Visual observation of meteorite ablation in plasma wind tunnel experimentsOPEN ACCESS
F. Grigat, S. Loehle, J. Vaubaillon, P. Matlovič, J. Tóth IcarusIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 8 August 2024 LINK + PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Highlights “A set of 28 different meteorites was tested in 32…
A mineralogical and isotopic study of the historic monomict eucrite PadvarninkaiOPEN ACCESS
T. J. Barrett, A. J. King, G. Degli-Alessandrini, S. J. Hammond, E. Humphreys-Williams, B. Schmidt, R. C. Greenwood, F. A. J. Abernethy, M. Anand, E. Rudnickaitė MAPS, Version of Record online: 18 June 2024 LINK…
How many Vesta-like bodies existed in the asteroid belt?OPEN ACCESS
T. H. Burbine, R. C. Greenwood, B. Zhang, P. C. Buchanan MAPS, Version of Record online: 24 January 2024 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Asteroid 4 Vesta is typically thought to be the parent body…
Distribution of s-, r-, and p-process nuclides in the early Solar System inferred from Sr isotope anomalies in meteoritesOPEN ACCESS
Jonas M. Schneider, Christoph Burkhardt, Thorsten Kleine Accepted for publication in The Astrophysical Journal Letters PDF (OPEN ACCESS) Update (25 July 2023):The Astrophysical Journal Letters, Volume 952, Number 1 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Nucleosynthetic…
Determining the Pyroxene Mineralogies of VestoidsOPEN ACCESS
T. H. Burbine, P. C, Buchanan, M. J. Jercinovic and R. C. Greenwood The Planetary Science Journal, Volume 4, Number 5 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Bulk pyroxene compositions were calculated for a number of…
Calcium isotope constraints on the origin of eucrites and diogenites: The role of magma ocean and magmatism
Yongli Xue, Jinting Kang, Shiyong Liao, Runlian Pang, Huimin Yu, Zifu Zhao, Zhaofeng Zhang, Bingkui Miao, Weibiao Hsu, Fang Huang Earth and Planetary Science LettersVolume 613, 1 July 2023, 118171 LINK “Howardite-Eucrite-Diogenite (HED) meteorites represent…
Lead-Lead (Pb-Pb) Dating of Eucrites and Mesosiderites: Implications for the Formation and Evolution of VestaOPEN ACCESS
I. Kouvatsis, J.A. Cartwright, M.J. Whitehouse Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 29 March 2023 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) “Asteroid 4 Vesta is the largest known differentiated body in the asteroid belt, and…
High mobility of asteroid particles revealed by measured cohesive force of meteorite fragmentsOPEN ACCESS
Yuuya Nagaashi and Akiko M. Nakamura Science Advances17 Mar 2023Vol 9, Issue 11 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The cohesive force of asteroid particles is a crucial parameter in microgravity. The cohesive force was evaluated…
Degassing of early-formed planetesimals restricted water delivery to Earth
M. E. Newcombe, S. G. Nielsen, L. D. Peterson, J. Wang, C. M. O’D. Alexander, A. R. Sarafian, K. Shimizu, L. R. Nittler & A. J. Irving NaturePublished: 15 March 2023 LINK “The timing of…
Pristinity and petrogenesis of eucrites
Jasmeet K. Dhaliwal, James M. D. Day, Kimberly T. Tait MAPSVersion of Record online:18 January 2023 LINK “New petrography, mineral chemistry, and whole rock major, minor, and trace element abundance data are reported for 29 dominantly unbrecciated…
Malotas (b), a new eucrite from an old fall
Marcela E. Saavedra, Julia Roszjar, My E. I. Riebe, María E. Varela, Shuying Yang, Munir Humayun, Ryoji Tanaka, H. Busemann MAPSFirst Published: 17 November 2022 LINK “On the night of June 22, 1931 at 4 h…
Experimentally induced thermal fatigue on lunar and eucrite meteorites – influence of the mineralogy on rock breakdownOPEN ACCESS
Markus Patzek, Ottaviano Rüsch JGR Planets5 October 2022 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Key Points We report on an updated experimental setup to simulate thermal fatigue in high vacuum instead of nitrogen atmosphere to reflect…
Localized equilibrium and mineralogic effects on trace element distribution and mobility in highly metamorphosed eucrite Elephant Moraine (EET) 90020OPEN ACCESS
J.S. Gorce, D.W. Mittlefehldt, J.I. Simon Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 1 September 2022 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Eucrites exhibit a range of igneous and metamorphic textures and geochemistries…
Tirhert and Aouinet Legraa: Rare unbrecciated eucrite falls
Taha Shisseh, Hasnaa Chennaoui Aoudjehane, Carl B. Agee,Omar Boudouma MAPSVersion of Record online: 04 August 2022 LINK “Tirhert and Aouinet Legraa are the only documented unbrecciated eucrite falls in Africa. Aouinet Legraa fell in Algeria…
Determining the noble gas cosmic ray exposure ages of 23 meteorites (8 chondrites and 15 achondrites) from modeling and empirical methods
David V. Bekaert, Joshua Curtice, Matthias M. M. Meier, David J. Byrne, Michael W. Broadley, Alan Seltzer, Peter Barry, Mark D. Kurz, Sune G. Nielsen MAPSVersion of Record online: 30 June 2022 LINK “We present…
Evolved components in the eucrite parent body: Records in the layered eucrite Northwest Africa 8021
Yang He, Xiao-Wen Liu, Ai-Cheng Zhang MAPSVersion of Record online: 20 April 2022 LINK “In this study, we report the petrography and mineralogy of a brecciated eucrite Northwest Africa (NWA) 8021, which shows a locally…
