Zhob (18.96 kg, H3-4, S2) registered as witnessed fall in Zhob District, Balochistan, Pakistan on 9 January 2020
LINK “Zhob 31°22’N, 69°34’E Baluchistan, Pakistan Confirmed fall: 2020 Jan 9 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H3-4) History: (Michael Farmer, Arizona) A bright fireball followed by sonic booms was seen and heard around the northern part of…
Significance of Primordial Matrix in Mukundpura Carbonaceous Chondrite (CM2)
A. Dutta, D. Raychaudhuri, A. Bhattacharya 51st Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2020), Abstract #1927 PDF (OPEN ACCESS)
The Aguas Zarcas Meteorite: A Review of Chondrules and Fine-Grained Rims Observed Within a New Carbonaceous Chondrite (CM2) Fall
I. Kouvatsis, J. A. Cartwright 51st Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2020), Abstract #2512 PDF (OPEN ACCESS)
Distinguishing Between Terrestrial and Extraterrestrial Organic Compounds in the CM2 Aguas Zarcas Carbonaceous Chondrite
L. D. Tunney, P. J. A. Hill, C. D. K. Herd, R. W. Hilts 51st Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2020), Abstract #1795 PDF (OPEN ACCESS)
Aqueous Alteration in the CM2 Aguas Zarcas Meteorite
L. J. Hicks, J. C. Bridges 51st Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2020), Abstract #2869 PDF (OPEN ACCESS)
Degree of Aqueous Alteration of the CM Carbonaceous Chondrite Aguas Zarcas: Implications for Understanding Ryugu and Bennu
P. M. C. Martin, M. R. Lee 51st Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2020), Abstract #1375 PDF (OPEN ACCESS)
Organic Matter in the Aguas Zarcas (CM2) Meteorite: High Abundance of Aliphatic Carbon in Metal-Rich Lithology
Y. Kebukawa, M. E. Zolensly, J. Mathurin, E. Dartois, C. Engrand, J. Duprat, A. Deniset-Besseau, A. Dazzi, M. Fries, T. Ohigashi, D. Wakabayashi, S. Yamashita, Y. Takeichi, Y. Takahashi, M. Kondo, M. Ito, Y. Kodama,…
Spectroscopy and Mineralogy of Aguas Zarcas
D. Takir, K. T. Howard, K. R. Stockstill-Cahill, C. A. Hibbitts, N. Abreu, M. E. Zolensky, M. Fries 51st Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2020), Abstract #2533 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) Aguas Zarcas is a new…
Two Recent CM Falls: New Evidence for a Lithologically and Isotopically Heterogeneous CM Parent Body
R. Findlay, R. C. Greenwood, A. J. King, M. Anand, I. A. Franchi 51st Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2020), Abstract #2880 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The CM carbonaceous chondrites (CCs) are a diverse group of…
A Unique Amphibole- and Magnetite-Rich Carbonaceous Chondrite Clast from Almahata Sitta
C. A. Goodrich, V. E. Hamilton, M. E. Zolensky, N. T. Kita, A. M. Fioretti, I. Kohl, E. Young, A. H. Treiman, H. C. Connolly Jr, J. Filiberto, M. H. Shaddad, P. Jenniskens 51st Lunar…
Characteristics of a New Carbonaceous, Metal-Rich Lithology Found in the Carbonaceous Chondrite Breccia Aguas Zarcas
I. Kerraouch, A. Bischoff, M. E. Zolensky, A. Pack, M. Patzek, E. Wölfer, C. Burkhardt, M. Fries 51st Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2020), Abstract #2011 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The Aguas Zarcas meteorite fell in…
Elemental composition, mineralogy and orbital parameters of the Porangaba meteorite
Martin Ferus, Lukáš Petera, Jakub Koukal, Libor Lenža, Barbora Drtinová, Jakub Haloda, Dalibor Matýsek, Adam Pastorek, Vojtěch Laitl, Renato Cassio Poltronieri, Marcelo Wagner Domingues, Gabriel Gonçalves, Rodrigo del Olmo Sato, Antonín Knížek, Petr Kubelíka, Anna…
The history of the Tissint meteorite, from its crystallization on Mars to its exposure in space: New geochemical, isotopic, and cosmogenic nuclide dataOPEN ACCESS
Toni Schulz, Pavel P. Povinec, Ludovic Ferrière, A. J. Timothy Jull, Andrej Kováčik, Ivan Sýkora, Jonas Tusch, Carsten Münker, Dan Topa, Christian Koeberl Meteoritics & Planetary Science LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The Tissint…
CAVEZZO – Meteorite fragments (L5-an, S2, 55.3 grams) found near Ponte Motta (Cavezzo) / Fall on 1 January 2020, 18:26:52.9-58.5 UT, Rovereto sul Secchia, Modena, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Last update: 23 June 2021 The ordinary chondrite (L5-an) meteorite fragments were found by 48-year old warehouseman and cyclist Davide Gaddi from Mirandola in the grass next to a path on the bank of the…
The Žďár nad Sázavou meteorite fall: Fireball trajectory, photometry, dynamics, fragmentation, orbit, and meteorite recoveryOPEN ACCESS
Pavel Spurný, Jiří Borovička, Lukáš Shrbený Accepted to Meteoritics and Planetary Science, December 13, 2019 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) LINK (updated 10 February 2020) “We report a comprehensive analysis of the instrumentally observed meteorite fall Žďár…
Characterization of the matrix and fusion crust of the recent meteorite fall Ozerki L6
A. A. Maksimova, E. V. Petrova, A. V. Chukin, M. S. Karabanalov, I. Felner, M. Gritsevich, M. I. Oshtrakh First published: 25 December 2019 LINK “We studied the interior and the fusion crust of the…
Radionuclide activities in recent chondrite falls determined by gamma‐ray spectrometry: Implications for terrestrial age estimates
Åke V. Rosén, Beda A. Hofmann, Moritz von Sivers, Marc Schumann Meteoritics & Planetary Science First Published: 19 December 2019 LINK “Radionuclide activities were measured in the low‐background gamma‐ray spectrometry facility GeMSE in eight meteorite…
