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…
Q-type asteroids: Possibility of non-fresh weathered surfacesOPEN ACCESS
Sunao Hasegawa, Takahiro Hiroi, Katsuhito Ohtsuka, Masateru Ishiguro, Daisuke Kuroda, Takashi Ito, Sho Sasaki accepted for publication in PASJ PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Itokawa particles, which are the recovered samples from the S-complex asteroid 25143 Itokawa…
Stress field analysis in a stony meteorite under thermal fatigue and mechanical loadings
Bowen Liang, Jefferson Cuadra, Kavan Hazeli, Soheil Soghrati Icarus In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 20 July 2019 LINK “Highlights • 3D finite element (FE) analysis of the micromechanical behavior of an asteroidal rock. •…
The micrometeorite flux to Earth during the Frasnian–Famennian transition reconstructed in the Coumiac GSSP section, France
Birger Schmitz, Raimund Feist, Matthias M.M. Meier, Ellinor Martin, Philipp R. Heck, Davide Lenaz, Dan Topa, Henner Busemann, Colin Maden, Amy A. Plant, Fredrik Terfelt Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 522, 15 September 2019,…
Maryborough, a new H5 meteorite find from Victoria, AustraliaOPEN ACCESS
William D. Birch, Dermot A. Henry and Andrew G. Tomkins Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 131(1) 18 – 23 Published: 17 July 2019 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The Maryborough meteorite is a new H5…
Bulk chondrite variability in mass independent magnesium isotope compositions – Implications for initial solar system 26Al/27Al and the timing of terrestrial accretion
Tu-Han Luu, Remco C. Hin, Christopher D. Coath, Tim Elliott Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 522, 15 September 2019, Pages 166-175 LINK “Highlights • Bulk chondrites Al–Mg isotope analyses define a canonical isochron. •…
Three-dimensional imaging of crack growth in L chondrites after high-velocity impact experimentsOPEN ACCESS
Tatsuhiro Michikami, Axel Hagermann, Akira Tsuchiyama, Hirotaka Yamaguchi, Terunori Irie, Keita Nomura, Osamu Sasaki, Michihiko Nakamura, Satoshi Okumura, Sunao Hasegawa Planetary and Space Science In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 11 July 2019 LINK (OPEN…
Compositional diversity of ordinary chondrites inferred from petrology, bulk chemical, and oxygen isotopic compositions of the lowest FeO ordinary chondrite, Yamato 982717
Akira Yamaguchi, Makoto Kimura, Jean‐Alix Barrat, Richard Greenwood Meteoritics & Planetary Science First Published: 10 July 2019 LINK “We performed a petrologic, geochemical, and oxygen isotopic study of the lowest FeO ordinary chondrite (OC), Yamato…
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,…
Nucleosynthetic Sr–Nd Isotope Correlations in Chondrites: Evidence for Nebular Thermal Processing and Dust Transportation in the Early Solar System
Ryota Fukai, Tetsuya Yokoyama The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 879, Number 2 LINK “We conducted high-precision Sr and Nd isotopic measurements in bulk chondrites using a complete sample digestion technique. Our new data indicate that enstatite…
A vacancy‐rich, partially inverted spinelloid silicate, (Mg,Fe,Si)2(Si,□)O4, as a major matrix phase in shock melt veins of the Tenham and Suizhou L6 chondrites
Chi Ma, Oliver Tschauner, Luca Bindi, John R. Beckett, Xiande Xie Meteoritics & Planetary Science First Published: 7 July 2019 LINK “A new high‐pressure silicate, (Mg,Fe,Si)2(Si,□)O4 with a tetragonal spinelloid structure, was discovered within shock…
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…
Thermal history modeling of the L chondrite parent bodyOPEN ACCESS
Hans-Peter Gail, Mario Trieloff accepted by Astronomy & Astrophysics PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The radius of the L chondrite parent body, its formation time, and its evolution history are determined by fitting theoretical models to empirical…
Application of Mössbauer spectroscopy, multidimensional discriminant analysis, and Mahalanobis distance for classification of equilibrated ordinary chondritesOPEN ACCESS
Marek Woźniak, Jolanta Gałązka‐Friedman, Przemysław Duda, Martyna Jakubowska, Patrycja Rzepecka, Łukasz Karwowski Meteoritics & Planetary Science First Published: 25 June 2019 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Mössbauer spectra of equilibrated ordinary chondrites consist of…
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…
Constraints on asteroid magnetic field evolution and the radii of meteorite parent bodies from thermal modelling
