Physical properties of Taurid meteoroids of various sizes
Jiří Borovička, Pavel Spurný Planetary and Space Science Available online 24 January 2020 LINK “Highlights • Atmospheric fragmentation of Taurid meteoroids was modeled. • The strength of large Taurids is lower than the strength of…
Timing of the magmatic activity and upper crustal cooling of differentiated asteroid 4 Vesta
F. Jourdan, T. Kennedy, G.K. Benedix, E. Eroglu, C. Mayer Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 24 January 2020 LINK “Eucrites are extraterrestrial basalts and cumulate gabbros formed, and subsequently more…
Geochemically heterogeneous Martian mantle inferred from Pb isotope systematics of depleted shergottites
Ryota Moriwaki, Tomohiro Usui, Minato Tobita, Tetsuya Yokoyama Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 24 January 2020 LINK “Radiogenic isotopic compositions of shergottite meteorites suggest that early planetary differentiation processes, which…
D/H Ratio in the Interiors of Rocky Protoplanets Accreting in the Solar Nebula
Hiroaki Saito and Kiyoshi Kuramoto Astrophysical Journal, Published 2020 January 23 LINK “The deuterium/hydrogen (D/H) ratio of primordial water partitioned into a planetary interior seems to be different on Earth and Mars. Water from volcanic…
Atmospheric CO2 levels from 2.7 billion years ago inferred from micrometeorite oxidationOPEN ACCESS
O. R. Lehmer, D. C. Catling, R. Buick, D. E. Brownlee and S. Newport Science Advances 22 Jan 2020: Vol. 6, no. 4, eaay4644 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aay4644 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Earth’s atmospheric composition…
Magnesium isotopes of the bulk solar wind from genesis diamond‐like carbon filmsOPEN ACCESS
A. J. G. Jurewicz, K. D. Rieck, R. Hervig, D. S. Burnett, M. Wadhwa, C. T. Olinger, R. C. Wiens, J. M. Laming, Y. Guan, G. R. Huss, D. B. Reisenfeld, P. Williams Meteoritics &…
The composition of Mars
Takashi Yoshizaki, William F. McDonough Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta Available online 21 January 2020 LINK “Comparing compositional models of the terrestrial planets provides insights into physicochemical processes that produced planet-scale similarities and differences. The widely…
Data‐driven taxonomy matching of asteroid and meteorite
Yuki Saito, Peng K. Hong, Takafumi Niihara, Hideaki Miyamoto, Kenji Fukumizu Meteoritics & Planetary Science First Published: 19 January 2020 LINK “The matching of asteroids and meteorites is a significant step toward a better understanding…
Heterogeneous accretion of Earth inferred from Mo-Ru isotope systematicsOPEN ACCESS
Timo Hopp, Gerrit Budde, Thorsten Kleine Earth and Planetary Science Letters (17 January 2020) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) LINK (OPEN ACCESS) “The Mo and Ru isotopic compositions of meteorites and the bulk silicate Earth (BSE) hold…
A Fireball and Potentially Hazardous Binary Near-Earth Asteroid (164121) 2003 YT1
Toshihiro Kasuga,Mikiya Sato, Masayoshi Ueda, Yasunori Fujiwara, Chie Tsuchiya, and Jun-ichi Watanabe The Astronomical Journal, Volume 159, Number 2 LINK “We present a fireball detected in the night sky over Kyoto, Japan on UT 2017…
The partitioning of the inner and outer Solar System by a structured protoplanetary disk
R. Brasser & S. J. Mojzsis Nature Astronomy (2020) Published: 13 January 2020 LINK “Mass-independent isotopic anomalies define two cosmochemically distinct regions: the carbonaceous and non-carbonaceous meteorites, implying that the non-carbonaceous (terrestrial) and carbonaceous (Jovian)…
Geochemical constraints on core-mantle differentiation in Mercury and the aubrite parent body
E.S. Steenstra, W. van Westrenen Icarus In Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 11 January 2020 LINK “Highlights • Geochemical models constraining the interior compositions of Mercury and the AuPB • The cores of Mercury and…
The end of the lunar dynamoOPEN ACCESS
Saied Mighani, Huapei Wang, David L. Shuster, Cauȇ S. Borlina, Claire I. O. Nichols, Benjamin P. Weiss Science Advances 01 Jan 2020: Vol. 6, no. 1, eaax0883 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aax0883 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS)…
Transport of impact ejecta from Mars to its moons as a means to reveal Martian historyOPEN ACCESS
Ryuki Hyodo, Kosuke Kurosawa, Hidenori Genda, Tomohiro Usui & Kazuhisa Fujita Scientific Reports volume 9, Article number: 19833 (2019) LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Throughout the history of the solar system, Mars has experienced…
Primordial organic matter in the xenolithic clast in the Zag H chondrite: Possible relation to D/P asteroids
Yoko Kebukawa, Michael E. Zolensky, Motoo Ito, Nanako O. Ogawa, Yoshinori Takano, Naohiko Ohkouchi, Aiko Nakato, Hiroki Suga, Yasuo Takeichi, Yoshio Takahashi, Kensei Kobayashi Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta Available online 19 December 2019 LINK “Some…
The combined Zr and Hf isotope inventory of bulk rock and sequentially leached chondrite samples
Bo-Magnus Elfers, Sprung Peter, Messling Nils, Münker Carsten Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 17 December 2019 LINK “The stepwise acid digestion of primitive chondritic meteorites allows the identification of nucleosynthetic…
The great isotopic dichotomy of the early Solar System
Thomas S. Kruijer, Thorsten Kleine & Lars E. Borg Nature Astronomy , 1–9 (2019) LINK “The isotopic composition of meteorites and terrestrial planets holds important clues about the earliest history of the Solar System and…
Occurrence and implications of secondary olivine veinlets in lunar highland breccia Northwest Africa 11273OPEN ACCESS
Xiaojia Zeng, Shijie Li, Katherine H. Joy, Xiongyao Li, Jianzhong Liu, Yang Li, Rui Li, Shijie Wang Meteoritics & Planetary Science LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Lunar breccias preserve the records of geologic processes…
Origin of Earth’s water: sources and constraintsOPEN ACCESS
