Micro- and nanoscale studies of insoluble organic matter and C-rich presolar grains in Murchison and Sutter’s Mill in preparation for Bennu sample analysisOPEN ACCESS
A. N. Nguyen, S. J. Clemett, K. Thomas-Keprta, C. M. O’D. Alexander, D. P. Glavin, J. P. Dworkin, H. C. Connolly Jr, D. S. Lauretta MAPS, Version of Record online: 30 August 2024 LINK (OPEN…
Cosmic-ray exposure age accumulated in near-Earth space: A carbonaceous chondrite case study
Patrick M. Shober, Marc W. Caffee, Phil A. Bland MAPS, Version of Record online: 27 August 2024 LINK “This study investigates the expected cosmic-ray exposure (CRE) of meteorites if they were to be ejected by…
Nqweba (prov.) meteorite fall (~90 g, HED) in Nqweba (Kirkwood), Eastern Cape, South Africa at ~6:50:40-~6:50:50 UTC on 25 August 2024
Last update: 3 September 2024 Ek was by ‘n inkyk by my oupa op die plaas en ek het net my honde bal gespeel en toe het ewe skielik het rumbelling sound gekom in donderweer…
Chondrule sizes within the CM carbonaceous chondrites and measurement methodologiesOPEN ACCESS
C. J. Floyd, S. Benito, P.-E. Martin, L. E. Jenkins, E. Dunham, L. Daly, M. R. Lee MAPS, Version of Record online: 08 August 2024 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The sizes of chondrules are…
n-Alkanes formed by methyl-methylene addition as a source of meteoritic aliphaticsOPEN ACCESS
P. Merino, L. Martínez, G. Santoro, J. I. Martínez, K. Lauwaet, M. Accolla, N. Ruiz del Arbol, C. Sánchez-Sánchez, A. Martín-Jimenez, R. Otero, M. Piantek, D. Serrate, R. Lebrón-Aguilar, J. E. Quintanilla-López, J. Mendez, P….
Cosmic pears from the Havelland (Germany): Ribbeck, the twelfth recorded aubrite fall in historyOPEN ACCESS
Addi Bischoff, Markus Patzek, Jean-Alix Barrat, Jasper Berndt, Henner Busemann, Detlev Degering, Tommaso Di Rocco, Mattias Ek, Dennis Harries, Jose R. A. Godinho, Dieter Heinlein, Armin Kriele, Daniela Krietsch, Colin Maden, Oscar Marchhart, Rachael M….
Tarda and Tagish Lake: Samples from the same outer Solar System asteroid and implications for D- and P-type asteroids
Devin L. Schrader, Edward A. Cloutis, Daniel M. Applin, Jemma Davidson, Zachary A. Torrano, Dionysis Foustoukos, Conel M. O’D. Alexander, Kenneth J. Domanik, Moe Matsuoka, Tomoki Nakamura, Thomas J. Zega, Gregory A. Brennecka, Jan Render…
Extent of alteration, paleomagnetic history, and infrared spectral properties of the Tarda ungrouped carbonaceous chondriteOPEN ACCESS
H. C. Bates, R. Aspin, C. Y. Fu, C. S. Harrison, E. Feaver, E. Branagan-Harris, A. J. King, J. F. J. Bryson, S. Sridhar, C. I. O. Nichols MAPS, Version of Record online: 14 June…
The primary abundance of chondrules in CI chondrites
Makoto Kimura, Motoo Ito, Akira Monoi, Akira Yamaguchi, Richard C. Greenwood Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 14 June 2024 LINK “CI chondrites are the most significant extra-terrestrial samples for estimating the…
Laboratory Spectral Characterization of Ribbeck Aubrite: Meteorite Sample of Earth-impacting Near-Earth Asteroid 2024 BX1OPEN ACCESS
David C. Cantillo, Kaycee I. Ridenhour, Adam Battle, Thomas Joyce, Juliana Nunez Breceda, Neil Pearson and Vishnu Reddy The Planetary Science Journal, Volume 5, Number 6 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Characterization of near-Earth objects…
Impact Disruption of Bjurböle Porous Chondritic ProjectileOPEN ACCESS
Tomas Kohout, Maurizio Pajola, Assi-Johanna Soini, Alice Lucchetti, Arto Luttinen, Alexia Duchêne, Naomi Murdoch, Robert Luther, Nancy L. Chabot, Sabina D. Raducan The Planetary Science Journal, Volume 5, Number 5, Published 2024 May 31 LINK…
The Aguas Zarcas carbonaceous chondrite meteorite: Brecciation and aqueous alteration on the parent body
I. Kouvatsis, J. A. Cartwright, W. E. Hames MAPS, Version of Record online: 29 May 2024 LINK “CM chondrites are samples from primitive water-rich asteroids that formed early in the solar system; many record evidence…
The anomalous polymict ordinary chondrite breccia of Elmshorn (H3-6)—Late reaccretion after collision between two ordinary chondrite parent bodies, complete disruption, and mixing possibly about 2.8 Gyr agoOPEN ACCESS
Addi Bischoff, Markus Patzek, Romain M. L. Alosius, Jean-Alix Barrat, Jasper Berndt, Henner Busemann, Detlev Degering, Tommaso Di Rocco, Mattias Ek, Jérôme Gattacceca, Jose R. A. Godinho, Dieter Heinlein, Daniela Krietsch, Colin Maden, Oscar Marchhart,…
Detection and quantification of organosulfur species in the Tagish Lake Meteorite by highly sensitive LC-MSOPEN ACCESS
N. Randazzo, R. W. Hilts, M. C. Holt, C. D. K. Herd, B. Reiz, R. M. Whittal MAPS, Version of Record online: 28 May 2024 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “We analyzed the methanol extracts…
High surface area and interconnected nanoporosity of clay-rich astromaterialsOPEN ACCESS
Laurence A. J. Garvie, László Trif, Desireé Cotto-Figueroa, Erik Asphaug & Christian G. Hoover Scientific Reports, Volume 14, Article number: 10358 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Porosity affects key astromaterial processes from disruption in our…
The Fireball of November 24, 1970, as the Most Probable Source of the Ischgl MeteoriteOPEN ACCESS
Maria Gritsevich, Jarmo Moilanen, Jaakko Visuri, Matthias M. M. Meier, Colin Maden, Jürgen Oberst, Dieter Heinlein, Joachim Flohrer, Alberto J. Castro-Tirado, Jorge Delgado-García, Christian Koeberl, Ludovic Ferrière, Franz Brandstätter, Pavel P. Povinec, Ivan Sýkora, Florian…
Brecciation at the grain scale within the lithologies of the Winchcombe Mighei-like carbonaceous chondriteOPEN ACCESS
