Kaplan, Victoria E. Hamilton, Dante S. Lauretta, Humberto Campins, Joshua P. Emery, M. Antonietta Barucci, Daniella N. DellaGiustina, Dennis C. Reuter, Scott A. Sandford, Dathon R. Golish, Lucy F. Lim,…
Bright carbonate veins on asteroid (101955) Bennu: Implications for aqueous alteration history
H. H. Kaplan, D. S. Lauretta, A. A. Simon, V. E. Hamilton, D. N. DellaGiustina, D. R. Golish, D. C. Reuter, C. A. Bennett, K. N. Burke, H. Campins, H. C. Connolly Jr., J. P….
Variations in color and reflectance on the surface of asteroid (101955) Bennu
D. N. DellaGiustina, K. N. Burke, K. J. Walsh, P. H. Smith, D. R. Golish, E. B. Bierhaus, R.-L. Ballouz, T. L. Becker, H. Campins, E. Tatsumi, K. Yumoto, S. Sugita, J. D. Prasanna Deshapriya,…
Heterogeneous mass distribution of the rubble-pile asteroid (101955) BennuOPEN ACCESS
D. J. Scheeres, A. S. French, P. Tricarico, S. R. Chesley, Y. Takahashi, D. Farnocchia, J. W. McMahon, D. N. Brack, A. B. Davis, R.-L. Ballouz, E. R. Jawin, B. Rozitis, J. P. Emery, A….
Asteroid (101955) Bennu’s weak boulders and thermally anomalous equatorOPEN ACCESS
B. Rozitis, A. J. Ryan, J. P. Emery, P. R. Christensen, V. E. Hamilton, A. A. Simon, D. C. Reuter, M. Al Asad, R.-L. Ballouz, J. L. Bandfield, O. S. Barnouin, C. A. Bennett, M….
Hemispherical differences in the shape and topography of asteroid (101955) BennuOPEN ACCESS
M. G. Daly, O. S. Barnouin, J. A. Seabrook, J. Roberts, C. Dickinson, K. J. Walsh, E. R. Jawin, E. E. Palmer, R. Gaskell, J. Weirich, T. Haltigin, D. Gaudreau, C. Brunet, G. Cunningham, P….
Modeling optical roughness and first-order scattering processes from OSIRIS-REx color images of the rough surface of asteroid (101955) BennuOPEN ACCESS
Pedro H. Hasselmann, Sonia Fornasier, Maria A. Barucci, Alice Praet, Beth E. Clark, Jian-Yang Li, Dathon R. Golish, Daniella N. Della Giustina, Jasinghege Don P. Deshapriya, Xian-Duan Zou, Mike G. Daly, Olivier S. Barnouin, Amy…
The surface of (1) Ceres in visible light as seen by Dawn/VIROPEN ACCESS
B. Rousseau, M. C. De Sanctis, A. Raponi, M. Ciarniello, E. Ammannito, A. Frigeri, M. Ferrari, S. De Angelis, F. Tosi, S. E. Schröder, C. A. Raymond, C. T. Russell A&A 642, A74 (2020)Published online…
Correlated isotopic and chemical evidence for condensation origins of olivine in comet 81P/Wild 2 and in AOAs from CV and CO chondrites
Kohei Fukuda, Donald E. Brownlee, David J. Joswiak, Travis J. Tenner, Makoto Kimura, Noriko T. Kita Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 8 October 2020 LINK “Magnesium stable isotope ratios and minor…
The petrochemical constraint and cosmogenic records of Mahadeva (H5/6) chondrite: a new fall in India
Dipak K. Panda, Dwijesh Ray, Anil D. Shukla Planetary and Space ScienceIn press, journal pre-proof, Available online 6 October 2020 LINK “Highlights Mahadeva Meteorite fell as a new single piece on July 22, 2019 in…
Visible and near-infrared reflectance of hyperfine and Hyperporous particulate surfaces
R. Sultana, O. Poch, P. Beck, B. Schmitt, E. Quiricoa IcarusIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 5 October 2020 LINK “Highlights • A protocol for production of sub-μm grains in hyperporous surfaces was developed• Reflectance…
Bennu regolith mobilized by TAGSAM: Expectations for the OSIRIS-REx sample collection event and application to understanding naturally ejected particles
E.B. Bierhaus, J.T. Songer, B.C. Clark, R.D. Dubisher, S.L. Deden, K.S. Payne, D. Wurts, J.W. McMahon, B.Rozitis, D.S.Lauretta IcarusIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 5 October 2020 LINK “Highlights • The OSIRIS-REx sampling system will…