Karen Meech, Sean N. Raymond Review; Chapter to appear in Planetary Astrobiology PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “We review the state of knowledge on the origin of Earth’s water. Empirical constraints come from chemical and isotopic measurements…
Mare basalt meteorites, magnesian-suite rocks and KREEP reveal loss of zinc during and after lunar formation
James M.D. Day, Elishevah M.M.E. van Kooten, Beda A. Hofmann, Frederic Moynier Earth and Planetary Science Letters In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 10 December 2019 LINK “Isotopic compositions of reservoirs in the Moon can…
Calcium Isotopic Composition of the Lunar Crust, Mantle, and Bulk Silicate Moon:A Preliminary Study
Wei Wu, Yi-Gang Xu, Zhao-Feng Zhang, XinLi Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta LINK “Calcium isotopes have the potential to explore genetic links between the Moon and Earth. Here, we constrain calcium isotopic composition of the bulk…
The origin of s-process isotope heterogeneity in the solar protoplanetary disk
Mattias Ek, Alison C. Hunt, Maria Lugaro & Maria Schönbächler Nature Astronomy , 1–9 LINK “Rocky asteroids and planets display nucleosynthetic isotope variations that are attributed to the heterogeneous distribution of stardust from different stellar…
Where Did They Come From, Where Did They Go. Grazing FireballsOPEN ACCESS
P.M. Shober, T. Jansen-Sturgeon, E.K. Sansom, H.A.R. Devillepoix, M.C. Towner, P.A. Bland, M. Cupák, R.M. Howie, B.A.D. Hartig Submitted to The Astrophysical Journal PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “For centuries extremely-long grazing fireball displays have fascinated observers…
Solar Elemental AbundancesOPEN ACCESS
Katharina Lodders review paper in The Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Planetary Science, Oxford University Press (2020) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Review of the history of solar system elemental abundances with a new assessment of elemental and…
Constraining the Evolutionary History of the Moon and the Inner Solar System: A Case for New Returned Lunar SamplesOPEN ACCESS
Romain Tartèse, Mahesh Anand, Jérôme Gattacceca, Katherine H. Joy, James I. Mortimer, John F. Pernet-Fisher, Sara Russell, Joshua F. Snape, Benjamin P. Weiss Space Science Reviews November 2019, 215:54 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS)…
Tracing martian surface interactions with the triple O isotope compositions of meteoritic phosphates
J.J. Bellucci, M.J. Whitehouse, A.A. Nemchin, J.F. Snape, G.G. Kenny, R.E. Merle, P.A. Bland, G.K.Benedix Earth and Planetary Science Letters In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 27 November 2019 LINK “Highlights • A novel methodology…
Distribution and spectrophotometric classification of basaltic asteroidsOPEN ACCESS
Jad-Alexandru Mansour, Marcel Popescu, Julia de León, Javier Licandro MNRAS 000, 1–13 (2019) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “We aim to determine the distribution of basaltic asteroids (classified as V-types) based on the spectrophotometric data reported in…
Discovery of fossil asteroidal ice in primitive meteorite Acfer 094OPEN ACCESS
Megumi Matsumoto, Akira Tsuchiyama, Aiko Nakato, Junya Matsuno, Akira Miyake, Akimasa Kataoka, Motoo Ito, Naotaka Tomioka, Yu Kodama, Kentaro Uesugi, Akihisa Takeuchi, Tsukasa Nakano and Epifanio Vaccaro Science Advances 20 Nov 2019: Vol. 5, no….
Linking mineralogy and spectroscopy of highly aqueously altered CM and CI carbonaceous chondrites in preparation for primitive asteroid sample returnOPEN ACCESS
H. C. Bates, A. J. King, K. L. Donaldson Hanna, N. E. Bowles, S. S. Russell Meteoritics & Planetary Science First Published: 19 November 2019 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The highly hydrated, petrologic…
Origin of the Short-lived Radionuclide 10Be and Its Implications for the Astronomical Setting of CAI Formation in the Solar Protoplanetary Disk
Kohei Fukuda, Hajime Hiyagon, Wataru Fujiya, Naoto Takahata, Takanori Kagoshima, and Yuji Sano The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 886, Number 1 Published 2019 November 15 LINK “We report Li–Be–B and Al–Mg isotopic compositions of Ca-Al-rich inclusions…
A new type of isotopic anomaly in shergottite sulfides
Heather B. Franz, Nanping Wu, James Farquhar, Anthony J. Irving Meteoritics & Planetary Science LINK “The isotopic composition and abundance of sulfur in extraterrestrial materials are of interest for constraining models of both planetary and…
Volatiles in the martian crust and mantle: Clues from the NWA 6162 shergottite
Sen Hu, Yangting Lin, Jianchao Zhang, Jialong Hao, Akira Yamaguchi, Ting Zhang, Wei Yang, Hitesh Changela Earth and Planetary Science Letters In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 11 November 2019 LINK “Highlights • The martian…
Revolutionizing Our Understanding of the Solar System via Sample Return from Mercury
Kathleen E. Vander Kaaden, Francis M. McCubbin, Paul K. Byrne, Nancy L. Chabot, Carolyn M. Ernst, Catherine L. Johnson, Michelle S. Thompson Space Science Reviews November 2019, 215:49 LINK “Data from Mariner 10, MESSENGER, and…
Primordial water and dust of the Solar System: Insights from in-situ oxygen measurements of CI chondrites
Maxime Piralla, Yves Marrocchi, Maximilien J. Verdier-Paoletti, Lionel G. Vacher, Johan Villeneuve, Laurette Piani, David V. Bekaert, Matthieu Gounelle Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 6 November 2019 LINK “As the…
Momentum transfer in hypervelocity cratering of meteorites and meteorite analogs: Implications for orbital evolution and kinetic impact deflection of asteroids
George J. Flynn, Daniel D. Durda, Mason J. Molesky, Brian A. May, Spenser N. Congram, Colleen L. Loftus, Jacob R. Reagan, Melissa M. Strait, Robert J. Macke International Journal of Impact Engineering Volume 136, February…
Mineral chemistry and in situ UPb geochronology of the mare basalt Northwest Africa 10597: Implications for low-Ti mare volcanism around 3.0 Ga
