Meteorite fall in Ponderosa Forest, Harris County, Texas, USA at 21:40:10 UT on 21 March 2026
Last update: 23 March 2026 (14:50 CET) A ~6-pound palm-sized meteorite fragment (probably an ordinary chondrite) fell through the roof of Sherrie A James’s house, which according to our own research is at location 30°01’21.7″N,…
Meteorite fall (eucrite?) in Medina County, Ohio, USA at 12:56:42 UTC on 17 March 2026
Last update: 23 March 2026 (16:40 CET) The first achondritic meteorite finds (eucrite?) were reported on 18 March 2026. After a first online report of a small specimen found in a concrete parking lot in…
Meteorite fall (HED, eucrite/diogenite?) in Koblenz (Güls), Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, at around 17:55:02 UT on 8 March 2026
Last update: 23 March 2026 (15:00 CET) A fist-sized meteorite (HED, eucrite/diogenite?) hit the roof of a house at location 50°20’37.8″N, 7°32’51.8″E in Koblenz-Güls, Germany, shortly after 17:55:02 UT on 8 March 2026 when a…
High Resolution Microscopy and Raman Spectroscopic Studies on the Freshest Mukundpura Meteorite, Rajasthan, India: Presence of NanodiamondOPEN ACCESS
D. Chandrasekharam,U. Govind,R. P. Tripathi,T. H. Amir,K. M. Sairam,D. B. E. Rafal,A. Dixit Accepted for Publication in Bull. Min. Res. Exp. (2024) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Carbonaceous Chondrites have special significance in the stellar evolution and…
The daylight fireball of June 25, 2022, leading to a meteorite fall and find near Pusté Úľany, Slovakia
Lukáš Shrbený, Jiří Borovička, Pavel Spurný, Mike Hankey MAPS, Version of Record online: 04 March 2026 LINK “We present detailed analysis of a daytime fireball observed on June 25, 2022, which is based on four…
The smallest pedigree fall event meteorite ever recovered: Pusté Úl’any — Physical, mineralogical, chemical, and radionuclide analyses
Juraj Tóth, Pavel P. Povinec, Daniel Ozdín, Robert J. Macke, A. J. Timothy Jull, Matthias Laubenstein, Ivan Sýkora, Ivan Kontul’, Miroslav Ješkovský, Jakub Kaizer, Jakub Zeman, Victory A. J. Jaques, Tomáš Zikmund, Martin Kareš, Jozef…
Molecular inventory and comparative organic profiling of a homogenized aggregate sample from asteroid (101955) Bennu
José C. Aponte, Denise K. Buckner, Angel Mojarro, Jamie E. Elsila, Jason P. Dworkin, Daniel P. Glavin, Harold C. Connolly, Dante S. Lauretta Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, In Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 28 February…
Triple oxygen and hydrogen stable isotope composition of hydroxyl water in Orgueil (CI-type) and Tagish Lake (C2-type) carbonaceous chondrites
Erik J.H. Oerter, Christopher D.K. Herd, Conel M.O’D. Alexander Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, In Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 27 February 2026 LINK “The primitive carbonaceous chondrites are of interest to cosmochemical science because they…
The First Instrumentally Documented Fall of an Iron Meteorite: atmospheric trajectory and ground impactOPEN ACCESS
Jarmo Moilanen, Maria Gritsevich, Jaakko Visuri submitted to Planetary Science Journal PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Iron meteorite falls are rare compared to stony meteorites, and until recently no iron meteorite had a reliably determined pre-atmospheric orbit….
