Breakup of a long-period comet as the origin of the dinosaur extinctionOPEN ACCESS
Amir Siraj & Abraham Loeb Scientific Reports, Volume 11, Article number: 3803 (2021) LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The origin of the Chicxulub impactor, which is attributed as the cause of the K/T mass extinction…
Comparing the Reflectivity of Ungrouped Carbonaceous Chondrites with those of Short Period Comets Like 2P/Encke
S. Tanbakouei, Trigo-Rodríguez J. M., Blum J., Williams I., Llorca J. 52nd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2021), Abstract #1581 PDF “The main goal of our work is to identify samples in our meteorite collections…
Organic Matter in Cometary EnvironmentsOPEN ACCESS
Adam J. McKay and Nathan X. Roth Life 2021, 11(1), 37Review LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (download) “Comets contain primitive material leftover from the formation of the Solar System, making studies of their composition important for understanding…
Evidence for the presence of chondrule‐ and CAI‐derived material in an isotopically anomalous Antarctic micrometeorite
Bastien Soens, Martin D. Suttle, Ryoga Maeda, Frank Vanhaecke, Akira Yamaguchi, Matthias Van Ginneken, Vinciane Debaille, Philippe Claeys, Steven Goderis Meteoritics & Planetary ScienceVersion of Record online: 24 November 2020 LINK “We report the discovery…
A non-energetic mechanism for glycine formation in the interstellar medium
S. Ioppolo, G. Fedoseev, K.-J. Chuang, H. M. Cuppen, A. R. Clements, M. Jin, R. T. Garrod, D. Qasim, V. Kofman, E. F. van Dishoeck & H. Linnartz Nature Astronomy (2020), Published: 16 November 2020…
Correlated isotopic and chemical evidence for condensation origins of olivine in comet 81P/Wild 2 and in AOAs from CV and CO chondrites
Kohei Fukuda, Donald E. Brownlee, David J. Joswiak, Travis J. Tenner, Makoto Kimura, Noriko T. Kita Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 8 October 2020 LINK “Magnesium stable isotope ratios and minor…
Visible and near-infrared reflectance of hyperfine and Hyperporous particulate surfaces
R. Sultana, O. Poch, P. Beck, B. Schmitt, E. Quiricoa IcarusIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 5 October 2020 LINK “Highlights • A protocol for production of sub-μm grains in hyperporous surfaces was developed• Reflectance…
Using Atmospheric Impact Data to Model Meteoroid Close EncountersOPEN ACCESS
Using Atmospheric Impact Data to Model Meteoroid Close Encounters P.M. Shober, T. Jansen-Sturgeon, P.A. Bland, H.A.R. Devillepoix, E.K. Sansom, M.C. Towner, M. Cupák, R.M. Howie, B.A.D. Hartig Accepted for publication in MNRAS PDF (OPEN ACCESS)…
On the Origin and Evolution of the Material in 67P/Churyumov-GerasimenkoOPEN ACCESS
Martin Rubin, Cécile Engrand, Colin Snodgrass, Paul Weissman, Kathrin Altwegg, Henner Busemann, Alessandro Morbidelli & Michael Mumma Space Science Reviews, Volume 216, Article number: 102 (2020) LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Primitive objects like comets…
Comparing the reflectivity of ungrouped carbonaceous chondrites with those of short-period comets like 2P/EnckeOPEN ACCESS
Safoura Tanbakouei, Josep M. Trigo-Rodríguez, Jürgen Blum, Iwan Williams, Jordi Llorca Astronomy & Astrophysics, manuscript, 22 July 2020 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The existence of asteroid complexes produced by the disruption of these comets suggests that…
Small Bodies Tell the Story of the Solar System: A Scientific Rationale for a Multi-Target Small Body Sample Return Program including the Earth-based Laboratory Analysis of Returned SamplesOPEN ACCESS
Seth A. Jacobson, Maitrayee Bose, Dennis Bodewits, Marc Fries, Devanshu Jha, Prajkta Mane, Larry Nittler, Scott Sandford, Michelle Thompson A White Paper submitted to the Planetary Science and Astrobiology Decadal Survey 2023-2032 PDF (OPEN ACCESS)…
Collisional heating and compaction of small bodies: Constraints for their origin and evolution
Martin Jutzi, Patrick Michel IcarusAvailable online 5 June 2020, 113867 LINK “Highlights • We study the degree of collisional heating and compaction by analysing a large set of simulations of break-ups of small bodies in…
The Tunguska event