James F. J. Bryson, Jerome A. Neufeld, Francis Nimmo Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 521, 1 September 2019, Pages 68-78 LINK “Highlights • We predict the timing of asteroid magnetic field generation using thermal…
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…
Using Dust Shed from Asteroids as Microsamples to Link Remote Measurements with Meteorite ClassesOPEN ACCESS
Barbara A. Cohen, Jamey R. Szalay, Andrew S. Rivkin, Jacob A. Richardson, Rachel E. Klima, Carolyn M. Ernst, Nancy L. Chabot, Zoltan Sternovsky, Mihaly Horányi Accepted for publication in Meteoritics and Planetary Science, May 30,…
Meteorites from the Lut Desert (Iran)OPEN ACCESS
Hamed Pourkhorsandi, Jérôme Gattacceca, Pierre Rochette, Massimo D’Orazio, Hojat Kamali, Roberto de Avillez, Sonia Letichevsky, Morteza Djamali, Hassan Mirnejad, Vinciane Debaille, A. J. Timothy Jull Meteoritics & Planetary Science First Published: 29 May 2019 LINK…
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…
Analysis of Meteoroid Ablation Based on Plasma Wind-tunnel Experiments, Surface Characterization, and Numerical Simulations
Bernd Helber, Bruno Dias, Federico Bariselli, Luiza F. Zavalan, Lidia Pittarello, Steven Goderis, Bastien Soens, Seann J. McKibbin, Philippe Claeys, and Thierry E. Magin The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 876, Number 2 LINK “Meteoroids largely disintegrate…
Meteoroid atmospheric entry investigated with plasma flow experiments: Petrography and geochemistry of the recovered material
Lidia Pittarello, Steven Goderis, Bastien Soens, Seann J. McKibbin, Gabriele Giuli, Federico Bariselli, Bruno Dias, Bernd Helber, Giovanni O. Lepore, Frank Vanhaecke, Christian Koeberl, Thierry E. Magin, Philippe Claeys Icarus In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available…
New clues to ancient water on Itokawa
Ziliang Jin, Maitrayee Bose Science Advances 01 May 2019: Vol. 5, no. 5, eaav8106 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aav8106 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “We performed the first measurements of hydrogen isotopic composition and water content in…
The meteorite flux of the last 2 Myr recorded in the Atacama desertOPEN ACCESS
A. Drouard, J. Gattacceca, A. Hutzler, P. Rochette, R. Braucher, D. Bourlès, ASTER Team, M. Gounelle, A. Morbidelli, V. Debaille, M. Van Ginneken, M. Valenzuela, Y. Quesnel, R. Martinez accepted in Geology PDF (OPEN ACCESS)…
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…
Probing the protosolar disk using dust filtering at gaps in the early Solar SystemOPEN ACCESS
Troels Haugbølle, Philipp Weber, Daniel P. Wielandt, Pablo Benítez-Llambay, Martin Bizzarro, Oliver Gressel, Martin E. Pessah accepted by Astrophysical Journal PDF (OPEN ACCESS) ” Jupiter and Saturn formed early, before the gas disk dispersed. The…
To be or not to be oxidized: A case study of olivine behavior in the fusion crust of ureilite A 09368 and H chondrites A 09004 and A 09502OPEN ACCESS
Lidia Pittarello, Akira Yamaguchi, Julia Roszjar, Vinciane Debaille, Christian Koeberl, Philippe Claeys Meteoritics & Planetary Science First Published: 28 March 2019 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Meteorite fusion crusts are quenched melt layers formed…
Oxygen isotopic and chemical composition of chromites in micrometeorites: Evidence of ordinary chondrite precursors
N. G. Rudraswami, Yves Marrocchi, M. Shyam Prasad, D. Fernandes, Johan Villeneuve, S. Taylor Meteoritics & Planetary Science First Published: 19 March 2019 LINK “We identified 66 chromite grains from 42 of ~5000 micrometeorites collected…
Testing accretion mechanisms of the H chondrite parent body utilizing nucleosynthetic anomalies
Søren Grube Pedersen, Martin Schiller, James N. Connelly, Martin Bizzarro Meteoritics & Planetary Science First Published: 7 March 2019 LINK “Planetary bodies a few hundred kilometers in radii are the precursors to larger planets but…
A novel organic-rich meteoritic clast from the outer solar systemOPEN ACCESS
Yoko Kebukawa, Motoo Ito, Michael E. Zolensky, Richard C. Greenwood, Zia Rahman, Hiroki Suga, Aiko Nakato, Queenie H. S. Chan, Marc Fries, Yasuo Takeichi, Yoshio Takahashi, Kazuhiko Mase & Kensei Kobayashi Scientific Reports 9, 1–8…
Dissipation of the Solar System’s debris disk recorded in primitive meteorites
Jamie D. Gilmour & Michal J. Filtness Nature Astronomy, 1–6 Published: 25 February 2019 LINK “Many newly formed Sun-like stars show evidence of debris disks composed of dust generated through destructive collisions among residual planetesimals….