Yunhua Wu, Weibiao Hsu Icarus In Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 4 November 2019 LINK “Highlights • NWA 10597 is a newly found unbrecciated low-Ti mare basalt, most likely paired with NWA 4734. • In…
Rapid condensation of the first Solar System solidsOPEN ACCESS
Yves Marrocchi, Johan Villeneuve, Emmanuel Jacquet, Maxime Piralla, and Marc Chaussidon PNAS first published November 4, 2019 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Chondritic meteorites are composed of primitive components formed during the evolution of…
Search for the H Chondrite Parent Body among the Three Largest S-type Asteroids: (3) Juno, (7) Iris, and (25) Phocaea
John W. Noonan, Vishnu Reddy, Walter M. Harris, William F. Bottke, Juan A. Sanchez, Roberto Furfaro, Zarah Brown, Rachel Fernandes, Theodore Kareta, Cassandra Lejoly The Astronomical Journal, Volume 158, Number 5 LINK “Linking meteorites to…
A carbonaceous chondrite and cometary origin for icy moons of Jupiter and Saturn
Adrien Néri, François Guyot, Bruno Reynard, Christophe Sotin Earth and Planetary Science Letters In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 30 October 2019 LINK “Highlights • Mineralogy and equation of state (EoS) are calculated for CI…
New lunar meteorite NWA 10986: A mingled impact melt breccia from the highlands—A complete cross section of the lunar crust
S. E. Roberts, M. C. McCanta, M. M. Jean, L. A. Taylor Meteoritics & Planetary Science LINK “Northwest Africa (NWA) 10986 is a new mingled lunar meteorite found in 2015 in Western Sahara. This impact…
Space weathering by simulated micrometeorite bombardment on natural olivine and pyroxene: A coordinated IR and TEM study
Iris Weber, Aleksandra N. Stojic, Andreas Morlok, Maximilian P. Reitze, Kathrin Markus, Harald Hiesinger, Sergey G. Pavlov, Richard Wirth, Anja Schreiber, Martin Sohn, Heinz-Wilhelm Hübers, Jörn Helbert Earth and Planetary Science Letters In Press, Corrected…
Iron isotopic composition of very low-titanium basalt deduced from the iron isotopic signature in Luna 16, 20, and 24 soils
Satoki Okabayashi, Tetsuya Yokoyama, Takafumi Hirata, Kazuo Terakado, Erik M.Galimov Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, Available online 23 October 2019 LINK “Isotopic analysis of Fe has proved to be a productive tool for the study of…
A Unified Model for Hydrogen in the Earth and Moon: No one expects the Theia ContributionOPEN ACCESS
Steven J. Desch, Katharine L. Robinson Geochemistry In Press, Corrected Proof , Available online 22 October 2019 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The Moon is thought to have formed after a planetary embryo, known…
Space weathering induced formation of hydrogen sulfide (H2S) and hydrogen disulfide (H2S2) in the Murchison meteorite
Cheng Zhu, Sándor Góbi, Matthew J. Abplanalp, Robert Frigge, Jeffrey J. Gillis‐Davis, Ralf I. Kaiser JGR Planets First published: 21 October 2019 LINK “Theoretical calculations and experimental simulations indicate that the surprisingly low sulfur abundance…
Molecular Cloud Origin for Oxygen Isotopic Heterogeneity Recorded by a Primordial Spinel-rich Refractory Inclusion
Justin I. Simon, D. Kent Ross, Ann N. Nguyen, Steven B. Simon, and Scott Messenger The Astrophysical Journal Letters, Volume 884, Number 2 LINK “A spinel-rich, layered calcium- aluminum-rich spherule from the MIL 090019 CO3…
Fingerprints of the Protosolar Cloud Collapse in the Solar System. I. Distribution of Presolar Short-lived 26Al
Francesco C. Pignatale, Emmanuel Jacquet, Marc Chaussidon, and Sébastien Charnoz The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 884, Number 1 LINK “The short-lived radionuclide 26Al is widely used to determine the relative ages of chondrite components and timescales…
Fingerprints of the Protosolar Cloud Collapse in the Solar System. II. Nucleosynthetic Anomalies in MeteoritesOPEN ACCESS
Emmanuel Jacquet, Francesco C. Pignatale, Marc Chaussidon, and Sébastien Charnoz The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 884, Number 1 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) LINK “The isotopic heterogeneity of the solar system shown by meteorite analyses is more pronounced…
Dy, Er, and Yb isotope compositions of meteorites and their components: Constraints on presolar carriers of the rare earth elementsOPEN ACCESS
Quinn R. Shollenberger, Gregory A. Brennecka Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 529, 1 January 2020, 115866 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) “Highlights • We present new methods to measure Dy isotopes by MC-ICPMS. • Bulk meteorites…
Regenerative water sources on surfaces of airless bodies
Cheng Zhu, Sándor Góbi, Matthew J. Abplanalp, Robert Frigge, Jeffrey J. Gillis-Davis, Gerardo Dominguez, Katarina Miljković & Ralf I. Kaiser Nature Astronomy (2019) Published: 07 October 2019 LINK “Spectroscopic signatures of water and hydroxyl radicals…
A reassessment of the iron isotope composition of the Moon and its implications for accretion and differentiation of terrestrial planets
Franck Poitrasson, Thomas Zambardi, Tomas Magna, Clive R. Neal Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta Available online 30 September 2019 LINK “The Fe isotope composition of planetary bodies may provide constraints on their accretion modes and/or differentiation…
The geologic history of Vesta inferred from combined 207Pb/206Pb and 40Ar/39Ar chronology of basaltic eucrites
Tsuyoshi Iizuka, Fred Jourdan, Akira Yamaguchi, Piers Koefoed, Yuki Hibiya, Kengo T. M. Ito, Yuri Amelin Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 26 September 2019 LINK “Eucrites represent samples of mafic…
Heterogeneous evolution of the galaxy and the origin of the short-lived nuclides in the early solar systemOPEN ACCESS
T. Kaur, S. Sahijpal Accepted for MNRAS PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “We present galactic chemical evolution (GCE) models of the short-lived radionuclides (SLRs), 26Al, 36Cl, 41Ca, 53Mn and 60Fe, across the entire Milky Way galaxy. The…
