![[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](https://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](https://karmaka.de/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/attachment-660x330.jpg)
The nature of insoluble organic matter in Sutter’s Mill and Murchison carbonaceous chondrites: Testing the effect of x-ray computed tomography and exploring parent body organic molecular evolution
George D. Cody, Conel M. O’D. Alexander, Dionysis I. Foustoukos, Henner Busemann, Scott Eckley, Aaron S. Burton, Eve L. Berger, Michael Nuevo, Scott A. Sandford, Daniel P. Glavin, Jason P. Dworkin, Harold C. Connolly Jr,…
The Magnesium Isotope Composition of Samples Returned from Asteroid RyuguOPEN ACCESS
Martin Bizzarro, Martin Schiller, Tetsuya Yokoyama, Yoshinari Abe, Jérôme Aléon, Conel M. O’D. Alexander, Sachiko Amari, Yuri Amelin, Ken-ichi Bajo, Audrey Bouvier et al The Astrophysical Journal Letters, Volume 958, Number 2Published: 2023 November 24…
The impact history and prolonged magmatism of the angrite parent bodyOPEN ACCESS
B. G. Rider-Stokes, M. Anand, L. F. White, J. R. Darling, R. Tartèse, M. J. Whitehouse, I. Franchi, R. C. Greenwood, G. Degli-Alessandrini MAPSVersion of Record online: 27 November 2023 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS)…
Olivine microstructure and thermometry in olivine-phyric shergottites Sayh al Uhaymir 005 and Dar al Gani 476OPEN ACCESS
Eleanor S. Jennings, Peter Coull MAPSVersion of Record online: 27 November 2023 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Olivine-phyric shergottites are relatively young Martian meteorites that resemble primitive mantle-derived melts, so offer insight into the causes…
Zircon Microstructures in Large, Deeply Eroded Impact Structures and Terrestrial SeismitesOPEN ACCESS
A. A. Garde, L. Johansson, N. Keulen, A. Schreiber, R. Wirth Journal of Petrology, Volume 64, Issue 11, November 2023Published: 25 October 2023 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Extraterrestrial cratering was a critical component in…
Mineralogical anatomy of the Cr-rich quenched angrite Northwest Africa 12774: Implication to mantle heterogeneity
Yang He, Ai-Cheng Zhang, Yongbo Peng, Jia Liu, Liping Qin Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 23 November 2023 LINK “Angrites are a small group of basaltic meteorites and their origin is…
Investigating the role of incident ion flux in solar wind space weathering of carbon-rich asteroidal regolith via H+and He+irradiation of the Murchison meteorite
D.L. Laczniak, M.S. Thompson, R. Christoffersen, C.A. Dukes, R.V. Morris, L.P. Keller IcarusIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 23 November 2023 LINK “We present results from a set of low and high flux 1 keV/amu H+…
Nanophase magnetite in matrix of anomalous EL3 chondrite Northwest Africa (NWA) 8785
M. K. Weisberg, M. E. Zolensky, M. Kimura, K. T. Howard, D. S. Ebel, M. L. Gray, C. M. O’D. Alexander MAPSVersion of Record online: 23 November 2023 LINK “NWA 8785 is a remarkable EL3…
Geophysical and structural analyses of the Middlesboro impact structure, Kentucky, USA: Reactivation of a thrust detachment of the Appalachian foreland fold-and-thrust beltOPEN ACCESS
Lars Wihanto, Thomas Kenkmann MAPSVersion of Record online: 23 November 2023 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “This paper reports on the Middlesboro impact structure (36°37′03″ N; 83°43′39″ W), a complex impact structure located in the Appalachian foreland…
Campo del Cielo modeling and comparison with observations: II. Funnels and cratersOPEN ACCESS
R. Luther, A. Schmalen, N. Artemieva MAPSVersion of Record online: 22 November 2023 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The Campo del Cielo impact structure exhibits several penetration funnels and impact craters. Here, we model the…
Mineralogy and petrology of fine-grained samples recovered from the asteroid (162173) Ryugu
Takaaki Noguchi, Toru Matsumoto, Akira Miyake, Yohei Igami, Mitsutaka Haruta, Hikaru Saito, Satoshi Hata, Yusuke Seto, Masaaki Miyahara, Naotaka Tomioka, Hope A. Ishii, John P. Bradley, Kenta K. Ohtaki, Elena Dobrică, Hugues Leroux, Corentin Le…
Deciphering recycling processes during solar system evolution from magnesium-rich relict olivine grains in type II chondrules
Gabriel A. Pinto, Emmanuel Jacquet, Alexandre Corgne, Felipe Olivares, Johan Villeneuve, Yves Marrocchi Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 21 November 2023 LINK “Ferromagnesian chondrules present a remarkable dichotomy between reduced (type…
The iron oxidation state of Ryugu samples
Mathieu Roskosz, Pierre Beck, Jean-Christophe Viennet, Tomoki Nakamura, Barbara Lavina, Michael Y. Hu, Jiyong Zhao, Esen E. Alp, Yoshio Takahashi, Tomoyo Morita, Kana Amano, Hisayoshi Yurimoto, Takaaki Noguchi, Ryuji Okazaki, Hikaru Yabuta, Hiroshi Naraoka, Kanako…
Pervasive aqueous alteration in the early Solar System revealed by potassium isotopic variations in Ryugu samples and carbonaceous chondrites
Yan Hu, Frédéric Moynier, Wei Dai, Marine Paquet, Tetsuya Yokoyama, Yoshinari Abe, Jérôme Aléon, Conel M.O’D. Alexander, Sachiko Amari, Yuri Amelin, Ken-ichi Bajo, Martin Bizzarro, Audrey Bouvier, Richard W. Carlson, Marc Chaussidon, Byeon-Gak Choi, Nicolas…
Search for carbonaceous chondrites evidence on Vesta through the detection of carbonatesOPEN ACCESS
G. Massa, E. Palomba, A. Longobardo, M. Angrisani, C. Gisellu, F. Dirri, M.C. De Sanctis, A. Raponi, F.G. Carrozzo, M. Ciarniello IcarusIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 15 November 2023 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) “Highlights Study…
A curation for uncontaminated Hayabusa2-returned samples in the extraterrestrial curation center of JAXA: from the beginning to present dayOPEN ACCESS
Toru Yada, Masanao Abe, Masahiro Nishimura, Hirotaka Sawada, Ryuji Okazaki, Yoshinori Takano, Kanako Sakamoto, Tatsuaki Okada, Aiko Nakato, Miwa Yoshitake, Yuki Nakano, Kasumi Yogata, Akiko Miyazaki, Shizuho Furuya, Ayako S. Iwamae, Shunichi Nakatsubo, Kentaro Hatakeda,…
Phyllosilicates with embedded Fe-based nanophases in Ryugu and Orgueil
Hugues Leroux, Corentin Le Guillou, Maya Marinova, Sylvain Laforet, Jean-Christophe Viennet, Bahae-Eddine Mouloud, Adrien Teurtrie, Francisco de la Peña, Damien Jacob, Daniel Hallatt, Mario Pelaez Fernandez, David Troadec, Takaaki Noguchi, Toru Matsumoto, Akira Miyake, Yohei…