Luke Daly, Martin D. Suttle, Martin R. Lee, John Bridges, Leon Hicks, Pierre-Etienne M. C. Martin, Cameron J. Floyd, Laura E. Jenkins, Tobias Salge, Ashley J. King, Natasha V. Almeida, Diane Johnson, Patrick W. Trimby,…
Aqueous alteration in icy planetesimals: The effect of outward transport of gaseous hydrogenOPEN ACCESS
Takazo Shibuya, Yasuhito Sekine, Sakiko Kikuchi, Hiroyuki Kurokawa, Keisuke Fukushi, Tomoki Nakamura, Sei-ichiro Watanabe Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaAvailable online 28 March 2024 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) “Parent bodies of carbonaceous chondrites that initially contained metallic iron…
Tekapo (prov.) meteorite of bolide at 21:04:10 NZDT (08:04:10 UTC) on 13 March 2024 found south of Lake Takapō/Tekapo, Mackenzie Basin, Canterbury, New Zealand
Last update: 2 April 2024, 18:22 CET An apple-sized ~800-gram meteorite (ordinary chondrite) of the bolide on 13 March 2024 has been found by 29-year old voluteer Jack Weterings from Wellington on public DOC land,…
Mineral chemistry of Mahadevpur H4/5 chondrite: characterization of nanodiamonds through micro-Raman spectroscopic studiesOPEN ACCESS
Bhaskar J. Saikia, G. Parthasarathy, N.V. Chalapathi Rao, Vikas Seth, Rashmi Rekha Borah CURRENT SCIENCE, VOL. 126, NO. 5, 10 MARCH 2024 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Here, we present comprehensive electron probe micro analysis,…
Atmospheric entry and fragmentation of small asteroid 2024 BX1: Bolide trajectory, orbit, dynamics, light curve, and spectrumOPEN ACCESS
P. Spurny, J. Borovicka, L. Shrbeny, M. Hankey, R. Neubert A&A article proposed for acceptance (Version 2, corrected by authors, 23 May 2024) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Asteroid 2024 BX1 was the eighth asteroid discovered shortly…
Life on Earth can grow on extraterrestrial organic carbonOPEN ACCESS
Annemiek C. Waajen, Cassio Lima, Royston Goodacre & Charles S. Cockell Scientific Reports, Volume 14, Article number: 3691 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The universe is a vast store of organic abiotic carbon that could…
A sample preparation guide for clay-rich carbonaceous chondritesOPEN ACCESS
Bennett J. K. Wilson, Veronica E. Di Cecco, Laurence A. J. Garvie, Kimberly T. Tait, Michael G. Daly MAPS, Version of Record online: 26 January 2024 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The matrix of the…
High-spatial resolution functional chemistry of nitrogen compounds in the observed UK meteorite fall WinchcombeOPEN ACCESS
Christian Vollmer, Demie Kepaptsoglou, Jan Leitner, Aleksander B. Mosberg, Khalil El Hajraoui, Ashley J. King, Charlotte L. Bays, Paul F. Schofield, Tohru Araki & Quentin M. Ramasse LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Organic matter in…
RIBBECK (2024 BX1) Aubrite meteorite fall (~ 1760 g) between Selbelang (Paulinenaue), Ribbeck, Berge and Lietzow (Nauen), Havelland, Brandenburg, Germany at 00:32:38-44 UT on 21 January 2024
Last update: 29 May 2024 (11:20 CEST) On 5 February 2024 it was officially anounced in a press release by the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin that the fall was classified as an Aubrite: press release….
Describing the fragment mass distribution in meteorite showers
I.G. Brykina, L.A. Egorova Planetary and Space ScienceIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 20 January 2024 LINK “The mass distribution of fragments is an important characteristic that often needs to be defined for forward modelling…
Textural Study of Vesicles in Tagish Lake (C2-ung) Meteorite Fusion Crust: Constraints on Vesicle Formation during Their Entry into the Earth’s AtmosphereOPEN ACCESS
Xhonatan Shehaj, Stefano Caporali, Ernesto Palomba and Giovanni Pratesi Minerals 2024, 14(1), 99 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (DOWNLOAD) “Vesicles are characteristic structures within the outer layer of many stony meteorites’ fusion crusts. Although these features are…
Molecular distribution and 13C isotope composition of volatile organic compounds in the Murchison and Sutter’s Mill carbonaceous chondritesOPEN ACCESS
José C. Aponte, Frédéric Séguin, Ariel J. Siguelnitzky, Jason P. Dworkin, Jamie E. Elsila, Daniel P. Glavin, Harold C. Connolly Jr, Dante S. Lauretta MAPS, Version of Record online: 16 January 2024 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF…
An overview of the new Moroccan regulation on collection and export of meteorites: a geoheritage to promote and preserve
Hasnaa Chennaoui Aoudjehane MAPS, Version of Record online: 13 January 2024 LINK “Morocco is known for the high number of meteorites collected in its territory, including finds and falls. This is explained by the large…
On the Response of Chondrites to Diurnal Temperature Change—Experimental Simulation of Asteroidal Surface ConditionsOPEN ACCESS
Markus Patzek, Ottaviano Rüsch, Jamie L. Molaro JGR Planets30 December 2023 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Thermal fatigue is a process that degrades rocks and pebbles exposed to space by diurnal cycling. We simulate the…
Meteorites and impact structures in Chad
P. Rochette, J.C. Doumnang, J. Gattacceca, Y. Quesnel Journal of African Earth SciencesVolume 210, February 2024, 105137 LINK “The large surface of Chad (fifth largest country in Africa) as well as a desert climate over…
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 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…
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,…
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….