Nanodeformation in enstatite single crystals: simulation of micrometeoroid impacts by femtosecond pulsed laser experiments
Doreen Schmidt, Kilian Pollok, Gabor Matthäus, Stefan Nolte, Falko Langenhorst Geochemistry In Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 21 September 2019 LINK “Space weathering by micrometeoroid bombardment is a cosmic phenomenon on atmosphere-free celestial bodies, a…
An extraterrestrial trigger for the mid-Ordovician ice age: Dust from the breakup of the L-chondrite parent bodyOPEN ACCESS
Birger Schmitz, Kenneth A. Farley, Steven Goderis, Philipp R. Heck, Stig M. Bergström, Samuele Boschi, Philippe Claeys, Vinciane Debaille, Andrei Dronov, Matthias van Ginneken, David A.T. Harper, Faisal Iqbal, Johan Friberg, Shiyong Liao, Ellinor Martin,…
The composition of MarsOPEN ACCESS
Takashi Yoshizaki, William F. McDonough PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Comparing compositional models of the terrestrial planets provides insights into physicochemical processes that produced planet-scale similarities and differences. The widely accepted compositional model for Mars assumes Mn…
The origin of unequilibrated EH chondrites – constraints from in-situ analysis of Si isotopes, major and trace elements in silicates and metal
Yogita Kadlag, Michael Tatzel, Daniel A. Frick, Harry Becker Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 16 September 2019 LINK “Various lines of evidence suggest that material isotopically similar to enstatite chondrites…
Ferrovolcanism on metal worlds and the origin of pallasitesOPEN ACCESS
Brandon C. Johnson, Michael M. Sori & Alexander J. Evans Nature Astronomy, 1–4, published: 16 September 2019 LINK PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “As differentiated planetesimals cool, their cores can solidify from the outside in1, as evidenced…
Interstellar Visitors: A Physical Characterization of Comet C/2019 Q4 (Borisov) with OSIRIS at the 10.4 m GTC
Julia de Leon, Javier Licandro, Miquel Serra-Ricart, Antonio Cabrera-Lavers, Joan Font Serra, Riccardo Scarpa, Carlos de la Fuente Marcos,.and Raúl de la Fuente Marcos Draft version September 13, 2019preprint, AAS20106 PDF (download) AV data “Comet…
Differentiation and magmatic history of Vesta: Constraints from HED meteorites and dawn spacecraft data
Harry Y. McSween, Carol A. Raymond, Edward M. Stolper, David W. Mittlefehldt, Michael B.Baker, Nicole G.Lunning, Andrew W.Beck, Timothy M. Hahn Geochemistry In Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 14 September 2019 LINK “Quantifying the amounts…
Aluminum-26 chronology of dust coagulation and early solar system evolutionOPEN ACCESS
M.-C. Liu, J. Han, A. J. Brearley and A. T. Hertwig Science Advances 11 Sep 2019: Vol. 5, no. 9, eaaw3350 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aaw3350 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Dust condensation and coagulation in the…
Water vapour in the atmosphere of the habitable-zone eight-Earth-mass planet K2-18 bOPEN ACCESS
Angelos Tsiaras, Ingo P. Waldmann, Giovanna Tinetti, Jonathan Tennyson & Sergey N. Yurchenko Nature Astronomy (2019) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) LINK “In the past decade, observations from space and the ground have found water to be…
The water and fluorine content of 4 Vesta
Adam R. Sarafian, Sune G. Nielsen, Horst R. Marschall, Glenn A. Gaetani, Kevin Righter, Eve L. Berger Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta LINK “The processes that controlled accretion of water and volatiles to the inner solar…
Composition, mineralogy and chronology of mare basalts and non-mare materials in Von Kármán crater: Landing site of the Chang’E−4 mission
Zongcheng Ling, Le Qiao, Changqing Liu, Haijun Cao, Xiangyu Bi, Xuejin Lu, Jiang Zhang, Xiaohui Fu, Bo Li, Jianzhong Liu Planetary and Space Science Available online 10 September 2019, 104741 LINK “Highlights • Detailed spectroscopic…
The Properties of Planetesimal Collisions under Jupiter’s Perturbation and the Application to Chondrule Formation via Impact JettingOPEN ACCESS
Shoichi Oshino, Yasuhiro Hasegawa, Shigeru Wakita, Yuji Matsumoto The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 884, Number 1 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) LINK “Understanding chondrule formation provides invaluable clues about the origin of the solar system. Recent studies suggest…
Detection of Crystalline and Fine-grained Calcic Plagioclases on Vesta
E. Palomba, E. D’Aversa, T. M. Sato, A. Longobardo, F. Dirri, S. Aoki, G. Orton, G. Sindoni, F. Oliva, G. Carrozzo, and Y. Kasaba The Astrophysical Journal Letters, Volume 882, Number 2 LINK “Plagioclase feldspars…
Critically testing olivine‐hosted putative martian biosignatures in the Yamato 000593 meteorite—Geobiological implications
Nicola McLoughlin, Eugene G. Grosch, Per Erik Vullum, Paul Guagliardo, Martin Saunders, David Wacey Geobiology. 2019; 00: 1– 17. LINK “On rocky planets such as Earth and Mars the serpentinization of olivine in ultramafic crust…
Origin and abundances of H2O in the terrestrial planets, Moon, and asteroids
Francis M. McCubbin, Jessica J. Barnes Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 526, 15 November 2019, 115771 LINK “Highlights • Interstellar ices were added to the inner and outer Solar System within 4 Ma of…
Chondrule Formation by the Jovian Sweeping Secular ResonanceOPEN ACCESS
Munan Gong, Xiaochen Zheng, Douglas N.C. Lin, Kedron Silsbee, Clement Baruteau, Shude Mao Accepted for publication by ApJ PDF (OPEN ACCESS) LINK “Chondrules are silicate spheroids found in meteorites, serving as important fossil records of…
Images from the surface of asteroid Ryugu show rocks similar to carbonaceous chondrite meteorites
R. Jaumann, N. Schmitz, T.-M. Ho, S. E. Schröder, K. A. Otto, K. Stephan, S. Elgner, K. Krohn, F. Preusker, F. Scholten, J. Biele, S. Ulamec, C. Krause, S. Sugita, K.-D. Matz, T. Roatsch, R….
