Properties of outer solar system pebbles during planetesimal formation from meteor observations
Peter Jenniskens, Paul R. Estrada, Stuart Pilorz, Peter S. Gural, Dave Samuels, Steve Rau, Timothy M.C. Abbott, Jim Albers, Scott Austin, Dan Avner, Jack W. Baggaley, Tim Beck, Solvay Blomquist, Mustafa Boyukata, Martin Breukers, Walt…
Evidence of both molecular cloud and fluid chemistry in Ryugu regolithOPEN ACCESS
Maitrayee Bose, Robert A. Root, Yunbin Guan, Jacob Eaton, Axel Wittmann, Thomas Skrmetti, Steven J. Desch Science Advances24 Jul 2024Vol 10, Issue 30 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The sulfur chemistry of (162173) Ryugu particles…
High-precision U-Pb zircon dating identifies a major magmatic event on the Moon at 4.338 GaOPEN ACCESS
Mélanie Barboni Dawid Szymanowski Blair Schoene Nicolas Dauphas Zhe J. Zhang Xi Chen Kevin D. McKeegan Science Advances24 Jul 2024Vol 10, Issue 30 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The Moon has had a complex history,…
Metal-silicate mixing in planetesimal collisionsOPEN ACCESS
Kang Shuai, Christoph M. Schäfer, Christoph Burger, Hejiu Hui Astronomy & Astrophysics manuscriptReceived: 22 August 2023 / Accepted: 12 April 2024, Published: 20 July 2024 PDF 1 (OPEN ACCESS)PDF 2 (OPEN ACCESS) “Impacts between differentiated…
The evolution of organic material on Asteroid 162173 Ryugu and its delivery to EarthOPEN ACCESS
H. G. Changela, Y. Kebukawa, L. Petera, M. Ferus, E. Chatzitheodoridis, L. Nejdl, R. Nebel, V. Protiva, P. Krepelka, J. Moravcova, R. Holbova, Z. Hlavenkova, T. Samoril, J. C. Bridges, S. Yamashita, Y. Takahashi, T….
The astrochemical evolutionary traits of phospholipid membrane homochirality
Jana Bocková, Nykola C. Jones, Søren V. Hoffmann & Cornelia Meinert Nature Reviews Chemistry, Review Article, Published: 18 July 2024 LINK “Compartmentalization is crucial for the evolution of life. Present-day phospholipid membranes exhibit a high…
Tarda and Tagish Lake: Samples from the same outer Solar System asteroid and implications for D- and P-type asteroids
Devin L. Schrader, Edward A. Cloutis, Daniel M. Applin, Jemma Davidson, Zachary A. Torrano, Dionysis Foustoukos, Conel M. O’D. Alexander, Kenneth J. Domanik, Moe Matsuoka, Tomoki Nakamura, Thomas J. Zega, Gregory A. Brennecka, Jan Render…
Mineralogy of the Martian mantle inferred from bulk chemical compositions
Shuying Yang, Munir Humayun, Kevin Righter MAPS, Version of Record online: 12 July 2024 LINK “Understanding the mineralogy of the Martian mantle is essential for constructing geochemical and geophysical models of Mars. This study employs…
Primordial aqueous alteration recorded in water-soluble organic molecules from the carbonaceous asteroid (162173) RyuguOPEN ACCESS
Yoshinori Takano, Hiroshi Naraoka, Jason P. Dworkin, Toshiki Koga, Kazunori Sasaki, Hajime Sato, Yasuhiro Oba, Nanako O. Ogawa, Toshihiro Yoshimura, Kenji Hamase, Naohiko Ohkouchi, Eric T. Parker, José C. Aponte, Daniel P. Glavin, Yoshihiro Furukawa,…
The Solar System could have formed in a low-viscosity disc: A dynamical study from giant planet migration to the Nice modelOPEN ACCESS
P. Griveaud, A. Crida, A. C. Petit, E. Lega, and A. Morbidelli Astronomy & Astrophysics manuscriptPreprintPreprints and early-stage research may not have been peer reviewed yet. LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “In the context of…
Comparison of optical spectra between asteroids Ryugu and Bennu: II. High-precision analysis for space weathering trendsOPEN ACCESS
