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…
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…
Malotas (b), a new eucrite from an old fall
Marcela E. Saavedra, Julia Roszjar, My E. I. Riebe, María E. Varela, Shuying Yang, Munir Humayun, Ryoji Tanaka, H. Busemann MAPSFirst Published: 17 November 2022 LINK “On the night of June 22, 1931 at 4 h…
Unique evidence of fluid alteration in the Kakowa (L6) ordinary chondriteOPEN ACCESS
I. P. Baziotis, C. Ma, Y. Guan, L. Ferrière, S. Xydous, J. Hu, M. A. Kipp, F. L. H. Tissot & P. D. Asimow Scientific Reports, Volume 12, Article number: 5520Published: 12 April 2022 LINK…
Meteorite and bright fireball records from CubaOPEN ACCESS
Yasmani Ceballos Izquierdo, Johanset Orihuela León, Gabriel Gonçalves Silva, Marcelo Zurita, Daniela Cardozo Mourão, Henry Delgado Manzor Mineralia Slovaca53, 2 (2021), 131 – 145 PDF (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (alternative download) “This paper provides a comprehensive catalog…
Campo del Cielo Strewn Field: Modeling and Comparison with Observations
Schmalen A. *, Luther R., Artemieva N. 84th Annual Meeting of The Meteoritical Society 2021 (abstract # 6044) PDF Reconstruction of the Campo del Cielo impact event, i.e., to estimate the minimal pre-atmospheric mass and…
Julius Obsequens’s book, Liber Prodigiorum : A Roman era record of meteorite falls, fireballs, and other celestial phenomena
Annarita Franza, Giovanni Pratesi Meteoritics & Planetary Science LINK “Julius Obsequens was the pseudonym of a Roman historian presumably living in the 4th century ad , whose life is shrouded in mystery. All that is…
Radionuclides in Chassigny and Nakhla meteorites of Mars origin: Implications for their pre-atmospheric sizes and cosmic-ray exposure ages
P.P. Povinec, I. Sýkora, R.J. Macke, J. Tóth, L. Kornoš, V. Porubčan Planetary and Space Science In Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 26 March 2020 LINK “Highlights • Two Martian meteorites, Chassigny and Nakhla, were…
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…
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…
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…
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. ….
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…
The Orgueil meteorite: 150 years of history
The Orgueil meteorite: 150 years of history Matthieu Gounelle and Michael E. Zolensky Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 49: 1769–1794. doi: 10.1111/maps.12351 Article first published online: 16 OCT 2014 LINK Abstract The goal of this paper…
Interview with Russel Parry about his book on the Appley Bridge meteorite
Radio Lancashire, 3 October 2014 book launch: 13 October 2014 LINK The-Appley-Bridge-Meteorite (facebook) More information update (14 October): BBC TV report:
The Ardón L6 ordinary chondrite: A long-hidden Spanish meteorite fall
Trigo-Rodríguez, J. M., Llorca, J., Weyrauch, M., Bischoff, A., Moyano-Cambero, C. E., Keil, K., Laubenstein, M., Pack, A., Madiedo, J. M., Alonso-Azcárate, J., Riebe, M., Wieler, R., Ott, U., Tapia, M. and Mestres, N. (2014)…