Bidirectional reflectance spectroscopy of carbonaceous chondrites: Implications for water quantification and primary composition
A. Garenne, P. Beck, G. Montes-Hernandez, O. Brissaud, B. Schmitt, E. Quirico, L. Bonal, C. Beck, K.T. Howard Icarus In Press, Accepted Manuscript Received 21 April 2015, Revised 2 September 2015, Accepted 2 September 2015,…
The smallest comet 81P/Wild 2 dust dances around the CI composition.
Rietmeijer, F. J. M. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12510 LINK “The bulbous Stardust track #80 (C2092,3,80,0,0) is a huge cavity. Allocations C2092,2,80,46,1 nearest the entry hole and C2092,2,80,47,6 about 0.8 mm beneath the entry…
Differentiation processes in FeO-rich asteroids revealed by the achondrite Lewis Cliff 88763.
Day, J. M. D., Corder, C. A., Rumble, D., Assayag, N., Cartigny, P. and Taylor, L. A. (2015) Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12509 LINK “Olivine-dominated (70–80 modal %) achondrite meteorite Lewis Cliff (LEW) 88763…
Similarities and differences between the solar wind light noble gas compositions determined on Apollo 15 SWC foils and on NASA Genesis targets.
Vogel, N., Bochsler, P., Bühler, F., Heber, V. S., Grimberg, A., Baur, H., Horstmann, M., Bischoff, A. and Wieler, R. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12503 LINK
Screening and classification of ordinary chondrites by Raman spectroscopy.
Pittarello, L., Baert, K., Debaille, V. and Claeys, P. (2015) Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12506 LINK “Classification of ordinary chondrite meteorites generally implies (1) determining the chemical group by the composition in endmembers of…
147,146Sm-143,142Nd, 176Lu-176Hf, and 87Rb-87Sr Systematics in the Angrites: Implications for Chronology and Processes on the Angrite Parent Body
Matthew E. Sanborn, Richard W. Carlson, Meenakshi Wadhwa Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 8 September 2015 doi:10.1016/j.gca.2015.08.026 LINK “Angrites are a group of basaltic achondrites with distinctive mineralogic and geochemical…
Indigenous aliphatic amines in the aqueously altered Orgueil meteorite.
Aponte, J. C., Dworkin, J. P. and Elsila, J. E. (2015), Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12507 Article first published online: 8 SEP 2015 LINK “The CI1 Orgueil meteorite is a highly aqueously altered carbonaceous…
SARIÇİÇEK – Bolide and rare achondrite (Howardite) meteorite fall around village Sarıçiçek, Bingöl province, Turkey on September 2, ~ 20:06 UTC (updated 24 Feb 2016)
Last update: Feb. 24, 2016 / 06:40 CET The meteorites have been officially registered as SARIÇİÇEK in the Meteoritical Bulletin Database on February 22, 2016. LINK Writeup from MB 105 “Sariçiçek 38°54.10’N, 40°36.01’E Bingol, Turkey…
Space Weathering Trends Among Carbonaceous AsteroidsOPEN ACCESS
Heather M. Kaluna, Joseph R. Masiero, Karen J. Meech accepted for publication in Icarus PDF (full text) abstract “We present visible spectroscopic and albedo data of the 2.3 Gyr old Themis family and the 15…
Large daytime bolide above Si Sawat (ศรีสวัสดิ์) , Kanchanaburi, Thailand, September 7, ~ 8.41a.m. local time (updated: Aug 22)
Last update: Aug. 22, 2016 Meteorites are expected to have fallen in the Sai Yok ( ไทรโยค) or Si Sawat (ศรีสวัสดิ์) districts (Amphoe), Kanchanaburi province. Two possible fall areas could be around or between Khao…
Two new discovery of parautochthonous moldavites in southwestern Poland, Central Europe
Brachaniec, T., Szopa, K. and Karwowski, Ł. (2015), Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12504 LINK
Rapid Temperature Changes and the Early Activity on Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko
V. Alí-Lagoa, M. Delbo’, and G. Libourel ApJ 810 L22. doi:10.1088/2041-8205/810/2/L22 The Astrophysical Journal Letters Volume 810 Number 2 Received 5 Juli 2015, accepted for publication 12 August 2015. Published 3 September 2015. LINK PDF…
Planetesimal differentiation revealed by the Hf–W systematics of ureilites
Gerrit Budde, Thomas S. Kruijer, Mario Fischer-Gödde, Anthony J. Irving, Thorsten Kleine Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 430, 15 November 2015, Pages 316–325 LINK
A systematic for oxygen isotopic variation in meteoritic chondrules
Yves Marrocchi, Marc Chaussidon Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 430, 15 November 2015, Pages 308–315 Received 30 May 2015, Revised 22 August 2015, Accepted 24 August 2015, Available online 2 September 2015 doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2015.08.032 LINK
Ejecta velocity distribution of impact craters formed on quartz sand: Effect of projectile density on crater scaling law
Sayaka Tsujido, Masahiko Arakawa, Ayako I. Suzuki, Minami Yasui Icarus In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 2 September 2015 LINK
Spectral calibration for deriving surface mineralogy of Asteroid (25143) Itokawa from Hayabusa Near-Infrared Spectrometer (NIRS) Data