Tintigny meteorite: The first Belgian achondrite
Hamed Pourkhorsandi, Vinciane Debaille, Jérôme Gattacceca, Richard Greenwood, Thierry Leduc, Marleen De Ceukelaire, Sophie Decrée, Steven Goderis Planetary and Space ScienceIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 29 October 2021 LINK “Highlights • Tintigny meteorite fell…
Eucrite-type achondrites: Petrology and oxygen isotope compositionsOPEN ACCESS
David W. Mittlefehldt, Richard C. Greenwood, Eve L. Berger, Loan Le, Zhan X. Peng, D. Kent Ross Meteoritics & Planetary ScienceVersion of Record online: 04 October 2021 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “We report petrologic…
The abundances of F, Cl, and H2O in eucrites: Implications for the origin of volatile depletion in the asteroid 4 Vesta
Francis M. McCubbin, Jonathan A. Lewis, Jessica J.Barnes, Stephen M. Elardo, Jeremy W.Boyce Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 27 August 2021 LINK “We conducted a petrologic study of apatite within eight…
Iron rich basaltic eucrites, implication on spectral properties and parental bodies
C. Carli, M. Ciarniello, A. Migliorini, G. Pratesi IcarusIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 14 August 2021 LINK “Highlights • VNIR absorption positions of eucrite shift at wavelength longer than typical basaltic achondrites.• Absorption shifts…
A model for evolving crust on 4 Vesta through combined compositional and thermal modelling
Jennifer T. Mitchell, Andrew G. Tomkins, Christopher Newton, Tim E. Johnson Earth and Planetary Science LettersVolume 571, 1 October 2021, 11710 LINK “Highlights • pMELTS modelling suggests that diogenites require a Ca-poor source.• Early extraction…
Association of silica phases as geothermobarometer for eucrites: Implication for two-stage thermal metamorphism in the eucritic crust
Haruka Ono, Atsushi Takenouchi, Takashi Mikouchi, Akira Yamaguchi, Masahiro Yasutake, Akira Miyake, Akira Tsuchiyama Meteoritics & Planetary ScienceVersion of Record online: 03 June 2021 LINK “Silica mineral is present in different stable polymorphs depending on…
Mineralogical characterization of a new eucrite Serra Pelada by Raman and XRD
Bruno Nascimento-Dias, Caique Roque, Bruna Mayato, Kaique Alexandre D’Oliveira, Hugo Camarano Belgo, Maria Elizabeth Zucolotto, Virgilio de Carvalho dos Anjos Vibrational SpectroscopyAvailable online 5 May 2021 LINK “Serra Pelada is a newly discovered eucrite from…
How do secondary iron enrichments form within basaltic eucrites? An experimental approachOPEN ACCESS
Stella Rombeck, Christian Vollmer, Julia Roszjar, Adam R. Sarafian, Stephan Klemme Meteoritics & Planetary ScienceVersion of Record online: 02 May 2021 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Some basaltic eucrites and basaltic lithologies in howardites derived…
End of magmatism in the upper crust of asteroid 4 Vesta
F. Jourdan, L. Forman, T. Kennedy, G. K. Benedix, E. Eroglu, C. Mayers Meteoritics & Planetary ScienceVersion of Record online: 30 March 2021 LINK “Asteroid 4 Vesta is the only largely preserved differentiated asteroid and…
A Petrologic and Noble Gas Isotopic Study of New Basaltic Eucrite Grove Mountains 13001 from AntarcticaOPEN ACCESS
Chuantong Zhang, Bingkui Miao, Huaiyu He, Hongyi Chen, P. M. Ranjith, Qinglin Xie Minerals 2021, 11(3), 279, 09 Mar 2021 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (DOWNLOAD) “Howardite-Eucrite-Diogenite (HED) meteorite clan is a potential group of planetary materials…
Trace element variations generated by magmatic and post-crystallization processes in eucrite meteorites
Ben Kumler, James M.D. Day Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 9 March 2021 LINK “Eucrite meteorites are early-formed (>4.5 Ga) basaltic rocks that are likely to derive from the asteroid 4…
Characterization of the Serra Pelada Meteorite by Raman: Implications for Planetary Formation and Hypotheses of Water Origin
Roque C., Nascimento-Dias B. L. 52nd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2021), Abstract #1312 PDF “This work performed the chemical and mineralogical characterization of the Serra Pelada meteorite, analyzing the implications of this meteorite for…
Cohesion of regolith: Measurements of meteorite powdersOPEN ACCESS
Yuuya Nagaashi, Takanobu Aoki, Akiko M. Nakamura Accepted for publication in Icarus PDF (OPEN ACCESS) Update (6 February 2021): LINK “The cohesion of particles has a significant effect on the properties of small bodies. In…
ID-TIMS zircon U-Pb geochronology of the Camel Donga eucrite
Makiko K. Haba, Jörn-Frederik Wotzlaw Chemical GeologyAvailable online 22 January 2021 LINK “Highlights • A method for efficient extraction of small zircons from bulk meteorite samples.• High-precision ID-TIMS U-Pb dating for zircons from the Camel…
Isotopic signatures as tools to reconstruct the primordial architecture of the Solar System
Jan Render, Gregory A. Brennecka Earth and Planetary Science LettersAvailable online 10 December 2020 LINK “Highlights • Angrites and eucrites exhibit nucleosynthetic anomalies in Nd and Zr isotopes.• These isotopic signatures are consistent with deficits…
Titanium isotope fractionation in solar system materials