Petrogenesis and Provenance of Unique Amphibole-Bearing Carbonaceous Chondrite Almahata Sitta 202: Further Evidence for a Ceres-Sized, Water-Rich Parent Body
Cyrena A. Goodrich, Victoria E. Hamilton, Michael E.Zolensky, Noriko Kita, Issaku Kohl, Lauren Tafla, Robert J. Macke, Takahiro Hiroi, Yoko Kebukawa, Wayne Buckley, Jacob B. Setera, Justin I. Simon, Allan H. Treiman, Jennifer S. Gorce,…
Al-Khadhaf: The first camera-observed (H5–6) meteorite fall from OmanOPEN ACCESS
Anna Zappatini, Edwin Gnos, Beda A. Hofmann, Urs Eggenberger, Pascal M. Kruttasch, Frank Gfeller, Mohammad Tauseef, Ingo Leya, Hadrien A. R. Devillepoix, Eleanor K. Sansom, Martin Cupák, Sophie E. Deam, Thomas W. C. Stevenson, Peter…
Drelów, the 13th and latest meteorite fall in Poland—A typical L6 chondrite with shock veinsOPEN ACCESS
Addi Bischoff, Krzysztof Szopa, Jean-Alix Barrat, Stig Bartel, Jasper Berndt, Tommaso Di Rocco, Dieter Heinlein, Stephan Klemme, Tomasz Krzykawski, Björn Lehnert, Agnieszka Mirek, Andreas Pack, Markus Patzek, Marie Pichotta, Maximilian P. Reitze, Stefan Ruchti, Philippe…
Reflectance Spectroscopy (350–2500 nm) of Two New CI Chondrites: Oued Chebeika 002 and FlensburgOPEN ACCESS
Cloutis E. A., Applin D. M. LPSC 2026, abstract #1090 PDF “Two new C1 chondrites, Oued Chebeika 002 and Flensburg have been characterized by reflectance spectroscopy, extending the spectral diversity seen among these meteorites. They…
Organic Profiling of the Kolang (CM1/2) Carbonaceous Chondrite
Menor-Salvan C., Sanchez-España J., Yusta I., Ilin A. M., Bonales L. J. et al. LPSC 2026, abstract #1434 PDF “GC–MS and Orbitrap-MS/MS profiling of the Kolang CM1/2 chondrite reveals a complex organic suite, including abundant…
Reflectance spectroscopy (200-4200 nm) of the red-sloped C2 carbonaceous chondrites MET 00432, Tagish Lake, Tarda, and WIS 91600 (“CT” grouplet)
Edward A. Cloutis, Devin L. Schrader, Daniel M. Applin, Tomoki Nakamura, Timothy D. Glotch, Takahiro Hiroi, Moe Matsuoka, Michael E. Zolensky, Joshua P. Emery, Kristi M. Peters Icarus, In Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 22…
Small but mighty: Impact hazards from iron Near-Earth ObjectsOPEN ACCESS
Robert Luther, Natalia Artemieva, Andrea Schmalen, Kai Wünnemann, Detlef Koschny, Richard Moissl MAPS, First published: 27 December 2025 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Small asteroids can impact Earth unexpectedly, as demonstrated by the Chelyabinsk event…
Aqueous alteration in the C2-ung Tarda meteorite: in situ isotopic evidence from dolomite and magnetite
Bennett J.K. Wilson, Kazuhide Nagashima, Thomas J. Barrett, Veronica E. Di Cecco, Kimberly T. Tait, Michael G. Daly Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, In Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 21 December 2025 LINK “The Tarda meteorite…
Pułtusk H5 Chondrite — A Compilation of Chemical, Physical, and Thermophysical DataOPEN ACCESS
Katarzyna Łuszczek and Radosław A. Wach Geosciences 2025, 15(11), 438Published: 18 November 2025 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The Pułtusk meteorite, classified as an H5 ordinary chondrite, is one of the best documented Polish falls,…
Meteorite fall, 11 July 2025, ~13:02:59 UTC, Nullabor, Western Australia, Australia