Characterization of a newly fallen Nigerian meteorite
Abbasher Gismelssed, Olugbenga Okunlola, Ahmed Al-Rawas, Ali Yousif, Matthew Oyedokun, Jacob Adetunji, Hisham Widatallah, Mohamed Elzai Hyperfine Interactions December 2020, 241:22 LINK “X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fields Emission Scanning Electron Microscope (FE-SEM) with EDS and Mössbauer…
El condrito carbonáceo Aguas Zarcas: bólido, caída y recuperación de un meteorito extraordinario del tipo CM2
Oscar H. Lücke, Pilar Madrigal, Gerardo J. Soto Revista Geológica de América Central Número 61 , 9-22; published: 2019-12-11 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “El 23 de abril del 2019 a las 21:08, se…
Análisis de datos de infrasonido del meteorito de Aguas Zarcas de San Carlos, Costa Rica, 23 de abril 2019
Ronnie Quintero-Quintero, Hairo Villalobos-Villalobos, Daniela Campos-Durán Revista Geológica de América Central Número 61 , 35-55; published: 2019-12-11 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “El 23 de abril de 2019 a las 21:07:22 hora de Costa…
FLENSBURG (C1-ung, 24.5 g, W0) meteorite fall in Flensburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany on 12 September 2019 at ~14:49:48 CEST (~ 12:49:48 UTC )
Last (minor) update: 12 May 2023 The intact meteorite on 27 September 2019. Photo: Carsten Jonas On 15 September Erik Due-Hansen from Flensburg (Schleswig-Holstein, Germany) who reported his extraordinary find to the International Meteor Organization…
The interior and the fusion crust in Sariçiçek howardite: Study using X-ray diffraction, magnetization measurements and Mössbauer spectroscopy
A.A. Maksimova, O. Unsalan, A.V. Chukin, M.S. Karabanalov, P. Jenniskens, I. Felner, V.A. Semionkin, M.I. Oshtrakh Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy Available online 19 November 2019, 117819 LINK “Highlights • Spectroscopic identification…
A structural insight into the Chelyabinsk meteorite: neutron diffraction, tomography and Raman spectroscopy studyOPEN ACCESS
Sergey E. Kichanov, Denis P. Kozlenko, Andrey K. Kirillov, Evgenii V. Lukin, Bekhzodjon Abdurakhimov, Nadeghda M. Belozerova, Anton V. Rutkauskas, Tatiana I. Ivankina, Boris N. Savenko SN Applied Sciences December 2019, 1:1563 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)…
Taqtaq-e Rasoul (H5, ~ 2 kg / (تق تق رسول ), witnessed fall near Taesheh Mahmud Nazari (طایشه محمود نظری), Dasht-e Zahab (دهستان دشت ذهاب), Sarpol-e Zahab (شهرستان سرپل ذهاب) Kermānschāh province, Iran at ~7.50 a.m. local (4.20 a.m. GMT) on 10 August 2019 officially registered
At around 7.50 a.m. local time (4.20 a.m. GMT) in the morning of 10 August 2019, residents of several villages in the Dasht-e Zahab (دهستان دشت ذهاب) region of the Kermanshah province in Iran heard…
The first samples from Almahata Sitta showing contacts between ureilitic and chondritic lithologies: Implications for the structure and composition of asteroid 2008 TC3
Cyrena Anne Goodrich, Michael E. Zolensky, Anna Maria Fioretti, Muawia H. Shaddad, Hilary Downes, Takahiro Hiroi, Issaku Kohl, Edward D. Young, Noriko T. Kita, Victoria E. Hamilton, My E. I. Riebe, Henner Busemann, Robert J….
Glassy magnetic cronstedtite signatures in Mukundpura CM2 chondrite based on magnetic and Mössbauer studies
Ambesh Dixit, R. P. Tripathi, N. Bhandari Meteoritics & Planetary Science First published: 29 September 2019 LINK “We have studied the Mukundpura CM2 meteorite for magnetic properties as a function of temperature and magnetic field,…
Determining fireball fates using the α-β criterionOPEN ACCESS
Eleanor K. Sansom, Maria Gritsevich, Hadrien A. R. Devillepoix, Trent Jansen-Sturgeon, Patrick Shober, Phil A. Bland, Martin C. Towner, Martin Cupák, Robert M. Howie, Benjamin A. D. Hartig PDF (OPEN ACCESS) Update (6 November 2019):…
Combination of infrasound signals and complementary data for the analysis of bright fireballs
Theresa Ott, Esther Drolshagen, Detlef Koschny, Pierrick Mialle, Christoph Pilger, Jeremie Vaubaillon, Gerhard Drolshagen, Björn Poppe Planetary and Space Science In Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 10 August 2019 LINK “Highlights • Detailed analysis of…
Disintegration of the Chelyabinsk cosmic body
O.G. Gladysheva Planetary and Space Science Available online 5 August 2019 LINK “Highlights • The results of calculations made it possible to propose an alternative scenario. • The Chelyabinsk cosmic body could be a combination…
The Renchen L5-6 chondrite breccia – the first confirmed meteorite fall from Baden-Württemberg (Germany)OPEN ACCESS
Addi Bischoff, Jean-Alix Barrat, Jasper Berndt, Jiri Borovicka, Christoph Burkhardt, Henner Busemann, Janina Hakenmüller, Dieter Heinlein, Jasmine Hertzog, Jozef Kaiser, Colin Maden, Matthias M.M. Meier, Précillia Morino, Andreas Pack, Markus Patzek, Maximilian P. Reitze, Miriam…
Water abundance in the Tagish Lake meteorite from TGA and IR spectroscopy: Evaluation of aqueous alteration
Cosette M. Gilmour, Christopher D. K. Herd, Pierre Beck Meteoritics & Planetary Science First Published: 22 July 2019 LINK “Here, we evaluate the extent of aqueous alteration among five pristine specimens of the ungrouped Tagish…
The Hamburg Meteorite Fall: Fireball trajectory, orbit and dynamicsOPEN ACCESS
P. G. Brown, D. Vida, D. E. Moser, M. Granvik, W. J. Koshak, D. Chu, J. Steckloff, A. Licata, S. Hariri, J. Mason, M. Mazur, W. Cooke, Z. Krzeminski Accepted to Meteoritics and Planetary Science,…