Megha Bhatt, Vishnu Reddy, Lucille Le Corre, Juan A. Sanchez, Tasha Dunn, Matthew R.M. Izawa, Jian-Yang Li, Kris J. Becker, Lynn Weller Icarus In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 2 September 2015 LINK
A New Lunar High-Ti Basalt Type Defined from Clasts in Apollo 16 Breccia 60639
A.L. Fagan, C.R. Neal Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 31 August 2015 LINK
Precambrian reidite discovered in shocked zircon from the Stac Fada impactite, Scotland
Geology, G37066.1, first published on August 21, 2015 doi: 10.1130/G37066.1 LINK Curtis University – media release (Sept. 1, 2015): Breakthrough mineral discovery points to ancient meteorite impacts Terrestrial impact events have had a profound influence…
Delivering a Projectile Component to the Vestan Regolith
R. Terik Daly, Peter H. Schultz Icarus In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 1 September 2015 doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2015.08.034 LINK Dark material on Vesta may consist of carbonaceous chondrite-like material delivered by impact events. This study uses…
Globally unique double crater identified in Sweden / Världsunik dubbelkrater identifierad i Sverige
LINK (English) LINK (press release, Erik Sturkell, Göteborgs universitet (gvc.gu.se) August 31, 2015) “Researchers at the University of Gothenburg have found traces of two enormous meteorite impacts in the Swedish county of Jämtland, a twin…
Observation of charged nanograins at comet 67P/Churyumov‐Gerasimenko
J. L. Burch, T. I. Gombosi, G. Clark, P. Mokashi, R. Goldstein Geophysical Research Letters DOI: 10.1002/2015GL065177 LINK (open access)
Dielectric properties of Vesta’s surface as constrained by Dawn VIR observations
Elizabeth M. Palmer, Essam Heggy, Maria T. Capria, Federico Tosi Icarus Available online 1 September 2015 doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2015.08.031 LINK (open access)
The earliest Lunar Magma Ocean differentiation recorded in Fe isotopes
Kun Wang, Stein B. Jacobsen, Fatemeh Sedaghatpour, Heng Chen, Randy L. Korotev Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 430, 15 November 2015, Pages 202–208 LINK
Potential for impact glass to preserve microbial metabolism
Haley M. Sapers, Neil R. Banerjee, Gordon R. Osinski Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 430, 15 November 2015, Pages 95–104 LINK
The calcium isotope systematics of Mars
Tomáš Magna, Nikolaus Gussone, Klaus Mezger Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 430, 15 November 2015, Pages 86–94 LINK
Thermal Stability of Ice on Ceres with Rough Topography
P. O. Hayne , O. Aharonson Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets DOI: 10.1002/2015JE004887 LINK
Chasing the Chelyabinsk asteroid N-body style
C. de la Fuente Marcos, R. de la Fuente Marcos, S. J. Aarseth Accepted for publication in The Astrophysical Journal (2015 August 24) arXiv:1508.05907 PDF (full text) abstract
Mineralogic Mapping of the Av-9 Numisia quadrangle of Vesta
A. Frigeri, M.C. De Sanctis, E. Ammannito, D. Buczkowski, J.P. Combe, F. Tosi, F. Zambon, D. Rocchini, R. Jaumann, C.A. Raymond, C.T. Russell Icarus In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 24 August 2015 LINK
Visible-IR and Raman microspectroscopic investigation of three Itokawa particles collected by Hayabusa: Mineralogy and degree of space weathering based on nondestructive analyses
L. Bonal, R. Brunetto, P. Beck, E. Dartois, Z. Dionnet, Z. Djouadi, J. Duprat, E. Füri, Y. Kakazu, G. Montagnac, P. Oudayer, E. Quirico and C. Engrand Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12496 Article first…
The confines of triple oxygen isotope exponents in elemental and complex mass-dependent processes
Huiming Bao, Xiaobin Cao, Justin A. Hayles Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 22 August 2015 LINK
Dynamical evolution of Chelyabinsk-type bodies from sungrazing orbits to near-Earth space
V.V. Emel’yanenko Planetary and Space Science In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 21 August 2015 doi:10.1016/j.pss.2015.08.005 LINK
R Coronae Borealis Stars Are Viable Factories of Pre-solar Grains
Amanda I. Karakas, Ashley J. Ruiter, and Melanie Hampel The Astrophysical Journal Volume 809, Number 2 ApJ 809 184. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/809/2/184 LINK
Palladium Isotopic Evidence for Nucleosynthetic and Cosmogenic Isotope Anomalies in IVB Iron Meteorites
Bernhard Mayer, Nadine Wittig, Munir Humayun, and Ingo Leya The Astrophysical Journal Volume 809, Number 2 ApJ 809 180. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/809/2/180 LINK
A compound Ca-, Al-rich inclusion from CV3 chondrite Northwest Africa 3118: Implications for understanding processes during CAI formation.
Ivanova, M. A., Lorenz, C. A., Krot, A. N. and MacPherson, G. J. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12489 LINK
Petrology of a nonindigenous microgranitic clast in polymict ureilite EET 87720: Evidence for formation of evolved melt on an unknown parent body.