Nondestructive determination of the physical properties of Antarctic meteorites: Importance for the meteorite—parent body connectionOPEN ACCESS
T. A. Harvey, J. L. MacArthur, K. H. Joy, D. Sykes, N. V. Almeida, R. H. Jones MAPSVersion of Record online: 14 November 2023 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Photogrammetry is a low-cost, nondestructive approach…
A newly revised estimation of bulk densities and examination of the shape of individual Ryugu grainsOPEN ACCESS
Toru Yada, Kasumi Yogata, Kentaro Hatakeda, Aiko Nakato, Masahiro Nishimura, Kana Nagashima, Kazuya Kumagai, Yuya Hitomi, Hiromichi Soejima, Rui Tahara, Rei Kanemaru, Arisa Nakano, Miwa Yoshitake, Ayako Iwamae, Shizuho Furuya, Akira Tsuchiyama, Shogo Tachibana, Tatsuhiro…
Critique of arXiv submission2308.15623, “Discovery of Spherules of Likely Extrasolar Composition in the Pacific Ocean Site of the CNEOS 2014-01-08 (IM1) Bolide”, by A. Loeb et alOPEN ACCESS
Steve Desch, Alan Jackson PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Recently a manuscript by Loeb et al. was uploaded to arXiv (preprint2308.15623) that asserted that the CNEOS bolide 2014-01-08 was interstellar; that spherules recovered from the seafloor near…
Compositional heterogeneity of insoluble organic matter extracted from asteroid Ryugu samples
Eric Quirico, Lydie Bonal, Yoko Kebukawa, Kana Amano, Hikaru Yabuta, Van T. H. Phan, Pierre Beck, Laurent Rémusat, Emmanuel Dartois, Cecile Engrand, Zita Martins, Laure Bejach, Alexandre Dazzi, Ariane Deniset-Besseau, Jean Duprat, Jérémie Mathurin, Gilles…
The water content of CM carbonaceous chondrite falls and finds, and their susceptibility to terrestrial contaminationOPEN ACCESS
Martin R. Lee, Lydia J. Hallis, Luke Daly, Adrian J. Boyce MAPSVersion of Record online: 12 November 2023 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “CM carbonaceous chondrites can be used to constrain the abundance and H…
Plenoptic imaging of meteorite shape change during plasma wind tunnel experiments
M. Eberhart, S. Loehle, J. Vaubaillon, P. Matlovič, J. Tóth IcarusAvailable online 11 November 2023, 115868 LINK “Experimental meteors are produced by exposing samples of meteoritic material to an air plasma flow in an arcjet…
Meteorite temperature measurements during ground testing
David Leiser, Christian Dürnhofer, Erik Poloni, Stefan Löhle, Pavol Matlovič, Juraj Tóth, Jérémie Vaubaillon IcarusAvailable online 11 November 2023, 115867 LINK “Ground testing meteorite samples offer in-situ measurements of known materials in conditions that occur…
Water circulation in Ryugu asteroid affected the distribution of nucleosynthetic isotope anomalies in returned sampleOPEN ACCESS
Tetsuya Yokoyama Meenakshi Wadhwa Tsuyoshi Iizuka Vinai Rai Ikshu Gautam Yuki Hibiya Yuki Masuda Makiko K. Haba Ryota Fukai Rebekah Hines Nicole Phelan Yoshinari Abe Jérôme Aléon Conel M. O’D. Alexander Sachiko Amari Yuri Amelin…
Cosmogenic radionuclides in the Cavezzo meteorite: Gamma-ray measurement and detection efficiency simulationsOPEN ACCESS
Ilaria Bizzarri, Dario Barghini, Paolo Colombetti, Daniele Gardiol, Sara Rubinetti, Salvatore Mancuso, Mario Di Martino, Giovanni Pratesi, Vanni Moggi Cecchi, Nora Groschopf, Andrea Aquino, Matthias Laubenstein, Narendra Bhandari, Carla Taricco Applied Radiation and IsotopesVolume 194,…
Trace elements in IVA iron meteorites explained by limited solid–liquid equilibration during inward solidification
Zhongtian Zhang IcarusAvailable online 7 November 2023, 115860 LINK “Iron meteorites are windows into the formation and evolution of planetesimal cores. The trace element compositions of IVA iron meteorites are enigmatic; specifically, to explain the…
Thermal decomposition as the activity driver of near-Earth asteroid (3200) Phaethon
Eric MacLennan & Mikael Granvik Nature AstronomyPublished: 02 November 2023 LINK “Near-Earth asteroid (3200) Phaethon exhibits activity during its perihelion passage at 0.14 au from the Sun and is the likely parent body of the annual…
Half-life of the nuclear cosmochronometer 176Lu measured with a windowless 4π solid angle scintillation detectorOPEN ACCESS
Takehito Hayakawa, Toshiyuki Shizuma & Tsuyoshi Iizuka Communications Physics, Volume 6, Article number: 299Published: 03 November 2023 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The 176Lu-176Hf nuclear decay is a powerful tool to measure the age of…
Chemical and genetic characterization of the ungrouped pallasite LieksaOPEN ACCESS
Emily M. Chiappe, Richard D. Ash, Arto Luttinen, Sari Lukkari, Jukka Kuva, Connor D. Hilton, Richard J. Walker MAPSVersion of Record online: 03 November 2023 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The meteorite Lieksa was found…
Petrogenesis of the Dar al Gani (DaG) 1.1 Ma ejection-paired olivine-phyric shergottites and implications for ~470 Ma Martian volcanismOPEN ACCESS
Tarryn Aucamp, Geoffrey H. Howarth, Chad J. Peel, Gelu Costin, James M. D. Day, Petrus le Roux, James M. Scott, Ansgar Greshake, Rainer Bartoschewitz MAPS Version of Record online: 01 November 2023 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF…
Moon-forming impactor as a source of Earth’s basal mantle anomalies
Qian Yuan, Mingming Li, Steven J. Desch, Byeongkwan Ko, Hongping Deng, Edward J. Garnero, Travis S. J. Gabriel, Jacob A. Kegerreis, Yoshinori Miyazaki, Vincent Eke & Paul D. Asimow Nature, Volume 623, pages 95–99Published: 01…
OSIRIS-APEX: An OSIRIS-REx Extended Mission to Asteroid ApophisOPEN ACCESS
Daniella N. DellaGiustina, Michael C. Nolan, Anjani T. Polit, Michael C. Moreau, Dathon R. Golish, Amy A. Simon, Coralie D. Adam, Peter G. Antreasian, Ronald-Louis Ballouz, Olivier S. Barnouin et al. The Planetary Science Journal,…
Nanostructural domains in martian apatites that record primary subsolidus exsolution of halogens: Insights into nakhlite petrogenesis
Marina Martínez, Charles K. Shearer, Adrian J. Brearley American MineralogistVolume 108, Number 11 LINK “The microstructures of selected F-, Cl-, and OH-bearing martian apatite grains, two in Northwest Africa (NWA) 998 (cumulus apatites, embedded in…
The Golden Meteorite Fall: Fireball Trajectory, Orbit and Meteorite CharacterizationOPEN ACCESS
P. G. Brown, P. J. A. McCausland, A. R. Hildebrand, L. T. J. Hanton, L. M. Eckart, H. Busemann, D. Krietsch, C. Maden, K. Welten, M. W. Caffee, M. Laubenstein, D. Vida, F. Ciceri, E….
