Asteroid 2008 TC3 Breakup and Meteorite Fractions
Goodrich, C.; Jenniskens, P.; Shaddad, M. H.; Zolensky; M. E.; Fioretti, A. M. JSC-CN-38419, Conference Paper Asteroid Comets and Meteors Conference (ACM 2017); 10-14 Apr. 2017; Montevideo; Uruguay abstract “The recovery of meteorites from the…
Effects of Shock and Martian Alteration on Tissint Hydrogen Isotope Ratios and Water ContentOPEN ACCESS
L.J. Hallis, G.R. Huss, K. Nagashima, G.J. Taylor, D. Stöffler, C.L. Smith, M.R. Lee Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 3 January 2017 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) LINK (OPEN ACCESS) “The Tissint…
Nanoindenting the Chelyabinsk meteorite to learn about impact deflection effects in asteroidsOPEN ACCESS
Carles E. Moyano-Cambero, Eva Pellicer, Josep M. Trigo-Rodríguez, Iwan P. Williams, Jürgen Blum, Patrick Michel, Michael Küppers, Marina Martínez-Jiménez, Ivan Lloro, Jordi Sort Astrophysical Journal (2017) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) abstract Update (24 January 2017): LINK…
Atmospheric trajectory and heliocentric orbit of the Ejby meteorite fall in Denmark on February 6, 2016
P. Spurný, J. Borovička, G. Baumgarten, H. Haack, D. Heinlein, A.N. Sørensen Planetary and Space Science In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 1 December 2016 LINK “A very bright bolide illuminated the sky over Denmark…
Chemical layering in the upper mantle of Mars: Evidence from olivine-hosted melt inclusions in Tissint.
Basu Sarbadhikari, A., Babu, E. V. S. S. K. and Vijaya Kumar, T. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12790 LINK “Melting of Martian mantle, formation, and evolution of primary magma from the depleted mantle were…
The variability of ruthenium in chromite from chassignite and olivine-phyric shergottite meteorites: New insights into the behavior of PGE and sulfur in Martian magmatic systems.
Baumgartner, R. J., Fiorentini, M. L., Baratoux, D., Ferrière, L., Locmelis, M., Tomkins, A. and Sener, K. A. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12795 LINK “The Martian meteorites comprise mantle-derived mafic to ultramafic rocks that…
Chelyabinsk – a rock with many different (stony) faces: An infrared study
Andreas Morlok, Addi Bischoff, Markus Patzek, Martin Sohn, Harald Hiesinger Icarus In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 25 November 2016 LINK “Highlights • We studied 3 lithologies of the Chelyabinsk meteorite in the mid-infrared. •…
AIQUILE – meteorite fall (H5, S3, W0) in Tabla Mayu (Chago K’asa), Panamá, Ch’awar Mayu, Barbechos and Cruz Loma, near AIQUILE, Cochabamba, Bolivia on 20 November 2016, ~9:45-57 p.m. UTC (~5.45-57 p.m. BOT) (UPDT: 21 Apr 2017)
Last update: 21 April 2017 In the evening of November 20, 2016, at ~5.45-57 p.m. local time, three to four detonation sounds were heard by the Quechua villagers in the area around Aiquile in Bolivia’s…
Asteroid Fragmentation Approaches for Modeling Atmospheric Energy Deposition
Paul J. Register, Donovan L. Mathias, Lorien F. Wheeler Icarus In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 18 November 2016 LINK “Highlights • Fragmentation modeling approaches are compared using Chelyabinsk meteor data. • A new model…
DINGLE DELL (L/LL5, S2, W0) – 1.15-kg meteorite fall near Morawa, Western Australia on October 31, 2016 at 8.03.46 pm AWST (12.03.46 pm UTC)
Last update: 9 June 2017 On 31 October 2016 at 8.03.46 pm AWST (12.03.46 pm UTC) a bolide was seen above Western Australia, coming in from a north-northeastern direction. It was recorded entering the atmosphere…
The Braunschweig meteorite − a recent L6 chondrite fall in Germany
Rainer Bartoschewitz, Peter Appel, Jean-Alix Barrat, Addi Bischoff, Marc W. Caffee, Ian A. Franchi, Zelimir Gabelica, Richard C. Greenwood, Mourad Harir, Dennis Harries, Rupert Hochleitner, Jens Hopp, Matthias Laubenstein, Barbara Mader, Rosa Marques, Andreas Morlok,…
Thermophysical properties of Almahata Sitta meteorites (asteroid 2008 TC3) for high-fidelity entry modeling
Stefan Loehle, Peter Jenniskens, Hannah Böhrk, Thomas Bauer, Henning Elsäβer, Derek W. Sears, Michael E. Zolensky and Muawia H. Shaddad Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12788 Version of Record online: 6 NOV 2016 LINK “Asteroid…
BANMA (L5, S2) officially registered in the Meteoritical Bulletin Database
On 15 October 2016 the meteorite which fell in Banma County, Golog Tibetan Autonomous prefecture, Qinghai province in China on 24 August 2016 at about 21:00 local time was officially registered in the Meteoritical Bulletin…
Experimental petrology of the Tissint meteorite: Redox estimates, crystallization curves, and evaluation of petrogenetic models
Castle, N. and Herd, C. D. K. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12739 LINK “Tissint is an olivine-phyric shergottite from an incompatible element depleted Martian mantle source. Oxythermobarometry applied to Tissint mineral phases demonstrates that…
Mineral chemistry of the Tissint meteorite: Indications of two-stage crystallization in a closed system.