Probing the nature of extraterrestrial dust reaching the Earth’s surface collected from the Maitri station, Antarctica
N. G. Rudraswami, D. Fernandes, M. Pandey Meteoritics & Planetary ScienceVersion of Record online: 04 October 2020 LINK “Micrometeorites (MMs) are extraterrestrial dust particles, in the size range of tens of µm to mm, recovered…
A Portable Magnetometer for Magnetic Measurements of Meter‐Sized Meteorites
Elise Clavé, Clara Maurel, Eduardo A. Lima, Jay Shah, Elias N. Mansbach, Minoru Uehara, Benjamin P. Weiss Geochemistry, Geophysics, GeosystemsFirst published: 02 October 2020 LINK “Meteorites contain records of past magnetic fields experienced on their…
A high-resolution normal albedo map of asteroid (101955) Bennu
D.R. Golish, N.K. Shultz, T.L. Becker, K.J. Becker, K.L. Edmundson, D.N. DellaGiustina, C. Drouet d’Aubigny, C.A. Bennett, B. Rizk, O.S. Barnouin, M.G. Daly, J.A. Seabrook, L. Philpott, M.M. Al Asad, C.L. Johnson, J.-Y. Li, R.-L….
The formation of H2O and Si-OH by H2+ irradiation in major minerals of carbonaceous chondrites
Yusuke Nakauchi, Masanao Abe, Makiko Ohtake, Toru Matsumoto, Akira Tsuchiyama, Kohei Kitazato, Keisuke Yasuda, Kohtaku Suzuki, Yoshinori Nakata IcarusIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 3 October 2020 LINK “Highlights • We report the spectral modification…
The formation of the cold classical Kuiper Belt by a short range transport mechanism
Rodney Gomes IcarusAvailable online 2 October 2020, 114121 LINK “Highlights • The Cold Classical Kuiper Belt is usually believed to be formed in situ.• I propose a scenario by which the Cold Classical Kuiper Belt…
Composition and origin of the volatile released from the Pesyanoe aubrite by stepwise crushing and heating
C.A. Lorenz, A.I. Buikin, A.A. Shiryaev, O.V. Kuznetsova GeochemistryIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 2 October 2020 LINK “Aubrites are achondritic meteorites (enstatite pyroxenites) that were formed in highly reduced magmatic environments on a differentiated…
“Water” abundance at the surface of C-complex main-belt asteroidsOPEN ACCESS
Pierre Beck, Jolantha Eschrig, Sandra Potin, Trygve Prestgard, Lydie Bonal, Eric Quirico, Bernard Schmitt IcarusIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 1 October 2020 LINK PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Highlights • Quantification of equivalent water in CC…
The vanadium isotope composition of Mars: implications for planetary differentiation in the early solar systemOPEN ACCESS
S.G. Nielsen, D.V. Bekaert, T. Magna, K. Mezger, M. Auro Geochem. Persp. Let. (2020) 15, 35–39 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The V isotope composition of martian meteorites reveals that Bulk Silicate Mars (BSM) is…
The nature of the CM parent asteroid regolith based on cosmic ray exposure ages
Michael E. Zolensky, Atsushi Takenouchi, Takashi Mikouchi, Timothy Gregory, Kunihiko Nishiizumi, Marc W. Caffee, Michael A. Velbel, Daniel K. Ross, Andrew Zolensky, Loan Le, Naoya Imae, Akira Yamaguchi Meteoritics & Planetary ScienceVersion of Record online:30…
Carbon isotope evidence for the substrates and mechanisms of prebiotic synthesis in the early solar system
L. Chimiak, J.E. Elsila, B. Dallas, J.P. Dworkin, J.C. Aponte, A.L. Sessions, J.M. Eiler Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 29 September 2020 LINK “Meteorites contain prebiotic, bio-relevant organic compounds including amino…
Machine Learning for Semi-Automated Meteorite RecoveryOPEN ACCESS