Beard, A. D., Downes, H. and Chaussidon, M. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12484 LINK
Evidence for Pebbles in Comets
K.A. Kretke, H.F. Levison Icarus In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 20 August 2015 PDF (full text) abstract
Growing the gas-giant planets by the gradual accumulation of pebbles
Harold F. Levison Katherine A. Kretke Martin J. Duncan Nature 524, 322–324 (19 August 2015) | doi:10.1038/nature14675 LINK
The Meteoritical Bulletin, No. 102
Ruzicka, A., Grossman, J., Bouvier, A., Herd, C. D. K. and Agee, C. B. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12491 LINK
The Meteoritical Bulletin, No. 101
Ruzicka, A., Grossman, J., Bouvier, A., Herd, C. D. K. and Agee, C. B. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12490 LINK
Modal abundances of pyroxene, olivine, and mesostasis in nakhlites: Heterogeneity, variation, and implications for nakhlite emplacement.
Corrigan, C. M., Velbel, M. A. and Vicenzi, E. P. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12492 LINK
Ionospheric disturbances in the vicinity of the Chelyabinsk meteoroid explosive disruption as inferred from dense GPS observations
N. P. Perevalova, N. V. Shestakov, S. V. Voeykov, H. Takahashi, M. Guojie Geophysical Research Letters DOI: 10.1002/2015GL064792 First published: 19 August 2015 LINK
Shock effects in plagioclase feldspar from the Mistastin Lake impact structure, Canada
Annemarie E. Pickersgill, Gordon R. Osinski and Roberta L. Flemming Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12495 Article first published online: 18 AUG 2015 | DOI: 10.1111/maps.12495 LINK
The Basal Onaping Intrusion in the North Range: Roof rocks of the Sudbury Igneous Complex
Denise Anders, Gordon R. Osinski, Richard A. F. Grieve and Derek T. M. Brillinger Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12497 Article first published online: 18 AUG 2015 | DOI: 10.1111/maps.12497 LINK
Nucleobase and amino acid formation through impacts of meteorites on the early ocean
Yoshihiro Furukawa, Hiromoto Nakazawa, Toshimori Sekine, Takamichi Kobayashi, Takeshi Kakegawa Earth and Planetary Science Letters In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 16 August 2015 LINK
Reflectance properties and hydrated material distribution on Vesta: Global investigation of variations and their relationship using improved calibration of Dawn VIR mapping spectrometer
Jean-Philippe Combe, Eleonora Ammannito, Federico Tosi, Maria Cristina de Sanctis, Thomas B. McCord, Carol A. Raymond, Christopher T. Russell Icarus In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 12 August 2015 LINK
26Al-26Mg chronology and oxygen isotope distributions of multiple melting for a Type C CAI from Allende
Noriyuki Kawasaki, Chizu Kato, Shoichi Itoh, Shigeyuki Wakaki, Motoo Ito, Hisayoshi Yurimoto Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 12 August 2015 LINK
Bayesian chronological analyses consistent with synchronous age of 12,835–12,735 Cal B.P. for Younger Dryas boundary on four continents
James P. Kennett, Douglas J. Kennett, Brendan J. Culleton, J. Emili Aura Tortosa, James L. Bischoff, Ted E. Bunch, I. Randolph Daniel Jr., Jon M. Erlandson, David Ferraro, Richard B. Firestone, Albert C. Goodyear, Isabel…
Terrestrial Planet Formation Constrained by Mars and the Structure of the Asteroid Belt
André Izidoro, Sean N. Raymond, Alessandro Morbidelli, Othon C. Winter Accepted for publication in MNRAS update (Sept 9): MNRAS (November 11, 2015) 453 (4): 3619-3634. doi: 10.1093/mnras/stv1835 First published online September 9, 2015 PDF (full…
Spectrophotometry of (32) Pomona, (145) Adeona, (704) Interamnia, (779) Nina, (330825) 2008 XE3, and 2012 QG42 and laboratory study of possible analog samples
Vladimir V. Busarev, Sergey I. Barabanov, Vyacheslav S. Rusakov, Vasiliy B. Puzin, Valery V. Kravtsov Icarus In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 8 August 2015 LINK
Inferred Initial 26Al/27Al Ratios in Presolar Stardust Grains from Supernovae are Higher than Previously Estimated
Evan Groopman, Ernst Zinner, Sachiko Amari, Frank Gyngard, Peter Hoppe, Manavi Jadhav, Yangting Lin, Yuchen Xu, Kuljeet Marhas, and Larry R. Nittler The Astrophysical Journal Volume 809 Number 1 Evan Groopman et al. 2015 ApJ…
Fe-Mg interdiffusion profiles in rimmed forsterite grains in the Allende matrix: Time–temperature constraints for the parent body metamorphism.