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
The First Instrumentally Documented Fall of an Iron Meteorite: Orbit and Possible OriginOPEN ACCESS
Ihor Kyrylenko, Oleksiy Golubov, Ivan Slyusarev, Jaakko Visuri, Maria Gritsevich, Yurij N. Krugly, Irina Belskaya, and Vasilij G. Shevchenko The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 953, Number 1Published: 28 July 2023 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “A…
Bidirectional reflectance distribution function measurements of the Winchcombe meteorite using the Visible Oxford Space Environment Goniometer
R. J. Curtis, H. C. Bates, T. J. Warren, K. A. Shirley, E. C. Brown, A. J. King, N. E. Bowles MAPSVersion of Record online: 21 July 2023 LINK “A laboratory study was performed using…
The bulk mineralogy, elemental composition, and water content of the Winchcombe CM chondrite fallOPEN ACCESS
H. C. Bates, A. J. King, K. S. Shirley, E. Bonsall, C. Schröder, F. Wombacher, T. Fockenberg, R. J. Curtis, N. E. Bowles MAPSFirst published: 11 July 2023 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “On the…
Insights into the failure mode of the Chelyabinsk meteor from high-fidelity simulation
Jason M. Pearl, Cody D. Raskin, J. Michael Owen, Kathryn M. Kumamoto, Megan Bruck Syal IcarusAvailable online 24 June 2023, 115686 LINK “In 2013, an asteroid with a diameter of approximate 20 m broke up…
Magnetic characterization of the Daule chondrite (Ecuador’s first meteorite fall): The case of elusive tetrataenite?
K.E. Bristol, A.V. Smirnov, E.J. Piispa, M.R. Ramirez Navas, A. Kosterov, E.V. Kulakov IcarusAvailable online 22 June 2023, 115684 LINK “We investigated the magnetic properties of Ecuador’s first reported meteorite fall (March 23, 2008), the…
Uncovering the chiral bias of meteoritic isovaline through asymmetric photochemistryOPEN ACCESS
Jana Bocková, Nykola C. Jones, Jérémie Topin, Søren V. Hoffmann & Cornelia Meinert Nature Communications, Volume 14, Article number: 3381 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Systematic enrichments of l-amino acids in meteorites is a strong…
A Comparison of Presolar Isotopic Signatures in Laboratory-Studied Primitive Solar System Materials and Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko: New Insights from Light Elements, Halogens, and Noble GasesOPEN ACCESS
Peter Hoppe, Martin Rubin & Kathrin Altwegg Space Science Reviews, Volume 219, Article number: 32 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Comets are considered the most primitive planetary bodies in our Solar System. ESA’s Rosetta mission…
Meteorite fall in Bhojade village, Kopargaon taluk, Ahmednagar district, Maharashtra, IndiaOPEN ACCESS
Ray, D., Shukla, A. D., Bhardwaj, Anil Current ScienceVolume 124, Issue 1025 May, 2023Scientific Correspondence PDF (OPEN ACCESS)
On Models of Meteoroid Fragmentation in the Atmosphere
I. G. Brykina, M. D. Bragin & L. A. Egorova Fluid Dynamics, Volume 58, pages 287–294Published: 17 May 2023 LINK “Various approaches are developed for modeling the destruction of cosmic bodies in the atmosphere into…
The formation and aqueous alteration of CM2 chondrites and their relationship to CO3 chondrites: A fresh isotopic (O, Cd, Cr, Si, Te, Ti, and Zn) perspective from the Winchcombe CM2 fallOPEN ACCESS
R. C. Greenwood, R. Findlay, R. Martins, R. C. J. Steele, K. M. M. Shaw, E. Morton, P. S. Savage, M. E. Murphy, M. Rehkämper, I. A. Franchi, T. Elliott, M. D. Suttle, A. J….
Quantitative evolved gas analysis: Winchcombe in comparison with other CM2 meteoritesOPEN ACCESS
A. В. Verchovsky, F. A. J. Abernethy, M. Anand, S. J. Barber, R. Findlay, I. A. Franchi, R. C. Greenwood, M. M. Grady MAPS, Version of Record online: 15 May 2023 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN…
Petrography, mineral chemistry, metamorphism and Raman spectroscopic studies of Mahadevpur fall meteorite, India
Amulya Chandra Mazumdar, Jayanta Kumar Pati, Anuj Kumar Singh, Balen Bhagabaty, Sarat Phukan, Pritom Borah Geological JournalFirst published: 14 May 2023 LINK “The Mahadevpur (27°39′48″ N, 95°51′32″ E; Arunachal Pradesh, India) meteorite is a fall-type, coarse-grained…
Meteorite fall (OC, ~984 g) in Titusville, Hopewell Township, Mercer County, New Jersey, USA at ~16:23 UT (~12:23 EDT) on 8 May 2023
Last update: 15 May (16:36 CEST) A meteorite (~10×15 cm, ~984 g (~2.2 lbs), ordinary chondrite, LL6?, ~317 cm³) hit a home at location 40°18’30.0″N, 74°50’37.9″W in Old Washington Crossing Pennington Road in Titusville, Hopewell…
Thermal and shock history of Almahata Sitta meteorite inferred from structure refinement of pyroxene and Mössbauer spectroscopy of Fe-Ni metal
Yassir A. Abdu, Abbasher M. Gismelseed, Atta G. Attaelmanan, Muawia H. Shaddad, Frank C. Hawthorne MAPSVersion of Record online: 04 May 2023 LINK “The crystal structures of orthopyroxene (En86.3Fs8.6Wo5.1, space group Pbca) and pigeonite (En81.7Fs8.8Wo9.5,…
ELMSHORN (H chondrite breccia) meteorite fall, (21 confirmed finds (incl. 3.736 kg, 233.4 g); ~4.271.4 kg TKW, H3-6) in Elmshorn, Pinneberg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, at 12:14:24 UT on 25 April 2023
