Space Weathering Trends on Carbonaceous Asteroids: A possible explanation for Bennu’s blue slope?
C. Lantz, R.P. Binzel, F.E. DeMeo Icarus In Press, Available online 8 November 2017 LINK “Highlights • Analysis of Near-Earth Asteroid spectra compared to irradiated carbonaceous chondrites. • Link between Principal Composant Analysis scores and…
Late accretion to the Moon recorded in zircon (U-Th)/He thermochronometryOPEN ACCESS
Nigel M. Kelly, Rebecca M. Flowers, James R. Metcalf, Stephen J. Mojzsis PDF (OPEN ACCESS) Update (20 Nov 2017): LINK “We conducted zircon (U-Th)/He (ZHe) analysis of lunar impact-melt breccia 14311 with the aim of…
Impact splash chondrule formation during planetesimal recyclingOPEN ACCESS
Tim Lichtenberg, Gregor J. Golabek, Cornelis P. Dullemond, Maria Schönbächler, Taras V. Gerya, Michael R. Meyer accepted for publication in Icarus associated blog article (6 Nov 2017) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Chondrules are the dominant bulk…