O.G. Gladysheva IcarusIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 12 May 2020 LINK “Highlights • Calculations have shown that comets can disintegrate at an altitude of ~10 km.• Fragments of comet substance reached the Earth’s surface.• The…
Organic Matter in the Solar System—Implications for Future on-Site and Sample Return MissionsOPEN ACCESS
Zita Martins, Queenie Hoi Shan Chan, Lydie Bonal, Ashley King & Hikaru Yabuta Space Science Reviews, Volume 216, Article number: 54 (2020) LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Solar system bodies like comets, asteroids, meteorites and…
The origin and fate of volatile elements on Earth revisited in light of noble gas data obtained from comet 67P/Churyumov-GerasimenkoOPEN ACCESS
David V. Bekaert, Michael W. Broadley & Bernard Marty Scientific Reports, Volume 10, Article number: 5796 (2020) LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The origin of terrestrial volatiles remains one of the most puzzling questions…
FIB‐TEM analysis of cometary material in 10 Stardust foil craters
Brendan A. Haas, Christine Floss, Rhonda M. Stroud, Ryan C. Ogliore Meteoritics & Planetary Science First Published: 27 January 2020 LINK “Aluminum foils from the Stardust cometary dust collector contain impact craters formed during the…
Xenon Isotopes Identify Large-scale Nucleosynthetic Heterogeneities across the Solar SystemOPEN ACCESS
G. Avice, M. Moreira, and J. D. Gilmour The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 889, Number 1 LINK PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Nucleosynthetic isotopic anomalies in meteorites and planetary objects contribute to our understanding of the formation of…
Physical properties of Taurid meteoroids of various sizesOPEN ACCESS
Jiří Borovička, Pavel Spurný Planetary and Space Science Available online 24 January 2020 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) LINK “Highlights • Atmospheric fragmentation of Taurid meteoroids was modeled. • The strength of large Taurids is lower than…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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)…
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…
GEMS, hydrated chondritic IDPs, CI‐matrix material: Sources of water in 81P/comet Wild 2
Frans J. M. Rietmeijer Meteoritics & Planetary Science First published: 14 October 2018 LINK “So far there is no conclusive evidence for water in the nucleus of 81P/comet Wild 2. Recently magnetite in collected Wild…
Comparison of GEMS in interplanetary dust particles and GEMS‐like objects in a Stardust impact track in aerogel
Hope A. Ishii Meteoritics & Planetary Science First published: 5 August 2018 LINK “Comet 81P/Wild 2 dust, the first comet sample of known provenance, was widely expected to resemble anhydrous chondritic porous (CP) interplanetary dust…
Meteor showers from active asteroids and dormant comets in near-Earth space: a reviewOPEN ACCESS
Quan-Zhi Ye Planetary and Space Science in press PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Small bodies in the solar system are conventionally classified into asteroids and comets. However, it is recently found that a small number of objects…
Identification of meteorite source regions in the solar systemOPEN ACCESS
Mikael Granvik, Peter Brown Icarus Available online 14 April 2018 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Over the past decade there has been a large increase in the number of automated camera networks that monitor…
The retention of dust in protoplanetary disks: Evidence from agglomeratic olivine chondrules from the outer Solar SystemOPEN ACCESS (until 25 Feb 2018)
Devin L. Schrader, Kazuhide Nagashima, Scott R. Waitukaitis, Jemma Davidson, Timothy J. McCoy, Harold C. Connolly Jr., Dante S. Lauretta Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 18 December 2017 LINK (OPEN…
Carbon-rich dust in comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko measured by COSIMA/Rosetta
UPDATE (24 January 2018) Errata: Searching for calcium-aluminum-rich inclusions in cometary particles with Rosetta/COSIMA LINK Anaïs Bardy, Donia Baklouti, Hervé Cottin, Nicolas Fray, Christelle Briois, John Paquette, Oliver Stenzel, Cécile Engrand, Henning Fischer, Klaus Hornung,…