Last update: 29 May 2024 (10:30 CEST) Currently known strewn field of the Elmshorn meteorite fall with exact and approximate find locations and weights of found masses. Image: karmaka First find (3.736 kg) On 26…
Origin and abundances of volatiles on Mars from the zinc isotopic composition of Martian meteorites
M. Paquet, Paolo A. Sossi, Frédéric Moynier Earth and Planetary Science LettersVolume 611, 1 June 2023, 118126, Version of Record: 14 April 2023 LINK “Volatile elements are key to understanding the accretion and differentiation processes…
The Santa Filomena meteorite shower: Trajectory, classification, and opaque phases as indicators of metamorphic conditions
Amanda Tosi, Maria Elizabeth Zucolotto, Diana Paula Andrade, Othon Cabo Winter, Daniela Cardozo Mourão, Rafael Sfair, Karen Ziegler, Pablo Daniel Perez, Sergio Suarez, Iara Deniz Ornellas, Marcelo Zurita, Julio Cezar Mendes, Alexander Wilhelm Kellner, Wania…
Hydrogen isotopic evidence for nebular pre-hydration and the limited role of parent-body processes in CM chondrites
Yves Marrocchi, Thomas Rigaudier, Maxime Piralla, Laurette Piani Earth and Planetary Science LettersVolume 611, 1 June 2023, 118151 LINK “The conditions and environments in which hydrated phases in unequilibrated meteorites formed remain debated. Among carbonaceous…
Shock-induced potassium and zinc isotope fractionation in ordinary chondrites and its implications
Ying-Kui Xu, Zhi Li, Shi-Jie Li, Ze-Zhou Wang, De-Liang Wang, Yan Fan, Xiong-Yao Li, Jian-Zhong Liu, Dan Zhu Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 30 March 2023 LINK „To constrain how impacts…
The Winchcombe Fireball — that Lucky SurvivorOPEN ACCESS
Sarah McMullan, Denis Vida, Hadrien A. R. Devillepoix, Jim Rowe, Luke Daly, Ashley J. King, Martin Cupák, Robert M. Howie, Eleanor K. Sansom, Patrick Shober, Martin C. Towner, Seamus Anderson, Luke McFadden, Jana Horák, Andrew…
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…
Recovery and curation of the Winchcombe (CM2) meteoriteOPEN ACCESS
Sara S. Russell, Ashley J. King, Helena C. Bates, Natasha V. Almeida, Richard C. Greenwood, Luke Daly, Katherine H. Joy, Jim Rowe, Tobias Salge, Caroline L. Smith, P. Grindrod, S. Boazman, L. Bond, V. Bond,…
Macromolecular organic matter in samples of the asteroid (162173) Ryugu
Hikaru Yabuta, George D. Cody, Cécile Engrand, Yoko Kebukawa, Bradley De Gregorio, Lydie Bonal, Laurent Remusat, Rhonda Stroud, Eric Quirico, […] and Yuichi Tsuda Science24 Feb 2023Vol 379, Issue 6634 LINK “Structured Abstract INTRODUCTIONOrganic compounds…
Multi-zone fusion crust formation and classification of the 2004 Auckland meteorite (L6, S5, and W0)OPEN ACCESS
James M. Scott, Marianne Negrini, Kevin Faure, Marshall C. Palmer, Derek R. Knaack, Matthew I. Leybourne MAPSVersion of Record online: 19 February 2023 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “On June 12, 2004, a meteorite passed…
EL SAUZ (5062 g, L6) meteorite fall, near El Sauz, Starr County, Texas at 5:22:40 pm CST (23:22:40 UT) on 15 February 2023
Last update: 5 January 2024 The first of five finds (3646 g in total), a meteorite (L6) with a weight of 444 grams, was announced on 18 February 2023 by Dr. Marc Fries. The meteorite…
MATERA meteorite fall (117.5 g, H5, S1) at 18:58:30 UT on 14 February 2023 in Matera, Basilikata, Italy
Last update: 15 February 2024 The meteorite (117.5 g, H5), in 12 larger and dozens of smaller fragments (milligrams to 2-3 grams)) was found on the balcony of the upper floor of the home of…
Insoluble macromolecular organic matter in the Winchcombe meteoriteOPEN ACCESS
Mark A. Sephton, Queenie H. S. Chan, Jonathan S. Watson, Mark J. Burchell, Vassilia Spathis, Monica M. Grady, Alexander B. Verchovsky, Feargus A. J. Abernethy, Ian A. Franchi MAPSVersion of Record online: 17 February 2023…
SAINT-PIERRE-LE-VIGER meteorite fall (L5-6, C-S3, >1132.84 g) of asteroid 2023 CX1 (Sar2667) found! Meteorite fall at ~2:59:21 UT on 13 February 2023 near Angiens and Saint-Pierre-le-Viger, Seine Maritime, France
Last update: 1 June 2023 (12:20 CEST) By 22 February 2023 12 meteorites (206.2 g total, L5-6) were found by the first Vigie-Ciel search team during their first search campaign (15-19 February). Private search teams…
Winchcombe: An example of rapid terrestrial alteration of a CM chondriteOPEN ACCESS
Laura E. Jenkins, Martin R. Lee, Luke Daly, Ashley J. King, Cameron J. Floyd, Pierre-Etienne Martin, Natasha V. Almeida, Matthew J. Genge MAPSVersion of Record online: 09 February 2023 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Winchcombe is a CM chondrite that fell in…
High Resolution Micro Raman Spectroscopy on the Winchcombe Carbonaceous Chondrite (CM2)
Hoffmann V. H.* Kaliwoda M. Junge M. Hentschel F. Schmahl W. W. 54th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference 2023abstract [#2308] Within this project, the phase composition of Winchcombe (CM2) samples is investigated by 2D/3D digital microscopy and micro Raman spectroscopy.