Seamus Anderson, Martin Towner, Phil Bland, Christopher Haikings, William Volante, Eleanor Sansom, Hadrien Devillepoix, Patrick Shober, Benjamin Hartig, Martin Cupak, Trent Jansen-Sturgeon, Robert Howie, Gretchen Benedix, Geoff Deacon PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “We present a novel…
Global-scale albedo and spectro-photometric properties of Ryugu from NIRS3/Hayabusa2, implications for the composition of Ryugu and the representativity of the returned samples
C. Pilorget, J. Fernando, L. Riu, K. Kitazato, T. Iwata IcarusIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 29 September 2020 LINK “Highlights • We use a Bayesian approach to derive the photometric parameters from NIRS3 data.•…
Water on Mars: Insights from apatite in regolith breccia Northwest Africa 7034
Jemma Davidson, Meenakshi Wadhwa, Richard L. Hervig, Alice Stephant Earth and Planetary Science LettersVolume 552, 15 December 2020, 116597 LINK “Highlights • We studied NWA 7034, a regolith breccia representative of the martian crust.• Water…
Impact shock origin of diamonds in ureilite meteoritesOPEN ACCESS
Fabrizio Nestola, Cyrena A. Goodrich, Marta Morana, Anna Barbaro, Ryan S. Jakubek, Oliver Christ, Frank E. Brenker, M. Chiara Domeneghetti, M. Chiara Dalconi, Matteo Alvaro, Anna M. Fioretti, Konstantin D. Litasov, Marc D. Fries, Matteo…
Oxygen and carbon stable isotope composition of the weathering Mg‐carbonates formed on the surface of the LEW 85320 ordinary chondrite: Revisited
Mohammed I. El‐Shenawy, Paul B. Niles, Doug W. Ming, Rick Socki, Kevin Righter Meteoritics & Planetary ScienceFirst Published: 26 September 2020 LINK “New δ13C and δ18O values were measured to constrain the formation mechanisms of…
Rocklines as Cradles for Refractory Solids in the Protosolar Nebula
Artyom Aguichine, Olivier Mousis, Bertrand Devouard, Thomas Ronnet The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 901, Number 2Published 2020 September 25 LINK “In our solar system, terrestrial planets and meteoritical matter exhibit various bulk compositions. To understand this…
Ages of lunar impact breccias: limits for timing of the Imbrium impact
Alexander A. Nemchin, Tao Long, Bradley L. Jolliff, Yusheng Wan, Joshua F. Snape, Ryan Zeigler, Marion L. Grange, Dunyi Liu, Martin J. Whitehouse, Nicholas E. Timms, Fred Jourdan GeochemistryIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 24…
The Kumtag Meteorite Strewn FieldOPEN ACCESS
Ke Du, Shijie Li, Ingo Leya, Thomas Smith, Dongliang Zhang, Peng Wang This preprint is under consideration at Earth, Planets and SpacePosted 24 Sep, 2020 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The Kumtag meteorite strewn field…
Chondrules as fallout from vaporizing impacts in the solar nebulaOPEN ACCESS
Nick Choksi, Eugene Chiang, Harold C. Connolly Jr., Zack Gainsforth, Andrew J. Westphal Submitted to MNRAS PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “We consider how chondrules, once-molten mm-sized spheres filling the oldest meteorites, may have formed as the…
Copper in ordinary chondrites: Proxies for resource potential of asteroids and constraints for minimum-invasive and economically efficient exploitationOPEN ACCESS
Katarzyna Łuszczek, Agata M. Krzesińska Planetary and Space ScienceIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 22 September 2020 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) “Highlights • S-type asteroids contain 70-100 ppm Cu, in FeNi-alloy and native-Cu mineral.• Native copper…
Exogenic basalt on asteroid (101955) Bennu
D. N. Della Giustina, H. H. Kaplan, A. A. Simon, W. F. Bottke, C. Avdellidou, M. Delbo, R.-L. Ballouz, D. R. Golish, K. J. Walsh, M. Popescu, H. Campins, M. A. Barucci, G. Poggiali, R….