GAUSS — A Sample Return Mission to CeresOPEN ACCESS
Xian Shi, Julie Castillo-Rogez, Henry Hsieh, Hejiu Hui, Wing-Huen Ip, Hanlun Lei, Jian-Yang Li, Federico Tosi, Liyong Zhou, Jessica Agarwal, Antonella Barucci, Pierre Beck, Adriano Campo Bagatin, Fabrizio Capaccioni, Andrew Coates, Gabriele Cremonese, Rene Duffard,…
Interstellar 60Fe in Antarctica
Dominik Koll, Gunther Korschinek, Thomas Faestermann, J. M. Gómez-Guzmán, Sepp Kipfstuhl, Silke Merchel, and Jan M. Welch Phys. Rev. Lett. 123, 072701 – Published 12 August 2019 LINK “Earth is constantly bombarded with extraterrestrial dust containing…
Abundance of highly siderophile elements in lunar basalts controlled by iron sulfide melt
James M. Brenan, James E. Mungall & Neil R. Bennett Nature Geoscience, 1–6 Published: 19 August 2019 LINK “The Moon accreted meteoritic material towards the end of Solar System formation. Quantification of this late accretion…
MINERALOGY, PETROGRAPHY, AND OXYGEN AND ALUMINUM-MAGNESIUM ISOTOPE SYSTEMATICS OF GROSSITE-BEARING REFRACTORY INCLUSIONS
Alexander N. Krot, Kazuhide Nagashima, Steven B. Simon, Chi Ma, Harold C. Connolly Jr., Gary R. Huss, Andrew M. Davis, Martin Bizzarro Geochemistry Available online 15 August 2019 LINK “Grossite (CaAl4O7) is one of the…
Pb isotope evidence for rapid accretion and differentiation of planetary embryosOPEN ACCESS
J.N. Connelly, M. Schiller, M. Bizzarro Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 525, 1 November 2019, 115722 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Highlights • We report a Pb-Pb age of 4565.47 ± 0.30 Ma…
Cr isotopes in physically separated components of the Allende CV3 and Murchison CM2 chondrites: Implications for isotopic heterogeneity in the solar nebula and parent body processesOPEN ACCESS
Yogita Kadlag, Harry Becker, Andreas Harbott Meteoritics & Planetary Science First Published: 12 August 2019 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Chromium isotopic data of physically separated components (chondrules, CAIs, variably magnetic size fractions) of…
Selenium isotopes as tracers of a late volatile contribution to Earth from the outer Solar System
María Isabel Varas-Reus, Stephan König, Aierken Yierpan, Jean-Pierre Lorand & Ronny Schoenberg Nature Geoscience, 1–4, Published: 12 August 2019 LINK “The origin of Earth’s volatiles has been attributed to a late addition of meteoritic material…
Cosmic dust fluxes in the atmospheres of Earth, Mars, and VenusOPEN ACCESS
Juan Diego Carrillo-Sánchez, Juan Carlos Gómez-Martín, David L. Bones, David Nesvorný, Petr Pokorný, Mehdi Benna, George J. Flynn, John M.C. Plane Icarus Available online 2 August 2019 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The ablation…
An ancient reservoir of volatiles in the Moon sampled by lunar meteorite Northwest Africa 10989OPEN ACCESS
A. Stephant, M. Anand, H.O. Ashcroft, X. Zhao, S. Hu, R.L. Korotev, S.Strekopytov, R.C. Greenwood, E. Humphreys-Williams, Y. Liu, G. Tang, Q.Li, I.A. Franchi Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 7…
Mid-infrared spectroscopy of laser-produced basalt melts for remote sensing application
Andreas Morlok, Christopher Hamann, Dayl Martin, Iris Weber, Katherine H.Joy, Harald Hiesinger, Roy Wogelius, Aleksandra Stojic, Joern Helbert Icarus Available online 7 August 2019 LINK “Highlights • Mid-Infrared spectroscopy of laser generated basaltic melts •…
Origin of alkylphosphonic acids in the interstellar mediumOPEN ACCESS
Andrew M. Turner, Matthew J. Abplanalp, Alexandre Bergantini, Robert Frigge, Cheng Zhu, Bing-Jian Sun, Chun-Ta Hsiao, Agnes H. H. Chang Cornelia Meinert, and Ralf I. Kaiser Science Advances 07 Aug 2019: Vol. 5, no. 8,…
The composition and structure of Ceres’ interior
Mikhail Yu. Zolotov Icarus Available online 7 August 2019, 113404 LINK “Highlights • Ceres’ shape agrees with an organic-rich interior suggested from the surface composition. • Ceres could consist of a mixture of 12–29 vol.%…
Phosphorus-bearing Olivines of Lunar Rocks: Sources and Localization in the Lunar Crust
S. I. Demidova, M. O. Anosova, N. N. Kononkova, F. Brandstätter, T. Ntaflos Geochemistry International August 2019, Volume 57, Issue 8, pp 873-892 LINK “Fragments of P-bearing olivine have been studied in lunar highland, mare,…
Metal-silicate partitioning systematics of siderophile elements at reducing conditions: A new experimental database
E.S. Steenstra, A.X. Seegers, R. Putter, J. Berndt, S. Klemme, S. Matveev, E. Bullock, W. van Westrenen Icarus LINK “Highlights • The activity coefficient of FeO decreases with decreasing oxygen fugacity. • Silicon in metal…
Titanium isotope signatures of calcium-aluminum-rich inclusions from CV and CK chondrites: Implications for early Solar System reservoirs and mixing
Zachary A. Torrano, Gregory A. Brennecka, Curtis D. Williams, Stephen J. Romaniello, Vinai K. Rai, Rebekah R.Hines, Meenakshi Wadhwaa Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 2 August 2019 LINK “Calcium-aluminum-rich inclusions…
Tracking the volatile and magmatic history of Vesta from chromium stable isotope variations in eucrite and diogenite meteorites