K. Yumoto, E. Tatsumi, T. Kouyama, D.R. Golish, Y. Cho, T. Morota, S. Kameda, H. Sato, B. Rizk, D.N. DellaGiustina, Y. Yokota, H. Suzuki, J. de León, H. Campins, J. Licandro, M. Popescu, J.L. Rizos,…
Evidence against water delivery by impacts within 10 million years of planetesimal formationOPEN ACCESS
B.G. Rider-Stokes, A. Stephant, M. Anand, I.A. Franchi, X. Zhao, L.F. White, A. Yamaguchi, R.C. Greenwood, S.L. Jackson Earth and Planetary Science LettersVolume 642, 15 September 2024, 118860 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) “Highlights “The quenched (rapidly-cooled)…
Recurrent planetesimal formation in an outer part of the early solar systemOPEN ACCESS
Wladimir Neumann, Ning Ma, Audrey Bouvier & Mario Trieloff Scientific Reports, Volume 14, article number 14017, Published: 01 July 2024 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The formation of planets in our solar system encompassed various…
Source regions of carbonaceous meteorites and NEOsOPEN ACCESS
M. Brož, P. Vernazza, M. Marsset, R.P. Binzel, F. DeMeo, M. Birlan, Ch. Avdellidou, F. Colas, S. Anghel, S. Bouley, C. Blanpain, J. Gattacceca, S. Jeanne, L. Jorda, J. Lecubin, A. Malgoyre, A. Steinhausser, J….
An estimate of the impact rate on Mars from statistics of very-high-frequency marsquakesOPEN ACCESS
Géraldine Zenhäusern, Natalia Wójcicka, Simon C. Stähler, Gareth S. Collins, Ingrid J. Daubar, Martin Knapmeyer, Savas Ceylan, John F. Clinton & Domenico Giardini Nature AstronomyPublished: 28 June 2024 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The number…
Complex zoning in the nakhlite and chassignite martian meteorites reveals multi-stage petrogenesis and undercooling during crystallization
Amanda Ostwald, Arya Udry, Juliane Gross, James M.D. Day, Sammy Griffin Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 28 June 2024 LINK “Nakhlites (clinopyroxene-rich cumulates) and chassignites (dunites) are two types of meteorites…
Asteroid (101955) Bennu in the laboratory: Properties of the sample collected by OSIRIS-RExOPEN ACCESS
Dante S. Lauretta, Harold C. Connolly Jr, Joseph E. Aebersold, Conel M. O’D. Alexander, Ronald-L. Ballouz, Jessica J. Barnes, Helena C. Bates, Carina A. Bennett, Laurinne Blanche, Erika H. Blumenfeld, Simon J. Clemett, George D….
Past orbital evolution and its effects on the surface of (162173) RyuguOPEN ACCESS
M C Guimarães; RAN Araujo, O C Winter Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, stae1494Published: 17 June 2024 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) “The Japanese probe Hayabusa 2 recently visited the NEA (162173) Ryugu. This mission…
Pyrrhotites in asteroid 162173 Ryugu: Records of the initial changes on their surfaces with aqueous alterationOPEN ACCESS
Hiroharu Yui, Shu-hei Urashima, Morihiko Onose, Mayu Morita, Shintaro Komatani, Izumi Nakai, Yoshinari Abe, Yasuko Terada, Hisashi Homma, Kazuko Motomura, Kiyohiro Ichida, Tetsuya Yokoyama, Kazuhide Nagashima, Jérôme Aléon, Conel M. O’D. Alexander, Sachiko Amari, Yuri…
Extent of alteration, paleomagnetic history, and infrared spectral properties of the Tarda ungrouped carbonaceous chondriteOPEN ACCESS
H. C. Bates, R. Aspin, C. Y. Fu, C. S. Harrison, E. Feaver, E. Branagan-Harris, A. J. King, J. F. J. Bryson, S. Sridhar, C. I. O. Nichols MAPS, Version of Record online: 14 June…
The nucleosynthetic fingerprint of the outermost protoplanetary disk and early Solar System dynamicsOPEN ACCESS
Elishevah van Kooten, Xuchao Zhao, Ian Franchi, Po-Yen Tung, Simon Fairclough, John Walmsley, Isaac Onyett, Martin Schiller, and Martin Bizzarro Science Advances14 Jun 2024Vol 10, Issue 24 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Knowledge of the…