Cuvillier, P., Leroux, H., Jacob, D. and Hirel, P. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12493 LINK
The formation conditions of enstatite chondrites: Insights from trace element geochemistry of olivine-bearing chondrules in Sahara 97096 (EH3)
Jacquet, E., Alard, O. and Gounelle, M. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12481 LINK Update (Jun 2,2016): PDF
Tungsten isotopes in bulk meteorites and their inclusions—Implications for processing of presolar components in the solar protoplanetary disk
Holst, J. C., Paton, C., Wielandt, D. and Bizzarro, M. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12488 LINK
A novel approach to fireball modeling: The observable and the calculated
Sansom, E. K., Bland, P., Paxman, J. and Towner, M. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12478 LINK
Dynamic Behavior of an Ordinary Chondrite: the Effects of Microstructure on Strength, Failure and Fragmentation
James David Hogan, Jamie Kimberley, Kavan Hazeli, Jeffrey Plescia, K.T. Ramesh Icarus In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 30 July 2015 LINK
A particle-based hybrid code for planet formation
Ryuji Morishima Icarus In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 29 July 2015 LINK
Using HED meteorites to interpret neutron and gamma-ray data from asteroid 4 Vesta
Andrew W. Beck, David J. Lawrence, Patrick N. Peplowski, Thomas H. Prettyman, Timothy J. McCoy, Harry Y. McSween Jr, Michael J. Toplis and Naoyuki Yamashita Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12467 Article first published online:…
Ru isotope heterogeneity in the solar protoplanetary disk
Mario Fischer-Gödde, Christoph Burkhardt, Thomas S. Kruijer, Thorsten Kleine Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 29 July 2015 LINK
Pd-Ag chronometry of iron meteorites: correction of neutron capture-effects and application to the cooling history of differentiated protoplanets
Maximilian Matthes, Mario Fischer-Gödde, Thomas S. Kruijer, Ingo Leya, Thorsten Kleine Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 26 July 2015 LINK
Survival of refractory presolar grain analogs during Stardust-like impact into Al foils: Implications for Wild 2 presolar grain abundances and study of the cometary fine fraction
Croat, T. K., Floss, C., Haas, B. A., Burchell, M. J. and Kearsley, A. T. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12474 LINK
Petrology and geochemistry of chondrules and metal in nwa 5492 and gro 95551: a new type of metal-rich chondrite
Michael K. Weisberg, Denton S. Ebel, Daisuke Nakashima, Noriko T. Kita, Munir Humayun Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta available online 22 July 2015 LINK
Crustal differentiation in the early solar system: clues from the unique achondrite Northwest Africa 7325 (NWA 7325)
J.A. Barrat, R.C. Greenwood, A.B. Verchovsky, Ph. Gillet, C. Bollinger, J.A. Langlade, C. Liorzou, I.A. Franchi Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 22 July 2015 LINK
Metamorphic Angrite Northwest Africa 3164/5167 Compared to Magmatic Angrites
Bashar Baghdadi, Albert Jambon, Jean-Alix Barrat Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 21 July 2015 LINK
Geochemistry and oxygen isotope composition of main-group pallasites and olivine-rich clasts in mesosiderites: Implications for the “Great Dunite Shortage” and HED-mesosiderite connection
Richard C. Greenwood, Jean-Alix Barrat, Edward R.D. Scott, Henning Haack, Paul C. Buchanan, Ian.A. Franchi, Akira Yamaguchi, Diane Johnson, Alex W.R. Bevan, Thomas H. Burbine Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online…
Connections between the bulk composition, geodynamics and habitability of Earth
A. M. Jellinek, M. G. Jackson Nature Geoscience (2015) doi:10.1038/ngeo2488 Published online 20 July 2015 LINK
An American on Paris: Extent of aqueous alteration of a CM chondrite and the petrography of its refractory and amoeboid olivine inclusions
Rubin, A. E. (2015) Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12482 LINK
Circumstellar Magnetite from the LAP 031117 CO3.0 Chondrite
Thomas J. Zega, Pierre Haenecour, Christine Floss, and Rhonda M. Stroud The Astrophysical Journal Volume 808 Number 1 Thomas J. Zega et al. 2015 ApJ 808 55. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/808/1/55 LINK
Melting and mixing states of the Earth’s mantle after the Moon-forming impact
Miki Nakajima, , David J. Stevenson Earth and Planetary Science Letters doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2015.06.023 LINK
Concentrations of Potassium and Thorium within Vesta’s Regolith
T.H. Prettyman, N. Yamashita, R.C. Reedy, H.Y. McSween Jr., D.W. Mittlefehldt, J.S. Hendricks, M.J. Toplis Icarus In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 17 July 2015 doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2015.05.035 LINK
Photometric Properties of Ceres from Telescopic Observations using Dawn Framing Camera Color Filters
Vishnu Reddy, Jian-Yang Li, Bruce L. Gary, Juan A. Sanchez, Robert D. Stephens, Ralph Megna, Daniel Coley, Andreas Nathues, Lucille Le Corre, Martin Hoffmann Icarus In Press, Available online 17 July 2015 LINK Updated (Oct…
Vesta’s Pinaria Region: Original basaltic achondrite material derived from mixing upper and lower crust
L.A. McFadden, Jean-Philippe Combe, Eleonora Ammannito, Alessandro Frigeri, Katrin Stephan, Andrea Longobardo, Ernesto Palomba, Federico Tosi, Francesca Zambon, Katrin Krohn, Cristina M. DeSanctis, Vishnu Reddy, Lucille LeCorre, Andreas Nathues, Carle M. Pieters, Thomas Prettyman, C.A….
A Noachian source region for the “Black Beauty” meteorite, and a source lithology for Mars surface hydrated dust?