Ejby — A new H5/6 ordinary chondrite fall in Copenhagen, DenmarkOPEN ACCESS
H. Haack, A. N. Sørensen, A. Bischoff, M. Patzek, J.‐A. Barrat, S. Midtskogen, E. Stempels, M. Laubenstein, R. Greenwood, P. Schmitt‐Kopplin, H. Busemann, C. Maden, K. Bauer, P. Morino, M. Schönbächler, P. Voss, T. Dahl‐Jensen…
Mineralogy and Spectroscopy (VNIR and FTIR) of Mukundpura CM2: More Insights into the Aqueous Activity and Post Accretion History
Baliyan S., Moitra H., Sarkar S., Ray D., Panda D. K., Shukla A. D., Bhattacharya S., Gupta S. 82nd Annual Meeting of The Meteoritical Society 2019 PDF abstract “The mineralogy of CM2 chondrites is very…
The Ozerki Meteorite: Petrology and the First Data on Noble Gases and Nitrogen Released by Stepwise Combustion and Crushing Methods
Korochantseva E. V., Verchovsky A. B., Lorenz C. A., Buikin A. I., Korochantsev A. V. 82nd Annual Meeting of The Meteoritical Society 2019 PDF abstract “The Ozerki meteorite shower fell on June 21, 2018 in…
Cosmic-Ray Exposure Age and Preatmospheric Size of three Recent Falls (L6)
Smith T. M., Li S., Ranjith P. M., Su F., Gattacceca J., ASTER Team, He H. 82nd Annual Meeting of The Meteoritical Society 2019 PDF abstract “Over the past months, three L6 chondrites falls have…
Survival of Extremotolerant Bacteria from the Mukundpura Meteorite Impact Crater
Rebecca S. Thombre, E. Shivakarthik, Bhalamurugan Sivaraman, Parag A. Vaishampayan, Arman Seuylemezian, J.K. Meka, S. Vijayan, P.P. Kulkarni, T. Pataskar, and B.S. Patil Astrobiology Vol. 19, No. 6, Pages: 785–796 Published Online: 11 Jun 2019…
Experimental Study of the Product Composition of the Chelyabinsk Meteorite (LL5) Outgassing
A. V. Stennikov, S. A. Voropaev, V. S. Fedulov, N. V. Dushenko & S. G. Naimushin Solar System Research volume 53, pages199–207 (2019) LINK “The Chelyabinsk meteorite sample of type LL5 was subjected to calcination…
Geomagnetic Field Disturbances from the Fall of the Lipetsk (June 21, 2018) and Chelyabinsk (February 15, 2013) Meteorites
A. A. Spivak, S. A. Riabova Doklady Earth Sciences March 2019, Volume 485, Issue 1, pp 341–345 First Online: 28 May 2019 LINK “Based on the Chelyabinsk (February 13, 2013) and Lipetsk (June 21, 2018)…
Analysis of June 2, 2016 bolide event over ArizonaOPEN ACCESS
Csaba Palotai, Ramanakumar Sankar, Dwayne L. Free, J. Andreas Howell, Elena Botella, Daniel Batcheldor accepted for publication in MNRAS, version 1 (v1): 15 Jan 2018, last revised (v2) 21 May 2019 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) Update…
Exotic carbon microcrystals in meteoritic dust of the Chelyabinsk superbolide: experimental investigations and theoretical scenarios of their formation (before: Pele’s hairs and exotic multiply twinned graphite closed-shell microcrystals in meteoritic dust of Chelyabinsk superbolideOPEN ACCESS
S. Taskaev, K. Skokov, V. Khovaylo, W. Donner, T. Faske, A. Dudorov, N. Gorkavyi, G. Savosteenko, A. Dyakonov, W. Baek, A. Kuklin, P. Avramov, O. Gutfleisch Submitted 20 May, 2019 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) Update (7…
The CM carbonaceous chondrite regolith Diepenveen
Marco Langbroek, Peter Jenniskens, Leo M. Kriegsman, Henk Nieuwenhuis, Niek De Kort, Jacob Kuiper, Wim Van Westrenen, Michael E. Zolensky, Karen Ziegler, Qing‐Zhu Yin, Matthew E. Sanborn, Josh Wimpenny, Akane Yamakawa, Sebastiaan J. De Vet,…
Cosmogenic Radionuclides In Meteorites and Solar Modulation of Galactic Cosmic Rays In the Internal Heliosphere
V. A. Alexeev, M. Laubenstein, P. P. Povinec, G. K. Ustinova Solar System Research March 2019, Volume 53, Issue 2, pp 98–115 Russian text published in Astronomicheskii Vestnik, 2019, Vol. 53, No. 2, pp. 106–12…
Meteorite fall (~ 27 kg, CM2) in La Caporal, AGUAS ZARCAS and around Santa Rosa and La Palmera, San Carlos, Alajuela, Costa Rica on 23 April 2019 at ~ 9.07.22-26 p.m. CST (~3.07.22-26 UTC, 24 April)
Last update: 15 February 2020 Patio roof with impact hole (top) and impact damage on tables (bottom right) CLICK IMAGE FOR ANIMATION On 23 April 2019 at about 9.07.22-26 p.m. CST (3.07.22-26 UTC, 24 April)…
Carbonaceous matter in the Sariçiçek meteorite
Mehmet Yesiltas, Timothy D. Glotch, Steven Jaret, Alexander B. Verchovsky, Richard C. Greenwood Meteoritics & Planetary Science First Published: 4 April 2019 LINK “As of today, the Sariçiçek (SC) meteorite is the newest howardite and…
Anales de la Academia de Ciencias de Cuba Vol. 9, Núm. 1 Especial – EL METEORITO DE VIÑALES (2019)OPEN ACCESS
Meteorito caído en Cuba: por los caminos de la verdad científica Luis Velázquez-Pérez PDF (DOWNLOAD) “Muestra una colección de trabajos científicos dedicados al estudio del meteorito que el pasado primero de febrero de 2019, se…
New insights into the heterogeneity of the Tagish Lake meteorite: Soluble organic compositions of variously altered specimens
Danielle N. Simkus, José C. Aponte, Jamie E. Elsila, Robert W. Hilts, Hannah L. McLain, Christopher D. K. Herd LINK “The Tagish Lake carbonaceous chondrite exhibits a unique compositional heterogeneity that may be attributed to…
Variability of Chelyabinsk meteoroid stones studied by Mössbauer spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction
M.I. Oshtrakha, A.A. Maksimova, A.V. Chukin, E.V. Petrova, P. Jenniskens, E. Kuzmann, V.I. Grokhovsky, Z. Homonnay, V.A.Semionkin Biomolecular Spectroscopy Volume 219, 5 August 2019, Pages 206-224 LINK “Highlights • The internal differences on a meter-size…