Bulk and in-situ chemical analysis of meteorite Berduc, an L6 chondrite
Amit Basu Sarbadhikari, Garima Arora, Maria E Varela & Ramakant R Mahajan Journal of Earth System Science, Volume 132, Article number: 21Published: 27 January 2023 LINK “We present a detailed study of petrography, mineralogy, mineral chemistry and bulk…
KOPARGAON meteorite fall (LL5) near Bhojade Chauki (भोजडे चौकी) in Kanhegaon (कान्हेगाव) village, Kopargaon (कोपरगाव) subdistrict, Ahmednagar (अहमदनगर) district, Maharashtra, India at ~6.50 am IST (~1.20 UT) on 24 January 2023
Last update: 3 January 2023 An meteorite (~1 kg, ordinary chondrite, LL5) fell through the roof of Kiran Bbnraav Thaakre’s (Kiran Babanrao Thakre, किरण बबनराव ठाकरे) house near the settlement Bhojade Chauki (भोजडे चौकी) in…
Complex carbonaceous matter in Tissint martian meteorites give insights into the diversity of organic geochemistry on MarsOPEN ACCESS
Philippe Schmitt-Kopplin, Marco Matzka, Alexander Ruf, Benedicte Menez, Hasnaa Chennaoui Aoudjehane, Mourad Harir, Marianna Lucio, Jasmine Hertzog, Norbert Hertkorn, Régis D. Gougeon, Victor Hoffmann, Nancy W. Hinman, Ludovic Ferrière, Ansgar Greshake, Zelimir Gabelica, László Trif,…
The amino acid and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon compositions of the promptly recovered CM2 Winchcombe carbonaceous chondriteOPEN ACCESS
Queenie H. S. Chan, Jonathan S. Watson, Mark A. Sephton, Áine C. O’Brien, Lydia J. Hallis MAPSVersion of Record online: 09 January 2023 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The rapid recovery of the Winchcombe meteorite offers a valuable opportunity…
The fusion crust of the Winchcombe meteorite: A preserved record of atmospheric entry processesOPEN ACCESS
Matthew J. Genge, Luke Alesbrook, Natasha V. Almeida, Helena C. Bates, Phil A. Bland, Mark R. Boyd, Mark J. Burchell, Gareth S. Collins, Luke T. Cornwell, Luke Daly, Hadrien A. R. Devillepoix, Matthias van Ginneken, Ansgar Greshake, Daniel Hallatt, Christopher Hamann, Lutz Hecht, Laura E. Jenkins, Diane Johnson, Rosie Jones, Ashley J. King, Haithem Mansour, Sarah…
The Winchcombe meteorite—A regolith breccia from a rubble pile CM chondrite asteroidOPEN ACCESS
M. D. Suttle, L. Daly, R. H. Jones, L. Jenkins, M. Van Ginneken, J. T. Mitchell, J. C. Bridges, L. J. Hicks, D. Johnson, G. Rollinson, R. Taylor, M. J. Genge, C. Schröder, P. Trimby, H. Mansour, S. Piazolo, E. Bonsall, T. Salge, R. Heard, R. Findlay, A. J. King, H. C. Bates, M. R. Lee, N. R….
TANXI meteorite fall (H6, >10.7 kg) in Tanxi (檀溪镇), Pujiang County (浦江县), Jinhua (金华市), Zhejiang Province (浙江省), China at ~17:48:42- (CST)/ 9:48:42 (UT) on 15 December 2022
Last update: 21 January 2023 Meteorite fall (H6) in and around the villages Maodian, Chengtou and Siqian, within Tanxi Township, Pujiang County, Jinhua, Zhejiang Province, China. According to media reports it fell around 17:48:42 (CST)…
Ar-Ar and U-Pb ages of Chelyabinsk and a re-evaluation of its impact chronology
Sky P. Beard, Timothy D. Swindle, Thomas J. Lapen, David A. Kring MAPS, Version of Record online: 01 December 2022 LINK “The LL5 chondrite Chelyabinsk has had numerous isotopic studies since its fall in 2013….
Analysis of the daylight fireball of July 15, 2021, leading to a meteorite fall and find near Antonin, Poland, and a description of the recovered chondriteOPEN ACCESS
Lukáš Shrbený,Agata M. Krzesińska,Jiří Borovička,Pavel Spurný,Zbigniew Tymiński,Kryspin Kmieciak MAPS, Version of Record online: 01 December 2022 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “We present the description of an observation of a fireball recorded during the sunrise…
Three-dimensional imaging of high-velocity-impact induced crack growth in carbonaceous meteorites
Tatsuhiro Michikami, Akira Tsuchiyama, Axel Hagermann, Akio Takeda, Katsuki Shishido, Yushi Otsuka, Osamu Sasaki, Michihiko Nakamura, Satoshi Okumura, Harumasa Kano, Sunao Hasegawa, IcarusAvailable online 25 November 2022 LINK “The material strength of meteorites provides useful…
Shidian meteorite, a new fall analog of near-Earth asteroid (101955) Bennu
Yan Fan, Shijie Li, Shen Liu, Qingzhu Yin, Guangming Song, Rui Xu, Jiang Zhang, Pengfei Zhang, Chengyu Liu, Rong Wang, Thomas Smith MAPSVersion of Record online: 24 November 2022 LINK “Shidian is a recent meteorite…
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…
The Winchcombe meteorite, a unique and pristine witness from the outer solar systemOPEN ACCESS
Ashley J. King, Luke Daly, James Rowe, Katherine H. Joy, Richard C. Greenwood, Hadrien A. R. Devillepoix, Martin D. Suttle, Queenie H. S. Chan, Sara S. Russell, Helena C. Bates,James F.J. Bryson, Patricia L. Clay,…
Rock magnetic characterization of returned samples from asteroid (162173) Ryugu: Implications for paleomagnetic interpretation and paleointensity estimation
Masahiko Sato, Yuki Kimura, Satoshi Tanaka, Tadahiro Hatakeyama, Seiji Sugita, Tomoki Nakamuna, Shogo Tachibana, Hisayoshi Yurimoto, Takaaki Noguchi, Ryuji Okazaki, Hikaru Yabuta, Hiroshi Naraoka, Kanako Sakamoto, Toru Yada, Masahiro Nishimura, Aiko Nakato, Akiko Miyazaki, Kasumi…
Linking remote sensing, in situ and laboratory spectroscopy for a Ryugu analog meteorite sampleOPEN ACCESS
Alessandro Maturilli, Sabrina Schwinger, Enrica Bonato, Jörn Helbert, Mickael Baqué, Maximilian Hamm, Giulia Alemanno and Mario D’Amore Frontiers in Space Technologies, 24 October 2022Sec. Space Robotics LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (DOWNLOAD) “In 2022 JAXA issued an…
The Traspena meteorite: Heliocentric orbit, atmospheric trajectory, strewn field, and petrography of a new L5 ordinary chondriteOPEN ACCESS