Ke Zhu, Paolo A. Sossi, Julien Siebert, Frédéric Moynier Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 1 August 2019 LINK “Although Solar System bodies exhibit large variations in their volatile element abundances,…
Early Moon formation inferred from hafnium–tungsten systematics
Maxwell M. Thiemens, Peter Sprung, Raúl O. C. Fonseca, Felipe P. Leitzke & Carsten Münker Nature Geoscience (2019), Published: 29 July 2019 LINK “The date of the Moon-forming impact places an important constraint on Earth’s…
Mantle source to near-surface emplacement of enriched and intermediate poikilitic shergottites in Mars
Rachel R. Rahib, Arya Udry, Geoffrey H. Howarth, Juliane Gross, Marine Paquet, Logan M.Combs, Dara L.Laczniak, James M.D.Day Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 29 July 2019 LINK “Poikilitic shergottites make…
The chlorine isotopic composition of the Moon: Insights from melt inclusionsOPEN ACCESS
Alice Stephant, Mahesh Anand, Xuchao Zhao, Queenie H.S. Chan, Magali Bonifacie, Ian A. Franchia Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 523, 1 October 2019, 115715 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Highlights • Cl isotopic…
Elemental and molecular abundances in comet 67P/Churyumov-GerasimenkoOPEN ACCESS
Martin Rubin, Kathrin Altwegg, Hans Balsiger, Jean-Jacques Berthelier, Michael R. Combi, Johan De Keyser, Maria Drozdovskaya, Björn Fiethe, Stephen A. Fuselier, Sébastien Gasc, Tamas I. Gombosi, Nora Hänni, Kenneth C. Hansen, Urs Mall, Henri Rème,…
Oxygen isotopic composition of an enstatite ribbon of probable cometary originOPEN ACCESS
Ryan C. Ogliore, Donald E. Brownlee, Kazuhide Nagashima, David J. Joswiak, Josiah B. Lewis, Alexander N. Krot, Kainen L. Utt, Gary R. Huss Meteoritics & Planetary Science First Published: 23 July 2019 PDF (OPEN ACCESS)…
Q-type asteroids: Possibility of non-fresh weathered surfacesOPEN ACCESS
Sunao Hasegawa, Takahiro Hiroi, Katsuhito Ohtsuka, Masateru Ishiguro, Daisuke Kuroda, Takashi Ito, Sho Sasaki accepted for publication in PASJ PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Itokawa particles, which are the recovered samples from the S-complex asteroid 25143 Itokawa…
Potassium isotopic compositions of enstatite meteorites
Chen Zhao, Katharina Lodders, Hannah Bloom, Heng Chen, Zhen Tian, Piers Koefoed, Mária K. Pető, Kun Wang (王昆) Meteoritics & Planetary Science First Published: 21 July 2019 LINK “Enstatite chondrites and aubrites are meteorites that…
Origin of lunar fragmental matrix breccias—Highly siderophile element constraints
Philipp Gleißner, Harry Becker Meteoritics & Planetary Science First Published: 19 July 2019 LINK “Ejecta at North Ray crater (Apollo 16) sampled a unique section of the lunar highlands not accessible at most other landing…
Isotopic evidence for a young lunar magma ocean
Lars E. Borg, Amy M. Gaffney, Thomas S. Kruijer, Naomi A. Marks, Corliss K. Sio, Josh Wimpenny Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 523, 1 October 2019, 115706 LINK “Highlights • Lunar mantle and crust…
Combined mass-dependent and nucleosynthetic isotope variations in refractory inclusions and their mineral separates to determine their original Fe isotope compositions
Quinn R. Shollenberger, Andreas Wittke, Jan Render, Prajkta Mane, Stephan Schuth, Stefan Weyer, Nikolaus Gussone, Meenakshi Wadhwa, Gregory A. Brennecka Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 17 July 2019 LINK “Calcium-aluminum-rich…
Formation and delivery of complex organic molecules to the Solar System and early EarthOPEN ACCESS
Sun Kwok to be published as Chapter 4.2 in Handbook of Astrobiology, Vera Kolb (ed.), CRC Press, p. 165 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The late stages of stellar evolution from asymptotic giant branch stars to planetary…
Zinc isotope analyses of singularly small samples (<5 ng Zn): investigating chondrule-matrix complementarity in LeovilleOPEN ACCESS
Elishevah van Kooten, Frederic Moynier Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 2019 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) Update (18 July 2019): LINK “The potential complementarity between chondrules and matrix of chondrites, the Solar System’s building blocks, is still a…
Atmospheric entry heating of micrometeorites at Earth and Mars: Implications for the survival of organics
Aaron P. Wilson, Matthew J. Genge, Agata M. Krzesińska, Andrew G. Tomkins Meteoritics & Planetary Science First Published: 15 July 2019 LINK “The atmospheric entry heating of micrometeorites (MMs) can significantly alter their pre‐existing mineralogy,…
Low thermal conductivity boulder with high porosity identified on C-type asteroid (162173) Ryugu
M. Grott, J. Knollenberg, M. Hamm, K. Ogawa, R. Jaumann, K. A. Otto, M. Delbo, P. Michel, J. Biele, W. Neumann, M. Knapmeyer, E. Kührt, H. Senshu, T. Okada, J. Helbert, A. Maturilli, N. Müller,…
Bulk chondrite variability in mass independent magnesium isotope compositions – Implications for initial solar system 26Al/27Al and the timing of terrestrial accretion
Tu-Han Luu, Remco C. Hin, Christopher D. Coath, Tim Elliott Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 522, 15 September 2019, Pages 166-175 LINK “Highlights • Bulk chondrites Al–Mg isotope analyses define a canonical isochron. •…