Xeno Amino Acids: A look into biochemistry as we don’t know itOPEN ACCESS
Sean M. Brown, Christopher Mayer-Bacon, Stephen Freeland Preprint, to be submitted to Life LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (DOWNLOAD) “Would another origin of life resemble Earth’s biochemistry? Here, consider that question specifically in terms of amino acids,…
The vesiculated layer in the anomalous diogenite Northwest Africa 12973
Lidia Pittarello, Ludovic Ferrière, Stepan M. Chernonozhkin, Frank Vanhaecke, Steven Goderis MAPSVersion of Record online: 27 October 2023 LINK “Diogenites, which are part of the howardite–eucrite–diogenite (HED) group, are considered to represent rocks from the…
Oort cloud perturbations as a source of hyperbolic Earth impactorsOPEN ACCESS
Eloy Peña-Asensio, Jaakko Visuri, Josep M. Trigo-Rodríguez, Hector Socas-Navarro, Maria Gritsevich, Markku Siljama, Albert Rimola IcarusAvailable online 26 October 2023, 115844 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) “Highlights Analyzed FH1, the first hyperbolic meteor detected by the Finnish…
Meteoroid ablation simulations with ESA’s SCARAB software
Maximilian Vovk, Detlef Koschny, Michael Frühauf, Christian Gscheidle, Urs Hugentobler, Valentin Heumann, Tobias Lips, Bent Fritsche, Maximilian Maigler, Valentina Pessina, Jiří Šilha, Juraj Tóth, Veronika Pazderová, Pavol Matlovič Planetary and Space ScienceIn Press, Journal Pre-proof,…
Geophysical evidence for an enriched molten silicate layer above Mars’s coreOPEN ACCESS
Henri Samuel, Mélanie Drilleau, Attilio Rivoldini, Zongbo Xu, Quancheng Huang, Raphaël F. Garcia, Vedran Lekić, Jessica C. E. Irving, James Badro, Philippe H. Lognonné, James A. D. Connolly, Taichi Kawamura, Tamara Gudkova & William B….
Evidence for a liquid silicate layer atop the Martian coreOPEN ACCESS
A. Khan, D. Huang, C. Durán, P. A. Sossi, D. Giardini & M. Murakami Nature, Volume 622, pages 718–723 (2023) LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Seismic recordings made during the InSight mission1 suggested that Mars’s…
Nature and timing of a significant reduction event on the L-chondrite parent asteroidOPEN ACCESS
Alan E. Rubin, Brent D. Turrin MAPS, Version of Record online: 26 October 2023 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “About 17% of L6 chondrites (15/87) show significant reduction features in BSE images in thin section….
Astronomical withdrawals: a green criminological examination of extreme energy mining on extraterrestrial objectsOPEN ACCESS
Jack Adam Lampkin, Bill W. McClanahan Crime, Law and Social ChangePublished: 26 October 2023 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Mining for natural resources on-Earth is commonplace and dates back over a hundred years at an…
Mapping the Terrain of an Astro-Green Criminology: A Case for Extending the Green Criminological Lens outside of Planet EarthOPEN ACCESS
Jack Lampkin Astropolitics The International Journal of Space Politics and Policy, 8(3):238-259, October 2021 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (DOWNLOAD) “Green criminological scholarship has expanded considerably in the previous two decades. However, criminologists are yet to acknowledge…
Astro-Green Criminology: A New Perspective against Space CapitalismOPEN ACCESS
Takemura Noriyoshi Toin University of Yokohama Research Bulletin, No. 40, June. 2019 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “As outer space expeditions have been actualized in modern history, humankind started to view outer space as another hope and…
Al-Cu-Fe alloys in the solar system: Going inside a Khatyrka-like micrometeorite (KT01) from the Nubian desert, SudanOPEN ACCESS
Chi Ma, Jinping Hu, Martin D. Suttle, Yunbin Guan, Thomas G. Sharp, Paul D. Asimow, Paul J. Steinhardt, Luca Bindi MAPS Version of Record online: 25 October 2023 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “A recently…
GOES GLM, biased bolides, and debiased distributionsOPEN ACCESS
Anthony Ozerov, Jeffrey C. Smith, Jessie L. Dotson, Randolph S. Longenbaugh, Robert L. Morris IcarusIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 24 October 2023 LINK Update (7 November 2023): PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The large combined field…
4.46 Ga zircons anchor chronology of lunar magma oceanOPEN ACCESS
J. Greer, B. Zhang, D. Isheim, D.N. Seidman, A. Bouvier, P.R. Heck Geochemical Perspectives Letters, V27Published 23 October 2023 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The crystallisation ages of lunar samples provide critical constraints on the…
The “Meteorite meter”: A handheld instrument for the combined measurement of magnetic susceptibility and electrical conductivity, with application to meteorite identification and classificationOPEN ACCESS
Minoru Uehara, Jérôme Gattacceca MAPS, Version of Record online: 18 October 2023 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “We developed a simple, handheld, and user-friendly magnetic susceptibility meter specialized for the identification of meteorites. The measurement…
Light noble gases in 11 achondrites: Cosmic ray exposure ages, gas retention ages, and preatmospheric sizes
Thomas Smith, Huaiyu He, Shijie Li, Fei Su MAPS, Version of Record online: 18 October 2023 LINK “We report light noble gas (He, Ne, and Ar) concentrations and isotopic ratios in 11 achondrites, Tafassasset (unclassified…
Abundant extraterrestrial purine nucleobases in the Murchison meteorite: Implications for a unified mechanism for purine synthesis in carbonaceous chondrite parent bodies
Toshiki Koga, Yoshinori Takano, Yasuhiro Oba, Hiroshi Naraoka, Naohiko Ohkouchi Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 18 October 2023 LINK “Extraterrestrial nucleobases are of key interest owing to their implications for the…
Composition and Sticking of Hot Chondritic Dust in a Protoplanetary Hydrogen AtmosphereOPEN ACCESS
Cynthia Pillich, Tabea Bogdan, Janosch Tasto, Joachim Landers, Gerhard Wurm and Heiko Wende The Planetary Science Journal, Volume 4, Number 10 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The sticking properties of dust in early phases of…
Prebiotic Vitamin B3 Synthesis in Carbonaceous PlanetesimalsOPEN ACCESS
Klaus Paschek, Mijin Lee, Dmitry A. Semenov, Thomas K. Henning Accepted for publication in ChemPlusChem. PDF (OPEN ACCESS)Supporting Information “Aqueous chemistry within carbonaceous planetesimals is promising for synthesizing prebiotic organic matter essential to all life….