Last update: 13 December 2025 (10:15 CET) The ~300-gram meteorite (DN250711_02) was found about 400 kilometres north-east of Kalgoorlie-Boulder by Curtin University PhD students Dale Giancono (finder), Iona Clemente and Michael Frazer in the calculated…
Xieite: A high-pressure polymorph of chromite in the Kopargaon ordinary chondrite
Monotrisha Dey, Amit Mandal Journal of Earth System ScienceVolume 134, article number 238, Published: 29 November 2025 LINK “Kopargaon ordinary chondrite, a monomict fragmented breccia, was recorded as a recent meteorite fall reported from Kopargaon…
Kindberg, the fifth meteorite fall in Austria: A weakly shocked L6 chondrite breccia with high-pressure phasesOPEN ACCESS
Addi Bischoff, Maximilian P. Reitze, Julia Roszjar, Markus Patzek, Jean-Alix Barrat, Jasper Berndt, Tommaso Di Rocco, Andreas Pack, Iris Weber MAPS, Version of Record online: 24 November 2025 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “A bright…
Spectroscopy of the Hamburg Meteorite, Michigan H4OPEN ACCESS
M. Darby Dyar, Laura B. Breitenfeld, Melissa D. Lane, Timothy Glotch, Roger Clark, Neil Pearson, Elizabeth C. Sklute, Molly C. McCanta, Amanda J. Hendrix, Brandon Weller The Planetary Science Journal, Volume 6, Number 10, Published…
Elastic Properties of Returned Samples From Asteroid (162173) RyuguOPEN ACCESS
Keisuke Onodera, Yuta Ino, Satoshi Tanaka, Taichi Kawamura, Takuya Ishizaki, Rei Kanemaru, Ryota Fukai, Takeshi Tsuji, Tomoki Nakamura, Daisuke Nakashima, Masayuki Uesugi, Shogo Tachibana, Seiji Sugita, Hisayoshi Yurimoto, Takaaki Noguchi, Ryuji Okazaki, Hikaru Yabuta, Hiroshi…
Jatilaba (prov.) meteorite fall in Jatilaba, Margasari District, Tegal Regency, Central Java, Indonesia at ~6:35:28 pm WIB (~11:35:28 UTC) on 5 October 2025
Last update: 16 November 2025 (15:40 CET) At around 6:35:28 pm WIB (~11:35:28 UTC) on 5 October 2025 a ~1.25-kilogram meteorite (probably an ordinary chondrite) fell in the yard next to Ibu Nur’s house in…
The fall of the Haag (LL4-6) chondrite breccia—Just 8 years after the nearby fall Stubenberg (LL6)OPEN ACCESS
Addi Bischoff, Markus Patzek, Jean-Alix Barrat, Stig Bartel, Jasper Berndt, Henner Busemann, Tommaso Di Rocco, Mattias Ek, Manuela A. Fehr, Dieter Heinlein, Daniela Krietsch, Björn Lehnert, Colin Maden, Oscar Marchhart, Martin Martschini, Silke Merchel, Andreas…
A New Meteorite Fall from Khalwat-Limgaon Village of Wadwani Taluka in Beed District, MaharashtraOPEN ACCESS
Aditya Das, Bhalamurugan Sivaraman, Dwijesh Ray, K. K. Marhas, Anil D. Shukla, Anil Bhardwaj Journal of the Geological Society of IndiaVolume 101, Number 1001 October 2025Received: 21 May 2025, Revised form accepted: 5 September 2025…
Fe isotopes in sulfides in the Aguas Zarcas (CM2) chondrite: Implications for the history of the parent asteroids
Xinqian Zhu, Xinyu Wang, Cheng Qian, Kexin Deng, Qi He, Zaicong Wang, Wen Zhang, Ao Yang, Fabin Pan & Xiang Wu Acta Geochimica, Published: 23 September 2025 LINK “CM chondrites contain valuable insights into the…
Phosphates in the Impact Associations of the Chelyabinsk Meteorite
V. V. Sharygin Geochemistry International, Volume 63, pages 778–799, Published: 23 September 2025 LINK “Na–Fe and Na–Ca–Mg–Fe phosphates were found in the impact melt associations of the Chelyabinsk meteorite (Chebarkul fragment). They drastically differ in…
What falls versus what we recover: Quantifying search and recovery bias for orbital meteorites