Manuel Andrade, José Á Docobo, Javier García-Guinea, Pedro P Campo, Mar Tapia, Luis Sánchez-Muñoz, Víctor Villasante-Marcos, Eloy Peña-Asensio, Josep M Trigo-Rodríguez, Jordi Ibáñez-Insa, Marc Campeny, Jordi Llorca Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, stac2911Published:…
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in carbonaceous chondrites can be used as tracers of both pre-accretion and secondary processesOPEN ACCESS
Marceau Lecasble, Laurent Remusat, Jean-Christophe Viennet, Boris Laurent, Sylvain Bernard Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 6 September 2022 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) “Carbonaceous chondrites contain in a diverse suite of more or…
The chondrite breccia of Antonin (L4-5)—A new meteorite fall from Poland with a heterogeneous distribution of metalOPEN ACCESS
Addi Bischoff, Markus Patzek, Stefan T. M. Peters, Jean-Alix Barrat, Tommaso Di Rocco, Andreas Pack, Samuel Ebert, Christian A. Jansen, Kryspin Kmieciak MAPSVersion of Record online: 23 August 2022 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “On…
The Structural analysis of Kunya-Urgench chondrite: The nondestructive neutron studies
Sergey E. Kichanov, Bekhzodjon A. Abdurakhimov, Ivan Yu Zel, Andrei K. Kirillov, Denis P. Kozlenko, Irina K. Lapina, Yulii L. Mentsin MAPSVersion of Record online: 21 August 2022 LINK “We present the results of neutron…
A record of post-accretion asteroid surface mixing preserved in the Aguas Zarcas meteorite
Xin Yang, Romy D. Hanna, Andrew M. Davis, April I. Neander & Philipp R. Heck Nature AstronomyPublished: 11 August 2022 LINK “Particle ejection and redeposition events on the surface of asteroid 101955 Bennu, which led…
Bolide fragmentation: What parts of asteroid 2008 TC3 survived to the ground?OPEN ACCESS
Peter Jenniskens, Darrel Robertson, Cyrena A. Goodrich, Muawia H. Shaddad, Ayman Kudoda, Anna M. Fioretti, Michael E. Zolensky MAPSVersion of Record online: 04 August 2022 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Asteroid 2008 TC3 impacted the…
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…
The first main group ureilite with primary plagioclase: A missing link in the differentiation of the ureilite parent body
Cyrena A. Goodrich, Max Collinet, Allan Treiman, Tabb C. Prissel, Markus Patzek, Samuel Ebert, Michael J. Jercinovic, Addi Bischoff, Andreas Pack, Jean-Alix Barrat, Stephan Decker MAPS, First Published: 4 August 2022 LINK “MS-MU-012, a 15.5 g…
Cranfield (H3-5, S3, >596.83 g) meteorite fall (27 April 2022, 8:03 a.m. CDT (13:03 GMT)) officially registered
MB 111 Writeup: Cranfield “Cranfield 31°33’06.1″N, 91°11’36.6″W Mississippi, United States Confirmed fall: 2022 Apr 27 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H3-5) History: (M. Fries): On April 27, 2022, at 8:03 a.m. CDT (1303 GMT) multiple eyewitnesses from Arkansas, Louisiana,…
Portelândia (prov.) meteorite fall (OC) near Portelândia, Goiás, Brasil at ≲9.30 BRT (≲12.30 UTC) on 17 July 2022
Last update: 3 August 2022 According to cattle farm owner Josemar Rodrigues (52) from the Santa Luzia farm in the rural zone of Portelândia, Goiás in Brasil a meteorite (an ordinary chondrite (LL?)) fell through…
Compositional and spectroscopic investigation of three ungrouped carbonaceous chondrites
Mehmet Yesiltas, Yoko Kebukawa, Timothy D. Glotch, Michael Zolensky, Marc Fries, Namik Aysal, Fatma S. Tukel MAPSVersion of Record online: 17 July 2022 LINK “Ungrouped carbonaceous chondrites are not easily classified into one of the…
Heterogeneous nature of the carbonaceous chondrite breccia Aguas Zarcas – cosmochemical characterization and origin of new carbonaceous chondrite lithologies
Imene Kerraouch, Yoko Kebukawa, Addi Bischoff, Michael E. Zolensky, Elias Wölfer, Jan L. Hellmann, Motoo Ito, Ashley King, Mario Trieloff, Jean-Alix Barrat, Phillipe Schmitt-Kopplin, Andreas Pack, Markus Patzek, Romy D. Hanna, Thomas Fockenberg, Yves Marrocchi,…
The Antonin L5 chondrite fall (Poland): Mineralogy and petrology of meteorite, bolide trajectory and meteoroid orbit
A.M. Krzesińska, Z. Tymiński, K. Kmieciak, L. Shrbený, P. Spurný and J. Borovička MetSoc22 abstract [#6144] LINK
Rudashevskyite in the Winchcombe CM Chondrite: A Sulfide from Either Nebular Condensation or Metasomatic Alteration
Jenkins L. E. Lee M. R. Daly L. King A. J. Einsile J. F. Salge T. MetSoc22 abstract [#6123] LINK “Rudashevskyite, / Related to sphalerite, / How did you get here?”
Phosphide-Rich Clasts in the C2-Ungrouped Tarda Meteorite
Smith L. R. * Haenecour P. H. Barnes J. J. Domanik K. Neuman M. Wang K. Ogliore R. MetSoc22 abstract [#6406] LINK “We have identified several phosphide-rich clasts in the C2-ungrouped Tarda meteorite. Through coordinated…
Phosphorus Speciation in Hydrous Carbonaceous Meteorites: Indications of the Degree of Oxidation During Hydrothermal Processing
MetSoc22 abstract [#6290] LINK “Results suggest P was incorporated into parent bodies as phosphide, and aqueous processing was most effective at oxidizing this to phosphate in Murchison, with a lesser degree of oxidation in Aguas…
The Aguas Zarcas Carbonaceous Chondrite Meteorite: A Study of Chondrules, Fine-Grained Rims, and Indications for a Heterogeneous Parent Body
Kouvatsis I. Cartwright J. A. Hames W. E. MetSoc22 abstract [#6308] LINK “We study the formation and evolution of fine-grained rims (FGRs) in the carbonaceous chondrite Aguas Zarcas.”
The Sequence of Carbonate Mineralization in the CM Carbonaceous Chondrites Revealed by the Winchcombe Meteorite
Lee M. R. Daly L. Trimby P. W. Piazolo S. MetSoc22 abstract [#6431] LINK “The recent CM fall Winchcombe contains a comprehensive collection of carbonates that track its progressive alteration.”