Niel H. Williams, Manuela A. Fehr, Ian J. Parkinson, Maximilian B. Mandl, Maria Schönbächler Chemical GeologyIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 1 December 2020, 120009 LINK “Highlights • Nebular processes produce limited Ti isotope fractionation…
A new occurrence of corundum in eucrite and its significance
Jie-Ya Li, Ai-Cheng Zhang, Naoya Sakamoto, Hisayoshi Yurimoto, Li-Xin Gu American Mineralogist (2020) 105 (11): 1656–1661 LINK “The diversity of lithologies is an important proxy of internal evolution in differentiated planets and asteroids. The major…
Potassium isotope anomalies in meteorites inherited from the protosolar molecular cloudOPEN ACCESS
Y. Ku, S. B. Jacobsen Science Advances 09 Oct 2020:Vol. 6, no. 41, eabd0511 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Potassium (K) and other moderately volatile elements are depleted in many solar system bodies relative to…
Chondritic mercury isotopic composition of Earth and evidence for evaporative equilibrium degassing during the formation of eucritesOPEN ACCESS
Frédéric Moynier, Jiubin Chen, Ke Zhang, Hongming Cai, Zaicong Wang, Matthew G. Jackson, James M. D. Day Earth and Planetary Science LettersVolume 551, 1 December 2020, 116544 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (DOWNLOAD) “Highlights • Hg isotopic…
Comparison of PGAA and wet chemical analysis for determining major element contents in eucritic meteorites
N. Shirai, T. Hozumi, Y. Toh & M. Ebihara Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry (2020) LINK “Prompt gamma-ray activation analysis (PGAA) was applied to well homogenized meteorite samples initially prepared for the wet chemical…
Mineralogy and petrology of dark clasts in the Allan Hills 76005 polymict eucrite pairing group
Kevin Righter, Alexander P. Holmwood Meteoritics & Planetary Science LINK “The Allan Hills 76005 polymict eucrite pairing group consists of 15 paired masses recovered during six different field seasons in the Transantarctic Mountains. Although this…
The brecciated texture of polymict eucrites: Petrographic investigations of unequilibrated meteorites from the Antarctic Yamato collectionOPEN ACCESS
Christian Vollmer, Stella Rombeck, Julia Roszjar, Adam R. Sarafian, Stephan Klemme Meteoritics & Planetary Science LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “We report on the petrography and mineralogy of five Yamato polymict eucrites to better…
Timing of the magmatic activity and upper crustal cooling of differentiated asteroid 4 Vesta
F. Jourdan, T. Kennedy, G.K. Benedix, E. Eroglu, C. Mayer Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 24 January 2020 LINK “Eucrites are extraterrestrial basalts and cumulate gabbros formed, and subsequently more…
Distribution and spectrophotometric classification of basaltic asteroidsOPEN ACCESS
Jad-Alexandru Mansour, Marcel Popescu, Julia de León, Javier Licandro MNRAS 000, 1–13 (2019) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “We aim to determine the distribution of basaltic asteroids (classified as V-types) based on the spectrophotometric data reported in…
Accretionary mixing of a eucrite impactor and the regolith of the L chondrite parent body
Brendt C. Hyde, Kimberly T. Tait, Desmond E. Moser, Douglas Rumble, Michelle S. Thompson Meteoritics & Planetary Science First Published: 13 November 2019 LINK “Northwest Africa (NWA) 869 is the largest sample of chondritic regolith…
An experimental assessment of the potential of sulfide saturation of the source regions of eucrites and angrites: implications for asteroidal models of core formation, late accretion and volatile element depletions
E.S. Steenstra, J. Berndt, S. Klemme, A. Rohrbach, E.S.Bullock, W. van Westrenen Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 15 October 2019 LINK “The geochemistry of asteroidal magmas provides fundamental clues to…
The geologic history of Vesta inferred from combined 207Pb/206Pb and 40Ar/39Ar chronology of basaltic eucrites
Tsuyoshi Iizuka, Fred Jourdan, Akira Yamaguchi, Piers Koefoed, Yuki Hibiya, Kengo T. M. Ito, Yuri Amelin Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 26 September 2019 LINK “Eucrites represent samples of mafic…
Unique mineral assemblages of shock-induced titanium-rich melt pockets in eucrite Northwest Africa 8003
Run-Lian Pang, Dennis Harries, Kilian Pollok, Ai-Cheng Zhang, Falko Langenhorst Geochemistry In Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 21 September 2019 LINK “Shock-induced Ti-rich melt pockets in a basaltic eucrite Northwest Africa (NWA) 8003 were studied…
Differentiation and magmatic history of Vesta: Constraints from HED meteorites and dawn spacecraft data
Harry Y. McSween, Carol A. Raymond, Edward M. Stolper, David W. Mittlefehldt, Michael B.Baker, Nicole G.Lunning, Andrew W.Beck, Timothy M. Hahn Geochemistry In Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 14 September 2019 LINK “Quantifying the amounts…
The water and fluorine content of 4 Vesta
Adam R. Sarafian, Sune G. Nielsen, Horst R. Marschall, Glenn A. Gaetani, Kevin Righter, Eve L. Berger Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta LINK “The processes that controlled accretion of water and volatiles to the inner solar…