Quantitative models for the elemental and isotopic fractionations in the non-carbonaceous chondrites
Conel M. O’D. Alexander Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 20 February 2019 LINK “Two models that for the first time attempt to quantitatively reproduce the bulk elemental and isotopic fractionations…
Quantitative models for the elemental and isotopic fractionations in chondrites: The carbonaceous chondrites
Conel M. O’D. Alexander Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 16 February 2019 LINK “A quantitative understanding of the elemental and isotopic fractionations recorded in the compositions of the chondritic meteorites…
Origin of the non-carbonaceous–carbonaceous meteorite dichotomyOPEN ACCESS
Josefine A. M. Nanne, Francis Nimmo, Jeffrey N.Cuzzi, Thorsten Kleine Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 511, 1 April 2019, Pages 44-54 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) “Highlights • New Ni isotopic data for iron meteorites confirm…
Genetic Heritage and Chronology of Ungrouped Iron Meteorites
F. Spitzer, C. Burkhardt, G. Budde, T. S. Kruijer, T. Kleine 50th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2019), Abstract #2592 PDF abstract
Origin of the Non-Carbonaceous-Carbonaceous Meteorite Dichotomy
T. Kleine, J. A. M. Nanne, F. Nimmo, J. Cuzzi 50th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2019), Abstract #3076 PDF abstract
First Direct Measurements of Compositions of Early Solar System Aqueous Fluids
R. J. Bodnar, A. Dolocan, M. E. Zolensky, H. Lamadrid, Y. Kebukawa, Q. H.-S. Chan 50th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2019), Abstract #1142 PDF abstract
Planetary Genealogy of Iron Meteorites and Pallasites Using ε54Cr-Δ17O Isotope Systematics
S. Dey, Q.-Z. Yin, M. E. Sanborn, K. Ziegler, T. J. McCoy 50th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2019), Abstract #2977 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,…
Mineralogically zoned chondrules in ordinary chondrites as evidence for open system chondrule behaviour
Jens Barosch, Dominik C. Hezel, Denton S. Ebel, Pia Friend Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 23 January 2019 LINK “Chondrules are a major component of chondritic meteorites. Understanding their formation…
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,…
On the principle building blocks of Mars and Earth
Christian Liebske, Amir Khan IcarusAvailable online 20 January 2019 LINK “Highlights • Stochastic mixing of chondrites and achondrites to reconcile isotopic signatures for Mars and Earth indicate highly non-unique solution spaces • Complementary geophysical and…
UK meteorite search reconnaissance mission in Antarctica 2018/2019 – 36 meteorites found
Last update: 10 May 2022 On a blue icefield meteorite search reconnaissance mission members of the UK Polar Meteorite Exploration and Research team consisting of Katherine (Katie) Joy and field guide Julie Baum have found…
Petrology and oxygen isotopic composition of large igneous inclusions in ordinary chondrites: Early solar system igneous processes and oxygen reservoirs
Alex M. Ruzicka, Richard C. Greenwood, Katherine Armstrong, Kristy L. Schepker, Ian A. Franchi Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta LINK “Large (>3.5 mm and up to 4 cm across) igneous inclusions poor in metal and sulfide…
Chemically defining the building blocks of the EarthOPEN ACCESS
Takashi Yoshizaki, William F. McDonough, Richard D. Ash, Tetsuya Yokoyama, Marc D. Lipella PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Chondrites are undifferentiated sediments of material left over from the earliest solar system and are widely considered as representatives…
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…
Siderophile Element Constraints on the Thermal History of the H Chondrite Parent body
G.J. Archer, R.J. Walker, J. Tino, T. Blackburn, T.S.Kruijer, J.L. Hellmann Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 20 November 2018 LINK “The abundances of highly siderophile elements (HSE: Re, Os, Ir,…
The physical properties of meteorites
D. Ostrowski, K. Bryson Planetary and Space Science In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 14 November 2018 LINK “Meteorites provide vast amounts of information on the make up and history of the solar system. Physical…
Nucleosynthetic vanadium isotope heterogeneity of the early solar system recorded in chondritic meteoritesOPEN ACCESS
Sune G. Nielsen, Maureen Auro, Kevin Righter, David Davis, Julie Prytulak, Fei Wu, Jeremy D. Owens Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 505, 1 January 2019, Pages 131-140 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Highlights…
Making the Planetary Material Diversity During the Early Assembling of the Solar SystemOPEN ACCESS
Francesco Cristiano Pignatale, Sébastien Charnoz, Marc Chaussidon, Emmanuel Jacquet Accepted 24/10/2018, ApJL PDF (OPEN ACCESS) LINK “Chondritic meteorites, the building blocks of terrestrial planets, are made of an out-of-equilibrium assemblage of solids formed at high…
Time and Duration of Chondrule Formation: Constraints from 26Al-26Mg Ages of Individual Chondrules
J. Pape, K. Mezger, A.-S. Bouvier, L.P. Baumgartner Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 24 October 2018 LINK “Chondrules from unequilibrated ordinary and carbonaceous chondrites belong to the oldest and most…
Aqueous Alteration of Porous Microchondrules in Semarkona: Implications for Hydration, Oxidation and Elemental Exchange Processes
E. Dobrică, C. Le Guillou, A.J. Brearley Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 18 October 2018 LINK “Porous, igneous glassy microchondrules are relatively common in Semarkona and other unequilibrated ordinary chondrites…
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)….