Patrick M. Shober, Jeremie Vaubaillon, Hadrien A. R. Devillepoix, Eleanor K. Sansom, Sophie E. Deam, Simon Anghel, Francois Colas, Pierre Vernazza, Brigitte Zanda, Bouley, Sylvain MAPS, Version of Record online: 22 September 2025; UPDATE (correction):…
Catastrophic disruption of asteroid 2023 CX1 and implications for planetary defenseOPEN ACCESS
Auriane Egal, Denis Vida, François Colas, Brigitte Zanda, Sylvain Bouley, Asma Steinhausser, Pierre Vernazza, Ludovic Ferrière, Jérôme Gattacceca, Mirel Birlan, Jérémie Vaubaillon, Karl Antier, Simon Anghel, Josselin Desmars, Kévin Baillié, Lucie Maquet, Sébastien Bouquillon, Adrien…
Olivine–ringwoodite transformation in Katol meteorite: implications for localized superheating of chondritic melt and seismic attenuationOPEN ACCESS
Kishan Tiwari, Sujoy Ghosh, Masaaki Miyahara & Dwijesh Ray Progress in Earth and Planetary Science, Volume 12, article number 81 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Constraining the superheating of impact melt offers insights into the…
Isotopic analysis of tochilinite (carbonate and magnetite) in Winchcombe: Temperature constraints on early-stage aqueous alteration in the CM parent bodyOPEN ACCESS
M. D. Suttle, R. Findlay, I. A. Franchi, C. Biagioni, X. Zhao, F. A. J. Abernethy, L. Riches, L. Folco MAPS, Version of Record online: 03 September 2025 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “We report…
Updating the Urey-Craig diagram: The iron redox states of the building blocks of the outer solar systemOPEN ACCESS
Kana Amano, Jean-Christophe Viennet, Pierre Beck, François Guyot, Sergey Yaroslavtsev, Dimitrios Bessas, Aleksandr Chumakov, Ludovic Delbes, Olivier Poch, Mathieu Roskosz LINK + PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Highlights “The iron speciation and valence state of meteorites reflect…
The sub-μm petrography of the observed meteorite fall Winchcombe—A complex array of pristine and altered chondrite componentsOPEN ACCESS
Johannes Lier, Christian Vollmer, Linus Risthaus, Demie Kepaptsoglou, Quentin M. Ramasse, Aleksander B. Mosberg, Ashley J. King, Charlotte L. Bays, Paul F. Schofield MAPS, Version of Record online: 21 August 2025 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN…
On the spatiotemporal coincidence of meteorites in recent fall search campaignsOPEN ACCESS
P. Grèbol-Tomàs, E. Peña-Asensio, J. M. Trigo-Rodríguez, J. Ibáñez-Insa Accepted for publication in MNRAS, preprint 6 August 2025 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) Update (9 August 2025): Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Published: 08 August…
Matera: A not so ordinary H5 chondrite breccia with very low density and high porosityOPEN ACCESS
Giovanni Pratesi, Tiberio Cuppone, Addi Bischoff, Markus Patzek, Philippe Schmitt-Kopplin, Matthias Laubenstein, Henner Busemann, Daniela Krietsch, Colin Maden, Richard Greenwood, Robert J. Macke, Xhonatan Shehaj, Dario Barghini, Albino Carbognani, Daniele Gardiol, PRISMA-Team MAPS, Version of…
An atlas of apatite and merrillite in martian meteorites: REE Geochemistry and a new tool for shergottite classificationOPEN ACCESS
Tahnee Burke, Andrew G. Tomkins, Zsanett Pinter, Andrew D. Langendam, Laura A. Miller MAPS, Version of Record online: 22 July 2025 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The phosphates, apatite and merrillite, are accessory phases in…