Similarities in Element Content between Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko Coma Dust and Selected Meteorite Samples
Oliver J. Stenzel, Martin Hilchenbach, Sihane Merouane, John Paquette, Kurt Varmuza, Cécile Engrand, Franz Brandstätter, Christian Koeberl, Ludovic Ferrière, Peter Filzmoser Mon Not R Astron Soc doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stx1908 LINK “We have analyzed the element composition and…
The spatial distribution of carbon dust in the early solar nebula and the carbon content of planetesimalsOPEN ACCESS
Hans-Peter Gail, Mario Trieloff accepted by Astronomy & Astrophysics PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “A high fraction of carbon bound in solid carbonaceous material is observed to exist in bodies formed in the cold outskirts of the…
Formation of an Ultracarbonaceous Antarctic Micrometeorite through Minimal Aqueous Alteration in a Small Porous Icy Body
Hikaru Yabuta, Takaaki Noguchi, Shoichi Itoh, Tomoki Nakamura, Akira Miyake, Shinichi Tsujimoto, Noriaki Ohashi, Naoya Sakamoto, Minako Hashiguchi, Ken-ichi Abe, Aya Okubo, A.L. David Kilcoyne, Shogo Tachibana, Ryuji Okazaki, Kentaro Terada, Mitsuru Ebihara, Hiroko Nagahara…
Magnetite in Comet Wild 2: Evidence for parent body aqueous alterationOPEN ACCESS
Hicks, L. J., Macarthur, J. L., Bridges, J. C., Price, M. C., Wickham-Eade, J. E., Burchell, M. J., Hansford, G. M., Butterworth, A. L., Gurman, S. J., Baker, S. H. Meteorit Planet Sci. doi:10.1111/maps.12909 LINK…
Coordinated mineralogical and isotopic analyses of a cosmic symplectite discovered in a comet 81P/Wild 2 sample.
Nguyen, A. N., Berger, E. L., Nakamura-Messenger, K., Messenger, S. and Keller, L. P. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12905 LINK “We have discovered in a Stardust mission terminal particle a unique mineralogical assemblage of…
The future of Stardust scienceOPEN ACCESS
Westphal, A. J., Bridges, J. C., Brownlee, D. E., Butterworth, A. L., De Gregorio, B. T., Dominguez, G., Flynn, G. J., Gainsforth, Z., Ishii, H. A., Joswiak, D., Nittler, L. R., Ogliore, R. C., Palma,…
Refractory materials in comet samples.OPEN ACCESS
Joswiak, D. J., Brownlee, D. E., Nguyen, A. N., Messenger, S. Meteorit Planet Sci. doi:10.1111/maps.12877 LINK “Transmission electron microscope examination of more than 250 fragments, >1 μm from comet Wild 2 and a giant cluster…
Cometary dust: the diversity of primitive refractory grainsOPEN ACCESS
D. H.Wooden, H. A.Ishii, M. E.Zolensky Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A 2017 375 20160260; DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2016.0260. Published 29 May 2017 Review article LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Comet dust is primitive and shows significant…
The Future of Stardust ScienceOPEN ACCESS
A. J. Westphal, J. C. Bridges, D. E. Brownlee, A. L. Butterworth, B. T. De Gregorio, G. Dominguez, G. J. Flynn, Z. Gainsforth, H. A. Ishii, D. Joswiak, L. R. Nittler, R. C. Ogliore, R….
Origin of crystalline silicates from Comet 81P/Wild 2: Combined study on their oxygen isotopes and mineral chemistry
Céline Defouilloy, Daisuke Nakashima, David J. Joswiak, Donald E. Brownlee, Travis J. Tenner, Noriko T. Kita Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Volume 465, 1 May 2017, Pages 145-154 LINK “Highlights • 7 silicates grains from…
Impact of radiogenic heating on the formation conditions of comet 67P/Churyumov-GerasimenkoOPEN ACCESS
O. Mousis, A. Drouard, P. Vernazza, J. I. Lunine, M. Monnereau, R. Maggiolo, K. Altwegg, H. Balsiger, J.-J. Berthelier, G. Cessateur, J. De Keyser, S. A. Fuselier, S. Gasc, A. Korth, T. Le Deun, U….
Mass Accumulation of Earth from Interplanetary Dust, Meteoroids, Asteroids and Comets
Gerhard Drolshagen, Detlef Koschny, Sandra Drolshagen, Jana Kretschmer, Björn Poppe Planetary and Space Science SI:Meteoroids 2016 Available online 14 February 2017 LINK “Using new data and recent models this paper derives a total combined flux…
Spectra and physical properties of Taurid meteoroids
Pavol Matlovič, Juraj Tóth, Regina Rudawska, Leonard Kornoš Planetary and Space Science In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 13 February 2017 LINK “Highlights • The widest spectral classification of Taurid meteors to date is presented….