Three-dimensional imaging of crack growth in L chondrites after high-velocity impact experimentsOPEN ACCESS
Tatsuhiro Michikami, Axel Hagermann, Akira Tsuchiyama, Hirotaka Yamaguchi, Terunori Irie, Keita Nomura, Osamu Sasaki, Michihiko Nakamura, Satoshi Okumura, Sunao Hasegawa Planetary and Space Science In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 11 July 2019 LINK (OPEN…
Sulfur isotope study of sulfides in CI, CM, C2ung chondrites and volatile-rich clasts – evidence for different generations and reservoirs of sulfide formation
Robbin Visser, Timm John, Markus Patzek, Addi Bischoff, Martin J. Whitehouse Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 8 July 2019 LINK “Deciphering aspects of the solar system’s formation process and the…
Elemental and isotopic variability in solar system materials by mixing and processing of primordial disk reservoirsOPEN ACCESS
Christoph Burkhardt, Nicolas Dauphas, Ulrik Hans, Bernard Bourdon, Thorsten Kleine Accepted for publication in Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta / published 9 July 2019 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) Update (9 July 2019): LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN…
Galactic Chemical Evolution of Radioactive Isotopes
Benoit Côté, Maria Lugaro, Rene Reifarth, Marco Pignatari, Blanka Világos, Andrés Yagüe, and Brad K. Gibson The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 878, Number 2 LINK “The presence of short-lived (~Myr) radioactive isotopes in meteoritic inclusions at…
Decline of giant impacts on Mars by 4.48 billion years ago and an early opportunity for habitability
D. E. Moser, G. A. Arcuri, D. A. Reinhard, L. F. White, J. R. Darling, I. R. Barker, D. J. Larson, A. J. Irving, F. M. McCubbin, K. T. Tait, J. Roszjar, A. Wittmann &…
Combined U-corrected Pb-Pb dating and 26Al-26Mg systematics of individual chondrules – evidence for a reduced initial abundance of 26Al amongst inner Solar System chondrules
Jean Bollard, Noriyuki Kawasaki, Naoya Sakamoto, Mia Olsen, Shoichi Itoh, Kirsten Larsen, Daniel Wielandt, Martin Schiller, James N. Connelly, Hisayoshi Yurimoto, Martin Bizzarro Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 22 June…
Investigating magmatic processes in the early Solar System using the Cl isotopic systematics of eucritesOPEN ACCESS
T.J. Barrett, J.J. Barnes, M. Anand, I.A. Franchi, R.C. Greenwood, B.L.A. Charlier, X.Zhao, F. Moyniere, M.M. Grady Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 22 June 2019 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN…
Distinct evolution of the carbonaceous and non-carbonaceous reservoirs: Insights from Ru, Mo, and W isotopes
Emily A. Worsham, Christoph Burkhardt, Gerrit Budde, Mario Fischer-Gödde,Thomas S.Kruijer, Thorsten Kleine Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 521, 1 September 2019, Pages 103-112 LINK “Highlights • Isotope characteristics of Ru, Mo, and W in…
Constraints on asteroid magnetic field evolution and the radii of meteorite parent bodies from thermal modelling
James F. J. Bryson, Jerome A. Neufeld, Francis Nimmo Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 521, 1 September 2019, Pages 68-78 LINK “Highlights • We predict the timing of asteroid magnetic field generation using thermal…
Understanding the emplacement of Martian volcanic rocks using petrofabrics of the nakhlite meteorites
Luke Daly, Sandra Piazolo, Martin R. Lee, Sammy Griffin, Peter Chung, Fabrizio Campanale, Benjamin E. Cohen, Lydia J. Hallis, Patrick W. Trimby, Raphael Baumgartner, Lucy V. Forman, Gretchen K. Benedix Earth and Planetary Science Letters…
U‐Pb SIMS ages of Apollo 14 zircon: Identifying distinct magmatic episodes
F. Thiessen, A. A. Nemchin, J. F. Snape, M. J. Whitehouse Meteoritics & Planetary Science First Published: 12 June 2019 LINK “U‐Pb ages of zircon in four different Apollo 14 breccias (14305, 14306, 14314, and…
Record of low-temperature aqueous alteration of Martian zircon during the late AmazonianOPEN ACCESS
Martin Guitreau & Jessica Flahaut Nature Communications 10, 1–9 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Several lines of evidence support the presence of liquid water on Mars at different times. Among those, hydrated minerals testify…
Mesosiderite formation on asteroid 4 Vesta by a hit-and-run collision
Makiko K. Haba, Jörn-Frederik Wotzlaw, Yi-Jen Lai, Akira Yamaguchi & Maria Schönbächler Nature Geoscience, 1–6 LINK “Collision and disruption processes of protoplanetary bodies in the early Solar System are key to understanding the genesis of…
Asteroid impact effects on Snowball EarthOPEN ACCESS
Christian Koeberl, Boris A. Ivanov Meteoritics & Planetary Science First Published: 9 June 2019 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Several Snowball Earth periods, in which the Earth has been (almost) totally glaciated, are known…
Rocky Planetesimal Formation Aided by Organics
Kazuaki A. Homma, Satoshi Okuzumi, Taishi Nakamoto, and Yuta Ueda The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 877, Number 2 LINK “The poor stickiness of silicate dust grains is a major obstacle to the formation of rocky planetesimals….