Liu, Y., Baziotis, I. P., Asimow, P. D., Bodnar, R. J. and Taylor, L. A. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12726 Version of Record online: 5 OCT 2016 DOI: 10.1111/maps.12726 LINK “The Tissint meteorite is…
The 57Fe hyperfine interactions in the iron-bearing phases in some LL ordinary chondrites
Oshtrakh, M.I., Maksimova, A.A., Grokhovsky, V.I. et al. Hyperfine Interact (2016) 237: 138. doi:10.1007/s10751-016-1343-0 Proceedings of the International Conference on Hyperfine Interactions and their Applications (HYPERFINE 2016), Leuven, Belgium, 3-8 July 2016 LINK “The study…
Hydrogen isotopic composition of the Martian mantle inferred from the newest Martian meteorite fall, Tissint.
Mane, P., Hervig, R., Wadhwa, M., Garvie, L. A. J., Balta, J. B. and McSween, H. Y. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12717 LINK “The hydrogen isotopic composition of planetary reservoirs can provide key constraints…
Meteorite fall between BANMA (班玛) and Mǎn Zhǎng Xiāng (满掌乡), in Banma County (班玛县), Golog prefecture, Qinghai province, China at ~ 9 pm local time (UTC+8) on August 24, 2016 (UPDT: 10 Nov 2016)
Last update on November 10, 2016 A meteorite (32 x 23 x 18 cm), ordinary chondrite (L5,S2,W0), weighing 10.05 kg fell about 5 km southeast of Mǎn Zhǎng Xiāng (满掌乡) at location 33°15’11″N, 100°27’54″E in…
EJBY (H5/6, S2, W0) registered in the Meteoritical Bulletin Database
On August 27, 2016 EJBY was officially registered in the Meteoritical Bulletin Database. “Ejby 55°42.02’N, 12°24.33’E Hovedstaden, Denmark Confirmed fall: 2016 Feb 6 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H5/6) History: (H. Haack, NHMD): A bright fireball was…
Microstructures, mineral chemistry, noble gases and nitrogen in the recent fall, Bhuka iron (IAB) meteorite
S.V.S. Murty, P.M. Ranjith, Dwijesh Ray, S. Ghosh, Basab Chattopadhyay, K.L. Shrivastava Planetary and Space Science In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 26 August 2016 LINK “Highlights • Bhuka iron meteorite has been classified as…
Major elements and noble gases of the Jinju (H5) meteorite, an observed fall on March 9, 2014, in South Korea
Keisuke Nagao, Makiko K. Haba, Jong Ik Lee, Taehoon Kim, Mi Jung Lee, Changkun Park, Yong Joo Jwa, Byeon-Gak Choi GEOCHEMICAL JOURNAL Vol. 50 (2016) No. 4 p. 315-325 Released on J-STAGE 20160731 abstract “The…
Capture of Trans-Neptunian Planetesimals in the Main Asteroid Belt
David Vokrouhlický, William F. Bottke, and David Nesvorný The Astronomical Journal, Volume 152, Number 2 Published 2016 July 26 LINK “The orbital evolution of the giant planets after nebular gas was eliminated from the Solar…
57Fe Mössbauer study of the Chainpur meteorite
Nancy N. Elewa, R. Cobas, J. M. Cadogan Hyperfine Interactions December 2016, 237:107 First online: 20 July 2016 LINK “The Chainpur meteorite is one of 23 ordinary chondrites classified as LL3-type (low-Fe & low-metal). It…
Martian meteorite Tissint records unique petrogenesis among the depleted shergottites.
Basu Sarbadhikari, A., Babu, E. V. S. S. K., Vijaya Kumar, T. and Chennaoui Aoudjehane, H. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12684 Version of Record online: 19 JUL 2016 LINK “Tissint, a new unaltered piece…
Dishchii’bikoh Ts’iłsǫǫsé Tsee – 15 meteorites (79.46 g, LL7) of June 2, 2016 bolide (~10:56:28 UTC) found on White Mountain Apache Tribal land, Arizona, USA
Last update: 29 May, 2017 Dishchii’bikoh Ts’iłsǫǫsé Tsee ♫ has been officially registered as witnessed fall: LINK More information on the Dishchii’bikoh Ts’iłsǫǫsé Tsee fall can be read HERE. The meteorite search As announced by…
‘Phlai Chumphon / พลายชุมพล’ (prov.) – meteorite fall at ~ 0:26 UTC on June 27, 2016 (2559 B.E.) in Phlai Chumphon, Amphoe Mueang Phitsanulok (พิษณุโลก), Thailand
Last update: 18 January, 2018 UPDATE Elemental composition analysis of stony meteorites discovered in Phitsanulok, Thailand T Loylip and S Wannawichian Journal of Physics: Conference Series, Volume 901, conference 1 Siam Physics Congress 2017 (SPC2017),…
Multiple Olivine-Phyric Shergottite Stones of Differing Crystallization Age in the 2011 Tissint Meteorite Fall Imply Impact Excavation from a Long-Lived Depleted Magmatic Complex on Mars (Hint: Olympus Mons)
Irving A. J. * Lapen T. J. 79th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2016) #6454 LINK
Almahata Sitta News: Well-Known Varieties and New Species in the Zoo
Bischoff A. Ebert S. Patzek M. Horstmann M. Pack A. Decker S. 79th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2016) #6319 LINK
Cosmogenic Radionuclides in the Komar Gaon Meteorite Measured in a New Low-Background Gamma-Ray Spectrometry Facility, GeMSE
Rosén Å. V. von Sivers M. Hofmann B. A. Schumann M. Pathak D. 79th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2016) #6398 abstract
Fe-57 Mössbauer Study of the Murrili Ordinary Chondrite
Cadogan J. M. Bland P. A. Benedix G. K. Towner M. C. Sansom E. K. Devillepoix H. Howie R. M. Paxman J. P. Cupak M. Cox M. A. Jansen-Sturgeon T. Stuart D. Strangway D. 79th…
Density, Porosity and Magnetic Susceptibility of the Murrili Meteorite Recovered by the Desert Fireball Network
Macke R. J. SJ Wiggins S. Britt D. T. Benedix G. K. Bland P. A. Desert Fireball Network Team 79th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2016) #6147 abstract
Sidi Ali Ou Azza (L4): A New Moroccan Fall
Chennaoui Aoudjehane H. Agee C. B. Aaranson A. Bouragaa 79th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2016) #6120 abstract
The Stubenberg (Bavaria) Ordinary Chondrite Breccia: The Latest German Meteorite Fall
Ebert S., Bischoff A. 79th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2016) #6137 abstract
Fall, Petrology, Classification, Noble Gas and Cosmogenic Records of Komar Gaon Meteorite, the Latest Fall in India
Ray D. * Mahajan R. R. Shukla A. D. Goswami T. K. 79th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2016) #6071 abstract
Mineralogy and Petrology of the Murrili Meteorite
Benedix G. K. * Forman L. V. Daly L. Greenwood R. C. Franchi I. A. Friedrich J. M. Meier M. M. M. Maden C. Busemann H. Welten K. C. Caffee M. W. Bland P. A….