Spectral properties and mineral compositions of acapulcoite–lodranite clan meteorites: Establishing S‐type asteroid–meteorite connections
Michael P. Lucas, Joshua P. Emery, Takahiro Hiroi, Harry Y. McSween Meteorit Planet Sci. . doi:10.1111/maps.13203 First published: 03 October 2018 LINK “Except for asteroid sample return missions, measurements of the spectral properties of both…
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…
Evidence of shock‐induced vaporization of matrix to form porosity in Baszkówka, a porous L5 chondrite
Agata M. Krzesińska, Natasha V. Almeida Meteoritics & Planetary Science First published: 3 September 2018 LINK “Baszkówka is an equilibrated, apparently low‐shock, unusually porous chondrite. Some earlier studies were undertaken to understand whether the porosity…
Investigation of carbon in the Allan Hills A77278 meteorite via 2D and 3D Raman microspectroscopy
Mehmet Yesiltas Journal of Raman Spectroscopy First published: 05 August 2018 https://doi.org/10.1002/jrs.5457 LINK “This paper reports the first Raman spectral and imaging data on the ordinary chondrite Allan Hills A77278 (ALHA77278) in two and three…
Chondrule Porosity in the L4 Chondrite Saratov: Dissolution, Chemical Transport, and Fluid Flow
Jonathan A. Lewis, Rhian H. Jones, Serafina C. Garcea Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 9 August 2018 LINK “Porosity is an important physical property of meteorites and asteroids that affects…
From the mid‐Ordovician into the Late Silurian: Changes in the micrometeorite flux after the L chondrite parent breakup
Ellinor Martin, Birger Schmitz, Hans‐Peter Schönlaub LINK Meteorit Planet Sci. . doi:10.1111/maps.13174 “We present the first reconstruction of the micrometeorite flux to Earth in the Silurian Period. We searched 321 kg of condensed, marine limestone…
High-temperature Dust Condensation around an AGB Star: Evidence from a Highly Pristine Presolar CorundumOPEN ACCESS
Aki Takigawa, Rhonda M. Stroud, Larry R. Nittler, Conel M. O’D Alexander, Akira Miyake A. Takigawa et al 2018 ApJL 862 L13 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Corundum (α–Al2O3) and amorphous or metastable Al2O3 are common components…
Brecciation among 2280 ordinary chondrites – constraints on the evolution of their parent bodies
Addi Bischoff, Maximilian Schleiting, Rainer Wieler, Markus Patzek Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Available online 20 July 2018 LINK “After accretion of meteorite parent bodies, larger and smaller collisions have led to significant modifications…
Mineralogy of volatile‐rich clasts in brecciated meteorites
M. Patzek, A. Bischoff, R. Visser, T. John Meteoritics & Planetary Science First published: 18 July 2018 LINK “Meteoritic breccias are valuable samples as they can contain rare materials from the early solar system as…
Meteorite “Hocheppan” – a Forensic Study
Karl Wimmer published: 5 July 2018 LINK According to Meteoritic Bulletin entry “Hocheppan” an H5 chondrite of 1.236 kg with mostly intact fusion crust was found in October 2016 on a hillside covered with scree…
The common origin of family and non-family asteroids
Stanley F. Dermott, Apostolos A. Christou, Dan Li, Thomas. J. J. Kehoe & J. Malcolm Robinson Nature Astronomy (2018) LINK “All asteroids are currently classified as either family, originating from the disruption of known bodies1,…
Hypervelocity cratering and disruption of the Northwest Africa 869 ordinary chondrite meteorite: Implications for crater production, catastrophic disruption, momentum transfer and dust production on asteroids
George J. Flynn, Daniel D. Durda, Emma B. Patmore, Sarah J. Jack, Mason J. Molesky, Brian A. May, Spenser N. Congram, Melissa M. Strait, Robert J. Macke Planetary and Space Science Available online 30 June…
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…
On the carrier phase of the “planetary” noble gases: TEM, Raman, and stepped combustion data for acid‐resistant residues from the Saratov (L4) meteorite
Anatolii V. Fisenko, Alexander B. Verchovsky, Andrei A. Shiryaev, Luba F. Semjonova, Alexey A. Averin, Alexander L. Vasiliev, Maximilian S. Nickolsky Meteoritics & Planetary Science doi.org/10.1111/maps.13130 First published: 25 June 2018 LINK “Acid‐resistant residues (ARR)…
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…
Shaw meteorite: water-poor and water-rich melt inclusions in olivine and enstatite