Curation of the Winchcombe CM Chondrite Fall
Almeida N. V. Bates H. C. King A. J. Smith C. L. Russell S. S. UKFAll Winchcombe Consortium MetSoc22 abstract [#6285] LINK “We describe the circumstances of the recovery and the process of curating the…
The Fall, Recovery, and Initial Analysis of the Winchcombe CM Chondrite
MetSoc22 abstract [#6443] LINK “We summarise the results of a consortium study of the Winchcombe CM chondrite fall.”
Tiglit: Aubrite Meteorite Fall in Morocco on December 2021
Chennaoui Aoudjehane H. * Agee C. B. Aoudjehane M. Zennouri L. MetSoc22 abstract [#6352] LINK “Tiglit is an aubrite eyewitnessed fall on Earth in the South of Morocco on December 9th, 2021. It’s a small…
Rapid Recovery of a New Chondrite Meteorite near Natchez, Mississippi
Welzenbach L. C. * Fries M. D. Cooke W. J. Moser D. Hicks S. Rassmussen E. Satterwhite C. E. Righter K. Sheikh D. Ruzicka A. M. Hutson M. L. Vargas R. Stream M. Eckley S….
Correlated Two- and Three-Dimensional Mineralogy and Petrography of the C3.00-Ungrouped Chwichiya 002 AND C2- Ungrouped Tarda Carbonaceous Chondrites
Haenecour P. * Maisano J. Hanna R. D. Smith L. R. Barnes J. J. MetSoc22 abstract [#6425] LINK “We report initial results from our ongoing project to correlate 3D observations from micro-X-ray computed tomography (μXCT)…
Composition and Petrography of Recent Type 1 and 2 Carbonaceous Chondrite Falls
Wombacher F. Kerraouch I. Bischoff A. MetSoc22 abstract [#6219] LINK “We analysed the recent carbonaceous chondrite falls Flensburg C1, Kolang CM1/2, Aguas Zarcas CM2, Winchcombe CM2 and Tarda C2 together with the CM2 chondrites Murchison…
Isotopic Composition, Morphologies, and Functional Chemistry of Organic Matter within the Recent Observed Falls Tarda and Winchcombe
Vollmer C. * Leitner J. Bays C. King A. J. Schofield P. F. Araki T. Mosberg A. B. Kepaptsoglou D. Ramasse Q. M. Hoppe P. MetSoc22 abstract [#6296] LINK “We have investigated organic matter within…
A Coordinated Approach to Investigate the Heterogeneity of Aqueous Alteration at the Micro-Scale in the Winchcombe Meteorite, a CM Fall
Daly L. * Suttle M. D. Lee M. R. Bridges J. Hicks L. Martin P-E. Floyd C. J. Jenkins L. Salge T. King A. J. Almedia N. V. Johnson D. Trimby P. Mansour H. Wadsworth…
Geological History of the Winchcombe Meteorite — A New CM Chondrite Fall
Suttle M. D. * Daly L. Jones R. H. Jenkins L. Van Ginneken M. Mitchell J. T. Bridges J. C. Hicks L. J. Johnson D. Rollinson G. Taylor R. Genge M. J. Schröder C. Bonsall…
Meteoritic materials within sulfate aerosol particles in the troposphere are detected with transmission electron microscopyOPEN ACCESS
Kouji Adachi, Naga Oshima, Nobuyuki Takegawa, Nobuhiro Moteki & Makoto Koike Communications Earth & Environment, Volume 3, Article number: 134 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “When meteorites impact the Earth’s atmosphere, they fractionalize and ablate,…
Detection of Cosmic Fullerenes in the Almahata Sitta Meteorite: Are They an Interstellar Heritage?OPEN ACCESS
Hassan Sabbah, Mickaël Carlos, Peter Jenniskens, Muawia H. Shaddad, Jean Duprat, Cyrena A. Goodrich, and Christine Joblin The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 931, Number 2 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Buckminsterfullerene, C60, is the largest molecule…
Asteroid 2008 TC3, not a polymict ureilitic but a polymict C1 chondrite parent body? Survey of 249 Almahata Sitta fragmentsOPEN ACCESS
Addi Bischoff, Lukas Bannemann, Stephan Decker, Samuel Ebert, Siegfried Haberer, Ursula Heitmann, Marian Horstmann, Kerstin I. Klemm, Ann-Kathrin Kraemer, Sarah Lentfort, Markus Patzek, Jakob Storz, Mona Weyrauch MAPSVersion of Record online: 14 May 2022 LINK…
Identifying the wide diversity of extraterrestrial purine and pyrimidine nucleobases in carbonaceous meteoritesOPEN ACCESS
Yasuhiro Oba, Yoshinori Takano, Yoshihiro Furukawa, Toshiki Koga, Daniel P. Glavin, Jason P. Dworkin & Hiroshi Naraoka Nature Communications, Volume 13, Article number: 2008Published: 26 April 2022 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) Supplementary Information “The…
Fe-Ni sulfides in Tagish Lake: Implications for nebular and parent body conditions of formation
Miranda C. Holt, Christopher D. K. Herd MAPSVersion of Record online: 20 April 2022 LINK “This study examined nine pristine samples representing seven lithologies of the ungrouped C2 carbonaceous chondrite Tagish Lake from the University…
Unique evidence of fluid alteration in the Kakowa (L6) ordinary chondriteOPEN ACCESS
I. P. Baziotis, C. Ma, Y. Guan, L. Ferrière, S. Xydous, J. Hu, M. A. Kipp, F. L. H. Tissot & P. D. Asimow Scientific Reports, Volume 12, Article number: 5520Published: 12 April 2022 LINK…
Petrochemistry and Oxygen Isotope of Karimati (L5) Chondrite, a 2009 Fall in Uttar Pradesh, India
D. Ray, D. K. Panda, G. Arora, S. Ghosh, S. V. S. Murty & S. Chakraborty Journal of the Geological Society of India, Volume 98, pages 323–328Published: 28 March 2022 LINK “Karimati, a single stone,…
Multiscale correlated analysis of the Aguas Zarcas CM chondriteOPEN ACCESS