Beck P et al. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 427, 104–111 LINK
Chondrule transport in Protoplanetary Disks
Aaron Z. Goldberg, James E. Owen, Emmanuel Jacquet Accepted to MNRAS last revised 1 May 2016 (this version, v2)) PDF (full text) abstract
New Constraints on the Abundances of Silicate and Oxide Stardust from Supernovae in the Acfer 094 Meteorite
Peter Hoppe, Jan Leitner, and János Kodolányi ApJ 808 L9. doi:10.1088/2041-8205/808/1/L9 LINK
Toward an experimental synthesis of the chondritic insoluble organic matter
Biron, K., Derenne, S., Robert, F. and Rouzaud, J.-N. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12477 LINK
Iron isotopic measurements in presolar silicate and oxide grains from the Acfer 094 ungrouped carbonaceous chondrite
Wei Jia Ong and Christine Floss Meteoritics & Planetary Science doi: 10.1111/maps.12475 LINK
Planetary and meteoritic Mg/Si and d30Si variations inherited from solar nebula chemistry
Nicolas Dauphas, Franck Poitrasson, Christoph Burkhardt, Hiroshi Kobayashi, Kosuke Kurosawa Accepted in Earth and Planetary Science Letters arXiv:1507.02922 PDF abstract
Pluto’s atmosphere
updated: 24 July, 23:00 CEST LINK LINK LINK Pluto starts to reveal its geological features LINK
New 1/10 scale 3D model of the Chelyabinsk main mass will be shown at 78th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society in Berkeley / Plans on Russian Antarctic meteorite search expedition presented
On July 9 the Ural Federal University in Yekaterinburg informed about a new 1/10 scale 3D model of the Chelyabinsk main mass which will be publicly presented at the 78th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical…
Composition of Potentially Hazardous Asteroid (214869) 2007 PA8: An H Chondrite from the Outer Asteroid Belt
Juan A. Sanchez, Vishnu Reddy, Melissa Dykhuis, Sean Lindsay, Lucille Le Corre Accepted for publication in APJ PDF (full text) abstract
Orbit determination based on meteor observations using numerical integration of equations of motion
Vasily Dmitriev, Valery Lupovka, Maria Gritsevich Planetary and Space Science Available online 3 July 2015 doi:10.1016/j.pss.2015.06.015 LINK
Extensive volatile loss during formation and differentiation of the Moon
Chizu Kato, Frederic Moynier, Maria C. Valdes, Jasmeet K. Dhaliwal, James M.D. Day Nature Communications 6, Article number: 7617 doi:10.1038/ncomms8617 LINK (open access)
Petrologic and Minerochemical Trends of Acapulcoites, Winonaites and Lodranites: New Evidence from Image Analysis and EMPA Investigations
Vanni Moggi Cecchi and Stefano Caporali Geosciences 2015, 5(3), 222-242; doi:10.3390/geosciences5030222 Published: 2 July 2015 PDF (open access) abstract “A comprehensive classification of primitive achondrites is difficult due to the high compositional and textural variability…
Comment on “Cosmogenic 180W Variations in Meteorites and Re-assessment of a Possible 184Os-180W Decay System” by Cook, D.L., Kruijer, T., Leya, I., Kleine, T
Stefan T.M. Peters, Carsten Münker, Harry Becker, Toni Schulz Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 2 July 2015 LINK Refers to Cosmogenic 180W Variations in Meteorites and Re-assessment of a Possible…
Meteorite fall in Famenin, near Hamedan, Iran on 27th June, 4.30 UTC / 8.30 am local (updated: 14 Feb. 2022)
Last update: February 14, 2022 The Famenin fall and other ordinary chondrites intermediate between H and L groupsHamed Pourkhorsandi, Jérôme Gattacceca, Pierre Rochette, Thomas Smith, Lydie Bonal, Massimo D’Orazio, Bertrand Devouard, Corinne Sonzogni, Vinciane DebailleMeteoritics…
Hydrogen and carbon isotopic ratios of polycyclic aromatic compounds in two CM2 carbonaceous chondrites and implications for prebiotic organic synthesis
Yongsong Huang, José C. Aponte, Jiaju Zhao, Rafael Tarozo, Christian Hallmann Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 426, 15 September 2015, Pages 101–108 doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2015.06.027 LINK
On the probability of the collision of a Mars-sized planet with the Earth to form the Moon
Rudolf Dvorak, Birgit Loibnegger, Thomas I. Maindl submitted to MNRAS PDF (full text) abstract