Reproduction of I‐type cosmic spherules and characterization in an Fe‐Ni‐O system
Huimin Shao, Hiroshi Isobe, Bingkui Miao Meteoritics & Planetary ScienceVersion of Record online: 21 September 2020 LINK “The chemical composition and texture of cosmic spherules are influenced by atmospheric conditions and the characteristics of their…
Mid‐infrared reflectance spectroscopy of aubrite componentsOPEN ACCESS
Andreas Morlok, Iris Weber, Aleksandra N. Stojic, Martin Sohn, Addi Bischoff, Dayl Martin, Harald Hiesinger, Joern Helbert Meteoritics & Planetary ScienceVersion of Record online:21 September 2020 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Aubrites Peña Blanca Spring…
Early evolution of the solar accretion disk inferred from Cr-Ti-O isotopes in individual chondrulesOPEN ACCESS
Jonas M. Schneider, Christoph Burkhardt, Yves Marrocchi, Gregory A. Brennecka, Thorsten Kleine Submitted to EPSL on Jan 29 2020, accepted in revised form Sep. 12 2020 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) Erratum to “Early evolution of the…
The formation and evolution of the Moon’s crust inferred from the Sm-Nd isotopic systematics of highlands rocks
Lars E. Borg, William S. Cassata, Josh Wimpenny, Amy M. Gaffney, Charles K. Shearer Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 19 September 2020 LINK “Ages determined for magnesian and ferroan anorthosite crustal…
Structure of type A CAI-like melts: A view from multi-nuclear NMR study of melilite (Ca2Al2SiO7-Ca2MgSi2O7) glasses
Sun Young Park, Changkun Park, Hyun Na Kim, Seoyoung Lee, Sung Keun Lee Chemical GeologyIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 16 September 2020 LINK “Highlights • The coordination number of Al in melilite glasses and…
Evidence for early fragmentation-reassembly of ordinary chondrite (H, L, and LL) parent bodies from REE-in-two-pyroxene thermometry
Michael P. Lucas, Nick Dygert, Jialong Ren, Marc A. Hesse, Nathaniel R. Miller, Harry Y. McSween Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 17 September 2020 LINK “Ordinary chondrites (OCs) are variably thermally…
Did a Complex Carbon Cycle Operate in the Inner Solar System?OPEN ACCESS
Joseph A. Nuth, Frank T. Ferguson, Hugh G. M. Hill and Natasha M. Johnson Life 2020, 10(9), 206 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (DOWNLOAD) “Solids in the interstellar medium consist of an intimate mixture of silicate and…
Oxygen isotope study of the Asuka-881020 CH chondrite I: Non-porphyritic chondrules
Daisuke Nakashima, Makoto Kimura, Kouichi Yamada, Takaaki Noguchi, Takayuki Ushikubo, Noriko Kita Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 16 September 2020 LINK “We measured oxygen isotope ratios and major elemental compositions of…
Experiments quantifying elemental and isotopic fractionations during evaporation of CAI-like melts in low-pressure hydrogen and in vacuum: Constraints on thermal processing of CAI in the protoplanetary disk
Ruslan A. Mendybaev, Michiru Kamibayashi, Fang-Zhen Teng, Paul S. Savage, Bastian Georg, Frank M. Richter, Shogo Tachibana Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 16 September 2020 LINK “It is widely believed…
Geochemical Constraints on the Origin of the Moon and Preservation of Ancient Terrestrial Heterogeneities
Simon J. Lock, Katherine R. Bermingham, Rita Parai & Maud Boyet Space Science ReviewsVolume 216, Article number: 109 (2020) LINK “The Moon forming giant impact marks the end of the main stage of Earth’s accretion…