Physical properties and average atomic numbers of chondrules using computed tomography
Yogita Kadlag, David Haberthür, Ingo Leya, Ruslan Hlushchuk, Klaus Mezger Planetary and Space ScienceAvailable online 17 October 2023, 105799 LINK “Micro-computed tomography is a fast and essentially non-destructive technique for studying 3D properties of solid…
Microbial growth in actual martian regolith in the form of Mars meteorite EETA79001OPEN ACCESS
Neveda Naz, Bijan F. Harandi, Jacob Newmark & Samuel P. Kounaves Communications Earth & Environment, Volume 4, Article number: 381 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Studies to understand the growth of organisms on Mars are…
Cyanide Abundance and Soluble Organic Composition in Highly Aqueously Altered CM Chondrites
Rachel A. Reichow, Patrick K. Schwartz, Karen E. Smith, and Michael P. Callahan ACS Earth Space Chem. 2023Publication Date: October 16, 2023 LINK “Spectroscopic measurements of regolith collected from asteroid Bennu identified magnesium-rich phyllosilicates indicative…
Soluble organic matter Molecular atlas of Ryugu reveals cold hydrothermalism on C-type asteroid parent bodyOPEN ACCESS
Philippe Schmitt-Kopplin, Norbert Hertkorn, Mourad Harir, Franco Moritz, Marianna Lucio, Lydie Bonal, Eric Quirico, Yoshinori Takano, Jason P. Dworkin, Hiroshi Naraoka, Shogo Tachibana, Tomoki Nakamura, Takaaki Noguchi, Ryuji Okazaki, Hikaru Yabuta, Hisayoshi Yurimoto, Kanako Sakamoto,…
Evaporation of moderately volatile elements from metal and sulfide melts: Implications for volatile element abundances in magmatic iron meteorites
E.S. Steenstra, C.J. Renggli, J. Berndt, S. Klemme Earth and Planetary Science LettersVolume 622, 15 November 2023, 118406 LINK “Volatile element abundances in magmatic iron meteorites provide fundamental insights into the processing of volatile elements…
Ice Sublimation in Planetesimals Formed at the Outward Migrating SnowlineOPEN ACCESS
Zhongtian Zhang The Astrophysical Journal Letters, Volume 956, Number 1 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Isotopic studies of meteorites suggest that planetesimals were formed as two distinct populations: noncarbonaceous (NC) and carbonaceous (CC) reservoirs. A…
Dynamical feasibility of (3) Juno as a parent body of the H chondrites
John W. Noonan, Kathryn Volk, David Nesvorný, William F. Bottke IcarusIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 12 October 2023 LINK “We test the hypothesis that (3) Juno is a parent body of the H chondrites…
Age and genetic relationships among CB, CH and CR chondritesOPEN ACCESS
Elias Wölfer, Gerrit Budde, Thorsten Kleine Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, In Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 7 October 2023 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The carbonaceous Bencubbin-like (CB), high-metal (CH), and Renazzo-like (CR) chondrites…
Importance of asteroid sample return
Nature Geoscience, Volume 16, page 833Editorial. Published: 06 October 2023 LINK “On 24 September, OSIRIS-REx landed in the Utah desert with a cache of approximately two hundred grams of rock from the asteroid 101955 Bennu….
Space weathering record and pristine state of Ryugu samples from MicrOmega spectral analysis
T. Le Pivert-Jolivet, R. Brunetto, C. Pilorget, J.-P. Bibring, A. Nakato, V. Hamm, K. Hatakeda, C. Lantz, D. Loizeau, L. Riu, K. Yogata, D. Baklouti, F. Poulet, A. Aléon-Toppani, J. Carter, Y. Langevin, T. Okada,…
The thermal history of Ryugu based on Raman characterization of Hayabusa2 samples
Lydie Bonal, Eric Quirico, Gilles Montagnac, Mutsumi Komatsu, Yoko Kebukawa, Hikaru Yabuta, Kana Amano, Jens Barosch, Laure Bejach, George D. Cody, Emmanuel Dartois, Alexandre Dazzi, Bradley De Gregorio, Ariane Deniset-Besseau, Jean Duprat, Cécile Engrand, Minako…
Calcium-aluminum-rich inclusion found in the Ivuna CI chondrite: Are CI chondrites a good proxy for the bulk composition of the solar system?
David R. Frank, Gary R. Huss, Michael E. Zolensky, Kazuhide Nagashima, Loan Le MAPS, Version of Record online: 04 October 2023 LINK “Cosmochemists have relied on CI carbonaceous chondrites as proxies for chemical composition of…
Microstructures in shocked quartz: linking nuclear airbursts and meteorite impacts
Robert E. Hermes, Hans-Rudolf Wenk, James P. Kennett, Ted E. Bunch, Christopher R. Moore, Malcolm A. LeCompte, Gunther Kletetschka, A. Victor Adedeji, Kurt Langworthy, Joshua J. Razink, Valerie Brogden, Brian van Devener, Jesus Paulo Perez,…
Abu Hureyra, Syria, Part 1: Shock-fractured quartz grains support 12,800-year-old cosmic airburst at the Younger Dryas onsetOPEN ACCESS
Andrew M.T. Moore, James P. Kennett, Malcolm A. LeCompte, Christopher R. Moore, Yong-Qing Li, Gunther Kletetschka, Kurt Langworthy, Joshua J. Razink, Valerie Brogden, Brian van Devener, Jesus Paulo Perez, Randy Polson, Siddhartha Mitra, Wendy S….