Rainer Thomas, Paul Davidson Mineralogy and Petrology, pp 1–5 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00710-018-0598-3 First Online: 14 June 2018 LINK “During the petrological examination of a double polished thick section of the light-colored lithology of the Shaw meteorite, small…
The vanadium isotopic composition of L ordinary chondrites
Yongli Xue, Chun-hui Li, Yuhan Qi, Chuantong Zhang, Bingkui Miao, Fang Huang Acta Geochimica pp 1–8 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11631-018-0279-2 LINK “Stable isotopic data of meteorites are critical for understanding the evolution of terrestrial planets. In this study,…
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…
Jupiter’s influence on the building blocks of Mars and EarthOPEN ACCESS
R. Brasser, N. Dauphas, S. J. Mojzsis Accepted for publication in GRL PDF (OPEN ACCESS) Radiometric dating indicates that Mars accreted in the first ~4 Myr of solar system formation, which coincides with the formation…
Nature of late accretion to Earth inferred from mass-dependent Ru isotopic compositions of chondrites and mantle peridotitesOPEN ACCESS
Timo Hopp, Thorsten Kleine Earth and Planetary Science Letters,Volume 494,15 July 2018,Pages 50-59 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) “Highlights • Uniform mass-dependent Ru isotopic compositions of chondrites. • Chondritic mass-dependent Ru isotopic composition of Earth’s mantle. •…
The nature of the L chondrite parent body’s disruption as deduced from high‐pressure phases in the Sixiangkou L6 chondrite
Li, S. and Hsu, W. Meteorit Planet Sci. . doi:10.1111/maps.13110 LINK “The disruption of the L chondrite parent body (LCPB) at ~470 Ma is currently the best‐documented catastrophic celestial impact event, based on the large…
Perceptive of the pyroxene‐bearing micrometeorites and their relation to chondrites
N. G. Rudraswami, D. Fernandes, Agnelo De Araujo, M. Shyam Prasad, S. Taylor Meteorit Planet Sci. . doi:10.1111/maps.13105 LINK “We studied 149 pyroxenes from 69 pyroxene‐bearing micrometeorites collected from deep‐sea sediments of the Indian Ocean…
Mineral Composition and Structure of the Sverdlovsk Meteorite (H4-5)
S. V. Berzin, V. A. Koroteev, K. S. Ivanov, D. A. Kleimenov, D. V. Kiseleva, N. V. Cherednichenko Doklady Earth Sciences March 2018, Volume 479, Issue 1, pp 390–392 LINK “A fragment of the Sverdlovsk…
From 2D to 3D chondrule size data: Some empirical ground truths
Metzler, K. Meteorit Planet Sci. . doi:10.1111/maps.13091 LINK “In order to characterize the relation between apparent chondrule sizes (2D) and true chondrule sizes (3D), three ordinary chondrites of the H, L, and LL group have…
Thermal evolution and sintering of chondritic planetesimals IV. Temperature dependence of heat conductivity of asteroids and meteoritesOPEN ACCESS
Hans-Peter Gail, Mario Trieloff Update (30 July 2018):LINK PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Understanding the compaction and differentiation of the planetesimals and protoplanets from the Asteroid Belt and the terrestrial planet region of the Solar System requires…
The Kumtag 016 L5 strewn field, Xinjiang Province, China
Xiaojia Zeng, Shijie Li, Ingo Leya, Shijie Wang, Thomas Smith, Yang Li, Peng Wang Meteoritics & Planetary Science First published: 26 March 2018 https://doi.org/10.1111/maps.13073 LINK “The Kumtag 016 strewn field was found in the eastern…
The oldest magnetic record in our solar system identified using nanometric imaging and numerical modelingOPEN ACCESS
Jay Shah, Wyn Williams, Trevor P. Almeida, Lesleis Nagy, Adrian R. Muxworthy, András Kovács, Miguel A. Valdez-Grijalva, Karl Fabian, Sara S. Russell, Matthew J. Genge & Rafal E. Dunin-Borkowski Nature Communications, Volume 9, Article number:…
‘Dueodde’ meteorite announced
Last update: 10 May 2018 On 16 March 2018 Professor Martin Bizzarro of the Statens Naturhistoriske Museum of Københavns Universitet reports a new meteorite (H5) find in Denmark. The owner of a summer house near…
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…
Probing the use of spectroscopy to determine the meteoritic analogues of meteorsOPEN ACCESS
A. Drouard, P. Vernazza, S. Loehle, J. Gattacceca, J. Vaubaillon, B. Zanda, M. Birlan, S. Bouley, et al. A&A, Forthcoming article Accepted: 26 January 2018 LINK Update (16 February 2018): PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Context. Determining…
Solution of the CAI Storage Problem, and the Time and Place of Formation of Meteorite Parent Bodies