Accretion disk’s magnetic field controlled the composition of the terrestrial planetsOPEN ACCESS
William F McDonough, Takashi Yoshizaki LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (DOWNLOAD) “Chondrites, the building blocks of the terrestrial planets, have mass and atomic proportions of oxygen, iron, magnesium, and silicon totaling ≥90% and variable Mg/Si (∼25%), Fe/Si…
Chondritic mercury isotopic composition of Earth and evidence for evaporative equilibrium degassing during the formation of eucritesOPEN ACCESS
Frédéric Moynier, Jiubin Chen, Ke Zhang, Hongming Cai, Zaicong Wang, Matthew G. Jackson, James M. D. Day Earth and Planetary Science LettersVolume 551, 1 December 2020, 116544 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (DOWNLOAD) “Highlights • Hg isotopic…
Sulfide‐dominated partial melting pathways in brachinites
Samuel D. Crossley, Richard D. Ash, Jessica M. Sunshine, Catherine M. Corrigan, Timothy J. McCoy, David W. Mittlefehldt, Igor S. Puchtel Meteoritics & Planetary ScienceVersion of Record online: 09 September 2020 LINK “Petrogenetic relationships among…
Chondrules reveal large-scale outward transport of inner Solar System materials in the protoplanetary diskOPEN ACCESS
Curtis D. Williams, Matthew E. Sanborn, Céline Defouilloy, Qing-Zhu Yin, Noriko T. Kita, Denton S. Ebel, Akane Yamakawa, and Katsuyuki Yamashita PNAS, first published September 8, 2020 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Dynamic models of…
The Cl isotope composition and halogen contents of Apollo-return samples
Anthony Gargano, Zachary Sharp, Charles Shearer, Justin I. Simon, Alex Halliday, and Wayne Buckley PNAS, first published September 8, 2020 LINK “Lunar mare basalts are depleted in F and Cl by approximately an order of…
Early sulfur‐rich magmatism on the ungrouped achondrite Northwest Africa 7325 differentiated parent body
Jing Yang, Yangting Lin, Hitesh Changela, Liewen Xie, Bin Chen, Jinhui Yang Meteoritics & Planetary ScienceVersion of Record online:08 September 2020 LINK “The ungrouped achondrite Northwest Africa (NWA) 7325 parent body underwent a severe impact…
New constraints on the formation of lunar mafic impact melt breccias from S‐Se‐Te and highly siderophile elementsOPEN ACCESS
Philipp Gleißner, Harry Becker Meteoritics & Planetary ScienceVersion of Record online:08 September 2020 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Mass fractions of the siderophile volatile elements S, Se, and Te were determined together with highly siderophile…
The sulfur budget and sulfur isotopic composition of Martian regolith breccia NWA 7533
Jean‐Pierre Lorand Jabrane Labidi Claire Rollion‐Bard Emilie Thomassot Jeremy J. Bellucci Martin Whitehouse Alexander Nemchin Munir Humayun James Farquhar Roger H. Hewins Brigitte Zanda Sylvain Pont Meteoritics & Planetary ScienceVersion of Record online:08 September 2020…
Laser microprobe noble gases and nitrogen analysis of chondrules from the Dhajala chondrite
Ramakant R. Mahajan Meteoritics & Planetary ScienceVersion of Record online:08 September 2020 LINK “Noble gases and nitrogen are investigated in eight individual chondrules of the Dhajala H3.8 chondrite. The mean cosmic ray exposure age of…
The surprising thermal properties of CM carbonaceous chondrites