Abu Hureyra, Syria, Part 2: Additional evidence supporting the catastrophic destruction of this prehistoric village by a cosmic airburst ~12,800 years agoOPEN ACCESS
Andrew M.T. Moore, James P. Kennett, William M. Napier, Ted E. Bunch, James C. Weaver, Malcolm A. LeCompte, A. Victor Adedeji, Gunther Kletetschka, Robert E. Hermes, c , James H. Wittke, Joshua J. Razink, Kurt…
Abu Hureyra, Syria, Part 3: Comet airbursts triggered major climate change 12,800 years ago that initiated the transition to agricultureOPEN ACCESS
Andrew M.T. Moore, James P. Kennett, William M. Napier, Malcolm A. LeCompte, Christopher R. Moore, Allen West Airbursts and Cratering Impacts, 28 September 2023 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) “This study investigates the hypothesis that Earth collided…
Roughness and Angularity of Fragments from Meteorite Disruption ExperimentsOPEN ACCESS
Gabriel Gowman, Desireé Cotto-Figueroa, Andrew Ryan, Laurence A. J. Garvie, Christian G. Hoover and Erik Asphaug The Planetary Science Journal, Volume 4, Number 10 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “In this study, we set out…
Microstructural characterization and mechanical behavior of Aba Panu meteorite by correlative microscopy and nanoindentation
Tai-Jan Huang, Sridhar Niverty, Arun Sundar, Nikhilesh Chawla Materials CharacterizationVolume 205, November 2023, 113331 LINK “Highlights Correlative microscopy was used to quantify complex microstructure of Aba Panu meteorite. Nanoindentation was used to obtain mechanical properties…
Outgassing Composition of the Murchison Meteorite: Implications for Volatile Depletion of Planetesimals and Interior-atmosphere Connections for Terrestrial ExoplanetsOPEN ACCESS
Maggie A. Thompson, Myriam Telus, Graham Harper Edwards, Laura Schaefer, Jasmeet Dhaliwal, Brian Dreyer, Jonathan J. Fortney and Kyle Kim The Planetary Science Journal, Volume 4, Number 10 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Outgassing is…
Fossil and present-day stromatolite ooids contain a meteoritic polymer of glycine and ironOPEN ACCESS
Julie E M McGeoch, Anton J Frommelt, Robin L Owen, David Lageson, Malcolm W McGeoch PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Hemoglycin, a space polymer of glycine and iron, has been identified in the carbonaceous chondritic meteorites Allende,…
Meteoritic Molybdenum and Ruthenium Isotopic Abundances Document Nucleosynthetic p-process ComponentsOPEN ACCESS
Kurt Marti, Mario Fischer-Gödde, and Carina Proksche The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 956, Number 1 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Anomalies in isotopic abundances of Mo and Ru in solar system matter were found to document…
High precision triple oxygen isotope composition of small size urban micrometeorites indicating constant influx composition in the early geologic pastOPEN ACCESS
Fabian Zahnow, Tido Stracke, Tommaso di Rocco, Thilo Hasse, Andreas Pack MAPSVersion of Record online: 29 September 2023 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “In this study, we present a method for high precision Δ′17O (Δ′17ORL = ln(δ17O + 1)…
Meteorite material luminous efficiencies from ground testing of meteoroid entry
S. Loehle, J. Vaubaillon, P. Matlovič, J. Tóth IcarusAvailable online 29 September 2023, 115817 LINK “The paper reports the determination of luminous efficiency values from ground testing of a comprehensive set of meteorite samples. The…
Emission spectroscopy at high frame rates during ablation tests of meteorite samples in plasma wind tunnel
R. Ravichandran, S. Loehle, F. Hufgard, D. Leiser, F. Zander, L. Ferrière, J. Vaubaillon, P. Matlovič, J. Tóth IcarusAvailable online 28 September 2023, 115818 LINK “Optical emission spectra between 522-580 nm of ablating meteorites have…
Bayesian Inference on the Isotopic Building Blocks of Mars and EarthOPEN ACCESS
Nicolas Dauphas, Timo Hopp, David Nesvorny Submitted to Icarus June 30, 2023, Accepted September 16, 2023 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Isotopic anomalies provide a means of probing the materials responsible for the formation of terrestrial planets….
Space weathering acts strongly on the uppermost surface of RyuguOPEN ACCESS
Moe Matsuoka, Ei-ichi Kagawa, Kana Amano, Tomoki Nakamura, Eri Tatsumi, Takahito Osawa, Takahiro Hiroi, Ralph Milliken, Deborah Domingue, Driss Takir, Rosario Brunetto, Antonella Barucci, Kohei Kitazato, Seiji Sugita, Yuri Fujioka, Osamu Sasaki, Shiho Kobayashi, Takahiro…
Production rates of cosmogenic nuclides in extraterrestrial material using GEANT4 softwareOPEN ACCESS
Patrik Čechvala, Róbert Breier & Jozef Masarik Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear ChemistryPublished: 27 September 2023 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “We present a model for the calculation of the production rates of cosmogenic nuclides…
Assessing the Effect of Aqueous Alteration on Soluble Organic Matter in Primitive Carbonaceous Chondrites: The Case of Asuka 12236
Coline Serra, Vassilissa Vinogradoff, Pauline Poinot, Quentin Blancart Remaury, Fabrice Duvernay, Louis Le Sergeant d’Hendecourt, Grégoire Danger, Philippe Claeys, Steven Goderis, and Philippe Schmitt-Kopplin ACS Earth and Space ChemistryPublication Date: September 25, 2023 LINK “Carbonaceous…
Grain Size Effects on UV–MIR (0.2–14μm) Spectra of Carbonaceous Chondrite GroupsOPEN ACCESS
David C. Cantillo, Vishnu Reddy, Adam Battle, Benjamin N. L. Sharkey, Neil C. Pearson, Tanner Campbell, Akash Satpathy, Mario De Florio, Roberto Furfaro and Juan Sanchez The Planetary Science Journal, Volume 4, Number 9 LINK…
The effect of Jupiter on the CAI storage problemOPEN ACCESS
Stefan Jongejan, Carsten Dominik, Cornelis Dullemond Astronomy & Astrophysics manuscript, September 26, 2023 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “By studying the distribution of calcium-aluminium-rich inclusions (CAIs) that are embedded within meteorites, we can learn about the dynamical…
A Review of Infrasound and Seismic Observations of Sample Return Capsules Since the End of the Apollo Era in Anticipation of the OSIRIS-REx ArrivalOPEN ACCESS
Elizabeth A. Silber, Daniel C. Bowman and Sarah Albert Atmosphere 2023, 14(10), 1473, Review article LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (DOWNLOAD) “Advancements in space exploration and sample return technology present a unique opportunity to leverage sample return…
The chondritic impactor origin of the Ni-rich component in Australasian tektites and microtektitesOPEN ACCESS
L. Folco, P. Rochette, M. D’Orazio, M. Masotta Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 23 September 2023 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) “In the Earth’s crust, Ni is generally concentrated in mafic and ultramafic…
Phyllosilicate decomposition on Bennu due to prolonged surface exposure
Romy D. Hanna, Victoria E. Hamilton, Chris H. Haberle, Hannah H. Kaplan, Cateline Lantz, Phil R. Christensen, Amy A. Simon, Dennis C. Reuter IcarusAvailable online 23 September 2023, 115809 LINK “The Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource…
Mineralogy, petrology, and oxygen isotopic compositions of chondritic and achondritic lithologies in the anomalous CB carbonaceous chondrites Sierra Gorda 013 and Fountain Hills