Large heterogeneities in comet 67P as revealed by active pits from sinkhole collapse
Jean-Baptiste Vincent Dennis Bodewits Sébastien Besse Holger Sierks Cesare Barbieri Philippe Lamy Rafael Rodrigo Detlef Koschny Hans Rickman Horst Uwe Keller Jessica Agarwal Michael F. A’Hearn Anne-Thérèse Auger M. Antonella Barucci Jean-Loup Bertaux Ivano Bertini…
Pristine stratospheric collection of interplanetary dust on an oil-free polyurethane foam substrate
Messenger, S., Nakamura-Messenger, K., Keller, L. P. and Clemett, S. J. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12473 LINK
Nonporphyritic chondrules and chondrule fragments in enstatite chondrites: Insights into their origin and secondary processing
Varela, M. E., Sylvester, P., Brandstätter, F. and Engler, A. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12468 LINK
Opal-A in the Nakhla meteorite: A tracer of ephemeral liquid water in the Amazonian crust of Mars
Lee, M. R., MacLaren, I., Andersson, S. M. L., Kovács, A., Tomkinson, T., Mark, D. F. and Smith, C. L. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12471 LINK
Evidence for the exsolution of Cl-rich fluids in martian magmas: Apatite petrogenesis in the enriched lherzolitic shergottite Northwest Africa 7755
G.H. Howarth, J.F. Pernet-Fisher, R.J. Bodnar, L.A. Taylor Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 30 June 2015 LINK
Near infrared spectroscopy of HED meteorites: Effects of viewing geometry and compositional variations
O. Ruesch, H. Hiesinger, E. Cloutis, L. Le Corre, J. Kallisch, P. Mann, K. Markus, K. Metzler, A. Nathues, V. Reddy Icarus In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 29 June 2015 LINK
Santa Luzia returns to National Museum
The 1.89 ton main mass of the iron meteorite Santa Luzia, which was found in Goiás (Brazil), will be brought back to the National Museum in Rio de Janeiro where it had originally been brought…
Near-ultraviolet Bluing after Space Weathering of Silicates and Meteorites
Z. Kanuchova, R. Brunetto, D. Fulvio, G. Strazzulla Icarus In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 26 June 2015 LINK
The formation of IIE iron meteorites investigated by the chondrule-bearing Mont Dieu meteorite
N. Van Roosbroek, V. Debaille, L. Pittarello, S. Goderis, M. Humayun, L. Hecht, F. Jourdan, M. J. Spicuzza, F. Vanhaecke and Ph. Claeys Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12463 Article first published online: 25 JUN…
Early aqueous activity on the ordinary and carbonaceous chondrite parent bodies recorded by fayalite
Patricia M. Doyle, Kaori Jogo, Kazuhide Nagashima, Alexander N. Krot, Shigeru Wakita, Fred J. Ciesla, Ian D. Hutcheon Nature Communications 6, Article number: 7444 doi:10.1038/ncomms8444 published: 23 June 2015 LINK Supplementary Information (PDF)
Brief Follow-up on Recent Studies of Theia’s Accretion
Nathan A. Kaib, Nicolas B. Cowan accepted to Icarus arXiv:1506.06132 PDF LINK abstract
Nature’s Starships II: Simulating the Synthesis of Amino Acids in Meteorite Parent Bodies
Alyssa K. Cobb, Ralph E. Pudritz, Ben K. D. Pearce Accepted for publication in ApJ arXiv:1506.06740 PDF LINK abstract Carbonaceous chondrite meteorites are known for having high water and organic material contents, including amino acids….
Towards the azimuthal characteristics of ionospheric and seismic effects of “Chelyabinsk” meteorite fall according to the data from coherent radar, GPS and seismic networks
O.I. Berngardt, N.P. Perevalova, K.A. Kutelev, G.A. Zherebtsov, A.A. Dobrynina, N.V. Shestakov, R.V.Zagretdinov, V.F.Bakhtiyarov, O.A.Kusonsky PDF (full text) abstract
Intrinsic W nucleosynthetic isotope variations in carbonaceous chondrites: Implications for W nucleosynthesis and nebular vs. parent body processing of presolar materials
Christoph Burkhardt, Maria Schönbächler Icarus In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 20 June 2015 LINK
Possible melting produced chondrule destruction in NWA 6604 CK4 chondrite
Kereszturi, A., Ormandi, S. and Jozsa, S. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12458 LINK
The instrumentally recorded fall of the Križevci meteorite, Croatia, February 4, 2011.