Silica minerals in cumulate eucrites: Insights into their thermal histories
Haruka Ono, Atsushi Takenouchi, Takashi Mikouchi, Akira Yamaguchi Meteoritics & Planetary Science First Published: 1 September 2019 LINK “Some eucrites contain up to 10 vol% silica minerals; however, silica minerals have not been studied in…
Geochemistry and Sm‐Nd chronology of a Stannern‐group eucrite, Northwest Africa 7188
Saya Kagami, Makiko K. Haba, Tetsuya Yokoyama, Tomohiro Usui, Richard C. Greenwood Meteoritics & Planetary Science First Published: 29 August 2019 LINK “We report the results of a detailed study of the basaltic eucrite Northwest…
Potassium isotopic compositions of howardite-eucrite-diogenite meteorites
Zhen Tian, Heng Chen, Bruce Fegley, Katharina Lodders, Jean-Alix Barrat, James M.D.Day, Kun Wang (王昆) Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 21 August 2019 LINK “We report new high-precision stable K…
Tracking the volatile and magmatic history of Vesta from chromium stable isotope variations in eucrite and diogenite meteorites
Ke Zhu, Paolo A. Sossi, Julien Siebert, Frédéric Moynier Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 1 August 2019 LINK “Although Solar System bodies exhibit large variations in their volatile element abundances,…
Investigating magmatic processes in the early Solar System using the Cl isotopic systematics of eucritesOPEN ACCESS
T.J. Barrett, J.J. Barnes, M. Anand, I.A. Franchi, R.C. Greenwood, B.L.A. Charlier, X.Zhao, F. Moyniere, M.M. Grady Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 22 June 2019 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN…
Mesosiderite formation on asteroid 4 Vesta by a hit-and-run collisionOPEN ACCESS
Makiko K. Haba, Jörn-Frederik Wotzlaw, Yi-Jen Lai, Akira Yamaguchi & Maria Schönbächler Nature Geoscience, 1–6 LINK PDF (OPEN ACCESS) (update: 31 March 2021) “Collision and disruption processes of protoplanetary bodies in the early Solar System…
Oxygen isotopes in HED meteorites and their constraints on parent asteroids
Chuantong Zhang, Bingkui Miao, Huaiyu He Planetary and Space Science In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 19 February 2019 LINK “Highlights • 146 HEDs have similar Δ17O values of −0.240 ± 0.020‰ (2σ) and derive from 4Vesta….
Possible records of space weathering on Vesta: Case study in a brecciated eucrite Northwest Africa 1109
Shu‐Zhou Wang, Ai‐Cheng Zhang, Run‐Lian Pang, Yang Li, Jia‐Ni Chen Meteoritics & Planetary Science First Published: 19 February 2019 LINK “Records of space weathering are important for understanding the formation and evolution of surface regolith…
A New Not So Eucrite-Like Ungrouped Achondrite: Northwest Africa 12338
Z. Guo, A. Bouvier, E. Webb, A. Alexandre, F. J. Longstaffe, R. A. Korotev, Z. Zajacz, M. Boyet 50th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2019), Abstract #1583 PDF abstract
Noble gas, nitrogen composition and cosmic ray exposure history of two eucrites Vissannapeta, Piplia Kalan and one howardite Lohawat
Ramakant R. Mahajan, Amit Basu Sarbadhikari, M.S. Sisodia Planetary and Space Science In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 7 December 2018 LINK “Highlights • Cosmic ray exposure ages of Piplia Kalan, Vissannapeta and Lohawat were…
Reassessing the origin and chronology of the unique achondrite Asuka 881394: Implications for distribution of 26Al in the early Solar System
Josh Wimpenny, Matthew E. Sanborn, Piers Koefoed, Ilsa R. Cooke, Claudine Stirling, Yuri Amelin, Qing-Zhu Yin Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 14 October 2018 LINK “The achondrite Asuka 881394 has…
Significant depletion of volatile elements in the mantle of asteroid Vesta due to core formation
E.S. Steenstra, D. Dankers, J. Berndt, S. Klemme, S. Matveev, W. van Westrenen Icarus Available online 5 September 2018 LINK “Highlights • Vestan mantle volatile element depletions do not only reflect degassing. • Many volatile…
Temperature constraints by Raman spectroscopy of organic matter in volatile-rich clasts and carbonaceous chondrites
Robbin Visser, Timm John, Martina Menneken, Markus Patzek, Addi Bischoff Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 1 September 2018 LINK “An important question regarding the formation of the solar system is…
Mineralogy of volatile‐rich clasts in brecciated meteorites
M. Patzek, A. Bischoff, R. Visser, T. John Meteoritics & Planetary Science First published: 18 July 2018 LINK “Meteoritic breccias are valuable samples as they can contain rare materials from the early solar system as…
24 MOTOPI PAN meteorites (214.5375 g, Howardite, HED polymict breccia) of Botswana bolide of 2018 LA (2 June 2018,16:44:01.59-11.77 UT) found near Motopi Pan watering hole, Central Kalahari Game Reserve, Ghanzi, Botswana
Last update: 2 May 2021 Motopi Pan meteorite #1 (17.92 grams) in situ. Photo: Peter Jenniskens/Botswana International University of Science and Technology (BIUST) In the morning of 23 June, after five days of searching and…
Experimental insights into Stannern‐trend eucrite petrogenesis
Crossley, S. D., Lunning, N. G., Mayne, R. G., McCoy, T. J., Yang, S. , Humayun, M. , Ash, R. D., Sunshine, J. M., Greenwood, R. C. and Franchi, I. A. Meteorit Planet Sci. ….