Indigenous Organic‐Oxidized Fluid Interactions in the Tissint Mars MeteoriteOPEN ACCESS
Elizabeth A. Jaramillo, Samuel H. Royle, Mark W. Claire, Samuel P. Kounaves, Mark A. Sephton Geographical Research Letters, 46 First published: 07 March 2019 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The observed fall and rapid…
The Sariçiçek howardite fall in Turkey: Source crater of HED meteorites on Vesta and impact risk of VestoidsOPEN ACCESS
Ozan Unsalan, Peter Jenniskens, Qing‐Zhu Yin, Ersin Kaygisiz, Jim Albers, David L. Clark, Mikael Granvik, Iskender Demirkol, Ibrahim Y. Erdogan, Aydin S. Bengu, Mehmet E. Özel, Zahide Terzioglu, Nayeob Gi, Peter Brown, Esref Yalcinkaya, Tuğba…
Upper atmosphere effects after the entry of small cosmic bodies: Dust trains, plumes, and atmospheric disturbances
N. Artemieva, V.V. Shuvalov, V.M. Khazins Icarus Available online 4 March 2019 LINK “In this paper we present the results of numerical modeling of the Chelyabinsk dust train during the first 3 min after the meteoroid…
Uncertainty Quantification in Continuous Fragmentation Airburst Models
S. McMullan, G.S. Collins Icarus Available online 28 February 2019 LINK “Highlights • Comparison of three existing semi-analytical airburst models • Models can be calibrated to data but diverge when upscaled • Investigations into how…
The Maribo CM2 meteorite fall—Survival of weak material at high entry speed
Jiří Borovička, Olga Popova, Pavel Spurný Meteoritics & Planetary Science First Published: 22 February 2019 LINK “High entry speed (>25 km s−1) and low density (<2500 kg m−3) are the two factors that lower the…
The Maribo CM2 meteorite fall – survival of weak material at high entry speedOPEN ACCESS
Jiri Borovicka, Olga Popova, Pavel Spurny Submitted version of an article accepted in Meteoritics and Planetary Science PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “High entry speed (> 25 km/s) and low density (< 2500 kg/m3) are two factors…
Monitoring the Thermal Evolution of the CM Parent Body(ies) with In Situ Oxygen Isotope Analyses
L. G. Vacher, M. Piralla, L. Piani, Y. Marrocchi 50th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2019), Abstract #1862 PDF abstract
The Mineralogy of Recently Fallen Carbonaceous Meteorites, Mukundpura and Sutter’s Mill, in the Context of Asteroid (101955) Bennu
C. W. Haberle, P. R. Christensen, L. A. J. Garvie, V. E. Hamilton, R. D. Hanna, H. C. Connolly Jr., D. S. Lauretta, OSIRIS-REx Team 50th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2019), Abstract #2144 PDF…
Colour Cathodoluminesence Study of Forsteritic Olivine in Mukundpura (CM2) Meteorite
S. Baliyan, D. Ray 50th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2019), Abstract #1603 PDF abstract
UV to FIR Reflectance Spectroscopy of Fresh Carbonaceous Chondrite, Mukundpura Meteorite: A Potential Analogue to JAXA Hayabusa 2’s Target Ryugu
I. Varatharajan, A. Maturilli, B. Sivaraman, J. Helbert, J. K. Meka, S. Vijayan, A. Bhardwaj, K. Otto 50th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2019), Abstract #2247 PDF abstract
Carbonaceous Chondrite-Like Xenoliths in Polymict Ureilites: A Large Variety of Unique Outer Solar System Materials
C. A. Goodrich, M. Zolensky, I. Kohl, E. D. Young, Q.-Z. Yin, M. E. Sanborn, M. H. Shaddad 50th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2019), Abstract #1312 PDF abstract
Almahata Sitta Magnetic Susceptibility Database — Update of the Enstatite Chondritic Lithologies
V. H. Hoffmann, K. Wimmer, R. Hochleitner, M. Kaliwoda, M. Funaki, M. Torii, S. Decker 50th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2019), Abstract #2839 PDF abstract
Hamburg: A Pristine H4 Chondrite Fall
J. Greer, P. R. Heck, J. S. Boesenberg, A. Bouvier, M. W. Caffee, W. Cassata, C. Corrigan, A. M. Davis, D. Davis, M. Fries, M. Hankey, P. Jenniskens, Q. L. Li, X.-H. Li, Y. Liu,…
Discovery of a Possible CM2 Carbonaceous Chondrite Parent Body in the Near-Earth Asteroid Population
M. R. M. Izawa, V. Reddy, L. Le Corre, A. McGraw, J. A. Sanchez, E. A. Cloutis, K. Yamashita, D. M. Applin, A. P. Jephcoat, B. J. Hall 50th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2019),…
The Creston, California, meteorite fall and the origin of L chondritesOPEN ACCESS
Peter Jenniskens, Jason Utas, Qing‐Zhu Yin, Robert D. Matson, Marc Fries, J. Andreas Howell, Dwayne Free, Jim Albers, Hadrien Devillepoix, Phil Bland, Aaron Miller, Robert Verish, Laurence A. J. Garvie, Michael E. Zolensky, Karen Ziegler,…
Petrography, mineral chemistry and shock metamorphism of the Mangui meteoriteOPEN ACCESS
Jianglong Ji, Sen Hu, Yangting Lin, Qin Zhou, Yuan Xiao Chinese Science Bulletin, Volume 64, Issue 5-6: 579-587(2019) LINK (OPEN ACCESS) “The Mangui meteorite, also known as the Xishuangbanna meteorite, fell in Menghai, Xishuangbanna Dai…
The Impact Effect Calculator of Celestial Body Impacts to the Earth: The Constructor of Hazardous Orbits
S. A. Naroenkov, D. O. Glazachev, A. P. Kartashova, O. P. Popova I. S. Turuntaev Solar System Research November 2018, Volume 52, Issue 6, pp 534–546 LINK Original Russian Text © S.A. Naroenkov, D.O. Glazachev,…
Komaki meteorite fall (~ 654 g/L6/S3) on 26 September 2018 at ~10.30 p.m. JST (UTC+9) in Komatsuji (小松寺), Komaki (小牧市), Aichi (愛知) Prefecture, Chūbu (中部地方), Japan
Last update: 6 April 2019 The meteorite, an ordinary chondrite, hit the roof of a house in Komatsuji (小松寺) Komaki-Shi (小牧市), Aichi (愛知) Prefecture, Japan on 26 September 2018 at around 10.30 p.m. JST (UTC+9)….