Pre-Entry Size and Cosmic History of the Annama Meteorite
Kohout T. * Meier M. M. M. Maden C. Busemann H. Welten K. C. Laubenstein M. Caffee M. W. Gritsevich M. Grokhovsky V. 79th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2016) #6316 abstract
Fall and Recovery of the Murrili Meteorite, and an Update on the Desert Fireball Network
Bland P. A. * Towner M. C. Sansom E. K. Devillepoix H. Howie R. M. Paxman J. P. Cupak M. Benedix G. K. Cox M. A. Jansen-Sturgeon T. Stuart D. Strangway D. 79th Annual Meeting…
Two very Precisely Instrumentally Documented Meteorite Falls: Zdar nad Sazavou and Stubenberg – Prediction and Reality
Spurny P. * Borovicka J. Haloda J. Shrbeny L. Heinlein D. 79th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2016) #6221 abstract
‘Kati Thanda (Lake Eyre South)’ fall officially registered as MURRILI
Murrili is officially registered in the Meteoritical Bulletin Murrili “Murrili 29.26089°S, 137.53765°E South Australia, Australia Confirmed fall: 2015 Nov 27 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H5) History: The Murrili fireball was imaged by observatories of the Desert…
Komar Gaon (L6) is officially registered
Komar Gaon is officially registered in the Meteoritical Bulletin Database Komar Gaon “Komar Gaon 26°37’56.9884″N, 93°46’11.5115″E Assam, India Confirmed fall: 13 Nov 2015 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L6) History: On November 13, 2015, at 12:00 pm…
STUBENBERG – Fall (LL6) in Bavaria, Germany on 6 March 2016 at 9:36:51-56 p.m. UTC
An updated and extended version of this post has been established on this page: STUBENBERG Last update: 31 May 2017 The Stubenberg meteorite—An LL6 chondrite fragmental breccia recovered soon after precise prediction of the strewn…
Meteorites of bolide on February 17 at ~ 9:44:11 pm CST (UTC-6) have been found near Crosbyton, west of Lubbock, Texas, USA (updated: Feb. 29)
Last update (Feb. 29) On February 29, 2016 Sonny Clary reported on his website * that Terry Scott and himself had found a 36.1 gram specimen in a cotton field near Crosbyton, Texas (~ 33°39’34.3″N…
OSCEOLA – First six meteorites of the fall on January 24 at 10.30 am EST in Northern Florida, USA have been found
UPDATE: April 2, 2016 Osceola was officially registered as L6 in the Meteoritical Bulletin Database on April 2, 2016 LINK “Osceola 30°27.16’N, 82°27.25’W Florida, USA Confirmed fall: 2016 Jan 24 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L6) History:…
EJBY – Eleven meteorites (H5/6, S2, 8982.4 g) found – Danekræ compensation paid – Fall on 6 February 2016 at 21:07:18-23 UTC in Ejby, Herlev, Glostrup, Rødovre, Vanløse, Sjælland, Denmark – Shattered meteorite main mass (6695.8 g) in Herlev – Finds in Ejby (58.8 g, 510.4 g, 437.7 g, 431 g, 350 g, 319 g, 38.5 g), Rødovre (58.5 g), Glostrup (64.6 g) and Vanløse (18.1 g) (UPDT: Jul 5, 2019)
An updated (2/2021) and extended version of this post has been established on this Ejby page (Last update of text below: 11 February 2018) Last update: 11 February 2018 (11:00 CET) According to a press…
The Revealed Real Story of the Nagy-Vázsony Iron Meteorite
I. Kubovics, Zs. Kereszty, Sz. Bérczi, Gy. A. Gönczi 47th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2016), Abstract #1555 PDF
Famenin, Iran Ordinary Chondrite 2015 Fall: Non-Destructive Analysis
P. J. A. McCausland, R. L. Flemming, M. J. Mazur, J. Umoh, D. W. Holdsworth, J. Wengenroth 47th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2016), Abstract #3064 PDF
P-Rich Olivines in the Impact Melt Lithology of the Chelyabinsk Meteorite
I. B. Baziotis, L. Ferrière, P. D. Asimow, D. Topa, F. Brandstätter 47th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2016), Abstract #1437 LINK
Mass Deficiency Problem in Large Meteorite Falls
N. A. Artemieva, V. V. Shuvalov 47th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2016), Abstract #1749 LINK
A Real Space Rosetta Stone — The Almahata Sitta Meteorite
V. H. Hoffmann, M. Kaliwoda, R. Hochleitner, M. Funaki, S. Decker 47th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2016), Abstract #1874 PDF
Moshampa is officially registered as LL5 in the Meteoritical Bulletin Database
Moshampa is officially registered as LL5 in the Meteoritical Bulletin Database More information on the fall can be found HERE MetBull writeup 36° 57′ 57″N, 47° 41′ 28″E Zanjan, Iran Confirmed fall: 2015 Classification: Ordinary…
Determination of the height of the “meteoric explosion”
V. V. Shuvalov, O. P. Popova, V. V. Svettsov, I. A. Trubetskaya… Solar System Research January 2016, Volume 50, Issue 1, pp 1-12 First online: 22 January 2016 (Original Russian Text © V.V. Shuvalov, O.P….