Borovička, J., Spurný, P., Šegon, D., Andreić, Ž., Kac, J., Korlević, K., Atanackov, J., Kladnik, G., Mucke, H., Vida, D. and Novoselnik, F. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12469 LINK
Pb-Pb dating of individual chondrules from the CBa chondrite Gujba: Assessment of the impact plume formation model
Bollard, J., Connelly, J. N. and Bizzarro, M. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12461 LINK
Petrology and geochemistry of Northwest Africa 5480 diogenite and evidence for a basin-forming event on Vesta
Yamaguchi, A., Barrat, J. A., Shirai, N. and Ebihara, M. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12470 LINK
Interplanetary Dust Particles as Samples of Icy Asteroids
P. Vernazza, M. Marsset, P. Beck, R. P. Binzel, M. Birlan, R. Brunetto, F. E. Demeo, Z. Djouadi, C. Dumas, S. Merouane, O. Mousis, and B. Zanda The Astrophysical Journal Letters Volume 806 Number 2…
Origin of John’s Stone: A quartzitic boulder from the site of the 1908 Tunguska (Siberia) Explosion
Enrico Bonatti, Dee Breger, Tommaso Di Rocco, Fulvio Franchi, Luca Gasperini, Alina Polonia, John Anfinogenov, Yana Anfinogenova Icarus In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 18 June 2015 LINK
Xenon in the Protoplanetary Disk (PPD-Xe)
K. Marti and K. J. Mathew The Astrophysical Journal Letters Volume 806 Number 2 ApJ 806 L30. doi:10.1088/2041-8205/806/2/L30 Received 9 April 2015, accepted for publication 27 Mai 2015. Published 18 Juni 2015. LINK
Mineralogy and noble gas isotopes of micrometeorites collected from Antarctic snow
Ryuji Okazaki, Takaaki Noguchi, Shin-ichi Tsujimoto, Yu Tobimatsu, Tomoki Nakamura, Mitsuru Ebihara, Shoichi Itoh, Hiroko Nagahara, Shogo Tachibana, Kentaro Terada, Hikaru Yabuta Earth, Planets and Space 2015, 67:90 (17 June 2015) PDF abstract
The Compositional Structure of the Asteroid Belt
Francesca E. DeMeo, Conel M. O’D. Alexander, Kevin J. Walsh, Clark R. Chapman, Richard P. Binzel Accepted chapter in Asteroids IV in the Space Science Series to be published Fall 2015 PDF (full text) abstract
Evidence for methane in Martian meteorites
Nigel J. F. Blamey, John Parnell, Sean McMahon, Darren F. Mark, Tim Tomkinson, Martin Lee, Jared Shivak, Matthew R. M. Izawa, Neil R. Banerjee, Roberta L. Flemming, Nature Communications 6, Article number: 7399 doi:10.1038/ncomms8399 Published…
Nitrogen isotope variations in the Solar System
Evelyn Füri, Bernard Marty Nature Geoscience (2015) review doi:10.1038/ngeo2451 Published online 15 June 2015 LINK
The Iodine-Xenon System In Achondrites
Crowther, S. A.; Gilmour, J. D. 78th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2015), abstract #5242 abstract (PDF)
Shedding Light on the Origin of the Quasicrystal-Bearing Khatyrka Meteorite
Meier M. M. M. * Bindi L. Busemann H. Heck P. R. Isch Neander A. Maden C. Spring N. H. Steinhardt P. J. Wieler R. 78th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2015), abstract #5035…
Chips Off the Old Block: Enstatite Chondrites as Samples of the Proto-Earth
Gaidos E. * Yin Q.-Z. 78th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2015), abstract #5145 abstract (PDF)
Cosmic-Ray Exposure Ages of Chondrules
Roth A. S. G. * Metzler K. Hofmann B. Baumgartner L. P. Leya I. 78th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2015), abstract #5224 abstract (PDF)
Chronology of Aqueous Activity and Sources of Water on the Chondrite Parent Bodies: Testing the Grand Tack Model
Krot A. N. * Doyle P. M. Nagashima K. Jogo K. Wakita S. Ciesla F. J. Alexander C. M. O’D. Bonal L. Fujiya W. 78th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2015), abstract #5150 abstract…
I-Xe Systematics of Brachinite-Like Ultramafic Achondrite Northwest Africa 5400
Pravdivtseva O. * Meshik A. Hohenberg C. M. Irving A. J. 78th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2015), abstract #5387 abstract (PDF)
The Closely Linked Timing of Chondrule and Chondrite Formation
Alexander C. M. O’D. 78th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2015), abstract #5369 abstract (PDF)
New communication with Philae
update: 10 July New communication with Philae LINK Searching for a good signal LINK Rosetta Mission extended until Sept 2016 LINK LINK LINK LINK Rosetta’s lander Philae is out of hibernation! LINK
Detection of new olivine-rich locations on Vesta
Ernesto Palomba, Andrea Longobardo, Maria Cristina De Sanctis, Angelo Zinzi, Eleonora Ammannito, Simone Marchi, Federico Tosi, Francesca Zambon, Maria Teresa Capria, Christopher T. Russell, Carol A. Raymond, Edward A. Cloutis Icarus In Press, Accepted Manuscript,…
Why Do U-Pb Ages of Chondrules and CAIs Have More Spread than Their 26 Al Ages?