RENCHEN meteorite fall (~ 1227.69, L5-6, S4, W0) on 10 July 2018 at 23:29:48 CEST (21:29:48 UTC) near Renchen, Ortenau district, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Last update: 25 April 2019 The first find (Renchen-1, 11.9 g) Equipped with a preliminary strewn field map provided by Pavel Spurný on July 14, 2018 and coordinated by Dieter Heinlein the meteorite hunters Ralph…
A meteorite impacted a house in San Carlos, UruguayOPEN ACCESS
P. Núñez Demarco, G. Tancredi, M.E. Zucolotto, L.L. Antonello, J.M.Monzón, V.Pezano, A.Tosi, C.Villaça Planetary and Space Science In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 26 September 2018 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) “Highlights • The paper presents the…
Apparent meteorite fall (~2-3 kg) near Panj Girain (پنج گرین) and Darya Khan (دریا خان), Bhakkar (بھکر), Punjab, Pakistan on 16 August 2018
Last update: 13 August 2020 According to local sheep and goat shepherds a meteorite (~ 2-3 kg, possibly an ordinary chondrite) fell on a grazing ground near Panj Girain (پنج گرین) and Darya Khan (دریا…
Terrestrial exposure of a fresh Martian meteorite causes rapid changes in hydrogen isotopes and water concentrationsOPEN ACCESS
Alice Stephant, Laurence A. J. Garvie, Prajkta Mane, Richard Hervig & Meenakshi Wadhwa Scientific Reports 8, 12385 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Determining the hydrogen isotopic compositions and H2O contents of meteorites and their…
24 MOTOPI PAN meteorites (214.5375 g, Howardite, HED polymict breccia) of Botswana bolide of 2018 LA (2 June 2018,16:44:01.59-11.77 UT) found near Motopi Pan watering hole, Central Kalahari Game Reserve, Ghanzi, Botswana
Last update: 2 May 2021 Motopi Pan meteorite #1 (17.92 grams) in situ. Photo: Peter Jenniskens/Botswana International University of Science and Technology (BIUST) In the morning of 23 June, after five days of searching and…
The soluble organic compounds of the Mukundpura meteorite: A new CM chondrite fall
Sandra Pizzarello, Christopher T. Yarnes Planetary and Space Science Available online 2 July 2018 LINK “Highlights • The first analyses of water-soluble organic content of the MK meteorite are presented and MK composition appears to…
High pressure minerals in the Château-Renard (L6) ordinary chondrite: implications for collisions on its parent bodyOPEN ACCESS
Ioannis Baziotis, Paul D. Asimow, Jinping Hu, Ludovic Ferrière, Chi Ma, Ana Cernok, Mahesh Anand & Dan Topa Scientific Reportsvolume 8, Article number: 9851 (2018) LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “We report the first…
Atmospheric Energy Deposition Modeling and Inference for Varied Meteoroid StructuresOPEN ACCESS
Lorien F. Wheeler, Donovan L. Mathias, Edward Stokan, Peter G. Brown Icarus Available online 28 June 2018 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Highlights • The fragment-cloud model is extended to represent atmospheric breakup of…
OZERKI (L6, S4/5, W0) meteorites (>91 specimens, >6.5 kg) found – Fall on 21 June 2018, ~ 4:16:20 a.m. MSK (1:16:20 UTC) near OZERKI (Oзeрки) and Zlobino (Злобино), Stanovlyansky District, Lipetsk, Russia
Last update: 20 July 2018 In the afternoon of 25 June 2018 a search group of the Ural Federal University (UrFU) found the first meteorite (59.85 g, L6) of the 21 June bolide, on a…
Simulating the Propagation of Infrasonic Waves and Estimating the Energy of the Chelyabinsk Meteoroid Explosion Observed on February 15, 2013
S. N. Kulichkov, O. Ye. Popov, K. V. Avilov, I. P. Chunchuzov, O. G. Chkhetiani, A. A. Smirnov, V. I. Dubrovin, A. A. Mishenin Izvestiya, Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics May 2018, Volume 54, Issue 3,…
Post-Accretion History and Reflectance Spectroscopy Properties of the Mukundpura Meteorite
Potin S., Beck P., Bonal L., Schmitt B., Moynier F., Quirico E., Garenne A. 81st Annual Meeting of The Meteoritical Society 2018 [#6072] abstract “We characterized the bulk mineralogy and alteration processes of the parent…
Preliminary Investigation of Cosmogenic Radionuclides in Mukundpura (CM2)
Shukla A. D., Ray D., Dutta A., Raychaudhuri D., Bhattacharya A. 81st Annual Meeting of The Meteoritical Society 2018 [#6112] abstract “Cosmogenic radioanuclides in the freshly fallen Mukundpura carbonaceous Chondrite (CM2) were studied to understand…
MANGUI (L6, S5) meteorites found in and around the villages Manlun (曼伦) and MANGUI (曼桂), Menghai County (勐海县), Autonomous Dai Prefecture Xishuangbanna (西双版纳) in Yunnan (云南), China. Meteorite fall at ~21:43 (CST, UTC+08:00) on 1 June 2018
Last update: 31 August 2018 A meteorite, an ordinary chondrite (L6 / 84 g), was found by a local villager in the early morning of 2 June 2018. The meteorite hit a roof tile of…
Study of injuries from the Chelyabinsk airburst event
A.P. Kartashova, O.P. Popova, D.O. Glazachev, P. Jenniskens, d, V.V. Emelˈyanenko, Е.D. Podobnaya, A. Ya Skripnik Planetary and Space Science Available online 23 April 2018 LINK “Highlights • The new data on injuries from the…
A large planetary body inferred from diamond inclusions in a ureilite meteoriteOPEN ACCESS
Farhang Nabiei, James Badro, Teresa Dennenwaldt, Emad Oveisi, Marco Cantoni, Cécile Hébert, Ahmed El Goresy, Jean-Alix Barrat & Philippe Gillet Nature Communications, Volume 9, Article number: 1327 (2018) doi:10.1038/s41467-018-03808-6 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS)…
Rapid effects of terrestrial alteration on highly siderophile elements in the Sutter’s Mill meteorite
Richard J. Walker, Qing‐Zhu Yin, Philipp R. Heck Meteoritics & Planetary Science Meteorit Planet Sci. . doi:10.1111/maps.13102 LINK “The 187Re‐187Os isotopic systematics of many bulk chondrites plot well beyond analytical uncertainties of a primordial isochron….