Dust Condensation in Evolving Discs and the Composition of Meteorites, Planetesimals, and PlanetsOPEN ACCESS
Min Li, Shichun Huang, Michail I. Petaev, Zhaohuan Zhu, Jason H. Steffen Submitted to MNRAS PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Partial condensation of dust from the Solar nebula is thought to be responsible for the diverse chemical…
Earth’s volatile element depletion pattern inherited from a carbonaceous chondrite-like source
Ninja Braukmüller, Frank Wombacher, Claudia Funk & Carsten Münker Nature Geoscience, 1–5 LINK Supplementary information (PDF) “Earth’s volatile element abundances (for example, sulfur, zinc, indium and lead) provide constraints on fundamental processes, such as planetary…
Migration of D-type asteroids from the outer Solar System inferred from carbonate in meteoritesOPEN ACCESS
Wataru Fujiya, Peter Hoppe, Takayuki Ushikubo, Kohei Fukuda, Paula Lindgren, Martin R. Lee, Mizuho Koike, Kotaro Shirai, Yuji Sano Submitted to Nature Astronomy Version May 31, 2019 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Recent dynamical models of Solar…
Significance of High Field Strength and Rare Earth Element Distributions in Deciphering the Evolution of the Inner Solar System
Kent C. Condie, Charles K. Shearer Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta Available online 28 May 2019 LINK “Major processes affecting high field strength (HFSE) and rare earth (REE) element ratios in planetary basalts are degree of…
Mars in the aftermath of a colossal impactOPEN ACCESS
Jason Man Yin Woo, Hidenori Genda, Ramon Brasser, Stephen J. Mojzsis Icarus Volume 333, 15 November 2019, Pages 87-95 updated: 24 June 2019 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) LINK “Highlights • About half of the impactor’s core…
Syneruptive incorporation of martian surface sulphur in the nakhlite lava flows revealed by S and Os isotopes and highly siderophile elements: implication for mantle sources in MarsOPEN ACCESS
N. Mari, A.J.V. Riches, L.J. Hallis, Y. Marrocchi, J. Villeneuve, P. Gleissner, H. Becker, M.R. Lee Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 24 May 2019 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS)…
On the source of diogenites and olivine diogenites: Compositional diversity from variable fO2
Jennifer T. Mitchell, Andrew G. Tomkins Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 23 May 2019 LINK “The genesis of diogenites and olivine-bearing diogenites has been debated for decades, with current models…
Molybdenum isotopic evidence for the late accretion of outer Solar System material to Earth
Gerrit Budde, Christoph Burkhardt & Thorsten Kleine Nature Astronomy, 1–6 LINK “Earth grew through collisions with Moon-sized to Mars-sized planetary embryos from the inner Solar System, but it also accreted material from greater heliocentric distances…
The early geological history of the Moon inferred from ancient lunar meteorite Miller Range 13317OPEN ACCESS
N. M. Curran, K. H. Joy, J. F. Snape, J. F. Pernet‐Fisher, J. D. Gilmour, A. A. Nemchin, M. J. Whitehouse, R. Burgess Meteoritics & Planetary Science First Published: 14 May 2019 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)…
Determination of the water content and D/H ratio of the martian mantle by unraveling degassing and crystallization effects in nakhlites
A.H. Peslier, R. Hervig, S. Yang, M. Humayun, J.J. Barnes, A.J. Irving Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaIn Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 2 May 2019 LINK “Knowing the distribution and origin of water in terrestrial planets…
New clues to ancient water on Itokawa
Ziliang Jin, Maitrayee Bose Science Advances 01 May 2019: Vol. 5, no. 5, eaav8106 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aav8106 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “We performed the first measurements of hydrogen isotopic composition and water content in…
Multiwavelength observations of a bright impact flash during the 2019 January total lunar eclipse
José M Madiedo, José L Ortiz, Nicolás Morales, Pablo Santos-Sanz Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 486, Issue 3, July 2019, Pages 3380–3387 Published: 27 April 2019 LINK “We discuss here a lunar…
Evidence of chemical heterogeneity within lunar anorthosite parental magmasOPEN ACCESS
John F. Pernet-Fisher, Etienne Deloule, Katherine H. Joy Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta Available online 22 April 2019 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) “Lunar anorthosites are known for displaying a limited range of plagioclase An content (∼An 94…
The geomorphology, color, and thermal properties of Ryugu: Implications for parent-body processes
S. Sugita, R. Honda, T. Morota, S. Kameda, H. Sawada, E. Tatsumi, M. Yamada, C. Honda, Y. Yokota, T. Kouyama, N. Sakatani, K. Ogawa, H. Suzuki, T. Okada, N. Namiki, S. Tanaka, Y. Iijima, K….
The surface composition of asteroid 162173 Ryugu from Hayabusa2 near-infrared spectroscopy
K. Kitazato, R. E. Milliken, T. Iwata, M. Abe, M. Ohtake, S. Matsuura, T. Arai, Y. Nakauchi, T. Nakamura, M. Matsuoka, H. Senshu8 N. Hirata, T. Hiroi, C. Pilorget, R. Brunetto, F. Poulet, L. Riu,…
A cometary building block in a primitive asteroidal meteorite
Larry R. Nittler, Rhonda M. Stroud, Josep M. Trigo-Rodríguez, Bradley T. De Gregorio, Conel M. O’D. Alexander, Jemma Davidson, Carles E. Moyano-Cambero & Safoura Tanbakouei Nature Astronomy (2019) Published: 15 April 2019 LINK “Meteorites originating…
Inference of meteoroid characteristics using a genetic algorithmOPEN ACCESS
Ana Maria Tarano, Lorien Wheeler, Sigrid Close, Donovan Mathias Icarus LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) • A new approach for automatically inferring meteoroid parameters is presented. • Objective function and tuning parameters for the…
IDP-like Asteroids Formed Later than 5 Myr After Ca–Al-rich Inclusions
Marc Neveu and Pierre Vernazza The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 875, Number 1 Published 2019 April 10 LINK “The parent bodies of ordinary chondrites, carbonaceous CM chondrites, and interplanetary dust particles (IDPs) represent most of the…
An extremely heavy chlorine reservoir in the Moon: Insights from the apatite in lunar meteoritesOPEN ACCESS
Ying Wang, Weibiao Hsu & Yunbin Guan Scientific Reports Volume 9, Article number: 5727 (2019) LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Chlorine, an extremely hydrophilic volatile element, provides important information regarding the origin of intrinsic…
On the origin of 7Be isotopic records in a Calcium, Aluminium, -rich inclusionOPEN ACCESS
Ritesh Kumar Mishra, Kuljeet Kaur Marhas PDF “A prime question in the formation and early evolution of the Solar system studies is to discern the source(s) of short-lived now extinct nuclides and to determine the…
Probing the protosolar disk using dust filtering at gaps in the early Solar SystemOPEN ACCESS
Troels Haugbølle, Philipp Weber, Daniel P. Wielandt, Pablo Benítez-Llambay, Martin Bizzarro, Oliver Gressel, Martin E. Pessah accepted by Astrophysical Journal PDF (OPEN ACCESS) ” Jupiter and Saturn formed early, before the gas disk dispersed. The…
Meteoritic evidence of a late superflare as source of 7Be in the early Solar System
Ritesh Kumar Mishra & Kuljeet Kaur Marhas Nature Astronomy 1–8 (2019) LINK “Fossil meteoritic records of short-lived, now-extinct radionuclides provide crucial high-resolution temporal information about the events, processes and activity of the Sun during the…
Evidence for widespread hydrated minerals on asteroid (101955) Bennu
V. E. Hamilton, A. A. Simon, P. R. Christensen, D. C. Reuter, B. E. Clark, M. A. Barucci, N. E. Bowles, W. V. Boynton, J. R. Brucato, E. A. Cloutis, H. C. Connolly Jr, K….