Alexander N. Krot, Kazuhide Nagashima, Marina A. Ivanova, Dante Lauretta, Guy Libourel, Brandon C. Johnson, Frank E. Brenker, Viktoria Hoffman, Martin Bizzarro MAPSVersion of Record online: 20 September 2023 LINK “The CB (Bencubbin-like) metal-rich carbonaceous…
An early giant planet instability recorded in asteroidal meteoritesOPEN ACCESS
Graham Harper Edwards, C. Brenhin Keller, Elisabeth R. Newton, Cameron W. Stewart Under review at Nature Astronomy PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Giant planet migration appears widespread among planetary systems in our Galaxy. However, the timescales of…
Assessment of meteoroid pre-atmospheric diameter from brightness measurements prior to fragmentationOPEN ACCESS
Christopher O. Johnston, Eric C. Stern IcarusAvailable online 20 September 2023, 115807 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) “Highlights New method developed for determining a meteoroid diameter based on the measured lightcurve. New method is made feasible by…
A unified intensity of the magnetic field in the protoplanetary disk from the Winchcombe meteoriteOPEN ACCESS
James F. J. Bryson, Claire I. O. Nichols, Conall Mac Niocaill MAPSVersion of Record online: 19 September 2023 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “One key feature of our protoplanetary disk that shaped its transformation into…
Chemical evolution of primordial salts and organic sulfur molecules in the asteroid 162173 RyuguOPEN ACCESS
Toshihiro Yoshimura, Yoshinori Takano, Hiroshi Naraoka, Toshiki Koga, Daisuke Araoka, Nanako O. Ogawa, Philippe Schmitt-Kopplin, Norbert Hertkorn, Yasuhiro Oba, Jason P. Dworkin, José C. Aponte, Takaaki Yoshikawa, Satoru Tanaka, Naohiko Ohkouchi, Minako Hashiguchi, Hannah McLain,…
SIMS U-Pb dating of micro-zircons in the lunar meteorites Dhofar 1528 and Dhofar 1627OPEN ACCESS
Bidong Zhang, Yangting Lin, Jialong Hao, Devin L. Schrader, Meenakshi Wadhwa, Randy L. Korotev, William K. Hartmann, Audrey Bouvier MAPSVersion of Record online: 19 September 2023 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “About half of the…
Saint-Pierre-le-Viger (L5-6) from asteroid 2023 CX1 recovered in the Normandy, France — 220 years after the historic fall of L’Aigle (L6 breccia) in the neighborhoodOPEN ACCESS
Addi Bischoff, Markus Patzek, Tommaso Di Rocco, Andreas Pack, Aleksandra Stojic, Jasper Berndt, Stefan Peters MAPSVersion of Record online: 15 September 2023 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “On February 13, 2023, a huge fireball was…
Synchronising rock clocks of Mars’ history: Resolving the shergottite 40Ar/39Ar age paradoxOPEN ACCESS
Benjamin E. Cohen, Darren F. Mark, William S. Cassata, Lara M. Kalnins, Martin R. Lee, Caroline L. Smith, David L. Shuster Earth and Planetary Science LettersVolume 621, 1 November 2023, 118373 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN…
Ménétréol-sur-Sauldre (prov.) meteorite fall (714 g, H5 ?) in Ménétréol-sur-Sauldre, Sauldre et Sologne, Cher, Centre-Val de Loire, France at ~22:13:38-48 UTC on 9 September 2023 (~00:13:38-48 CEST, 10 September 2023)
Last update: 16 October 2023, 09:29 CEST On 13 September 2023 Vigie-Ciel reported the finding of a meteorite, including a rare recording of the sound the meteorite made on impact. On 12 September 2023 Vigie-Ciel…
Qantitative mineral analysis of (99942) Apophis using reflectance spectroscopy
PengYue Wang, Edward Cloutis, XiaoPing Zhang, Ye Su, YunZhao Wu MAPSVersion of Record online: 11 September 2023 LINK “The impact threat of some near-Earth Asteroids (NEAs) drives our need to understand their mineral compositions. Quantitative…
Fine-grained chondrule rims in Mighei-like carbonaceous chondrites: Evidence for a nebular origin and modification by impacts and recurrent solar radiation heating
Xeynab Mouti Al-Hashimi, Jemma Davidson, Devin L. Schrader, Emma S. Bullock MAPSVersion of Record online: 12 September 2023 LINK “The Mighei-like carbonaceous (CM) chondrites, the most abundant carbonaceous chondrite group by number, further our understanding…
Characterization of iron meteorites by scanning electron microscopy, x-ray diffraction, magnetization measurements, and Mössbauer spectroscopy: Mundrabilla IAB-ung
M. V. Goryunov, G. Varga, Z. Dankházi, A. V. Chukin, I. Felner, E. Kuzmann, V. I. Grokhovsky, Z. Homonnay, M. I. Oshtrakh MAPSVersion of Record online: 11 September 2023 LINK “A fragment of Mundrabilla IAB-ung…
Overview of the MetSpec project – Artificial meteors in ground testing
Juraj Tóth, Pavol Matlovič, Stefan Loehle, Jérémie Vaubaillon, Adriana Pisarčíková, David Leiser, Felix Grigat, Martin Eberhart, Fabian Hufgard, Ranjith Ravichandran, Erik Poloni, Igor Hoerner, Christian Duernhofer, Sara Delahaie, Ludovic Ferrière, Sylvian Rommeluere, Nicolas Rambaux IcarusAvailable…
Oued el Kechbi (L4) registered as probable meteorite fall (Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra, Morocco, ~2 pm UTC, 3 March 2023)
Last update: 10 September 2023 Meteorites reportedly found in close spacial and temporal proximity to a humanly observed bolide event at about 2 p.m. (UTC) on 3 March 2023 above northern Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra in…
Petrology and shock history of the first depleted-like poikilitic shergottite Asuka 12325OPEN ACCESS
Atsushi Takenouchi, Akira Yamaguchi, Takashi Mikouchi, Richard Greenwood, Sojiro Yamazaki MAPSVersion of Record online: 07 September 2023 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Asuka (A) 12325 is the first poikilitic shergottite having a depleted pattern in…
Discussion of the unique “eclogitic” clast reported from Northwest Africa 801 (CR2) and the possibility of ejection of foundered crust from deep in a molten Moon-sized projectileOPEN ACCESS
Edward R. D. Scott, Ian S. Sanders, Erik Asphaug, Emma L. Tomlinson MAPSVersion of Record online: 07 September 2023 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “A unique 2 mm-wide clast of fine-grained garnet–omphacite peridotite with chondritic chemistry…
Isotopic constraints on genetic relationships among group IIIF iron meteorites, Fitzwater Pass, and the Zinder pallasiteOPEN ACCESS
Jonas Pape, Bidong Zhang, Fridolin Spitzer, Alan Rubin, Thorsten Kleine Accepted for publication in Meteoritics & Planetary Science, pre-proof PDF (OPEN ACCESS) UPDATE (21 September 2023): MAPS, Version of Record online: 20 September 2023 LINK…
A Geologic Map of Vesta Produced Using a Hybrid Method for Incorporating Spectroscopic and Morphologic DataOPEN ACCESS
R. Aileen Yingst, Scott C. Mest, W. Brent Garry, David A. Williams, Daniel C. Berman and Tracy K. P. Gregg The Planetary Science Journal, Volume 4, Number 9 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “We have…
Linking meteorites to their asteroid parent bodies: The capabilities of dust analyzer instruments during asteroid flybysOPEN ACCESS
Lisa Maria Eckart, Jon K. Hillier, Frank Postberg, Simone Marchi, Zoltan Sternovsky MAPSVersion of Record online: 04 September 2023 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Linking meteorites to their asteroid parent bodies remains an outstanding issue….