C. P. Opeil, D. T. Britt, R. J. Macke, G. J. Consolmagno Meteoritics & Planetary ScienceVersion of Record online:08 September 2020 LINK “Measurements of the low‐temperature thermodynamic and physical properties of meteorites provide fundamental data…
High precision meteor observations with the Canadian Automated Meteor Observatory — Data reduction pipeline and application to meteoroid mechanical strength measurementsOPEN ACCESS
Denis Vida, Peter G. Brown, Margaret Campbell-Brown, Robert J. Weryk, Gunter Stober, John P. McCormack Accepted for publication in Icarus PDF (OPEN ACCESS) Update (10 September 2020): LINK “The mirror tracking system of the Canadian…
OSLO (H3-6, 2012) and VALLE (H5, 2013) finally approved
On 5 September 2020 the Norwegian meteorites OSLO (2012, H3-6) and VALLE (2013, H5) have finally been registered as probable and possible falls in the Meteoritical Bulletin database. The first Oslo specimen (Rodeløkka). Photo: Terje…
Laboratory examination of the physical properties of ordinary chondrites
D. Ostrowski, K. Bryson Meteoritics & Planetary ScienceVersion of Record online: 04 September 2020 LINK “Meteorites provide vast amounts of information on the makeup and history of the solar system. The physical properties help to…
Terrestrial target and melting site of Libyan Desert Glass: New evidence from trace elements and Sr isotopes
Giampaolo P. Sighinolfi, Federico Lugli, Federica Piccione, Vincenzo DE Michele, Anna Cipriani Meteoritics & Planetary ScienceVersion of Record online: 04 September 2020 LINK “Strontium isotopes and selected trace elements (Rb, Sr, REE, Zr, Hf, Th,…
The Role of Meteorite Impacts in the Origin of LifeOPEN ACCESS
G.R. Osinski, C.S. Cockell, A. Pontefract, and H.M. Sapers AstrobiologyReview articlePublished Online: 1 Sep 2020 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The conditions, timing, and setting for the origin of life on Earth and whether…
Low-phase spectral reflectance and equivalent “geometric albedo” of meteorites powdersOPEN ACCESS
P. Beck, B. Schmitt, S. Potin, A. Pommerol, O. Brissaud IcarusAvailable online 1 September 2020, 114066 LINK Update (23 September 2020): PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Highlights • Reflectance spectra of 72 different meteorite are obtained low…
Mid-infrared reflectance spectroscopy of carbonaceous chondrites and Calcium–Aluminum-rich inclusions
Andreas Morlok, Benjamin Schiller, Iris Weber, Mohit Melwani Daswani, Aleksandra N. Stojic, Maximilian P. Reitze, Tim Gramse, Stephen D. Wolters, Harald Hiesinger, Monica M.Grady, Joern Helbert Planetary and Space ScienceIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online…
Cosmic ray effects on the isotope composition of hydrogen and noble gases in lunar samples: Insights from Apollo 12018OPEN ACCESS
Evelyn Füri, Laurent Zimmermann, Etienne Deloule, Reto Trappitsch Earth and Planetary Science LettersVolume 550, 15 November 2020, 116550, First available on 31 August 2020 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) “Highlights • Abundances of D, 3He, 21Ne, and…
The initial structure of chondrule dust rims II: Charged grains
C. Xiang, A. Carballido, L.S. Matthews, T.W. Hyde IcarusIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 29 August 2020 LINK “Highlights • Compare rim formation in varied turbulence, dust charge and size of chondrule core.• Rim characteristics…
Organic contamination on the surface of meteorites as a function of space and time: A case study of the Buzzard Coulee H4 chondrite