Experimental investigation into the effects of oxidation during petrogenesis of the Tissint meteorite
Nicholas Castle, Christopher D. K. Herd Meteorit Planet Sci. . doi:10.1111/maps.13083 LINK “We report on the results of an experimental study based on the petrology of the Tissint meteorite, an olivine‐phyric shergottite that preserves evidence…
Identification of meteorite source regions in the solar systemOPEN ACCESS
Mikael Granvik, Peter Brown Icarus Available online 14 April 2018 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Over the past decade there has been a large increase in the number of automated camera networks that monitor…
Mazichuan (Diogenite) registered as confirmed fall (16 September 2016)
MetBull entry (1 April 2018) “History: On 16 September 2016, at about 15:00 local time, many residents from several villages heard an airplane-like noise followed by three loud sonic booms. A woman in Mazichuan witnessed…
The Dingle Dell meteorite: a Halloween treat from the Main BeltOPEN ACCESS
Hadrien A. R. Devillepoix, Eleanor K. Sansom, Philip A. Bland, Martin C. Towner, Martin Cupák, Robert M. Howie, Trent Jansen-Sturgeon, Morgan A. Cox, Benjamin A. D. Hartig, Gretchen K. Benedix, Jonathan P. Paxman Meteorit Planet…
Chemical, isotopic and amino acid composition of Mukundpura CM2.0 (CM1) chondrite: Evidence of parent body aqueous alterationOPEN ACCESS
N.G. Rudraswami, A.K. Naik, R.P. Tripathi, N. Bhandari, S.G. Karapurkar, M.Shyam Prasad, E.V.S.S.K. Babu, V. Sarathi Geoscience Frontiers, In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 17 February 2018 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) LINK “Highlights • Mukundpura has…
Characteristics of a Well Recorded, Bright, Meteorite-Dropping Fireball, British Columbia, Canada, September 4, 2017
A. R. Hildebrand, L. T. J. Hanton, F. Ciceri, R. Nowell, E. Lyytinen, E. A. Silber, P. G. Brown, N. Gi, P. M. M. Jenniskens, J. Albers, D. Hladiuk 49th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference…
Reporting Mineralogy And Chemistry of Kamargaon Meteorite, Assam, NE IndiaOPEN ACCESS
D. Majumdar, P.V. SunderRaju, T.K. Goswami, Md. Arif, D. S. Sarma IOSR Journal of Applied Geology and Geophysics (IOSR-JAGG) e-ISSN: 2321–0990, p-ISSN: 2321–0982.Volume 5, Issue 5 Ver. II (Sep. – Oct. 2017), PP 52-57 PDF…
Characterization of Mukundpura Carbonaceous Chondrite
R. P. Tripathi, Ambesh Dixit, N. Bhandari Current Science Vol 114, No 01 (2018) Pages: 214-217 Published: 2018-01-10 https://doi.org/10.18520/cs%2Fv114%2Fi01%2F214-217 LINK “Two meteorite fragments collected from the Mukundpura impact site, Rajasthan, India have been analysed using…
Investigation of carbonates in the Sutter’s Mill meteorite grains with hyperspectral infrared imaging micro-spectroscopy
Mehmet, Yesiltas Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy Volume 194, 5 April 2018, Pages 92-101 LINK “Highlights • High resolution hyperspectral FTIR imaging microspectroscopy is applied to the Sutter’s Mill meteorite. • Different…
The Chelyabinsk meteorite: New insights from a comprehensive electron microscopy and Raman spectroscopy study with evidence for graphite in olivine of ordinary chondrites
Kaeter, D., Ziemann, M. A., Böttger, U., Weber, I., Hecht, L., Voropaev, S. A., Korochantsev, A. V. and Kocherov, A. V. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.13027 LINK “We present results of petrographic, mineralogical, and…
Air penetration enhances fragmentation of entering meteoroidsOPEN ACCESS
M. E. Tabetah and H. J. Melosh Meteorit Planet Sci. doi:10.1111/maps.13034 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The entry and subsequent breakup of the ~17–20 m diameter Chelyabinsk meteoroid deposited approximately 500 kT of TNT…
Extraterrestrial formation of oldhamite and portlandite through thermal metamorphism of calcite in the Sutter’s Mill carbonaceous chondrite
Christopher W. Haberle; Laurence A.J. Garvie American Mineralogist (2017) 102 (12): 2415-2421. DOI:https://doi.org/10.2138/am-2017-6180 Published: December 01, 2017 LINK “The CM and CI carbonaceous chondrites are typically dominated by phyllosilicates with variable proportions of tochilinite, anhydrous…
The Mukundpura meteorite, a new fall of CM chondrite
Dwijesh Ray, Anil D. Shukla Planetary and Space Science In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 10 November 2017 LINK “Highlights • Mukundpura is a new CM chondrite fall. • Petrological classification suggests Mukundpura is CM2…
Features in constructing a certificate of strength of extraterrestrial material by the example of the Chelyabinsk meteorite
S. A. Voropaev,A. V. Kocherov, C. A. Lorenz, A. V. Korochantsev, N. V. Dushenko, D. M. Kuzina, I. I. Nugmanov, Y. Jianguo Doklady Physics October 2017, Volume 62, Issue 10, pp 486–489 First Online: 04…
Kheneg Ljouâd (LL5/6, S3, W0) registered as probable fall
12 July, 2017 28°59’03.3″N, 8°24’38.7″W Guelmime Es Smara, Morocco LINK
Serra Pelada (Eucrite) registered in Meteoritical Bulletin database
Meteoritical Bulletin Entry updated MetBull entry (12 Sept 2017): “Serra Pelada 5°57.135’S, 49°39.238’W Para, Brazil Confirmed fall: 2017 June 29 Classification: HED achondrite (Eucrite) History: (A. L. R. Moutinho, D. Rios, M. Cardoso Rocha, W….
Cosmic-ray exposure ages of six chondritic Almahata Sitta fragments
Riebe, M. E. I., Welten, K. C., Meier, M. M. M., Wieler, R., Barth, M. I. F., Ward, D., Laubenstein, M., Bischoff, A., Caffee, M. W., Nishiizumi, K. and Busemann, H. Meteoritics & Planetary Science….
Proto-type installation of a double-station system for the optical-video-detection and orbital characterisation of a meteor/fireball in South KoreaOPEN ACCESS
Tobias Cornelius Hinse, Woo-Kyum Kim, Sang-Hyeon Ahn, Jae-Keun Lee, Jun-Hyeong Park, Young-Woo Lee, Woo-Jung Jeong, Sang-Min Woo Journal of the Korean Astronomical Society PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “We give a detailed description of the installation and…
Meteorite falls in Africa
Fouad Khiri, Abderrahmane Ibhi, Thierry Saint-Gerant, Mohand Medjkane, Lahcen Ouknine Journal of African Earth Sciences Available online 22 July 2017 LINK “Highlights • The more favorable factors to observe and to recover meteorite falls in…
Petrography, classification, oxygen isotopes, noble gases, and cosmogenic records of Kamargaon (L6) meteorite: The latest fall in India.OPEN ACCESS
Ray, D., Mahajan, R. R., Shukla, A. D., Goswami, T. K. and Chakraborty, S. Meteorit Planet Sci. doi:10.1111/maps.12875 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “A single piece of meteorite fell on Kamargaon village in the…
Apparent meteorite fall in the Al-Abbasiya region (منطقة العباسية), south of Kosti (كوستي), White Nile (النيل الأبيض), Sudan on 21 June 2017