Fine-Grained CAIs in Comet Samples: Moderate Refractory Character and Comparison to Small Refractory Inclusions in Chondrites
D. J. Joswiak, D. E. Brownlee, A. N. Nguyen, S. Messenger 48th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2017), Abstract #1646 LINK
Ruthenium isotopic evidence for an inner Solar System origin of the late veneer
Mario Fischer-Gödde & Thorsten Kleine Nature 541, 525–527 doi:10.1038/nature 21045 Published online: 25 January 2017 LINK “The excess of highly siderophile elements in the Earth’s mantle is thought to reflect the addition of primitive meteoritic…
Diversity of the initial rocky planetary building materials at the edge of the solar system
Brownlee, D. E. and Joswiak, D. J. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12804 First published: 9 December 2016 LINK “Asteroids and comets are surviving members of the vast planetesimal population that was distributed across the…
Mid-infrared spectra of comet nucleiOPEN ACCESS
Michael S.P. Kelley, Charles E. Woodward, Robert D. Gehrz, William T. Reach, David E. Harker Icarus (in Press) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) abstract “Highlights • We observed two comet nuclei with the Spitzer Space Telescope. •…
Evidence for geologic processes on cometsOPEN ACCESS
Jessica M. Sunshine, Nicolas Thomas, Mohamed R. El‐Maarry, Tony L. Farnham Journal of Geophysical Research Review article DOI: 10.1002/2016JE005119 First published: 7 November 2016 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Spacecraft missions have resolved the…
High-molecular-weight organic matter in the particles of comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko
Nicolas Fray, Anaïs Bardyn, Hervé Cottin, Kathrin Altwegg, Donia Baklouti, Christelle Briois, Luigi Colangeli, Cécile Engrand, Henning Fischer, Albrecht Glasmachers, Eberhard Grün, Gerhard Haerendel, Hartmut Henkel, Herwig Höfner, Klaus Hornung, Elmar K. Jessberger, Andreas Koch,…
Energy dissipation at the silica glass/compressed aerogel interface: The fate of Wild 2 mineral grains and fragments smaller than ~100 nm.
Rietmeijer, F. J. M. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12695 LINK “Allocation FC6,0,10,0,26 from Stardust track 10 shows a slightly wavy silica glass/compressed silica aerogel interface exposing a patchwork of compressed silica aerogel domains and…
The primordial nucleus of comet 67P/Churyumov-GerasimenkoOPEN ACCESS
B. J. R. Davidsson, H. Sierks, C. Güttler, F. Marzari, M. Pajola, H. Rickman, M. F. A’Hearn, A.-T. Auger, M. R. El-Maarry, S. Fornasier et al. (38 more) Astronomy Volume 592, August 2016 A&A 592,…
Prebiotic chemicals—amino acid and phosphorus—in the coma of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko
Kathrin Altwegg, Hans Balsiger, Akiva Bar-Nun, Jean-Jacques Berthelier, Andre Bieler, Peter Bochsler, Christelle Briois, Ursina Calmonte, Michael R. Combi, Hervé Cottin, Johan De Keyser, Frederik Dhooghe, Bjorn Fiethe, Stephen A. Fuselier, Sébastien Gasc, Tamas I….
Searching for calcium-aluminum-rich inclusions in cometary particles with Rosetta/COSIMA.