Sulfur isotope signatures of eucrites and diogenites
Nanping Wu, James Farquhar, James W. Dottin III, Nivea Magalhães Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, Volume 233,15 July 2018,Pages 1-13 LINK “High precision sulfur isotope data on eight eucrites and two diogenites are reported to explore…
The late accretion and erosion of Vesta’s crust recorded by eucrites and diogenites as an astrochemical window into the formation of Jupiter and the early evolution of the Solar SystemOPEN ACCESS
D. Turrini, V. Svetsov, G. Consolmagno, S. Sirono, M. Jutzi Icarus In Press, Available online 4 April 2018 LINK PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Highlights • The eucrites and diogenites are differentiated meteorites whose genetic link with…
Isotopic evolution of the protoplanetary disk and the building blocks of Earth and the Moon
Martin Schiller, Martin Bizzarro & Vera Assis Fernandes Nature volume 555, pages 507–510 (22 March 2018) doi:10.1038/nature25990 LINK “Nucleosynthetic isotope variability among Solar System objects is often used to probe the genetic relationship between meteorite…
Ferroan olivine-bearing eucrite clasts found in howardites
Patzer, A. and McSween, H. Y. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.13064 LINK “We investigated several olivine-bearing, medium-grained, ophitic to subophitic eucritic clasts from three different Antarctic howardites. Based on grain size (0.5–2 mm), these…
Probing the use of spectroscopy to determine the meteoritic analogues of meteorsOPEN ACCESS
A. Drouard, P. Vernazza, S. Loehle, J. Gattacceca, J. Vaubaillon, B. Zanda, M. Birlan, S. Bouley, et al. A&A, Forthcoming article Accepted: 26 January 2018 LINK Update (16 February 2018): PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Context. Determining…
Basaltic volcanism on the angrite parent body: Comparison with 4 Vesta
Abernethy, F. A. J., Verchovsky, A. B., Franchi, I. A. and Grady, M. M. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.13016 LINK “Carbon and nitrogen data from stepped combustion analysis of eight angrites, seven eucrites, and…
Differentiation and magmatic activity in Vesta evidenced by 26Al-26Mg dating in eucrites and diogenitesOPEN ACCESS
G. Hublet, V. Debaille, J. Wimpenny, Q-Z. Yin Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 8 September 2017 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The 26Al-26Mg short-lived chronometer has been widely used…
Trace element inventory of meteoritic Ca-phosphates
Dustin Ward, Addi Bischoff, Julia Roszjar, Jasper Berndt, Martin J. Whitehouse American Mineralogist 10.2138/am-2017-6056 First Published on September 05, 2017 LINK “Most extraterrestrial samples feature the two accessory Ca-phosphates (apatite-group minerals and merrillite), which are…
Serra Pelada (Eucrite) registered in Meteoritical Bulletin database
Meteoritical Bulletin Entry updated MetBull entry (12 Sept 2017): “Serra Pelada 5°57.135’S, 49°39.238’W Para, Brazil Confirmed fall: 2017 June 29 Classification: HED achondrite (Eucrite) History: (A. L. R. Moutinho, D. Rios, M. Cardoso Rocha, W….
Complex origins of silicate veinlets in HED meteorites: A case study of Northwest Africa 1109
Pang, R.-L., Zhang, A.-C. and Wang, R.-C. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12920 LINK “We report on the petrography and mineralogy of three types of silicate veinlets in the brecciated eucrite Northwest Africa (NWA) 1109….
Rubidium isotopic composition of the Earth, meteorites, and the Moon: Evidence for the origin of volatile loss during planetary accretionOPEN ACCESS
Emily A. Pringle, Frédéric Moynier Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Volume 473, 1 September 2017, Pages 62-70 LINK “Highlights • We measured high-precision stable Rb isotope ratios in terrestrial samples, chondrites, HED meteorites, and lunar…
Reconciliation of the excess 176Hf conundrum in meteorites: Recent disturbances of the Lu-Hf and Sm-Nd isotope systematics
Rebecca Bast, Erik E. Scherer, Peter Sprung, Klaus Mezger, Mario Fischer-Gödde, Stephan Taetz, Mischa Böhnke, Hinrich Schmid-Beurmann, Carsten Münker, Thorsten Kleine, Gopalan Srinivasan Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 8 June…
Bunburra Rockhole: Exploring the Geology of a new differentiated asteroid
G.K. Benedix, P.A. Bland, J.M. Friedrich, D.W. Mittlefehldt, M.E. Sanborn, Q.-Z. Yin, R.C. Greenwood, I.A. Franchi, A.W.R. Bevan, M.C. Towner, G.C. Perotta, S.A. Mertzman Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 31…
The entry heating and abundances of basaltic micrometeoritesOPEN ACCESS
Matthew J. Genge Meteorit Planet Sci. doi:10.1111/maps.12830 Version of Record online: 15 MAR 2017 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) LINK (OPEN ACCESS) “Basaltic micrometeorites (MMs) derived from HED-like parent bodies have been found among particles collected from…
Secondary-volatiles linked metallic iron in eucrites: The dual-origin metals of Camel Donga.