MURRILI meteorite (H5/S2-5, 1.68 kg) fallen on Nov 27, 2015 (10:43:44.50 UTC) was found at Kati Thanda (Lake Eyre South), South Australia – Success of Desert Fireball Network
Last update: 15 February, 2021 Chasing Meteors ABC Radio National, Earshot, 5 December 2016 AUDIO (MP3) “I just went out on our little veranda for a smoke and a relax after work and there is…
A catalog of video records of the 2013 Chelyabinsk superbolide
Introductory comment: At last Nikita Loskutov’s excellent work in documenting the videos of the fall since 2013 has been acknowledged! I do welcome the publication of this paper and the online database very much! It…
Diepenveen (CM2-an) is officially registered in the Meteoritical Bulletin
LINK “Diepenveen 52° 17′ 35″N, 6° 7′ 30″E Overijssel, Netherlands Probable fall: 1873 Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CM2, anomalous) History: (M. Langbroek, Naturalis and DMS, N. de Kort, KNVWS): A single 68-g stone in private ownership…
Santa Lucia (2008) (L6) Chondrite, a Recent Fall: Composition, Noble Gases, Nitrogen and Cosmic Ray Exposure Age
Ramakant R. Mahajan, Maria Eugenia Varela, Jean Louis Joron Earth, Moon, and Planets April 2016, Volume 117, Issue 2, pp 65-76 First online: 27 November 2015 LINK “The Santa Lucia (2008)—one the most recent Argentine…
2P/Encke, the Taurid complex NEOs and the Maribo and Sutter’s Mill meteorites
C. Tubiana, C. Snodgrass, R. Michelsen, H. Haack, H. Boehnhardt, A. Fitzsimmons, I. P. Williams in press in A&A PDF (full text) abstract “The Taurid meteoroid stream has long been linked with 2P/Encke owing to…
Are some meteoroids rubble piles?
Jiří Borovička Paper presented at the IAU Symposium 318 Asteroids: New Observations, New Models (Honolulu, USA, August 3-7, 2015). Accepted for publication in the Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union arXiv:1510.07869 PDF (full text) abstract…
The 1925 meteorite fall near Ellemeet and Serooskerke, the Netherlands.
de Vet, S. J. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12554 LINK “Two meteorites impacted in 1925 around the town of Serooskerke on the isle of Schouwen, the Netherlands. The largest mass is widely known as…
High-sensitivity HPGe gamma-spectrometry analysis of radionuclides in Martian meteorites
Pavel P. Povinec , Ivan Sýkora, Andrej Kováčik, Christian Koeberl Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry pp 1-5 LINK
Small melt inclusions can record bulk magma compositions: A planetary example from the Martian basalt (shergottite) Tissint.
Sonzogni, Y. and Treiman, A. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12516 LINK “Melt inclusions in igneous minerals can provide constraints on magma compositions, especially for planetary samples where mass is severely limited. Small inclusions (
Meteorite fall in San Carlos, Maldonado, Uruguay on 19th September 2015 – (updated Oct 22, 11:10 UTC)
A page with updated and additional information about this fall has been established on this SAN CARLOS (prov.) page(Last update: 14 April 2017) Last update: October 22, 2015, 11:10 UTC Interview with Gonzalo Tancredi970 Universal…
Detailed information about SARIÇİÇEK Howardite meteorite fall (Bingöl,Turkey) released (updated Feb. 23)
Last updated: February 23, 2016 The meteorites have been officially registered as SARIÇİÇEK in the Meteoritical Bulletin Database on February 22, 2016. Writeup of MB 105 The Turkish Meteorite Network has released detailed information about…
What we know about Oslo meteorite from cosmogenic isotope analysis
Z. Tymiński, M. Stolarz, T. Kubalczak, P. Zaręba, M. Burski, M. Bilet, E. Miśta, K. Tymińska, E. Kołakowska, A. Burakowska, P. Żołądek, A. Olech, M. Wiśniewski, A. Listkowska, and P. Saganowski EPSC Abstracts Vol. 10,…
Mineralogy, petrology, chronology, and exposure history of the Chelyabinsk meteorite and parent body.