Paquette, J. A., Engrand, C., Stenzel, O., Hilchenbach, M., Kissel, J. and the COSIMA Team Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12669 LINK “The calcium-aluminum-rich inclusions (CAIs) found in chondritic meteorites are probably the oldest solar…
Origin of molecular oxygen in Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko
O. Mousis, T. Ronnet, B. Brugger, O. Ozgurel, F. Pauzat, Y. Ellinger, R. Maggiolo, P. Wurz, P. Vernazza, J. I. Lunine, A. Luspay-Kuti, K. E. Mandt, K. Altwegg, A. Bieler, A. Markovits, M. Rubin The…
A protosolar nebula origin for the ices agglomerated by Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko
O. Mousis, J. I. Lunine, A. Luspay-Kuti, T. Guillot, B. Marty, M. Ali-Dib, P. Wurz, K. Altwegg, A. Bieler, M. Hässig, M. Rubin, P. Vernazza, J. H. Waite The Astrophysical Journal Letters, in press PDF…
Inner solar system material discovered in the Oort cloud
By Karen J. Meech, Bin Yang, Jan Kleyna, Olivier R. Hainaut, Svetlana Berdyugina, Jacqueline V. Keane, Marco Micheli, Alessandro Morbidelli, Richard J. Wainscoat Science Advances 29 Apr 2016: Vol. 2, no. 4, e1600038 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1600038…
Electrical properties and porosity of the first meter of the nucleus of 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. As constrained by the Permittivity Probe SESAME-PP/Philae/Rosetta
Anthony Lethuillier, Alice Le Gall, Michel Hamelin, Walter Schmidt, Klaus J. Seidensticker, Réjean Grard, Valérie Ciarletti, Sylvain Caujolle-Bert, Hans-Herbert Fischer, Roland Trautner Accepted in Astronomy and Astrophysics PDF (open access) abstract “Comets are primitive objects,…
A Protosolar Nebula Origin for the Ices Agglomerated by Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko
O. Mousis, J. I. Lunine, A. Luspay-Kuti, T. Guillot, B. Marty, M. Ali-Dib, P. Wurz, K. Altwegg, A. Bieler, M. Hässig, M. Rubin, P. Vernazza, and J. H. Waite The Astrophysical Journal Letters, Volume 819,…
Refractory and semi-volatile organics at the surface of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko: Insights from the VIRTIS/ROSETTA Imaging Spectrometer
E. Quirico, L.V. Moroz, B. Schmitt, G. Arnold, M. Faure, P. Beck, L. Bonal, M. Ciarniello, F. Capaccioni, G. Filacchione, S. Erard, C. Leyrat, D. Bockelée-Morvan, A. Zinzi, E. Palomba, P. Drossart, F. Tosi, M.T….
A homogeneous nucleus for comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko from its gravity field
M. Pätzold T. Andert M. Hahn S. W. Asmar J.-P. Barriot M. K. Bird B. Häusler K. Peter S. Tellmann E. Grün P. R. Weissman H. Sierks L. Jorda R. Gaskell F. Preusker F. Scholten…
Typology of dust particles collected by the COSIMA mass spectrometer in the inner coma of 67P/Churyumov Gerasimenko
Y. Langevin, M. Hilchenbach, N. Ligier, S. Merouane, K. Hornung, C. Engrand, R. Schulz, J. Kissel, J. Rynö, P. Eng, the COSIMA team Icarus In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 29 January 2016 doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2016.01.027 LINK…
2P/Encke, the Taurid complex NEOs and the Maribo and Sutter’s Mill meteorites
C. Tubiana, C. Snodgrass, R. Michelsen, H. Haack, H. Boehnhardt, A. Fitzsimmons, I. P. Williams in press in A&A PDF (full text) abstract “The Taurid meteoroid stream has long been linked with 2P/Encke owing to…
The survivability of phyllosilicates and carbonates impacting Stardust Al foils: Facilitating the search for cometary water.
Wozniakiewicz, P. J., Ishii, H. A., Kearsley, A. T., Bradley, J. P., Price, Mark. C., Burchell, M. J., Teslich, N. and Cole, M. J. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12568 LINK
Nebular dead zone effects on the D/H ratio in chondrites and comets
M. Ali-Dib, R. G. Martin, J.-M. Petit, O. Mousis, P. Vernazza and J. I. Lunine A&A, Volume 583, November 2015 LINK “Context. Comets and chondrites show non-monotonic behavior of their deuterium-to-hydrogen (D/H) ratio as a…
Interstellar Detection of Methyl Isocyanate CH3NCO in Sgr B2(N): A Link from Molecular Clouds to Comets
D. T. Halfen et al The Astrophysical Journal Letters 2015 ApJ 812 L5 LINK “A new interstellar molecule, CH 3NCO (methyl isocyanate), has been detected using the 12 m telescope of the Arizona Radio Observatory…
Two independent and primitive envelopes of the bilobate nucleus of comet 67P
Matteo Massironi, Emanuele Simioni, Francesco Marzari, Gabriele Cremonese, Lorenza Giacomini + et al. Nature (28 September 2015) | doi:10.1038/nature15511 LINK “The factors shaping cometary nuclei are still largely unknown, but could be the result of…
Detection of argon in the coma of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko
By Hans Balsiger, Kathrin Altwegg, Akiva Bar-Nun, Jean-Jacques Berthelier, Andre Bieler, Peter Bochsler, Christelle Briois, Ursina Calmonte, Michael Combi, Johan De Keyser, Peter Eberhardt, Björn Fiethe, Stephen A. Fuselier, Sébastien Gasc, Tamas I. Gombosi, Kenneth…