Insights into the mineralogy of the Rantila aubrite: A luminescence and VNIR reflectance spectroscopy studyOPEN ACCESS
Anna-Irene Landi, Michael Gaft, Cristian Carli, Fabrizio Capaccioni, Giovanni Pratesi Icarus, In Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 3 July 2025 LINK + PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Highlights “Rantila aubrite fell in Rantila, Gujarat, India, in August…
The breathing of clay-rich astromaterials on Earth: Insights from the Tarda (C2-ung) and Aguas Zarcas (CM2) meteorites
Laurence A. J. Garvie, László Trif, Christian G. Hoover MAPS, Version of Record online: 20 June 2025 LINK “Meteorites arriving on Earth possess indigenous organic, isotopic, mineralogic, and magnetic properties that reveal conditions and processes…
Physical simulation method for meteoroid atmospheric entry with multiple-peaked light curves
Ziwen Li, Zhenye Li, Xiangyuan Zeng, Jifeng Liu, Hu Zou Advances in Space ResearchAvailable online 29 May 2025 LINK “Highlights “Meter-sized meteoroids typically exhibit asymmetric light curves with multiple peaks due to fragmentation and heterogeneous…
Physical and thermal properties of Bursa L6 chondrite: a combination of density, porosity, specific heat, water content, thermal conductivity, and thermal diffusivity results
Cisem Altunayar-Unsalan, Ozan Unsalan, Radosław A. Wach & Marian A. Szurgot Astrophysics and Space Science, Volume 370, article number 53, Published: 29 May 2025 LINK “This study presents the first integrated analysis of the Bursa…
Rare Phosphides and Nitrides in Igneous Clasts within Aqueously Altered ChondritesOPEN ACCESS
Lucas. R. Smith, Pierre Haenecour, Jessica J. Barnes, Kenneth Domanik, Yao-Jen Chang and Dolores Hill The Planetary Science Journal, Volume 6, Number 5, Published: 27 May 2025 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Chondritic meteorites and…
Comparison of the iron-bearing crystals and phases from Tamdakht H5 and Annama H5 ordinary chondrites by X-ray diffraction, magnetization measurements and Mössbauer spectroscopy
M. V. Goryunov, E. V. Petrova, A. V. Chukin, A. A. Maksimova, G. Varga, Z. Dankházi, I. Felner, G. Leitus, M. Gritsevich, E. Kuzmann, Z. Homonnay, T. Kohout, M. I. Oshtrakh MAPS, Version of Record…
‘Pindarri Punju Puri’ (prov.) meteorites (LL, >1 kg) of 10 May 2025 bolide (21:57:30 UTC) found in ‘Lake Hope’, Shire of Dundas, Goldfields–Esperance, Western Australia, Australia
Last update: 8 July 2025 (10:00 CEST) A 450-500-gram meteorite (LL ordinary chondrite) with a size “just under a tennis ball” and a “sort of a greeny” interior of the bolide of 10 May 2025…
Petrogenesis of the Rantila meteorite fall and implications for the origin of aubrites
Yash Srivastava, Amit Basu Sarbadhikari, Varsha M. Nair, Avadh Kumar, Yogita Kadlag, Ramakant R. Mahajan, Neeraj Srivastava, Neha Panwar, Aditya Das, Ryoji Tanaka, James M. D. Day, Anil D. Shukla, Dwijesh Ray, Abhishek J. Verma,…
Orbit, meteoroid size, and cosmic ray exposure history of the Aguas Zarcas CM2 breccia
Peter Jenniskens, Gerardo J. Soto, Gabriel Goncalves Silva, Oscar Lücke, Pilar Madrigal, Tatiana Ballestero, Carolina Salas Matamoros, Paulo Ruiz Cubillo, Daniela Cardozo Mourao, Othon Cabo Winter, Rafael Sfair, Clemens E. Tillier, Jim Albers, Laurence A….