Paul H. Warren, Junko Isa, Mitsuru Ebihara, Akira Yamaguchi and Bastian Baecker Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12827 LINK “The unique occurrence of abundant (~1 vol%) near-pure-Fe metal in the Camel Donga eucrite is more…
First Meteorites from a Russian Antarctic Expedition
C. A. Lorenz, M. A. Ivanova, N. G. Zinovieva, N. N. Kononkova, G. A. Yakovlev, E. V. Petrova, R. F. Muftakhetdinova, M. Yu. Larionov, V. I. Grokhovsky 48th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2017), Abstract…
Ultraviolet Reflectance Spectroscopy of the Tighert Eucrite
M. R. M. Izawa, E. A. Cloutis, D. M. Applin, P. Mann, V. Reddy 48th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2017), Abstract #2116 PDF
The mineralogy, petrology, and composition of anomalous eucrite Emmaville.
Barrett, T. J., Mittlefehldt, D. W., Greenwood, R. C., Charlier, B. L. A., Hammond, S. J., Ross, D. K., Anand, M., Franchi, I. A., Abernethy, F. A. J. and Grady, M. M. Meteoritics & Planetary…
The petrology and chronology of NWA 8009 impact melt breccia: Implication for early thermal and impact histories of Vesta
Shiyong Liao, Weibiao Hsu Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 30 January 2017 LINK “Studies of petrology, mineralogy and geochronology of eucrites are keys to reconstruct the thermal and impact history…
Petrogenesis of the EET 92023 achondrite and implications for early impact events
A. Yamaguchi, N. Shirai, C. Okamoto and M. Ebihara Meteoritics & Planetary Science 27 JAN 2017 | DOI: 10.1111/maps.12821 LINK “We report petrology and geochemistry of an achondrite EET 92023 and compare it with normal…
Igneous lithologies on asteroid (4) Vesta mapped using gamma-ray and neutron data
Andrew W. Beck, David J. Lawrence, Patrick N. Peplowski, Christina E. Viviano-Beck, Thomas H. Prettyman, Timothy J. McCoy, Harry Y. McSween Jr, Naoyuki Yamashita Icarus In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 10 January 2017 LINK…
Non-Vestoid candidate asteroids in the inner main beltOPEN ACCESS
Dagmara Oszkiewicz, Brian A. Skiff, Nick Moskovitz, Paweł Kankiewicz, Anna Marciniak, Javier Licandro, Mattia Galiazzo, Werner Zeilinger Astronomy & Astrophysics December 16, 2016 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) abstract “Most Howardite-Eucrite-Diogenite (HED) meteorites (analogs to V-type asteroids)…
Distribution of p-process 174Hf in early solar system materials and the origin of nucleosynthetic Hf and W isotope anomalies in Ca–Al rich inclusions
Stefan T.M. Peters, Carsten Münker, Markus Pfeifer, Bo-Magnus Elfers, Peter Sprung Earth and Planetary Science Letters In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 29 November 2016 LINK “Highlights • Chondrites, eucrites and Earth carry uniform p-process…
Hiding in the howardites: Unequilibrated eucrite clasts as a guide to the formation of Vesta’s crust.
Mayne, R. G., Smith, S. E. and Corrigan, C. M. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12730 LINK “204 howardites in the National Meteorite Collection at the Smithsonian were examined for the presence of fine-grained eucrite…
Spectral characterization of V-type asteroids outside the Vesta family
Alessandra Migliorini, M.C. De Sanctis, D. Lazzaro, and E. Ammannito MNRAS doi:10.1093/mnras/stw2441 first published online September 26, 2016 LINK “We present new NIR reflectance spectra of 10 V-type candidate asteroids obtained at the 3.6 m…
Global variations in regolith properties on asteroid Vesta from Dawn’s low-altitude mapping orbit.