The diurnal cycle of water ice on comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko
M. C. De Sanctis, F. Capaccioni, M. Ciarniello, G. Filacchione, M. Formisano + et al. Nature 525, 500–503 (24 September 2015) | doi:10.1038/nature14869 LINK “Observations of cometary nuclei have revealed a very limited amount of…
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…
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…
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)
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
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
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…
Peptide synthesis triggered by comet impacts: a possible method for peptide delivery to the early Earth and icy satellites
Haruna Sugahara, Koichi Mimura Icarus In Press, available online 4 May 2015 doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2015.04.029 LINK
Constraints on the formation environment of two chondrule-like igneous particles from comet 81P/Wild 2
Gainsforth, Z., Butterworth, A. L., Stodolna, J., Westphal, A. J., Huss, G. R., Nagashima, K., Ogliore, R., Brownlee, D. E., Joswiak, D., Tyliszczak, T. and Simionovici, A. S. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12445 LINK
Oxygen Isotopic Composition of coarse- and fine-grained material from Comet 81P/Wild 2
Ryan C. Ogliore, Kazuhide Nagashima, Gary R. Huss, Andrew J. Westphal, Zack Gainsforth, Anna L. Butterworth Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 24 April 2015 doi:10.1016/j.gca.2015.04.028 LINK Individual particles from comet…
Prebiotic Hydrocarbon Synthesis in Impacting Reduced Astrophysical Icy Mixtures
Lucas Koziol and Nir Goldman The Astrophysical Journal Volume 803 Number 2 2015 ApJ 803 91. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/803/2/91 published 21 April 2015 LINK
The nonmagnetic nucleus of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko
Hans-Ulrich Auster, Istvan Apathy, Gerhard Berghofer, Karl-Heinz Fornacon, Anatoli Remizov, Chris Carr, Carsten Güttler, Gerhard Haerendel, Philip Heinisch, David Hercik, Martin Hilchenbach, Ekkehard Kührt, Werner Magnes, Uwe Motschmann, Ingo Richter, Christopher T. Russell, Anita Przyklenk,…
Molecular nitrogen in comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko indicates a low formation temperature
M. Rubin, K. Altwegg, H. Balsiger, A. Bar-Nun, J.-J. Berthelier, A. Bieler, P. Bochsler, C. Briois, U. Calmonte, M. Combi, J. De Keyser, F. Dhooghe, P. Eberhardt, B. Fiethe, S. A. Fuselier, S. Gasc, T….
Darkening of Mercury’s surface by cometary carbon
Megan Bruck Syal, Peter H. Schultz, Miriam A. Riner Nature Geoscience (2015) doi:10.1038/ngeo2397 published online 30 March 2015 LINK
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A Significant Amount of Crystalline Silica in Returned Cometary Samples: Bridging the Gap between Astrophysical and Meteoritical Observations
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Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko sheds dust coat accumulated over the past four years
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Cometary dust in Antarctic ice and snow: Past and present chondritic porous micrometeorites preserved on the Earth’s surface
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The capabilities of ROSINA/DFMS to measure argon isotopes at comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko
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A kinetic study of the formation of organic solids from formaldehyde: Implications for the origin of extraterrestrial organic solids in primitive solar system objects
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‘Singing’ comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko
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ALMA Confirms Comets Forge Organic Molecules in Their Dusty Atmospheres
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Chemodynamical Deuterium Fractionation in the Early Solar Nebula: The Origin of Water on Earth and in Asteroids and Comets
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A criterion to classify asteroids and comets based on the orbital parameters
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Mid-Infrared Spectroscopy of Components in Chondrites: Search for Processed Materials in Young Solar Systems and Comets
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Shock synthesis of amino acids from impacting cometary and icy planet surface analogues
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Unique chemistry of a diamond-bearing pebble from the Libyan Desert Glass strewnfield, SW Egypt: Evidence for a shocked comet fragment
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The Provenances of Asteroids, and Their Contributions to the Volatile Inventories of the Terrestrial Planets
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