Near- and mid-infrared spectral diversity in the Aguas Zarcas carbonaceous chondrite and implications for inferring aqueous processes on primitive asteroids using remote sensing
Cody Schultz, Ralph E. Milliken, Joseph Boesenberg, Imene Kerraouch MAPS, Version of Record online: 21 March 2025 LINK “CM carbonaceous chondrites are complex brecciated meteorites that exhibit significant chemical, mineralogic, and petrographic diversity both between…
Meteorite fall (>282 g, L4/5, S3) in Khalwat Nimgaon (खवळट लिमगाव/खालवत लिमगाव), Wadvani, Majalgaon, Beed district, Maharashtra, India at ~1.45-2 or 2-2.20 pm IST (~8:15-8:30 or 8:30-8:50 UTC) on 3 March 2025
Last update: 20 December 2025 (20:30 CET) Three meteorite masses or fragments (L4/5, S3) have been found in Khalwat Nimgaon (खालवत लिमगाव or खवळट लिमगाव) around location 19°06’19.2″N, 76°04’55.1″E at three fall sites in the…
Disintegration and separation of the bilobate-shaped meteoric fragment during hypersonic atmospheric entry
Ziwen Li, Yong Yu, Xiangyuan Zeng, Haoyu Li, Tongge Wen, Xiaoran Yan IcarusAvailable online 27 February 2025, 116537 LINK “Highlights ” A novel method for simulating the disintegration of bilobate-shaped meteoric fragments is presented, which…
A closer look into the structure and magnetism of the recently fallen meteorite RibbeckOPEN ACCESS
Mieszko Kołodziej, Danuta Michalska, Karol Załęski, Igor Iatsunskyi, Andrzej Muszyński & Emerson Coy Scientific Reports, Volume 15, article number 6866, Published: 26 February 2025 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Meteorites are a unique source of…
DRELÓW meteorite fall (~3.9 kg, L6 (S3), ~69 specimens) on 18 February 2025 (17:04:14 UT) found southwest of Drelów, Biała Podlaska district, Lublin province, Poland
Last update: 21 October 2025 (10:30 CET) Reenactment of the find position of the 517-gram mass at its fall location. Photo: Wiktor Hajwos The first meteorite (92.8 g, dry) was found by Maksymilian Jakubczak at…
A primitive asteroid that lived fast and died young sampled by a xenolith in the Cold Bokkeveld CM2 carbonaceous chondriteOPEN ACCESS
Martin R. Lee, Cameron J. Floyd, Robin Haller, Sammy Griffin MAPS, Version of Record online: 04 February 2025 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Xenoliths in carbonaceous chondrites include lithologies that are unrepresented in the meteorite…
Systematic Micro Raman Spectroscopy on the Ribbeck (Fall 2024) and Tiglit (Fall 2021) Aubrites
Hoffmann V. H.* Mikouchi T. Kaliwoda M. 56th LPSC abstract 2397 LINK (PDF) The Ribbeck and Tiglit aubrite meteorites have been investigated by micro Raman spectroscopy (phase composition) and later also by magnetic means (magnetic…
The Kopargaon LL5 chondrite: A new fall of monomict breccia from India
D Ray, S Sarkar, A Das, G Arora, A D Shukla & Anil Bhardwaj Journal of Earth System Science, Volume 134, article number 37, Published: 28 January 2025 LINK “A fresh meteorite fell on Kopargaon…
Ureilite parent body evolution from the perspective of noble gases and oxygen in samples from the Almahata Sitta strewn field
M.E.I. Riebe, A.A. Plant, M.M.M. Meier, T.Di Rocco, M. Anguelova, P. Morino, P. Will, A.-K. Krämer, A. Bischoff, A. Pack, C. Maden, M. Schönbächler, H. Busemann Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online…
SMALYAVICHY meteorite fall (~680 g, H6, S2) Woblast Minsk, Belarus on 25 December 2024 (14:29:15 UTC) east of Smalyavichy (Смалявічы)
Last update: 23 August 2025 (13:30 CEST) On 25 January 2025 the first media reports about potential meteorite finds (H chondrite), were published citing members of the Minsk Planetarium. By 27 January four potential meteorite…
Charlottetown meteorite fall (~95 g, H5, S2, W0) in Marshfield near Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Queens County, Canada at 17:02:20 ADT (20:02:20 UTC) on 25 July 2024
At 20:02:20 UTC (17:02:20 ADT) on 25 July 2024 a meteorite (H5) weighing at least 95 grams fell on the walkway of a house in Jenkins Road in Marshfield at location 46°17.345’N, 63°4.111’W and shattered…
New high-pressure Fe-Ti oxide minerals in the Shergotty Martian meteorite: Feiite, Fe2+2(Fe2+Ti4+)O5, liuite, FeTiO3, and tschaunerite, (Fe2+)(Fe2+Ti4+)O4