Righter, K., Abell, P., Agresti, D., Berger, E. L., Burton, A. S., Delaney, J. S., Fries, M. D., Gibson, E. K., Haba, M. K., Harrington, R., Herzog, G. F., Keller, L. P., Locke, D., Lindsay,…
SARIÇİÇEK – Bolide and rare achondrite (Howardite) meteorite fall around village Sarıçiçek, Bingöl province, Turkey on September 2, ~ 20:06 UTC (updated 24 Feb 2016)
Last update: Feb. 24, 2016 / 06:40 CET The meteorites have been officially registered as SARIÇİÇEK in the Meteoritical Bulletin Database on February 22, 2016. LINK Writeup from MB 105 “Sariçiçek 38°54.10’N, 40°36.01’E Bingol, Turkey…
Chasing the Chelyabinsk asteroid N-body style
C. de la Fuente Marcos, R. de la Fuente Marcos, S. J. Aarseth Accepted for publication in The Astrophysical Journal (2015 August 24) arXiv:1508.05907 PDF (full text) abstract
Dynamical evolution of Chelyabinsk-type bodies from sungrazing orbits to near-Earth space
V.V. Emel’yanenko Planetary and Space Science In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 21 August 2015 doi:10.1016/j.pss.2015.08.005 LINK
Ionospheric disturbances in the vicinity of the Chelyabinsk meteoroid explosive disruption as inferred from dense GPS observations
N. P. Perevalova, N. V. Shestakov, S. V. Voeykov, H. Takahashi, M. Guojie Geophysical Research Letters DOI: 10.1002/2015GL064792 First published: 19 August 2015 LINK
Meteorite of fall on 30th July found near Moshampa, Zanjan, Iran (updated Jan. 24)
Updated: January 24, 2016 Moshampa is officially registered as LL5 in the Meteoritical Bulletin Database LINK 36° 57′ 57″N, 47° 41′ 28″E Zanjan, Iran Confirmed fall: 2015 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL5) History: On Thursday, 2015…
New 1/10 scale 3D model of the Chelyabinsk main mass will be shown at 78th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society in Berkeley / Plans on Russian Antarctic meteorite search expedition presented
On July 9 the Ural Federal University in Yekaterinburg informed about a new 1/10 scale 3D model of the Chelyabinsk main mass which will be publicly presented at the 78th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical…
Meteorite fall in Famenin, near Hamedan, Iran on 27th June, 4.30 UTC / 8.30 am local (updated: 14 Feb. 2022)
Last update: February 14, 2022 The Famenin fall and other ordinary chondrites intermediate between H and L groupsHamed Pourkhorsandi, Jérôme Gattacceca, Pierre Rochette, Thomas Smith, Lydie Bonal, Massimo D’Orazio, Bertrand Devouard, Corinne Sonzogni, Vinciane DebailleMeteoritics…
Meteorite fall in Famenin, near Hamedan, Iran on 27th June, 4.30 UTC / 8.30 am local (updated: Feb. 5)
Last update: February 5, 2016 Famenin, Iran Ordinary Chondrite 2015 Fall: Non-Destructive Analysis P. J. A. McCausland, R. L. Flemming, M. J. Mazur, J. Umoh, D. W. Holdsworth, J. Wengenroth 47th Lunar and Planetary Science…
Towards the azimuthal characteristics of ionospheric and seismic effects of “Chelyabinsk” meteorite fall according to the data from coherent radar, GPS and seismic networks
O.I. Berngardt, N.P. Perevalova, K.A. Kutelev, G.A. Zherebtsov, A.A. Dobrynina, N.V. Shestakov, R.V.Zagretdinov, V.F.Bakhtiyarov, O.A.Kusonsky PDF (full text) abstract
The instrumentally recorded fall of the Križevci meteorite, Croatia, February 4, 2011.
Borovička, J., Spurný, P., Šegon, D., Andreić, Ž., Kac, J., Korlević, K., Atanackov, J., Kladnik, G., Mucke, H., Vida, D. and Novoselnik, F. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12469 LINK
Tirhert — July 2014 — Eucrite Fall in Morocco
Chennaoui Aoudjehane H., Agee C. B., Irving A. J., Garvie L. A. J., Ziegler K., Jambon A., Weber P. 78th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2015), abstract #5197 LINK
Noble Gases of the Jinju (H5) Meteorite Fell on March 9, 2014, in Korea
Nagao K., Haba M. K., Lee J. I., Kim T., Lee M. J. 78th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2015), abstract #5027 abstract
Jinju H5 Chondrite: A New Fall in Korea Having Numerous Vugs Filled with Vapor-Phase Crystallized Minerals
Choi B.-G., Kim H., Kim H., Lee J. I., Kim T. H., Ahn I., Yi K., Hong T. E. 78th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2015) Berkeley, USA July 27-31 2015 PDF (abstract)
Annama H5 Meteorite Fall: Orbit, Trajectory, Recovery, Petrology, Noble Gases, and Cosmogenic Radionuclides
Kohout T., Gritsevich M., Lyytinen E., Moilainen J., Trigo-Rodríguez J. M., Kruglikov N.,Ishchenko A., Yakovlev G., Grokhovsky V., Haloda J., Halodova P., Meier M. M. M., Laubenstein M., Dimitrev V., Lupovka V. 78th Annual Meeting…
Systematic ranging and late warning asteroid impacts
D. Farnocchia, S.R. Chesley, M. Micheli Icarus In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 10 June 2015 LINK
Evidence in Tissint for recent subsurface water on Mars
Yang Chen, Yang Liu, Yunbin Guan, John M. Eiler, Chi Ma, George R. Rossman, Lawrence A. Taylor Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 425, 1 September 2015, Pages 55–63 LINK We report unambiguous chemical evidence…
The Vicência meteorite fall: A new unshocked (S1) weakly metamorphosed (3.2) LL chondrite
Keil, K., Zucolotto, M. E., Krot, A. N., Doyle, P. M., Telus, M., Krot, T. V., Greenwood, R. C., Franchi, I. A., Wasson, J. T., Welten, K. C., Caffee, M. W., Sears, D. W. G.,…
Physical Records of Impacts in the Early and Modern Solar System
by Beauford, Robert E., Ph.D., University of Arkansas, 2015, 175; 3688247 Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 76-08(E), Section: B.; 173 p. abstract PDF (full text)
Žd’ár nad Sázavou is officially registered in the Meteoritical Bulletin Database
LINK 49°31.3’ N, 16°2.0’ E
Porangaba is officially registered in the Meteoritical Bulletin Database