Denevi, B. W., Beck, A. W., Coman, E. I., Thomson, B. J., Ammannito, E., Blewett, D. T., Sunshine, J. M., De Sanctis, M. C., Li, J.-Y., Marchi, S., Mittlefehldt, D. W., Petro, N. E., Raymond,…
Prolonged magmatism on 4 Vesta inferred from Hf–W analyses of eucrite zircon
J. Roszjar, M.J. Whitehouse, G. Srinivasan, K. Mezger, E.E. Scherer, J.A. Van Orman, A. Bischoff Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 452, 15 October 2016, Pages 216–226 LINK “Highlights • Distinct zircon growth intervals require…
Characterization of asteroid analogues by means of emission and reflectance spectroscopy in the 1- to 100-µm spectral rangeOPEN ACCESS
Alessandro Maturilli, Jörn Helbert, Sabrina Ferrari, Björn Davidsson and Mario D’Amore Earth, Planets and Space 2016 68:113 DOI: 10.1186/s40623-016-0489-y Published: 11 July 2016 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) HTML (OPEN ACCESS) “The last decades have seen a…
Recent Terrestrial Disturbance of the 176Lu-176Hf Systematics in Meteorites
Bast R. * Scherer E. E. Sprung P. Mezger K. Bischoff A. 79th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2016) #6164 LINK
Formation of Vesicles Within the Fusion Crust of Eucritic Meteorites
Nicolau-Kuklińska A. Łosiak A. I. 79th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2016) #6424 LINK
Search and Recover of Antarctic Meteorites from Lomonosov Mountains, Queen Maud Land by the First Russian Meteorite Expedition
Larionov M. Yu. Grokhovsky V. I. Kolunin R. N. Pastukhovich A. Yu. 79th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2016) #6369 abstract
The abundance and isotopic composition of water in eucrites.OPEN ACCESS
Barrett, T. J., Barnes, J. J., Tartèse, R., Anand, M., Franchi, I. A., Greenwood, R. C., Charlier, B. L. A. and Grady, M. M. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12649 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN…
Petrology and oxygen isotopic compositions of clasts in HED polymict breccia NWA 5232.
van Drongelen, K. D., Rumble, D. and Tait, K. T. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12651 LINK “Northwest Africa (NWA) 5232, an 18.5 kg polymict eucrite, comprises eucritic and exogenic CM carbonaceous chondrite clasts within…
Mineralogy and Geology of asteroid (4) Vesta from Dawn Framing Camera
Guneshwar Thangjam PhD Thesis, Clausthal University of Technology, 2015 PDF (open access) abstract “This thesis presents insights into the surface compositional heterogeneity and geology of asteroid Vesta. Lithologic mapping using Framing Camera onboard the NASA…
The initial abundance and distribution of 92Nb in the Solar System
Tsuyoshi Iizuka, Yi-Jen Lai, Waheed Akram, Yuri Amelin, Maria Schönbächler Earth and Planetary Science Letters Available online 11 February 2016 doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2016.02.005 Updated: February 11, 2016 PDF (open access) abstract “Niobium-92 is an extinct proton-rich nuclide,…
Three-dimensional spectral analysis of compositional heterogeneity at Arruntia crater on (4) Vesta using Dawn FC
Guneshwar Thangjam, Andreas Nathues, Kurt Mengel, Michael Schäfer, Martin Hoffmann, Edward A. Cloutis, Paul Mann, Christian Müller, Thomas Platz, Tanja Schäfer manuscript accepted for publication (Icarus/YICAR11819) PDF (full text) abstract
Vestoids, Part II: The basaltic nature and HED meteorite analogs for eight Vp-type asteroids and their associations with (4) Vesta
Paul S. Hardersen, Vishnu Reddy, Rachel Roberts arXiv:1510.06636 (Submitted on 22 Oct 2015) PDF (full text) abstract “Improving constraints on the abundance of basaltic asteroids in the main asteroid belt is necessary for better understanding…
147Sm-143Nd and 176Lu-176Hf systematics of eucrite and angrite meteorites.
Bouvier, A., Blichert-Toft, J., Boyet, M. and Albarède, F. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12553 LINK “Comparative planetary geochemistry provides insight into the origin and evolutionary paths of planetary bodies in the inner solar system….
An experimental study of partial melting and fractional crystallization on the HED parent body.
Ashcroft, H. O. and Wood, B. J. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12556 LINK (full text) “ABSTRACT: We have performed an experimental and modeling study of the partial melting behavior of the HED parent body…
Estimating the modal mineralogy of eucrite and diogenite meteorites using visible–near infrared reflectance spectroscopy.
Li, S. and Milliken, R. E. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12513 LINK “Reliable quantitative mapping of minerals exposed on Vesta’s surface is crucial for understanding the crustal composition, petrologic evolution, and surface modification of…
The Lu Isotopic Composition of Achondrites: Closing the Case for Accelerated Decay of 176Lu
Josh Wimpenny et al. The Astrophysical Journal Letters 2015 ApJ812 L3 LINK “Studies of Lu–Hf isotope systematics in meteorites have produced apparent “ages” that are older than Pb–Pb ages and older than the estimated age…
The Physical Characterization of the Potentially Hazardous Asteroid 2004 BL86: A Fragment of a Differentiated Asteroid
Vishnu Reddy, Bruce L. Gary, Juan A. Sanchez, Driss Takir, Cristina A. Thomas, Paul S. Hardersen, Yenal Ogmen, Paul Benni, Thomas G. Kaye, Joao Gregorio, Joe Garlitz, David Polishook, Lucille Le Corre, and Andreas Nathues…
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
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:…
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
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….