Libby D. Tunney, Christopher D. K. Herd, Robert W. Hilts Meteoritics & Planetary ScienceVersion of Record online:28 August 2020 LINK “The study of organic compounds in astromaterials represents a unique window into organic matter in…
Earth’s water may have been inherited from material similar to enstatite chondrite meteorites
Laurette Piani, Yves Marrocchi, Thomas Rigaudier, Lionel G. Vacher, Dorian Thomassin, Bernard Marty Science 28 Aug 2020:Vol. 369, Issue 6507, pp. 1110-1113DOI: 10.1126/science.aba1948 LINK Supplementary Materials (PDF) “The origin of Earth’s water remains unknown. Enstatite…
TARDA meteorite fall (~ 4 kg, C2-ung) near (Ksar) Tarda (قصر تاردة , ⵜⴰⵔⴷⴰ), near Errachidia ( الرشيدية , ⵉⵎⵜⵖⵔⵏ), Errachidia province, Drâa-Tafilalet, Morocco at ~ 2.30 p.m. (1.30 UT) on 25 August 2020
Last update: 15 October 2020 As first published in social media on 26 August, thousands of smaller masses (mostly below 1 gram, very few between 50 and 99 grams) of rare carbonaceous chondrites (C2-ung) have…
The Piancaldoli meteorite: A forgotten primitive LL3.10 ordinary chondrite
Yves Marrocchi, Lydie Bonal, Jérome Gattacceca, Laurette Piani, Pierre Beck, Richard Greenwood, Jolantha Eschrig, Anne Basque, Pasquale Mario Nuccio, Franco Foresta Martin Meteoritics & Planetary ScienceVersion of Record online:24 August 2020 LINK “The Piancaldoli ordinary…
The Santa Rosa de Viterbo meteorite, Colombia. New work on it’s petrological, geochemical and economical characterization
B. Bsdok, U. Altenberger, A. E. Concha, F. D. H. Wilke, J. G. Gil-Rodríguez Journal of South American Earth SciencesIn press, journal pre-proof, Available online 22 August 2020. LINK “Undifferentiated meteorites, like primitive chondrites, can…
Isotopically distinct terrestrial planets via local accretion
Jingyi Mah, Ramon Brasser IcarusAvailable online 21 August 2020, 114052 LINK “Highlights • We find out what the depleted disc model predicts for the terrestrial planets’ isotopic compositions.• The terrestrial planets accrete most of their…
Using Atmospheric Impact Data to Model Meteoroid Close EncountersOPEN ACCESS
Using Atmospheric Impact Data to Model Meteoroid Close Encounters P.M. Shober, T. Jansen-Sturgeon, P.A. Bland, H.A.R. Devillepoix, E.K. Sansom, M.C. Towner, M. Cupák, R.M. Howie, B.A.D. Hartig Accepted for publication in MNRAS PDF (OPEN ACCESS)…
Abundant extraterrestrial amino acids in the primitive CM carbonaceous chondrite Asuka 12236
Daniel P. Glavin, Hannah L. McLain, Jason P. Dworkin, Eric T. Parker, Jamie E. Elsila, José C. Aponte, Danielle N. Simkus, Chad I. Pozarycki, Heather V. Graham, Larry R. Nittler, Conel M.O’D. Alexander Meteoritics &…
Origin of volatile element depletion among carbonaceous chondrites
Jan L. Hellmann, Timo Hopp, Christoph Burkhardt, Thorsten Kleine Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 549, 1 November 2020, 116508 LINK “Highlights • Correlation of Te isotope composition with Te, matrix fraction, and Cr anomalies.•…
Melilite condensed from an 16O-poor gaseous reservoir: Evidence from a fine-grained Ca-Al-rich inclusion of Northwest Africa 8613
Sohei Wada, Noriyuki Kawasaki, Changkun Park, Hisayoshi Yurimoto Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 17 August 2020 LINK “Fine-grained Ca-Al-rich inclusions (FGIs) in CV chondrites are suggested to be condensates from the…