Meteoritical Bulletin 23°09’36″S, 48°10’52″W Additional information about this witnessed fall can be found HERE
A new 3D laser scan of the Chelyabinsk main mass
A new 3D laser scan of the Chelyabinsk main mass was performed on 20 May 2015 to improve the precise calculation of the 505-kg meteorite’s density LINK (automatic translation) LINK (original)
Variations of cosmogenic radionuclide production rates along the meteorite orbits
Alexeev, V. A.; Laubenstein, M.; Povinec, P. P.; Ustinova, G. K. Advances in Space Research, Volume 56, Issue 4, p. 766-771 doi:10.1016/j.asr.2015.05.004 LINK
Main parameters of meteoroid motion during the fall of the Chelyabinsk meteorite shower on February 15, 2013
Golubaev, A. V. Solar System Research, Volume 49, Issue 3, pp.147-158 Original Russian Text © A.V. Golubaev, 2015, published in Astronomicheskii Vestnik, 2015, Vol. 49, No. 3, pp. 163–175. LINK
An alleged fifth Jinju find (12 kg) is probably a basalt rock and not a meteorite
LINK (NewDaily, 14 May 2015) automatic translation Jinju (Meteoritical Bulletin Database)
The story of the theft and recovery of the Serooskerke mass of the Ellemeet meteorite (Dutch documentary) – De diefstal van de meteoriet van Serooskerke
The story of the theft and recovery of the Serooskerke mass of the Ellemeet meteorite (18/19 August 2014): De diefstal van de meteoriet van Serooskerke (RTV Utrecht, Netherlands, 9 May 2015)
Magnetic, in situ, mineral characterization of Chelyabinsk meteorite thin section
Nabelek, L., Mazanec, M., Kdyr, S. and Kletetschka, G. (2015) Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12448 Article first published online: 8 MAY 2015 LINK
Radiative characteristics of the Chelyabinsk superbolide
Masahisa Yanagisawa Planetary and Space Science In Press, available online 1 May 2015 LINK
Annama / Аннама is registered in the Meteoritical Bulletin Database
Annama / Аннама is now officially registered in the Meteoritical Bulletin Database LINK [wc_row][wc_column size=”one-third” position=”first”] [/wc_column][wc_column size=”one-third”] [/wc_column][wc_column size=”one-third” 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] “ Annama 68.77491°N, 30.78726°E Murmanskaya oblast’,…
Tissintite, (Ca, Na, □)AlSi2O6, a highly-defective, shock-induced, high-pressure clinopyroxene in the Tissint martian meteorite
Chi Ma, Oliver Tschauner, John R. Beckett, Yang Liu, George R. Rossman, Kirill Zuravlev, Vitali Prakapenka, Przemyslaw Dera, Lawrence A. Taylor Earth and Planetary Science Letters In Press, available online 24 April 2015 doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2015.03.057 LINK
Unique large diamonds in a ureilite from Almahata Sitta 2008 TC3 asteroid
Masaaki Miyahara, Eiji Ohtani, Ahmed El Goresy, Yangting Lin, Lu Feng, Jian-Chao Zhang, Philippe Gillet, Toshiro Nagase, Jun Muto, Masahiko Nishijima Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 24 April 2015 doi:10.1016/j.gca.2015.04.035…
The Košice meteorite fall: Recovery and strewn field
Juraj Tóth, Ján Svoreň, Jiří Borovička, Pavel Spurný, Antal Igaz, Leonard Kornoš, Peter Vereš, Marek Husárik, Július Koza, Aleš Kučera, Pavel Zigo, Štefan Gajdoš, Jozef Világi, David Čapek, Zuzana Krišandová, Dušan Tomko, Jiří Šilha, Eva…
Variability, absorption features, and parent body searches in “spectrally featureless” meteorite reflectance spectra: Case study – Tagish Lake
M.R.M. Izawa, M.A. Craig, D.M. Applin, J.A. Sanchez, V. Reddy, L. LeCorre, P. Mann, E.A. Cloutis Icarus doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2015.04.013 published online 15 April 2015 LINK
CTBT infrasound network performance to detect the 2013 Russian fireball event
Pilger, Christoph; Ceranna, Lars; Ross, J. Ole; Le Pichon, Alexis; Mialle, Pierrick; Garcés, Milton A. Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 42, Issue 7, pp. 2523-2531 04/2015 Article first published online: 9 APR 2015 LINK
Orbit and dynamic origin of the recently recovered Annama’s H5 chondrite
Trigo-Rodríguez J.M., Lyytinen E., Gritsevich M., Moreno-Ibáñez M., Bottke W.F., Williams I., Lupovka V., Dmitriev V., Kohout T., Grokhovsky V. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society MNRAS (May 11, 2015) 449 (2): 2119-2127. doi:…
Glanerbrug meteorite memorial presented on 25th ‘fallday’
On 7 April 2015 at 14:00 UTC / 16:00 CEST a memorial with a plate to commemorate the fall of the Glanerbrug meteorite on 7 April 1990 (18:32:38 UTC) was revealed at the corner of…
Mineralogy, petrography, geochemistry, and classification of the Košice meteorite
Daniel Ozdín, Jozef Plavčan, Michaela Horňáčková, Pavel Uher, Vladimír Porubčan, Pavel Veis, Jozef Rakovský, Juraj Tóth, Patrik Konečný and Ján Svoreň Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12405 LINK
A second Porangaba meteorite has been found and presented to the public
On February 7 Renato Poltronieri was contacted by José Maria of Porangaba who had found a second meteorite weighing 425 grams. José Maria gave a fragment of 131 grams to Renato Poltronieri which was then…
Tracking the source of the enriched martian meteorites in olivine-hosted melt inclusions of two depleted shergottites, Yamato 980459 and Tissint
T.J. Peters, J.I. Simon, J.H. Jones, T. Usui, R. Moriwaki, R.C. Economos, A.K. Schmitt, K.D. McKeegan Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 418, 15 May 2015, Pages 91–102 doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2015.02.033 LINK
Chelyabinsk, Zond IV, and a possible first-century fireball of historical importance
Hartmann, W. K. (2015) Meteoritics & Planetary Science doi: 10.1111/maps.12428 LINK Comment on “Chelyabinsk, Zond IV, and a possible first‐century fireball of historical importance” William K. Hartmann, Alexander Forte, Alina SABYR Meteorit Planet Sci. ….