S. J. Desch, A. Kalyaan, C. M. O’D. Alexander 49th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2018), Abstract #2335 abstract
Mössbauer spectroscopic study on the composition of Fe-containing minerals in ordinary chondrites, Miller Range 07710 and Yamato 790272
W. Sato, M. Nakagawa, N. Shirai, M. Ebihara Hyperfine Interactions (2018) 239: 13. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10751-018-1489-z LINK “57Fe Mössbauer spectroscopy was applied to compositional studies of Fe-containing minerals in two different ordinary chondrites, MIL 07710 (L4) and…
Do L chondrites Come From the Gefion Family?OPEN ACCESS
Allison M McGraw, Vishnu Reddy, Juan A Sanchez Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, sty250, https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/sty250 Published: 31 January 2018 LINK Update (30 April 2018): PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Ordinary chondrites (H, L and LL…
Mineralogy of silicate inclusions in the Elga IIE iron meteorite
S. N. Teplyakova, C. A. Lorenz, M. A. Ivanova, N. N. Kononkova, M. O. Anosova, K. M. Ryazantsev, Yu. A. Kostitsyn Geochemistry International January 2018, Volume 56, Issue 1, pp 1–23 LINK Original Russian Text…
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…
Petrology, phase equilibria modelling, noble gas chronology and thermal constraints of the El Pozo L5 meteorite
Pedro Corona-Chávez, María del Sol Hernández-Bernal, Pietro Vignola, Rufino Lozano-Santacruz, Juan Julio Morales-Contreras, Margarita Reyes-Salas, Jesús Solé-Viñas, José F. Molina Chemie der Erde In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 10 January 2018 LINK “We present…
Organic matter in extraterrestrial water-bearing salt crystalsOPEN ACCESS
Queenie H. S. Chan, Michael E. Zolensky, Yoko Kebukawa, Marc Fries, Motoo Ito, Andrew Steele, Zia Rahman, Aiko Nakato, A. L. David Kilcoyne, Hiroki Suga, Yoshio Takahashi, Yasuo Takeichi and Kazuhiko Mase Science Advances 10…
The Kargapole meteorite: New data on mineralogy
Doklady Earth Sciences December 2017, Volume 477, Issue 2, pp 1441–1444 First Online: 03 January 2018 LINK “New data on the mineral composition of Kargapole meteorite, which was found in Kurgan oblast in 1961, are…
The Origins of Asteroidal Rock Disaggregation: Interplay of Thermal Fatigue and Microstructure
Kavan Hazeli,Charles El Mir, Stefanos Papanikolaou, Marco Delbo, K.T. Ramesh Icarus Available online 25 December 2017 LINK “The distributions of size and chemical composition in regolith on airless bodies provide clues to the evolution of…
Enhanced nondestructive characterization of ordinary chondrites using complex magnetic susceptibility measurements
Oliver, P., Ralchenko, M., Samson, C., Ernst, R. E., McCausland, P. J. A. and West, G. F. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.13028 LINK “Ordinary chondrites have previously been nondestructively characterized using bulk magnetic susceptibility,…
Structure analysis and conditions of formation of akimotoite in the Tenham chondriteOPEN ACCESS
Tschauner, O., Ma, C., Prescher, C. and Prakapenka, V. B. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.13009 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Akimotoite (Mg,Fe)SiO3 is one of the most common mineralogical indicators for high-level shock…
Bulk chemical compositions of Antarctic meteorites in the NIPR collection
M. Kimura, N. Imae, A. Yamaguchi, H. Haramura, H. Kojima Polar Science doi.org/10.1016/j.polar.2017.12.001 Available online 5 December 2017 LINK “Bulk chemical compositions of meteorites were traditionally analyzed by wet chemical analysis, and NIPR has data…
Petrogenesis of Alta’ameem meteorite (Iraq) inferred from major, trace, REE and PGE+Au content
Yawooz A.Kettanah, Sabah A.Ismail Journal of African Earth Sciences 139, 260-274 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2017.11.015 LINK “Highlights • Alta’ameem Meteorite (AM) is a LL5 chondrite that hit northern Iraq on 1977. • Th AM is studied petrographically, mineralogically…
Halogens in chondritic meteorites and terrestrial accretion
Patricia L. Clay, Ray Burgess, Henner Busemann, Lorraine Ruzié-Hamilton, Bastian Joachim, James M. D. Day & Christopher J. Ballentine Nature 551, 614–618 (30 November 2017) doi:10.1038/nature24625 LINK “Volatile element delivery and retention played a fundamental…