The bolide’s detonation booms and flares were seen and heard by many witnesses in Kosti, Rabak, Jabalin and Kenana in the early morning (about 00:05 a.m. EAT (UTC+3) ?) of 21 June 2017. The first…
Meteorite fall in Broek in Waterland, Waterland, Netherlands, at 5.09.39 p.m. (4.09.39 p.m. UTC) on 11 January 2017
Last update: 3 August 2017 According to Naturalis Biodiversity Center’s press release from 26 June 2017 the meteorite (530 g, L6,S3,W0 ~ 9.1 x 8.7 x 5.6 (max.) cm) hit a barn in the residential…
MUKUNDPURA (CM2) meteorite fall (>2.23 kg) on 6 June 2017 at ~5:15 a.m. IST (UTC+05:30) in Mukundpurā (मुकुन्दपुरा), Jaipur (जयपुर), Rajastan, India (updated: 27 March)
Last update: 27 March 2018 On 6 June 2017 at about 5:10-20 a.m. IST (UTC+05:30) a carbonaceous meteorite, apparently weighing ~ 3.13 kg in total, fell on the farmland of Banśī Bāgaṛā (बंशी बागड़ा) in…
A Case for Nebula Scale Mixing Between Non-Carbonaceous and Carbonaceous Chondrite Reservoirs: Testing the Grand Tack Model with Chromium Isotopic Composition of Almahata Sitta Stone 91A
Sanborn M. E. * Yin Q.-Z. Goodrich C. A. Zolensky M. Fioretti A. M. 80th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society 2017 [#6277] abstract (PDF) “We present new Cr isotopic composition results for Almahata Sitta…
A Breccia of Ureilitic and C2 Carbonaceous Chondrite Materials from Almahata Sitta: Implications for the Regolith of Ureilitic Asteroids
Goodrich C. A. * Fioretti A. M. Zolensky M. Fries M. Shaddad M. Kohl I. Young E. Jenniskens P. 80th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society 2017 [#6214] abstract (PDF) “We report the first sample…
Fall and Recovery of the Dingle Dell Meteorite
Devillepoix H. A. R. Bland P. A. Towner M. C. Sansom E. K. Howie R. M. Cupak M. Benedix G. K. Jansen-Sturgeon T. Hartig B. A. D. Cox M. A. Paxman J. P. 80th Annual…
Dingle Dell Density and Other Physical Properties
Macke R. J. Benedix G. K. Bland P. A. Desert Fireball Network Team 80th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society 2017 [#6197] abstract “We measure density, porosity, and magnetic susceptibility of the Dingle Dell meteorite…
Atmospheric Trajectory and Orbit of the Osceola Meteorite (January 24, 2016)
Gritsevich M., * Lyytinen E., Hankey M., Meier M. M. M., Matson R., Fries M. 80th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society 2017 [#6188] abstract “We present a summary on the trajectory reconstruction, dark flight…
Mineralogy, Petrology and Chronology of the Dingle Dell Meteorite
Benedix G. K. * Forman L. V. Daly L. Godel B. Esteban L. Meier M. M. M. Maden C. Busemann H. Yin Q.-Z. Sanborn M. Ziegler K. Friedrich J. M. Strasser J. W. Welten K….
Petrology and Bulk Composition of the Oudiyat Sbaa Fluororichterite-Bearing EH5 Chondrite: A Witnessed Fall from Eastern Morocco
Irving A. J., Kuehner S. M., Gao Y., Chen Y., Lapen T. J., Pitt D. 80th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society 2017 [#6383] abstract “We characterize a recent Moroccan enstatite chondrite fall and report…
Mean Atomic Weight of Braunschweig Meteorite
Szurgot M., Wach R. A., Bartoschewitz R. 80th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society 2017 [#6002] abstract “Mean atomic weight Amean, and atomic number of Braunschweig meteorite were determined and analyzed. Classification of Braunschweig, as…
Almahata Sitta Meteorite — Compilation of Magnetic Susceptibility Database
Hoffmann V. H. Funaki M. Wimmer K. Hochleitner R. Kaliwoda M. Mikouchi T. Zolensky M. E. 80th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society 2017 [#6290] abstract “An overview of the magnetic susceptibility (MS) of all…
The Stubenberg meteorite—An LL6 chondrite fragmental breccia recovered soon after precise prediction of the strewn field.
Bischoff, A., Barrat, J.-A., Bauer, K., Burkhardt, C., Busemann, H., Ebert, S., Gonsior, M., Hakenmüller, J., Haloda, J., Harries, D., Heinlein, D., Hiesinger, H., Hochleitner, R., Hoffmann, V., Kaliwoda, M., Laubenstein, M., Maden, C., Meier,…
Numerical model of the Chelyabinsk meteoroid as a strengthless object
V. Shuvalov, V. Svetsov, O. Popova, D. Glazachev Planetary and Space Science In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 29 May 2017 LINK “Highlights • The entry of Chelyabinsk meteoroid is considered in the frame of…
Três Irmãos – meteorite fall in Água Branca, Palmas de Monte Alto, Bahia, Brazil at ~11:20 a.m. (14:20 UTC) on 26 May 2017
Last update: 16 August 2017 The Três Irmãos meteorite (9 cm (length), 5 cm (height), 6 cm (width), an ordinary chondrite (L6, S3, W0) weighing about 950 grams was found by Sirlene da Silva Paes…
Dishchii’bikoh Ts’iłsǫǫsé Tsee (Cibecue Star Stone) officially registered as witnessed fall (LL7, S3, W0)
Dishchii’bikoh has been officially registered as witnessed fall Dishchii’bikoh is Apache for Cibecue. The meteorite’s full name is Dishchii’bikoh Ts’iłsǫǫsé Tsee ♫ (Cibecue Star Stone). Interview with Laurence Garvie (kjzz, 31 May 2017) AUDIO (MP3)…
How to build a continental scale fireball camera network
Robert M. Howie, Jonathan Paxman, Philip A. Bland, Martin C. Towner, Martin Cupak, Eleanor K. Sansom, Hadrien A. R. Devillepoix Experimental Astronomy (2017) doi:10.1007/s10686-017-9532-7 First Online: 11 May 2017 LINK “The expansion of the Australian…
Martian low-temperature alteration materials in shock-melt pockets in Tissint: Constraints on their preservation in shergottite meteorites
C.R. Kuchka, C.D.K. Herd, E.L. Walton, Y. Guan, Y. Liu Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 8 May 2017 LINK “We apply an array of in situ analytical techniques, including electron…
Meteorite transport—Revisited
Wisdom, J. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12876 LINK “Meteorites are delivered from the asteroid belt by way of chaotic zones (Wisdom 1985a). The dominant sources are believed to be the chaotic zones associated with…
Meteorite falls in Bulgaria: Reappraisal of mineralogy, chemistry, and classification.
Dekov, V., Rochette, P. and Gattacceca, J. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12879 LINK “We present a summary of the mineralogy, mineral chemistry, and magnetic characteristics of all the five Bulgarian meteorite falls. We report…
AIQUILE (H5, S3,W0) registered as confirmed fall in Meteoritical Bulletin Database
LINK More information on this fall can be found HERE “Aiquile 18°17’4″S, 65°8’39″W Cochabamba, Bolivia Confirmed fall: 2016 Nov 20 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H5) History: A bright fireball appeared over Aiquile, Cochabamba district of Bolivia,…
Park Forest (L5) and the asteroidal source of shocked L chondrites.