Enstatite meteorite clasts in Almahata Sitta and other polymict ureilites: Implications for the formation of asteroid 2008 TC3 and the history of enstatite meteorite parent asteroids
Cyrena Anne Goodrich, Hilary Downes, Richard Greenwood, Aidan J. Ross, Anna Maria Fioretti, Louise Alexander, Noriko T. Kita, Jon Butler, Michael J. Jercinovic, Peter Jenniskens, Muawia H. Shaddad MAPSVersion of Record online: 04 September 2023…
Three-dimensional multiscale assembly of phyllosilicates, organics, and carbonates in small Ryugu fragments
Zelia Dionnet, Stefano Rubino, Alice Aléon-Toppani, Rosario Brunetto, Akira Tsuchiyama, Cateline Lantz, Zahia Djouadi, Donia Baklouti, Tomoki Nakamura, Ferenc Borondics, Christophe Sandt, Eva Heripre, David Troadec, Obadias Mivumbi, Jérome Aléon, Theo Ternier, Megumi Matsumoto, Kana…
Iron Isotope Constraints on the Structure of the Early Solar SystemOPEN ACCESS
Yves Marrocchi, Maxime Piralla, and François L. H. Tissot The Astrophysical Journal Letters, Volume 954, Number 1, Published: 1 September 2023 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The recent advent of nontraditional isotopic systems has revealed…
Discovery of Spherules of Likely Extrasolar Composition in the Pacific Ocean Site of the CNEOS 2014-01-08 (IM1) BolideOPEN ACCESS
Abraham Loeb, Toby Adamson, Sophie Bergstrom, Richard Cloete, Shai Cohen, Kevin Conrad, Laura Domine, Hairuo Fu, Charles Hoskinson, Eugenia Hyung, Stein Jacobsen, Mike Kelly, Jason Kohn, Edwin Lard, Sebastian Lam, Frank Laukien, Jim Lem, Rob…
MIR Spectra and Analysis of Jovian Trojan AsteroidsOPEN ACCESS
Audrey C. Martin and Joshua P. Emery The Planetary Science Journal, Volume 4, Number 8 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Jovian Trojan asteroids make up a large group of primitive bodies that populate Jupiter’s L4…
Visualization of nanoscale magnetic domain states in the asteroid RyuguOPEN ACCESS
Yuki Kimura, Takeharu Kato, Toshiaki Tanigaki, Tetsuya Akashi, Hiroto Kasai, Satoshi Anada, Ryuji Yoshida, Kazuo Yamamoto, Tomoki Nakamura, Masahiko Sato, Kana Amano, Mizuha Kikuiri, Tomoyo Morita, Eiichi Kagawa, Toru Yada, Masahiro Nishimura, Aiko Nakato, Akiko…
Gaia view of primitive inner-belt asteroid families: Searching for the origins of asteroids Bennu and RyuguOPEN ACCESS
Marco Delbo, Chrysa Avdellidou, Kevin J. Walsh Accepted for publication in Astronomy and Astrophysics PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Near-Earth asteroids Ryugu and Bennu, were visited, characterised, and sampled by the Hayabusa2 and OSIRIS-REx missions: remote sensing…
Igneous meteorites suggest Aluminium-26 heterogeneity in the early Solar NebulaOPEN ACCESS
Evgenii Krestianinov, Yuri Amelin, Qing-Zhu Yin, Paige Cary, Magdalena H. Huyskens, Audrey Miller, Supratim Dey, Yuki Hibiya, Haolan Tang, Edward D. Young, Andreas Pack & Tommaso Di Rocco Nature Communications, Volume 14, Article number: 4940…
Identification of carbonate-associated sulfate (CAS) in a Noachian Martian meteorite Allan Hills 84001
Iori Kajitani, Mizuho Koike, Ryoichi Nakada, Gaku Tanabe, Tomohiro Usui, Fumihiro Matsu’ura, Keisuke Fukushi, Tetsuya Yokoyama Earth and Planetary Science LettersVolume 620, 15 October 2023, 118345 LINK “The aqueous environment and possible habitability of early…
Multiscale Evidence for Weathering and the Preservation of Carbonaceous Material in an Antarctic MicrometeoriteOPEN ACCESS
Mark R. Boyd, Julia A. Cartwright, Jaspreet Singh, Paul A.J. Bagot, Charlotte L. Bays, Queenie H.S. Chan, Matthew J. Genge, Michael P. Moody Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 28 August 2023…
Implications for Chondrule Formation Regions and Solar Nebula Magnetism from Statistical Reanalysis of Chondrule PaleomagnetismOPEN ACCESS
Roger R. Fu, Sarah C. Steele, Jacob B. Simon, Richard Teague, Joan Najita and David Rea The Planetary Science Journal, Volume 4, Number 8 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Converging lines of evidence show that…
Testing models for the compositions of chondrites and their components: III. CM chondrites
Andrea Patzer, Emma S. Bullock, Conel M. O’D. Alexander Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaAvailable online 25 August 2023 LINK “In continuation of our comprehensive study of the carbonaceous chondrites, we here present data for the CM…
OSIRIS-REx Sample Analysis Plan — Revision 3.0OPEN ACCESS
Dante S. Lauretta, Harold C. Connolly Jr, Jeffrey N. Grossman, Anjani T. Polit, the OSIRIS-REx Sample Analysis Team PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, and Security Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft arrived at…
Metal in mesosiderites: Evidence for redox and fractional crystallizationOPEN ACCESS
R. G. Mayne, L. Caves, T. J. McCoy, R. D. Ash, W. F. McDonough MAPSVersion of Record online: 22 August 2023 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Mesosiderites are an amalgamation of crustal silicates and molten…
Volatile-depletion processing of the building blocks of Earth and Mars as recorded by potassium isotopes
Yan Hu, Frédéric Moynier, Xin Yang Earth and Planetary Science LettersVolume 620, 15 October 2023, 118319 LINK “The stable potassium isotopic ratios (41K/39K) of Earth and Mars have been interpreted to reflect either nucleosynthetic isotope…
The H content of aubrites: An evaluation of bulk versus in situ methods for quantifying water in meteorites
Liam D. Peterson, Megan E. Newcombe, Conel M.O’D. Alexander, Jianhua Wang, Frieder Klein, David V. Bekaert, Sune G. Nielsen Earth and Planetary Science LettersVolume 620, 15 October 2023, 118341 LINK “Aubrites and enstatite chondrites (ECs)…
The Oxygen Isotopic Composition of Samples Returned from Asteroid Ryugu with Implications for the Nature of the Parent PlanetesimalOPEN ACCESS
Haolan Tang, Edward D. Young, Lauren Tafla, Andreas Pack, Tommaso Di Rocco, Yoshinari Abe, Jérôme Aléon, Conel M. O’D. Alexander, Sachiko Amari, Yuri Amelin, Ken-ichi Bajo, Martin Bizzarro, Audrey Bouvier, Richard W. Carlson6, Marc Chaussidon,…
Infrared absorption spectra from organic matter in the asteroid Ryugu samples: Some unique properties compared to unheated carbonaceous chondrites
Yoko Kebukawa, Eric Quirico, Emmanuel Dartois, Hikaru Yabuta, Laure Bejach, Lydie Bonal, Alexandre Dazzi, Ariane Deniset-Besseau, Jean Duprat, Cecile Engrand, Jérémie Mathurin, Jens Barosch, George D. Cody, Bradley De Gregorio, Minako Hashiguchi, Kanami Kamide, David…
Vibrational spectroscopic, crystallographic, and microscopic investigation on the Aioun El Atrouss diogenite
Irmak Ayvaz, Ozan Unsalan, Kepa Castro, Cisem Altunayar-Unsalan, Michael Ewing Zolensky Journal of Raman SpectroscopyFirst published: 15 August 2023 LINK “Diogenites are thought to have originated from asteroid 4 Vesta asteroid, and it has been…
The Potassium Isotopic Composition of CI Chondrites and the Origin of Isotopic Variations among Primitive Planetary Bodies
Piers Koefoed, Jean-Alix Barrat, Olga Pravdivtseva, Conel M. O’D. Alexander, Katharina Lodders, Ryan Ogliore, Kun Wang Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 11 August 2023 LINK “The isotopic analysis of moderately volatile…
The Twannberg iron meteorite strewn field in the Swiss Jura mountains: insights for Quaternary environmental conditionsOPEN ACCESS
Beda A. Hofmann, Naki Akçar, Sönke Szidat, Pierre G. Valla, Marcus Christl, Christoph Vockenhuber & the Twannberg Search Team Swiss Journal of Geosciences, Volume 116, Article number: 13, Published: 09 August 2023 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF…
Sulfur and chlorine in nakhlite clinopyroxenes: Source region concentrations and magmatic evolution
Don R. Baker, Sara Callegaro, Andrea Marzoli, Angelo De Min, Kalotina Geraki, Martin J. Whitehouse, Agata M. Krzesinska, Anna Maria Fioretti Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 9 August 2023 LINK “The…
Evidence of global space weathering by solar wind on asteroid 162173 Ryugu
T. Hiroi, R.E. Milliken, K.M. Robertson, C.D. Schultz, K. Amano, T. Nakamura, H. Yurimoto, T. Noguchi, R. Okazaki, H. Naraoka, H. Yabuta, K. Sakamoto, T. Yada, M. Nishimura, A. Nakato, A. Miyazaki, K. Yogata, M….