The selenium isotopic variations in chondrites are mass-dependent; Implications for sulfide formation in the early solar system
J. Labidi, S. König, T. Kurzawa, A. Yierpan, R. Schoenberg Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 481, 1 January 2018, Pages 212–222 LINK “Highlights • Significant δ82/78Se variations are recorded in chondrites. • The Se…
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…
Laboratory mid-IR spectra of equilibrated and igneous meteorites. Searching for observables of planetesimal debrisOPEN ACCESS
B.L. de Vries, H. Skogby, L.B.F.M. Waters, M. Min Icarus In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 28 October 2017 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) LINK “Highlights • We provide new mid-IR transmission spectra of powdered meteorites •…
Characterization of Northwest Africa 6286 and 7857 ordinary chondrites using X-ray diffraction, magnetization measurements and Mössbauer spectroscopy
A.A. Maksimova, M.I. Oshtrakh, A.V. Chukin, I. Felner, G.A. Yakovlev, V.A. Semionkin Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, Volume 192, 5 March 2018, Pages 275-284 LINK “Highlights • The main and minor iron…
Variable Tl, Pb, and Cd concentrations and isotope compositions of enstatite and ordinary chondrites—Evidence for volatile element mobilization and decay of extinct 205PbOPEN ACCESS
Palk, C., Andreasen, R., Rehkämper, M., Stunt, A., Kreissig, K., Coles, B., Schönbächler, M. and Smith, C. Meteorit Planet Sci. doi:10.1111/maps.12989 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “New Tl, Pb, and Cd concentration and Tl,…
Tellurium stable isotope fractionation in chondritic meteorites and some terrestrial samples
Manuela A. Fehr, Samantha J. Hammond, Ian J. Parkinson Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 18 October 2017 LINK “New methodologies employing a 125Te-128Te double-spike were developed and applied to obtain…
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
The Effect of Jupiter’s Formation on the Distribution of Refractory Elements and Inclusions in MeteoritesOPEN ACCESS
Steven J. Desch, Anusha Kalyaan, Conel M. O’D. Alexander submitted to ApJ PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “We present a comprehensive evolutionary model of the Sun’s protoplanetary disk. The model predicts from first principles the gas densities…
Cloppenburg (H4-5) – first results of a new find
Storz*, J., Bischoff, A., Degering, D., Ebert, S., Heinlein, D., Jull, T., Kontul, I., Li, X., Merchel, S., Oberst, J., Ott, U., Pack,, A., Peters, S., Petö, M.K., Rugel, G. Paneth Kolloquium Nördlingen (2017), abstract…
Mössbauer spectroscopy — a useful method for classification of meteorites?OPEN ACCESS
J. Galazka-Friedman, M. Woźniak, P. Duda, P. Rzepecka, M. Jakubowska, Ł. Karwowski Hyperfine Interactions November 2017, 238:67 First Online: 27 September 2017 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The aim of our studies was to check the usefulness…
High-pressure polymorphs in Yamato-790729 L6 chondrite and their significance for collisional conditions
Kato, Y., Sekine, T., Kayama, M., Miyahara, M. and Yamaguchi, A. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12957 LINK “Shock pressure recorded in Yamato (Y)-790729, classified as L6 type ordinary chondrite, was evaluated based on high-pressure…
Physical properties of the stone meteorites: Implications for the properties of their parent bodiesOPEN ACCESS
George J. Flynn, Guy J. Consolmagno, Peter Brown, Robert J. Macke Chemie der Erde – Geochemistry In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 13 September 2017 Review Article LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The physical…
Meteorite flux to Earth in the Early Cretaceous as reconstructed from sediment-dispersed extraterrestrial spinelsOPEN ACCESS
Birger Schmitz; Philipp R. Heck; Walter Alvarez; Noriko T. Kita; Surya S. Rout; Anders Cronholm; Céline Defouilloy; Ellinor Martin; Jan Smit; Fredrik Terfelt Geology July 2017, Vol.45, 807-810. doi:10.1130/G39297.1 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS)…
Trace element inventory of meteoritic Ca-phosphates
Dustin Ward, Addi Bischoff, Julia Roszjar, Jasper Berndt, Martin J. Whitehouse American Mineralogist 10.2138/am-2017-6056 First Published on September 05, 2017 LINK “Most extraterrestrial samples feature the two accessory Ca-phosphates (apatite-group minerals and merrillite), which are…
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….