Kita N. T. * Tenner T. J. Ushikubo T. Bouvier A. Wadhwa M. Bullock E. S. MacPherson G. J. 78th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2015), abstract #5360 abstract (PDF)
Early Disk Dynamics Inferred from Isotope Systematics of Individual Chondrules
Bollard J. * Kawasaki N. Sakamoto N. Larsen K. Wielandt D. Schiller M. Connelly J. N. Yurimoto H. Bizzarro M. 78th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2015), abstract #5211 abstract (PDF)
Effect of a Routine Synchrotron X-Ray Microtomography Scan on the Amino Acid Content of the Murchison CM Chondrite
Friedrich J. M. * Glavin D. P. Rivers M. L. Dworkin J. P. 78th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2015), abstract #5208 abstract (PDF)
X-Ray Computed Tomography and the Radiation History of Meteorites
Sears D. W. G. * Ebel D. S. Wallace S. Friedrich J. M. 78th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2015), abstract #5156 abstract (PDF)
Cosmogenic Production Rates in Presolar SiC Grains
Trappitsch R. * Leya I. 78th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2015), abstract #5068 abstract (PDF)
The Presolar Grain Inventory of CM Chondrites
Leitner J. * Hoppe P. Metzler K. Haenecour P. Floss C. Vollmer C. 78th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2015), abstract #5178 abstract (PDF)
Evidence for Exotic Fe-, Ti-, and P-Enriched Magmas on Mars from Meteorite Northwest Africa 7034
Santos A. R. * Agee C. B. McCubbin F. M. Shearer C. K. 78th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2015), abstract #5279 abstract (PDF)
Siderophile Elements in Pristine and Altered Clasts in NWA 7533
Waeselmann N. Humayun M. * Yang S. Hewins R. H. Zanda B. Leroux H. 78th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2015), abstract #5358 abstract (PDF)
Rare-Earth minerals in Martian Meteorite NWA 7034/7533: Evidence for Fluid-Rock Interaction in Martian Crust
Liu Y. * Ma C. Chen Y. Beckett J. Guan Y. 78th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2015), abstract #5051 abstract (PDF)
New Constraints on the Water Budget in the Martian Breccia Meteorite NWA 7533
Remusat L. * Zanda B. Beck P. Lorand J.-P. Pont S. Leroux H. Hewins R. 78th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2015), abstract #5125 abstract (PDF)
Grain Size Distribution in the Matrix of Primitive Meteorites
Vaccaro E. Wozniakiewicz P. J. Starkey N. A. Franchi I. A. Russell S. S. 78th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2015), abstract #5258 abstract (PDF)
More Evidence of the Importance of Amorphous Silicates in CM Carbonaceous Chondrites: New Observations from a Fine-Grained Rim in the CM2 Chondrite, TIL 91722
Brearley A. J., Le Guillou C. 78th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2015), abstract #5192 abstract (PDF)
Depletion of Volatiles and Timing of Heating Recorded in Thermally Metamorphosed Hydrous Carbonaceous Chondrites
Nakamura T. Park J. Ahn I. S. Shirai N. Sekimoto S. Nakato A. Nakashima D. Turrin B. D. Lindsay F. N. Herzog G. F. Delaney J. S. Swisher C. C. III Nagao K. 78th Annual…
The number of impact craters on Earth: Any room for further discoveries?
S. Hergarten, T. Kenkmann Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 425, 1 September 2015, Pages 187–192 LINK
Tafassasset: Evidence of early incipient differentiation on a metal-rich chondritic parent body
Thomas Breton, Ghylaine Quitté, Michael J. Toplis, Marc Monnereau, Jean-Louis Birck, Christa Göpel, Cyril Charles Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 425, 1 September 2015, Pages 193–203 LINK
Martian Noble Gases in Recently Found Shergottites, Nakhlites, and Breccia Northwest Africa 8114
Busemann H., Seiler S., Wieler R., Kuga M., Maden C., Irving A. J., Clay P. L., Joy K. H. 78th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2015), abstract #5235 abstract (PDF)
Chromium Isotopes in Ordovician Fossil Meteorites and the Quest for the Impactor that Broke Up the L-Chondrite Parent Body
Schmitz B., Yin Q.-Z., Sanborn M. E., Tassinari M. 78th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2015), abstract #5037 abstract (PDF)
A Fireball from an Aten Type Orbit Over Germany and Switzerland
Wimmer K., Gnos E., Heinlein D., Hofmann B. 78th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2015), abstract #5355 LINK
Tirhert — July 2014 — Eucrite Fall in Morocco
Chennaoui Aoudjehane H., Agee C. B., Irving A. J., Garvie L. A. J., Ziegler K., Jambon A., Weber P. 78th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2015), abstract #5197 LINK
Noble Gases of the Jinju (H5) Meteorite Fell on March 9, 2014, in Korea
Nagao K., Haba M. K., Lee J. I., Kim T., Lee M. J. 78th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2015), abstract #5027 abstract
Overgrowth Layers on Olivine Phenocrysts in High-FeO Semarkona Chondrules Revealed by P, Fe, and Cr X-Ray Maps: Evidence for Multiple Melting of Chondrules
Rubin A. E. * Baecker B. Wasson J. T. 78th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2015), abstract #5033 abstract (PDF)
Overgrowth Layers on Pyroxene in an FeO-Rich Porphyritic Chondrule in CO3.0 Y-81020
Baecker B. Rubin A. E. Wasson J. T. 78th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2015), abstract #5082 abstract (PDF)
Many Chondrule Melting Events; Multiple Overgrowths in Chondrules and Recycled Grains; Lightning as Heat Source
Wasson J. T. Baecker B. Rubin A. E. 78th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2015), abstract #5145 abstract (PDF)
Anomalous Oxygen Isotopic Compositions of Unequilibrated but Supposedly Ordinary Chondrites, Including Ungrouped Silica-Bearing Chondrite Jiddat Al Harasis 846
Ziegler K., Irving A. J., Kuehner S. M., Sipiera P. P. 78th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2015) Berkeley, USA July 27-31 2015 PDF (abstract)
Jinju H5 Chondrite: A New Fall in Korea Having Numerous Vugs Filled with Vapor-Phase Crystallized Minerals
Choi B.-G., Kim H., Kim H., Lee J. I., Kim T. H., Ahn I., Yi K., Hong T. E. 78th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2015) Berkeley, USA July 27-31 2015 PDF (abstract)