Refuting the sensational claim of a Hopewell-ending cosmic airburstOPEN ACCESS
Kevin C. Nolan, Andrew Weiland, Bradley T. Lepper, Jennifer Aultman, Laura R. Murphy, Bret J. Ruby, Kevin Schwarz, Matthew Davidson, DeeAnne Wymer, Timothy D. Everhart, Anthony M. Krus & Timothy J. McCoy Scientific Reports, Volume…
Petrology and Mineralogy of the Martian Olivine Gabbroic Shergottite Northwest Africa 13581: Insights into the Enriched Martian Mantle Source
Yunhua Wu, Weibiao Hsu, Shiyong Liao, Zhiyong Xiao, Xiaochao Che, Lili Pan, Ye Li, Shaolin Li Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 8 August 2023 LINK “Gabbroic and microgabbroic shergottites are intrusive…
Formation of Australasian tektites from gravity and magnetic indicatorsOPEN ACCESS
Kurosh Karimi, Gunther Kletetschka, Jiří Mizera, Verena Meier & Vladimír Strunga Scientific , Volume 13, Article number: 12868 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The parent impact crater of Australasian tektites has not been discovered so…
Dynamical orbital evolution of asteroids and planetesimals across distinct chemical reservoirs due to accretion growth of planets in the early solar systemOPEN ACCESS
Sandeep Sahijpal Astrophysics & Astronomy, 2023, Preprint PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “N-body numerical simulations code for the orbital motion of asteroids/planetesimals within the asteroid belt under the gravitational influence of the sun and the accreting planets…
Identifying parent bodies of meteorites among near-Earth asteroidsOPEN ACCESS
Albino Carbognani, Marco Fenucci accepted in MNRAS, Preprint 7 August 2023 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) LINK Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, stad2382 (4 August 2023) “Meteorites provide an important source of information about the…
Non-destructive elemental analysis of lunar meteorites using a negative muon beam
I-Huan Chiu, Kentaro Terada, Takahito Osawa, Changkun Park, Soshi Takeshita, Yasuhiro Miyake, Kazuhiko Ninomiya MAPSVersion of Record online: 03 August 2023 LINK “We report the result of a non-destructive elemental analysis of lunar meteorites using…
Petrology and mineralogy of volcanic glass in meteorite Northwest Africa 11801: Implications for their petrogenesis
Guozhu Chen, Zhipeng Xia, Bingkui Miao, Zilong Wang, Wei Tian, Yikai Zhang, Hao Liu, Chuangtong Zhang, Lanfang Xie, Yanhua Peng, Hongyi Chen, Xi Wang MAPSVersion of Record online: 03 August 2023 LINK “The study of…
A subsurface layer on asteroid (101955) Bennu and implications for rubble pile asteroid evolution
E.B. Bierhaus, F. Rossmann, C. Johnson, R.T. Daly, D. Golish, J. Nolau, A. Allen, H. Campins, M. Pajola, B. Rizk, C. D’Aubigny, D. DellaGiustina, E. Cloutis, D. Trang, D.S. Lauretta IcarusIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available…
A Chondritic Solar NeighborhoodOPEN ACCESS
Isabella L. Trierweiler, Alexandra E. Doyle and Edward D. Young The Planetary Science Journal, Volume 4, Number 8Published: 1 August 2023 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “A persistent question in exoplanet demographics is whether exoplanetary…
Oxygen-bearing organic molecules in comet 67P’s dusty coma: first evidence for abundant heterocyclesOPEN ACCESS
N. Hänni, K. Altwegg, D. Baklouti, M. Combi, S. A. Fuselier, J. De Keyser, D. R. Müller, M. Rubin, S. F. Wampfler Reproduced with permission from Astronomy & Astrophysics, copyright ESO PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The…
Surface Geology of Jupiter’s Trojan AsteroidsOPEN ACCESS
S. Marchi, J. F. Bell III, B. Bierhaus & J. Spencer Space Science Reviews, Volume 219, Article number: 44 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The surface geology of Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids is one of the…
The Geochemical Legacy of Low-Temperature, Percolation-Driven Core Formation in PlanetesimalsOPEN ACCESS
Geoffrey David Bromiley Earth, Moon, and Planets, Volume 127, Article number: 4 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Mechanisms for core formation in differentiated bodies in the early solar system are poorly constrained. At temperatures below…
The parent bodies of CR chondrites and their secondary historyOPEN ACCESS
Trygve Prestgard, Pierre Beck, Lydie Bonal, Jolantha Eschrig, Jérôme Gattacceca, Corinne Sonzogni, Lisa Krämer Ruggiu MAPSVersion of Record online: 31 July 2023 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Renazzo-type (CR) chondrites are a relatively rare group…
Generation of a measurable magnetic field in a metal asteroid with a rubble-pile core
Zhongtian Zhang and David Bercovici PNAS Vol. 120 | No. 32July 31, 2023 LINK “SignificanceIron meteorites represent cores of differentiated objects, which are possibly the building blocks of planetary cores. The parent body of iron…
Evidence for Very Early Planetesimal Formation and 26Al/27Al Heterogeneity in the Protoplanetary DiskOPEN ACCESS
J. N. Connelly, J. Bollard, E. Amsellem, M. Schiller, K. K. Larsen, and M. Bizzarro The Astrophysical Journal Letters, Volume 952, Number 2 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “We present a U-corrected Pb–Pb age of…
Optical spectropolarimetry of large C-complex asteroids: polarimetric evidence for heterogeneous surface compositionsOPEN ACCESS
Yuna G. Kwon, Stefano Bagnulo, Alberto Cellino Accepted for publication in Astronomy & Astrophysics PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “This study presents the first optical spectropolarimetric study of large C-complex asteroids. A total of 64 C-complex asteroids…