Micro-FTIR reflectance spectroscopy of Ryugu, CI chondrites and volatile-rich clasts – Comparing spectral features in the Mid-IR (2.5–16.5 μm) regionOPEN ACCESS
J. Storz, M.P. Reitze, A.N. Stojic, I. Kerraouch, A. Bischoff, T. John IcarusIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 13 June 2024 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) “Highlights “Although C1 clasts in carbonaceous chondrites are usually mineralogically similar…
Laboratory Spectral Characterization of Ribbeck Aubrite: Meteorite Sample of Earth-impacting Near-Earth Asteroid 2024 BX1OPEN ACCESS
David C. Cantillo, Kaycee I. Ridenhour, Adam Battle, Thomas Joyce, Juliana Nunez Breceda, Neil Pearson and Vishnu Reddy The Planetary Science Journal, Volume 5, Number 6 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Characterization of near-Earth objects…
Rb-Sr constraints on the age of Moon formation
Elsa Yobregat, Caroline Fitoussi, Bernard Bourdon IcarusAvailable online 6 June 2024, 116164 LINK “Highlights “Determining the age of the Moon, which is commonly considered as the termination of Earth accretion has been a complex challenge…
A heterogeneous mantle and crustal structure formed during the early differentiation of MarsOPEN ACCESS
James M. D. Day, Marine Paquet, Arya Udry, and Frederic Moynier Science Advances31 May 2024Vol 10, Issue 22 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Highly siderophile element abundances and Os isotopes of nakhlite and chassignite meteorites…
A new primordial noble gas component in the solar system discovered in Ryugu asteroidOPEN ACCESS
Alexander Verchovsky, Feargus Abernethy, Mahesh Anand, Ian Franchi and 31 more authors Nature PREPRINT under review, Version 1, posted 05 Dec, 2023 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Ryugu is the C-type asteroid from which material…
(469219) Kamoʻoalewa, A Space Weathering Matured Small NEA: Target of the Tianwen-2 Sample-Return MissionOPEN ACCESS
Yang Li, Pengfei Zhang, Guozheng Zhang, Xiaoran Yan, Mikael Granvik, Yongxiong Zhang, Yunbo Niu, and 39 more authors Nature PREPRINT under review, Version 1, posted 29 May, 2024 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Understanding the…
Different arrival times of CM and CI-like bodies from the outer Solar System to the asteroid beltOPEN ACCESS
Sarah Anderson, Pierre Vernazza, Miroslav Brož Nature PREPRINT under review, Version 1, posted 28 May, 2024 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Understanding the provenance of CI and CM chondrites, the most primitive materials in our…
Identification of Earth’s late accretion by large impactors through mass independent Cr isotopes
Yogita Kadlag, Aryavart Anand, Mario Fischer-Gödde, Klaus Mezger , Kristoffer Szilas , Steven Goderis, Ingo Leya IcarusAvailable online 31 May 2024, 116143 LINK “Highlights “The late addition of extra-terrestrial material may represent an important source…
A contact binary satellite of the asteroid (152830) DinkineshOPEN ACCESS
Harold F. Levison, Simone Marchi, Keith S. Noll, John R. Spencer, Thomas S. Statler, James F. Bell III, Edward B. Bierhaus, Richard Binzel, William F. Bottke, Daniel Britt, Michael E. Brown, Marc W. Buie, Philip…
Compositions of iron-meteorite parent bodies constrain the structure of the protoplanetary diskOPEN ACCESS
Bidong Zhang, Nancy L. Chabot, and Alan E. Rubin PNAS, Vol. 121, No. 2328 May 28, 2024 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Magmatic iron-meteorite parent bodies are the earliest planetesimals in the Solar System, and…