A new classification of Nyirábrany, an ordinary chondrite from Hungary
Mészáros M., Kereszturi A., Ditrói-Puskás Z. Meteorites Vol. 3, Nos. 1–2, 2014, 19–32 DOI 10.5277/met140102 PDF (full text) Meteorites (Vol. 3) Publishers: Wrocław University of Technology, Faculty of Geoengineering, Mining and Geology; Polish Meteorite Society
The meteorite fall near Boumdeid, Mauritania, from September 14, 2011
Buhl S., Toueirjenne C., Hofmann B., Laubenstein M., Wimmer K. Meteorites Vol. 3, Nos. 1–2, 2014, 5–18 DOI 10.5277/met140101 PDF (full text) Meteorites (Vol. 3) Publishers: Wrocław University of Technology, Faculty of Geoengineering, Mining and…
Chelyabinsk main mass’s current weight refined to 503.33 kg
On 2 February 2015 another precise weighing refined the current weight of the Chelyabinsk main mass as it is presented in the Chelyabinsk Museum to 503.33(3333333333) grams. In two years the main mass will be…
Chelyabinsk State Museum presents the temporary meteorite exhibition Метеориты Урала и России
The Chelyabinsk State Museum of Local History presents the meteorite exhibition Метеориты Урала и России to commemorate the second ‘fallday’ of the Chelyabinsk meteorite. The exhibition starts on 11 February and visitors will be able…
High Abundance of Methylamine in the Orgueil (CI1) Meteorite
J. C. Aponte, J. P. Dworkin, J. E. Elsila 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #1075 PDF LINK
Igneous Petrology and Geochemistry of the Tissint Meteorite
J. B. Balta, M. E. Sanborn, A. Udry, M. Wadhwa, H. Y. McSween 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #1267 PDF LINK
Recycling of an Asteroid via a Comet Inferred from the Chelyabinsk Meteorite
E. Nakamura, T. Kunihiro, H. Kitagawa, K. Kobayashi, T. Ota, C. Sakaguchi, Y. Shimaki, R. Tanaka, T. Tsujimori, M. Yamanaka, G. E. Bebout, V. I. Grokhovsky, O. N. Koroleva, K. D. Litasov, V. Malkovets 46th…
Snow Compaction During the Chelyabinsk Meteorite Fall
R. Luther, A. Lukashin, N. Artemieva, V. Shuvalov, K. Wünnemann 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #1724 PDF LINK
Magnetic, In Situ, Mineral Characterization of Chelyabinsk Meteorite Thin Section
L. Nabelek, M. Mazanec, S. Kdyr, G. Kletetschka 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #3006 PDF LINK
Modeling the Chelyabinsk Impact, 2
D. G. Korycansky 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #1144 PDF LINK
26Al and 10Be Activities in Chelyabinsk (LL5): Implications for Cosmic-Ray Exposure History
J. Park, G. F. Herzog, L. E. Nyquist, C.-Y. Shih, M.-K. Haba, K. Nagao 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #1453 PDF LINK
Formation of Carbon-Rich Grains by the Chelyabinsk and Nio Meteoritic Showers
Y. Miura, T. Tanosaki 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #1666 PDF LINK
Chelyabinsk Ar-Ar Ages — A Young Heterogeneous LL5 Chondrite
F. N. Lindsay, G. F. Herzog, J. Park, B. D. Turrin, J. S. Delaney, C. C. Swisher III 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #2226 PDF LINK
Mineralogy, Petrology, Chronology, and Exposure History of the Chelyabinsk Meteorite and Parent Body
K. Righter, P. Abell, D. Agresti, E. L. Berger, A. S. Burton, J. S. Delaney, M. D. Fries, E. K. Gibson, R. Harrington, G. F. Herzog, L. P. Keller, D. Locke, F. Lindsay, T. J….
Chelyabinsk main mass weighs 505 kg on average
(updated 26 January 13:11 CET) Since the former gravimetric measurements of the Chelyabinsk main mass to determine its final weight were not precise the museum staff has found a new scale to weigh the Chelyabinsk…
Chelyabinsk main mass weighs 505 kg on average
Since the former gravimetric measurements of the Chelyabinsk main mass to determine its final weight were not precise the museum staff has found a new scale to weigh the Chelyabinsk main mass again. The main…
Isotopic composition of carbon and nitrogen in ureilitic fragments of the Almahata Sitta meteorite
Downes, H., Abernethy, F. A. J., Smith, C. L., Ross, A. J., Verchovsky, A. B., Grady, M. M., Jenniskens, P. and Shaddad, M. H. (2015), Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12413 LINK
Cosmogenic radionuclides and mineralogical properties of the Chelyabinsk (LL5) meteorite: What do we learn about the meteoroid?