Intermineral oxygen three-isotope systematics of silicate minerals in equilibrated ordinary chondrites.
McDougal, D., Nakashima, D., Tenner, T. J., Kita, N. T., Valley, J. W. and Noguchi, T. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12932 LINK “High-precision oxygen three-isotope ratios were measured for four mineral phases (olivine, low-Ca…
Young asteroid mixing revealed in ordinary chondrites: The case of NWA 5764, a polymict LL breccia with L clasts.
Gattacceca, J., Krzesińska, A. M., Marrocchi, Y., Meier, M. M. M., Bourot-Denise, M. and Lenssen, R. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12942 LINK “Polymict chondritic breccias—rocks composed of fragments originating from different chondritic parent bodies—are…
Contribution of early impact events to metal-silicate separation, thermal annealing, and volatile redistribution: Evidence in the Pułtusk H chondrite
Agata M. Krzesińska Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12933 First published: 14 August 2017 LINK “Three-dimensional X-ray tomographic reconstructions and petrologic studies reveal voluminous accumulations of metal in Pułtusk H chondrite. At the contact of…
Long-lived magnetism on chondrite parent bodiesOPEN ACCESS
Jay Shah, Helena C. Bates, Adrian R. Muxworthy, Dominik C. Hezel, Sara S. Russell, Matthew J. Genge Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 475, 1 October 2017, Pages 106–118 10. August 2017 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)…
Early formation of planetary building blocks inferred from Pb isotopic ages of chondrulesOPEN ACCESS
By Jean Bollard, James N. Connelly, Martin J. Whitehouse, Emily A. Pringle, Lydie Bonal, Jes K. Jørgensen, Åke Nordlund, Frédéric Moynier, Martin Bizzarro Science Advances 09 Aug 2017: Vol. 3, no. 8, e1700407 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1700407…
Cloppenburg meteorite (H4-5 breccia, S3, W3) registered in Meteoritical Bulletin database
Update (22 January 2020): On 13 April 2018 the Cloppenburg meteorite will be presented to the public in the town hall of Cloppenburg by Dieter Heinlein. Stein in Cloppenburg entpuppt sich als Meteorit TV report…
The spatial distribution of carbon dust in the early solar nebula and the carbon content of planetesimalsOPEN ACCESS
Hans-Peter Gail, Mario Trieloff accepted by Astronomy & Astrophysics PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “A high fraction of carbon bound in solid carbonaceous material is observed to exist in bodies formed in the cold outskirts of the…
Evaluation of meteorites as habitats for terrestrial microorganisms: Results from the Nullarbor Plain, Australia, a Mars analogue site
Alastair W. Tait, Siobhan A. Wilson, Andrew G. Tomkins, Emma J. Gagen, Stewart J. Fallon, Gordon Southam Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 21 July 2017 LINK “Unambiguous identification of biosignatures…
Microbial Populations of Stony Meteorites: Substrate Controls on First ColonizersOPEN ACCESS
Alastair W. Tait, Emma J. Gagen, Siobhan A. Wilson, Andrew G. Tomkins and Gordon Southam Frontiers in Microbiology (2017). DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.01227 30 June 2017 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) “Finding fresh, sterilized rocks provides ecologists with a…