Detection and quantification of organosulfur species in the Tagish Lake Meteorite by highly sensitive LC-MSOPEN ACCESS
N. Randazzo, R. W. Hilts, M. C. Holt, C. D. K. Herd, B. Reiz, R. M. Whittal MAPS, Version of Record online: 28 May 2024 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “We analyzed the methanol extracts…
Petrological, chemical, and chronological study of breccias in the Chang’e-5 soil
Yuruo Shi, Wenxiao Peng, Katherine H. Joy, Xuefeng Yu, Yue Guan, Zemin Bao, Xiaochao Che, Romain Tartèse, Joshua F. Snape, James W. Head, Martin J. Whitehouse, Xiaolei Wang, Yuqi Qian, Zengsheng Li, Chen Wang, Tao…
Comparison of optical spectra between asteroids Ryugu and Bennu: I. Cross calibration between Hayabusa2/ONC-T and OSIRIS-REx/MapCam
K. Yumoto, E. Tatsumi, T. Kouyama, D.R. Golish, Y. Cho, T. Morota, S. Kameda, H. Sato, B. Rizk, D.N. DellaGiustina, Y. Yokota, H. Suzuki, J. de León, H. Campins, J. Licandro, M. Popescu, J.L. Rizos,…
Abiotic formation of alkylsulfonic acids in interstellar analog ices and implications for their detection on RyuguOPEN ACCESS
Mason McAnally, Jana Bocková, Ashanie Herath, Andrew M. Turner, Cornelia Meinert & Ralf I. Kaiser Nature Communications, Volume 15, Article number: 4409, Published: 23 May 2024 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “For the last century,…
Compositional evidence for chondrule origins of low-Ca pyroxenes in comet Wild 2 and a giant cluster IDP
D. J. Joswiak, D. E. Brownlee, A. J. Westphal, Z. Gainsforth, M. Zhang, N. T. Kita MAPS, Version of Record online: 23 May 2024 LINK “A literature compilation of 1136 low-Ca pyroxene compositions from chondrules…
Igneous intrusion origin for the petrofabric of Erg Chech 002OPEN ACCESS
C. Beros, K. T. Tait, V. E. Di Cecco, D. E. Moser MAPS, Version of Record online: 19 May 2024 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Achondrites provide an opportunity to examine the igneous processes of…
A Non-Magnetized Chondrite Parent Body Revealed by Paleomagnetic Investigation of LL6 Chondrite NWA 14180
Haijun Li, Huapei Wang, Chen Wen, Ting Cao, Jiabo Liu JGR PlanetsFirst published: 17 May 2024 LINK “Magnetic records from meteorites provide valuable information about the formation and evolution of the solar system and planets….
Comparing the dynamics of Jupiter-family Comets and comet-like fireballsOPEN ACCESS
P.M. Shober, G. Tancredi, J. Vaubaillon, H.A.R. Devillepoix, S. Deam, S. Anghel, E.K. Sansom, F. Colas, S. Martino Accepted in Astronomy & Astrophysics PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Jupiter-family comets (JFCs), which originate from the Kuiper belt…
Incipient space weathering on asteroid 162173 Ryugu recorded by pyrrhotiteOPEN ACCESS
Dennis Harries, Toru Matsumoto, Falko Langenhorst, Takaaki Noguchi, Akira Miyake, Yohei Igami, Mitsutaka Haruta, Yusuke Seto, Masaaki Miyahara, Naotaka Tomioka, Hikaru Saito, Satoshi Hata, Aki Takigawa, Yusuke Nakauchi, Shogo Tachibana, Tomoki Nakamura, Megumi Matsumoto, Hope…
The oxygen fugacity of intermediate shergottite NWA 11043: implications for Martian mantle evolution
Jun-Feng Chen, Yu-Yan Sara Zhao, Qiao Shu, Sheng-Hua Zhou, Wei Du, Jing Yang Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 11 May 2024 LINK “Shergottite meteorites, classified as depleted, intermediate, or enriched based…
A comprehensive study of apatite grains in Ryugu rock fragmentsOPEN ACCESS
B. J. Tkalcec, P. Tack, E. De Pauw, B. Bazi, B. Vekemans, M. Lindner, L. Vincze, M. Di Michiel, J. Garrevoet, G. Falkenberg, T. Nakamura, T. Morita, K. Amano, D. Nakashima, F. Langenhorst, K. Pollok,…