Chi Ma, Oliver Tschauner, John R. Beckett, Vitali B. Prakapenka MAPS, Version of Record online: 29 December 2024 LINK “High-pressure oxides like perovskite-type FeTiO3, CaTi2O4-type Fe2TiO4, and ferrous-ferric oxides that form polysomes between wüstite and…
Petrofabrics in the CM chondrite Kolang: Evidence for non-spherical chondrules in the protoplanetary diskOPEN ACCESS
Laura E. Jenkins, Martin R. Lee, Luke Daly, Ashley J. King, Cameron J. Floyd, Peter Chung, Sammy Griffin MAPS, Version of Record online: 21 December 2024 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The alignment of non-spherical…
Near Earth stream decoherence revisited: the limits of orbital similarityOPEN ACCESS
Patrick M. Shober, Ariane Courtot, Jeremie Vaubaillon Astronomy & Astrophysics, manuscript, Preprint, 28 October 2024 (October 30, 2024) LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Context. Orbital similarity measures, such as the D-values, have been extensively used…
Ab initio strewn field for small asteroids impactsOPEN ACCESS
Albino Carbognani, Marco Fenucci, Raffaele Salerno, Marco Micheli IcarusAvailable online 21 October 2024, 116345 LINK PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Highlights “In recent years, nine small near-Earth asteroids were discovered a few hours before the collision with…
Ba and Sr isotopic patterns from step-leaching experiments on the pristine Aguas Zarcas CM2 meteorite
Liam S. T. McGovern, Bruce L. A. Charlier, Colin J. N. Wilson MAPS, Version of Record online: 19 October 2024 LINK “Stepwise acid leaching experiments were performed on the pre-rain CM2 fall Aguas Zarcas to…
Raman Spectroscopy Investigations of Ribbeck MeteoriteOPEN ACCESS
Mariusz Dudek, Jacek Grabarczyk, Tomasz Jakubowski, Paweł Zaręba and Anna Karczemska Materials 2024, 17(20), 5105Published: 19 October 2024 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (DOWNLOAD) “On 21 January 2024, asteroid 2024BX1, discovered the three hours before, fell to…
Effects of hot desert weathering on highly siderophile elements in ordinary chondritesOPEN ACCESS
Kiran Shahood Almas, Richard D. Ash, Richard J. Walker MAPS, Version of Record online: 25 September 2024 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Over 20,000 meteorites have been recovered from hot deserts. The effects of hot…
On the origin and evolution of deuterium enrichment in type 1 and 2 chondritic organic solids
George D. Cody, Conel M. O’D. Alexander, Dionysis I. Foustoukos, Yoko Kebukawa, Ying Wang Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 21 September 2024 LINK “Rotationally resonant Deuterium Nuclear Magnetic Resonance spectroscopy (D…
The Arpu Kuilpu Meteorite: In-depth characterization of an H5 chondrite delivered from a Jupiter Family Comet orbitOPEN ACCESS
Seamus L. Anderson, Gretchen K. Benedix, Belinda Godel, Romain M. L. Alosius, Daniela Krietsch, Henner Busemann, Colin Maden, Jon M. Friedrich, Lara R. McMonigal, Kees C. Welten, Marc W. Caffee, Robert J. Macke, Seán Cadogan,…
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 meteorite fall (~530 g, Howardite) in Nqweba (Kirkwood), Eastern Cape, South Africa at ~6:50:40-~6:50:50 UTC on 25 August 2024
Last update: 29 September 2025 (19:15 CEST) 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…
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…
Takapō meteorite (810 g, L5, S5/6) 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: 25 May 2025, 12:30 CEST An apple-sized 810-gram meteorite (L5, S5/6) of the bolide on 13 March 2024 has been found by 29-year old voluteer Jack Weterings from Wellington at location 44°06.009960’S, 170°25.024080’E,…
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: 3 January 2025 (13:35 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…
Meteoritical Bulletin updates
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- Northwest Africa 18446 (Howardite)
- Dhofar 2127 (CK5)
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- Northwest Africa 18177 (L3.05)
- Northwest Africa 18295 (Ureilite)
- Northwest Africa 18292 (CR2)
- Northwest Africa 18290 (CM2)
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- Oguîlet Merzoug 001 (Pallasite, PMG)
- Northwest Africa 18271 (Eucrite-br)
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