Meier, M. M. M., Welten, K. C., Riebe, M. E. I., Caffee, M. W., Gritsevich, M., Maden, C. and Busemann, H. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12874 LINK “The Park Forest (L5) meteorite fell in…
A numerical assessment of simple airblast models of impact airburstsOPEN ACCESS
Collins, Gareth S., Lynch, Elliot, McAdam, Ronan, Davison, Thomas M. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12873 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Asteroids and comets 10–100 m in size that collide with Earth disrupt dramatically…
The Varre-Sai chondrite, a Brazilian fall: petrology and geochemistry
Caio Vinícius Gabrig Turbay Rangel, Marcos Tadeu D’Azeredo Orlando, Cláudio De Morisson Valeriano & Alexandre de Oliveira Chaves International Geology Review Volume 59, 2017 – Issue 15 Published online: 10 Apr 2017 LINK “The Varre-Sai…
Primordial and cosmogenic noble gases in the Sutter’s Mill CM chondrite.
Okazaki, R. and Nagao, K. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12819 LINK “The Sutter’s Mill (SM) CM chondrite fell in California in 2012. The CM chondrite group is one of the most primitive, consisting of…
Annama H chondrite—Mineralogy, physical properties, cosmic ray exposure, and parent body history.OPEN ACCESS
Kohout, T., Haloda, J., Halodová, P., Meier, M. M. M., Maden, C., Busemann, H., Laubenstein, M., Caffee, Marc. W., Welten, K. C., Hopp, J., Trieloff, M., Mahajan, R. R., Naik, S., Trigo-Rodriguez, J. M., Moyano-Cambero,…
Modeling the influence of the Chelyabinsk meteorite’s bow shock wave on the Earth’s surface
A. V. Astanin, A. D. Dashkevich, I. B. Petrov, M. N. Petrov, S. V. Utyuzhnikov, N. I. Khokhlov Mathematical Models and Computer Simulations March 2017, Volume 9, Issue 2, pp 133–141 First Online: 24 March…
On the occurrence and origin of anthropogenic radionuclides found in a fragment of the Chelyabinsk (LL5) meteorite.
Querfeld, R., Tanha, M. R., Heyer, L., Renz, F., Guggenberger, G., Brandstätter, F., Ferrière, L., Koeberl, C. and Steinhauser, G. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12855 LINK “A piece of the 2013 Chelyabinsk meteorite was…
The impact trajectory of asteroid 2008 TC3
Davide Farnocchia, Peter Jenniskens, Darrel K. Robertson, Steven R. Chesley, Linda Dimare, Paul W. Chodas Icarus In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 14 March 2017 LINK “Highlights • 2008 TC3 was the first ever predicted…
Origin of EL3 chondrites: Evidence for variable C/O ratios during their course of formation—A state of the art scrutiny.
El Goresy, A., Lin, Y., Miyahara, M., Gannoun, A., Boyet, M., Ohtani, E., Gillet, P., Trieloff, M., Simionovici, A., Feng, L. and Lemelle, L. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12832 LINK “Mineral inventories of enstatite…
Dingle Dell (LL6, S2, W0) registered as confirmed fall
More information on this fall can be found HERE [wc_row][wc_column size=”one-half” position=”first”] [/wc_column][wc_column size=”one-half” position=”last”] [/wc_column][/wc_row] [wc_row][wc_column size=”one-half” position=”first”] [/wc_column][wc_column size=”one-half” position=”last”] [/wc_column][/wc_row] ” Dingle Dell -29.20608 S, 116.21547 E Western Australia, Australia Confirmed fall:…
Degtevo (H5) registered as confirmed fall
Degtevo / Дёгтево (H5,S2,W0) is registered as confirmed fall in the Meteoritical Bulletin Database LINK “Degtevo 49°09.6’N, 40°39.7’E Rostovskaya oblast’, Russia Confirmed fall: 20 March 2016 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H5) History: Imamkulov Toir Mamazoirovich was…
San Pedro de Urabá – Fall on 16 February 2017 (~5.30 p.m.) in San Pedro de Urabá, Turbo, Urabá, Antioquia, Colombia
Last update: 8 June 2018 Meteorite fall in the afternoon (~ 5.30 p.m.) of 16 February 2017 in San Pedro de Urabá, in the municipality of Turbo, Urabá, Antioquia, Colombia. The meteorite, an ordinary chondrite…
Ejby meteorites – Danekræ financial compensation paid – Ejby meteorite exhibition
According to a press release of the Statens Naturhistoriske Museum, published on 10 February 2017, the 15 official finders of Ejby meteorites are going to be paid 2 million Danish kroner (~ 286,000 dollars) as…
Snow carrots after the Chelyabinsk event and model implications for highly porous solar system objects
Luther, R., Artemieva, N., Ivanova, M., Lorenz, C. and Wünnemann, K. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12831 LINK “After the catastrophic disruption of the Chelyabinsk meteoroid, small fragments formed funnels in the snow layer covering…
Effect of Yield Curves and Porous Crush on Hydrocode Simulations of Asteroid AirburstOPEN ACCESS
D.K. Robertson, D.L. Mathias Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets Accepted manuscript online: 6 February 2017 First published: 23 March 2017 DOI: 10.1002/2016JE005194 Last update: 23 March 2017 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Simulations of…
Effects of Desert Weathering on Meteoritic Hydrogen Isotope Systematics: Insights from Tissint
A. Stephant, P. Mane, L. A. J. Garvie, R. Hervig, M. Wadhwa 48th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2017), Abstract #1232 LINK
A Report on 63 Newly Sampled Stones of the Almahata Sitta Fall (Asteroid 2008 TC3) from the University of Khartoum Collection, Including a C2 Carbonaceous Chondrite
A. M. Fioretti, C. A. Goodrich, M. Shaddad, P. Jenniskens, M. Zolensky, I. Kohl, E. Young, D. Rumble, N. Kita, B. Turrin, G. Herzog 48th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2017), Abstract #1846 LINK
Raman Spectroscopy of Kamargaon L6 Ordinary Chondrite
B. J. Saikia, G. Parthasarathy, R. R. Borah 48th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2017), Abstract #1979 PDF
Almahata Sitta Space Rosetta Stone: Magnetic Susceptibility Database Update
V. H. Hoffmann, K. Wimmer, R. Hochleitner, S. Decker 48th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2017), Abstract #2365 PDF
Meteoriteorbits.info – Tracking All Known Meteorites with Photographic Orbits
M. M. M. Meier 48th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2017), Abstract #1178 PDF
Ultraviolet Reflectance Spectroscopy of the Tighert Eucrite
M. R. M. Izawa, E. A. Cloutis, D. M. Applin, P. Mann, V. Reddy 48th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2017), Abstract #2116 PDF
Assessment of different sunspot number series using the cosmogenic isotope 44Ti in meteorites
Eleanna Asvestari, Ilya G. Usoskin, Gennady A. Kovaltsov, Mathew J. Owens, Natalie A. Krivova, Sara Rubinetti, Carla Taricco MNRAS (2017) stx190. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stx190 Published: 22 January 2017 LINK “Many sunspot number series exist suggesting different levels…