Mineralogical approach on laboratory weathering of uncontaminated Ryugu particles: Comparison with Orgueil and perspective for storage and analysisOPEN ACCESS
Naoya Imae, Naotaka Tomioka, Masayuki Uesugi, Makoto Kimura, Akira Yamaguchi, Motoo Ito, Richard C. Greenwood, Tatsuya Kawai, Naoki Shirai, Takuji Ohigashi, Cedric Pilorget, Jean-Pierre Bibring, Ming-Chang Liu, Kentaro Uesugi, Aiko Nakato, Kasumi Yogata, Hayato Yuzawa,…
Early and elongated epochs of planetesimal dynamo generationOPEN ACCESS
Hannah R. Sanderson, James F. J. Bryson, Claire I. O. Nichols This is a preliminary release in order to share the manuscript at a conference. This paper will be submitted to Earth and Planetary Science…
The Chemical Composition of Ryugu: Prospects as a Reference Material for Solar System CompositionOPEN ACCESS
Tetsuya Yokoyama, Nicolas Dauphas, Ryota Fukai, Tomohiro Usui, Shogo Tachibana, Maria Schönbächler, Henner Busemann, Masanao Abe, Toru Yada Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The Hayabusa 2 spacecraft sampled approximately 5.4 g of…
Comparative Mid-infrared Spectroscopy of Dark, Primitive Asteroids: Does Shared Taxonomic Class Indicate Shared Silicate Composition?OPEN ACCESS
Oriel A. Humes, Audrey C. Martin, Cristina A. Thomas and Joshua P. Emery The Planetary Science Journal, Volume 5, Number 5 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Primitive asteroids with low albedos and red slopes in…
High surface area and interconnected nanoporosity of clay-rich astromaterialsOPEN ACCESS
Laurence A. J. Garvie, László Trif, Desireé Cotto-Figueroa, Erik Asphaug & Christian G. Hoover Scientific Reports, Volume 14, Article number: 10358 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Porosity affects key astromaterial processes from disruption in our…
EL meteorites do date the giant planet instabilityOPEN ACCESS
Chrysa Avdellidou, Marco Delbo, David Nesvorny, Kevin J. Walsh, Alessandro Morbidelli (Submitted on 30 Apr 2024), comment on The link between Athor and EL meteorites does not constrain the timing of the giant planet instability,…
The Earth atmosphere-like bulk nitrogen isotope composition obtained by stepwise combustion analyses of Ryugu return samplesOPEN ACCESS
Ko Hashizume, Akizumi Ishida, Ayano Chiba, Ryuji Okazaki, Kasumi Yogata, Toru Yada, Fumio Kitajima, Hisayoshi Yurimoto, Tomoki Nakamura, Takaaki Noguchi, Hikaru Yabuta, Hiroshi Naraoka, Yoshinori Takano, Kanako Sakamoto, Shogo Tachibana, Masahiro Nishimura, Aiko Nakato, Akiko…
Nonmagnetic framboid and associated iron nanoparticles with a space-weathered feature from asteroid RyuguOPEN ACCESS
Yuki Kimura, Takeharu Kato, Satoshi Anada, Ryuji Yoshida, Kazuo Yamamoto, Toshiaki Tanigaki, Tetsuya Akashi, Hiroto Kasai, Kosuke Kurosawa, Tomoki Nakamura, Takaaki Noguchi, Masahiko Sato, Toru Matsumoto, Tomoyo Morita, Mizuha Kikuiri, Kana Amano, Eiichi Kagawa, Toru…
CAI formation in the early Solar SystemOPEN ACCESS
P. Woitke, J. Drażkowska, H. Lammer, K. Kadam, P. Marigo accepted by Astronomy & Astrophysics PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Ca-Al-rich inclusions (CAIs) are the oldest dated solid materials in the solar system, found as light-coloured crystalline…
Ultra-refractory metal assemblages in calcium-aluminum-rich inclusions: Probes of the inner solar protoplanetary disk
Tarunika Ramprasad, Venkateswara Rao Manga, Laura B. Seifert, Prajkta Mane, Thomas J. Zega Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaAvailable online 25 April 2024 LINK “Calcium-aluminum-rich inclusions (CAIs) are the first formed solids in our solar system. Information…