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
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
Spectral Analysis of the Quadrangles Av-13 and Av-14 on Vesta
F. Zambon, A. Frigeri, J.-P. Combe, F. Tosi, A. Longobardo, E. Ammannito, M.C. De Sanctis, D.T. Blewett, J. Scully, E. Palomba, B. Denevi, A. Yingst, C.T. Russell, C.A. Raymond Icarus In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available…
The role of particle size in the laboratory reflectance spectra of pyroxenes: the case of the 670-nm minor feature
Francesca Mancarella, Vincenzo Orofino, Armando Blanco, Marcella D’Elia, Sergio Fonti Planetary and Space Science In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 29 May 2015 doi:10.1016/j.pss.2015.05.012 LINK
Compositional variations in the Vestan Rheasilvia basine
E. Ammannito, M.C. De Sanctis, J.-Ph. Combe, A. Frigeri, R. Jaumann, A. Longobardo, H.Y. McSween, E. Palomba, F. Tosi, C.A. Raymond, C.T. Russell, the Dawn Science Team Icarus In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 28…
Eucritic crust remnants and the effect of in-falling hydrous carbonaceous chondrites characterizing the composition of Vesta’s Marcia region
M.C. De Sanctis, J.-P. Combe, A. Ammannito, A. Frigeri, A. Longobardo, E. Palomba, F. Tosi, F. Zambon, K. Stephan, C.A. Raymond, C.T. Russell Icarus, In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 21 May 2015 doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2015.05.014 LINK
Mineralogical analysis of the Oppia quadrangle of asteroid (4) Vesta: Evidence for occurrence of moderate-reflectance hydrated minerals
F. Tosi, A. Frigeri, J.-Ph. Combe, F. Zambon, M.C. De Sanctis, E. Ammannito, A. Longobardo, M. Hoffmann, A. Nathues, W.B. Garry, D.T. Blewett, C.M. Pieters, E. Palomba, K. Stephan, L.A. McFadden, H.Y. McSween, C.T. Russell,…
Mineralogical and spectral analysis of Vesta’s Gegania and Lucaria quadrangles and comparative analysis of their key features
Andrea Longobardo, Ernesto Palomba, Maria Cristina De Sanctis, Angelo Zinzi, Jennifer E.C. Scully, Fabrizio Capaccioni, Federico Tosi, Francesca Zambon, Eleonora Ammannito, Jean-Philippe Combe, Carol A. Raymond, Cristopher T. Russell Icarus In Press, available online 7…
Geochemistry and chronology of the Bunburra Rockhole ungrouped achondrite
Lev J. Spivak-Birndorf, Audrey Bouvier, Gretchen K. Benedix, Samantha Hammond, Gregory A. Brennecka, Kieren Howard, Nick Rogers, Meenakshi Wadhwa, Philip A. Bland, Pavel Spurný and Martin C. Towner Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12443 Article…
Hf-W chronology of the eucrite parent body
Mathieu Touboul, Peter Sprung, Sarah A. Aciego, Bernard Bourdon, Thorsten Kleine Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta available online 21 February 2015 doi:10.1016/j.gca.2015.02.018 LINK
Ti-Cr-O Isotope Systematics of the Anomalous Eucrites and Martian Meteorites
C. D. Williams, M. E. Sanborn, Q. -Z. Yin 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #1671 PDF LINK
Isotopic and Geochemical Studies of Sr and REE in Eucrites and Diogenites
Kohei Sera (Hiroshima Univ.), *Hiroshi Hidaka (Hiroshima Univ.), Shigekazu Yoneda (National Museum of Nature and Science) PDF LINK
Thermal history of Vesta’s crust constrained by U-Pb dating and trace element chemistry of zircon in the Agoult eucrite
Tsuyoshi Iizuka (University of Tokyo), Akira Yamaguchi (NIPR), Makiko K. Haba (NIPR), Yuri Amelin (ANU), Peter Holden (ANU), S. Zink (ANU), M. H. Huyskens (ANU), Trevor Ireland (ANU) PDF LINK
Mineralogy of Marcia, the youngest large crater of Vesta: Character and distribution of pyroxenes and hydrated material
M.C. De Sanctis, A. Frigeri, E. Ammannito, F. Tosi, S. Marchi, F. Zambon, C.A. Raymond, C.T. Russell Icarus, doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2014.10.051 available online 18 November 2014 LINK
Asteroid (4) Vesta: I. The howardite-eucrite-diogenite (HED) clan of meteorites
David W. Mittlefehldt Chemie der Erde – Geochemistry Available online 18 November 2014 LINK
Early accretion of water in the inner solar system from a carbonaceous chondrite–like source
Adam R. Sarafian,Sune G. Nielsen,Horst R. Marschall,Francis M. McCubbin, and Brian D. Monteleone Science 31 October 2014: Vol. 346 no. 6209 pp. 623-626 DOI: 10.1126/science.1256717 LINK Materials and Methods – Supplementary Text (PDF) Earth’s Water…
Tirhert (Eucrite, unbrecciated, fell 9 July 2014) officially classified
TIRHERT LINK 28.935°N, 8.905°W Guelmim-Es-Semara, Morocco Fell: 2014 Jul 9 Classification: HED achondrite (Eucrite, unbrecciated) History: (H. Chennaoui Aoudjehane, A. Aaronson, M. Aoudjehane, A. Bouferra, A. Bouragaa) On Wednesday, 9 July 2014 around 9:30 pm,…
Major and trace elements of zircons from basaltic eucrites: Implications for the formation of zircons on the eucrite parent body
Haba MK, Yamaguchi A, Horie K and Hidaka H Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 387, 1 February 2014, Pages 10–21 LINK
Dawn; the Vesta–HED connection; and the geologic context for eucrites, diogenites, and howardites
McSween HY et al. Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 48: 2090–2104. doi: 10.1111/maps.12108 LINK