Povinec, P. P., Laubenstein, M., Jull, A. J. T., Ferrière, L., Brandstätter, F., Sýkora, I., Masarik, J., Beňo, J., Kováčik, A., Topa, D. and Koeberl, C. (2015) Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12419 LINK
First chondritic meteorite from the São Paulo bolide on 9 January 2015 (15:35 local time) has been found near Porangaba, São Paulo, Brazil
Update (20 January 2015): Desculpa aí! With apologies to mister Paulo Gama! When first publishing about this fall yesterday, the owner of this website was not aware of Mr. Gama’s wish not to publish information…
First two meteorites from the São Paulo bolide on 9 January 2015 (15:35 local time) have been found near Porangaba, São Paulo, Brazil
Additional and deviating information about this witnessed fall (updated after registration in the Meteoritical Bulletin on 24 May 2015) can be found HERE (Last update of text below on 24 March 2015) The meteorite weighs…
Link between the potentially hazardous asteroid (86039) 1999 NC43 and the Chelyabinsk meteoroid tenuous
Vishnu Reddy, David Vokrouhlický, William F. Bottke, Petr Pravec, Juan A. Sanchez, Bruce L. Gary, Rachel Klima, Edward A. Cloutis, Adrián Galád, Tan Thiam Guan, Kamil Hornoch, Matthew R.M. Izawa, Peter Kušnirák, Lucille Le Corre,…
7.75 kg mass of Chelyabinsk exhibited in Moscow from January 23, 2015 (updated February 4)
Update (22 January, 23:58 CET): The Chelyabinsk meteorite fragment has arrived in Moscow and arouses interest even before the actual opening of the exhibition on Friday, 23 January. First published January 15 16:00 CET The…
[Žd’ár nad Sázavou] A second meteorite (39.3 grams) of the Czech bolide on 9 December 2014 was found near Vatín on January 12 by Czech astronomers, first meteorite classified as type L3.9
A second meteorite with a weight of 39.3 grams was found around noon on 12 January 2015 by astronomers of the Czech Astronomical Institute (Astronomický ústav Akademie věd České republiky (AsÚ)) according to Czech television…
A second meteorite (41 grams) of the Czech bolide on 9 December 2014 was found near Vatín by Czech astronomers, first meteorite classified as type L3.9
A second meteorite with a weight of 41 grams was found around noon on 12 January 2015 by astronomers of the Czech Astronomical Institute (Astronomický ústav Akademie věd České republiky (AsÚ)) according to the Czech…
Origin and history of ureilitic material in the solar system: The view from asteroid 2008 TC3 and the Almahata Sitta meteorite
Goodrich, C. A., Hartmann, W. K., O’Brien, D. P., Weidenschilling, S. J., Wilson, L., Michel, P. and Jutzi, M. (2014) Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12401 LINK
Petrology and trace element geochemistry of Tissint, the newest shergottite fall
J. Brian Balta, Matthew E. Sanborn, Arya Udry, Meenakshi Wadhwa and Harry Y. McSween Jr. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12403 LINK
[Žd’ár nad Sázavou] First meteorite found near Nová Ves, close to Nového Města na Moravě on 20 December, ~3 p.m. CET/ Meteorite fall near Rudolec, Jihlava district, Czech Republic, 9 December, 16:16:45-54 UT UTC
Update (24 May 2015) Žd’ár nad Sázavou was registered in the Meteoritical Bulletin Database on 24 May 2015 LINK UPDATE (2 January 2015): A report from the Czech Astronomical Society about the meteorite search expedition,…
60 years ago: Mrs Hodges and the Sylacauga meteorite
November 30, 1954, at 18:46 UTC Oak Grove, Alabama The Sylacauga, Talladega County, Alabama, Aerolite Swindel, G. W. & Jones, W. B. Meteoritics, volume 1, number 2, page 125. (1954) The Sylacauga, Alabama Meteorite: The…
Discovery of unusual 3 micron bands on some CM chondrite chips of NIPR and possible link to asteroidal surface minerals
Takahiro Hiroi, Hiroshi Kaiden, Naoya Imae, Akira Yamaguchi, Hideyasu Kojima, Sho Sasaki, Moe Matsuoka, Tomoki Nakamura, Carle Pieters PDF LINK
The Chelyabinsk meteorite fall from 2013 – new results on mineralogical and physical properties
Viktor H. Hoffmann (Univ. Muenchen, Univ. Tuebingen), Rupert Hochleitner (MSCM Muenchen), Melanie Kaliwoda (MSCM Muenchen), Minoru Funaki (NIPR), Yuhjii Yamamoto (KCC/JAMSTEC, Univ. Kochi), Kasuhito Kodama (KCC/JAMSTEC, Univ. Kochi), Karl-Thomas Fehr (Univ. Muenchen) PDF LINK
New data on the Braunschweig meteorite (L6) – a recent fall in Germany (2013)
Rupert Hochleitner (MSCM, Muenchen), Viktor Hoffmann (Univ. Muenchen, Univ. Tuebingen), Melanie Kaliwoda (MSCM Muenchen), R. Bartoschwewitz (Bartoschewitz Met. Lab. Germany) PDF LINK
Aqueous fluid inclusion candidates in Sutter’s Mill meteorite (CM) and their 3D microtextures using X-ray micro-tomography combined with FIB sampling.
Akira Tsuchiyama (Kyoto U.), Akira Miyake (Kyoto U.), Michael E. Zolensky (NASA/JSC), Kentaro Uesugi (JASRI/SPring-8), Tsukasa Nakano (AIST/GSJ), Akihisa Takeuchi (JASRI/SPring-8), Yoshio Suzuki (JASRI/SPring-8) and Kenta Yoshida (Kyoto U.) PDF LINK
NanoSIMS analysis of organic carbon from the Tissint Martian meteorite: Evidence for the past existence of subsurface organic-bearing fluids on Mars
Lin, Y., El Goresy, A., Hu, S., Zhang, J., Gillet, P., Xu, Y., Hao, J., Miyahara, M., Ouyang, Z., Ohtani, E., Xu, L., Yang, W., Feng, L., Zhao, X., Yang, J. and Ozawa, S. (2014)…
Chelyabinsk main mass weighs 473 kilograms (+/- 20 kg)
According to the recently performed gravimetrical measurements the current weight of the Chelyabinsk main mass is 473 kilograms (+/- 20 kilograms). This new measurement is not really surprising, because after the main mass was lifted…
The orbit and dynamical evolution of the Chelyabinsk object
Vacheslav V. Emel’yanenko, Sergey A. Naroenkov, Peter Jenniskens and Olga P. Popova Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12382 DOI: 10.1111/maps.12382, article first published online: 18 NOV 2014 LINK
Gravimetric measurements of the Chelyabinsk main mass to determine its final weight / Coordinates at Lake Chebarkul memorial finally corrected
Gravimetric measurements of the Chelyabinsk main mass to determine its current weight on 14 November 2014 LINK LINK (original) According to Arkady Ovcharenko (Аркадий Овчаренко) from the Geophysical Institute of the Ural Branch of the…
Sutter’s Mill – Meteoritics & Planetary Science (MAPS) Theme Issue
Meteoritics & Planetary Science Thematic Issue focuses only on Sutter’s Mill LINK November 2014 Volume 49, Issue 11 Pages i–i, 1987–2127