Zélia Dionnet, Alice Aléon-Toppani, Rosario Brunetto, Stefano Rubino, Martin D. Suttle, Cateline Lantz, Chrysa Avdellidou, Donia Baklouti, Ferenc Borondics, Zahia Djouadi, Francesco Greco, Eva Héripré, Tomoki Nakamura, Alessandra Rotundi, Mario Scheel MAPSVersion of Record online:…
Cosmogenic records and noble gases in Mukundpura CM2.0 carbonaceous chondrite
Ramakant R. Mahajan, D. Raychaudhuri, A. Dutta, Anil D. Shukla Planetary and Space ScienceAvailable online 18 March 2022 LINK “Highlights • Cosmic ray exposure history of new carbonaceous chondrite Mukundpura is discussed.• Mukundpura CM2.0 chondrite…
Distinguishing between terrestrial and extraterrestrial organic compounds in the CM2 Aguas Zarcas carbonaceous chondrite: Implications for intrinsic organic matter
Libby D. Tunney, Patrick J. A. Hill, Christopher D. K. Herd, Robert W. Hilts, Miranda C. Holt MAPSVersion of Record online: 15 March 2022 LINK “Soluble organic matter analyses of astromaterials can provide valuable information…
Organic compounds in the Tarda C2 ungrouped carbonaceous chondrite: Evaluating the sources of contamination in a desert fall
Libby D. Tunney, Patrick J. A. Hill, Christopher D. K. Herd, Robert W. Hilts MAPSVersion of Record online: 03 March 2022 LINK “Studying organic compounds in meteorites provides important insight into the chemical processes that…
Arpu Kuilpu: An H5 from the Outer Main BeltOPEN ACCESS
Patrick M. Shober, Hadrien A. R. Devillepoix, Eleanor K. Sansom, Martin C. Towner, Martin Cupák, Seamus L. Anderson, Gretchen Benedix, Lucy Forman, Phil A. Bland, Robert M. Howie, Benjamin A. D. Hartig, Matthias Laubenstein, Francesca…
Trajectory, recovery, and orbital history of the Madura Cave meteoriteOPEN ACCESS
Hadrien A. R. Devillepoix, Eleanor K. Sansom, Patrick Shober, Seamus L. Anderson, Martin C. Towner, Anthony Lagain, Martin Cupák, Philip A. Bland, Robert M. Howie, Trent Jansen-Sturgeon, Benjamin A. D. Hartig, Marcin Sokolowski, Gretchen Benedix,…
The Famenin fall and other ordinary chondrites intermediate between H and L groupsOPEN ACCESS
Hamed Pourkhorsandi, Jérôme Gattacceca, Pierre Rochette, Thomas Smith, Lydie Bonal, Massimo D’Orazio, Bertrand Devouard, Corinne Sonzogni, Vinciane Debaille Meteoritics & Planetary Scienceaccepted for publication, February 2022 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (DOWNLOAD) and PDF (OPEN ACCESS) Update…
Tagish Lake is Still the Only Possible Meteorite Sample from D-Type Asteroids
Hiroi T. Ohtsuka K. Zolensky M. E. Rutherford M. J. Milliken R. E. PDF LPSC 2022 abstract [#1149] “Although some meteorite candidates such as Tarda have been suggested, Tagish Lake is still the only possible…
Tracing Organic Contamination from Collection to Curation: Best Practices for the Recovery and Contamination Mitigation of Meteorites
Tunney L. D. Hill P. J. A. Herd C. D. K. Hilts R. W. PDF LPSC 2022 abstract [#2103] “In this study, we derive six key recommendations for recovering, handling, and curating freshly fallen meteorites.”
Brecciation on the Aguas Zarcas Parent Body Revealed Using Clast Petrofabrics
Floyd C. J. * Macente A. Daly L. Hanna R. D. Lee M. R. PDF LPSC 2022 abstract [#1470] “Chondrules in chondrites / What secrets are they hiding / Fabrics reveal all.”
LASER Raman Spectroscopy on Aguas Zarcas (CM2) — the 2019 Meteorite Fall from Costa Rica
Hoffmann V. H. Kaliwoda M. Junge M. Schmahl W. W. PDF LPSC 2022 abstract [#2231] “A large slice of Aguas Zarcas (CM2) was analyzed systematically by LASER Raman spectroscopy. The results are compared with Raman…
A Jump of an Iron Meteorite
Moilanen J. Gritsevich M. PDF LPSC 2022 abstract [#2933] “We study is it possible that a 14 kg iron meteorite can jump 75 meters after hitting on a granite boulder.”
Possible Origin of the First Iron Meteorite with an Instrumentally Documented Fall
Kyrylenko I. Golubov O. Slyusarev I. Visuri J. Gritsevich M. et al. PDF LPSC 2022 abstract [#2655] “We determine the orbit of the first iron meteoroid with instrumentally recorded fall, simulate its past orbital evolution…
Multi-Isotopic Analyses of Bulk Ryugu Samples Returned by the Hayabusa2 Mission
Yokoyama T. * Hayabusa2-Initial-Analysis Chemistry Hayabusa2-Initial-Analysis Core PDF LPSC 2022 abstract [#1273] “We report preliminary results on the isotopic compositions of Ti, Cr, and Pb obtained from the Ryugu samples and some carbonaceous chondrites.”
Spectral Reflectance Properties of the C2-Ungrouped Tarda Meteorite
Applin D. M. Schrader D. L. Cloutis E. A. Nakamura T. Matsuoka M. PDF LPSC 2022 abstract [#2218] “We study the spectral reflectance properties of the Tarda meteorite in order to assess similarities to the…
Detailed Coordinated Analysis of the Mineralogy, Petrography, and Elemental Composition of the Carbonaceous Chondrite Falls Tarda and Kolang
Smith L. R. Haenecour P. Barnes J. J. Dominik K. Neuman M. et al. PDF LPSC 2022 abstract [#2832] “We conducted coordinated in-situ (EPMA) and bulk (q-ICP-MS) analyses to constrain the petrography, mineralogy, and elemental…
Assessing the Oxygen Isotope Heterogeneity in Aguas Zarcas, Mukundpura and Kolang
Findlay R. * Greenwood R. C. Franchi I. A. Anand M. King A. J. et al. PDF LPSC 2022 abstract [#2647] “Warm cosmic hot tub / Wet and dry are now as one / Juxtaposed…