Asteroid (101955) Bennu in the Laboratory: Properties of the Sample Collected by OSIRIS-RExOPEN ACCESS
Dante S. Lauretta, Harold C. Connolly, Jr., Joseph E. Aebersold, Conel M. O. D. Alexander, Ronald-L. Ballouz, Jessica J. Barnes, Helena C. Bates, Carina A. Bennett, Laurinne Blanche, Erika H. Blumenfeld, Simon J. Clemett, George…
Asteroid Kamo‘oalewa’s journey from the lunar Giordano Bruno crater to Earth 1:1 resonance
Yifei Jiao, Bin Cheng, Yukun Huang, Erik Asphaug, Brett Gladman, Renu Malhotra, Patrick Michel, Yang Yu & Hexi Baoyin Nature Astronomy, Published: 19 April 2024 LINK “Among the nearly 30,000 known near-Earth asteroids (NEAs), only…
Laser Irradiation of Carbonaceous Chondrite Simulants: Space Weathering Implications for C-complex AsteroidsOPEN ACCESS
Andy J. López-Oquendo, Mark J. Loeffler, David E. Trilling Submitted to PSJ PDF (OPEN ACCESS) Update (21 May 2024): The Planetary Science Journal, Volume 5, Number 5LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Surfaces of carbonaceous asteroids…
An experimental simulation of oxygen isotope exchange reaction between amorphous silicate dust and carbon monoxide gas in the early Solar SystemOPEN ACCESS
Daiki Yamamoto, Noriyuki Kawasaki, Shogo Tachibana, Lily Ishizaki, Ryosuke Sakurai, Hisayoshi Yurimoto Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 18 April 2024 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) “The reaction mechanism and kinetics of oxygen isotope…
The link between Athor and EL meteorites does not constrain the timing of the giant planet instabilityOPEN ACCESS
Andre Izidoro, Rogerio Deienno, Sean N. Raymond, Matthew S. Clement Comments welcome PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The asteroid Athor, residing today in the inner main asteroid belt, has been recently associated as the source of EL…
Implantation of asteroids from the terrestrial planet region: The effect of the timing of the giant planet instabilityOPEN ACCESS
Andre Izidoro, Rogerio Deienno, Sean N. Raymond, Matthew S. Clement Under review in Icarus PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The dynamical architecture and compositional diversity of the asteroid belt strongly constrain planet formation models. Recent Solar System…
Dating the Solar System’s giant planet orbital instability using enstatite meteoritesOPEN ACCESS
Chrysa Avdellidou, Marco Delbo’, David Nesvorný, Kevin J. Walsh, and Alessandro Morbidelli Science, 16 Apr 2024, First Release LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The giant planets of the Solar System formed on initially compact orbits,…
Microscale Hydrogen, Carbon, and Nitrogen Isotopic Diversity of Organic Matter in Asteroid RyuguOPEN ACCESS
Larry R Nittler, Jens Barosch, Katherine Burgess, Rhonda M Stroud, Jianhua Wang, Hikaru Yabuta, Yuma Enokido, Megumi Matsumoto, Tomoki Nakamura, Yoko Kebukawa, Shohei Yamashita, Yoshio Takahashi, Laure Bejach, Lydie Bonal, George D Cody, Emmanuel Dartois,…
Coevolution of phyllosilicate, carbon, sulfide, and apatite in Ryugu’s parent bodyOPEN ACCESS
Zack Gainsforth, Gerardo Dominguez, Kana Amano, Megumi Matsumoto, Yuri Fujioka, Eiichi Kagawa, Tomoki Nakamura, Shogo Tachibana, Tomoyo Morita, Mizuha Kikuiri, Hisayoshi Yurimoto, Takaaki Noguchi, Ryuji Okazaki, Hikaru Yabuta, Hiroshi Naraoka, Kanako Sakamoto, Toru Yada, Masahiro…
An anorthositic meteorite supporting an ancient magma ocean on Vesta
Shijie Li, Dongliang Zhang, Qiao Shu, Huiming Bao, Xiaobin Cao, Jia Liu, Liping Qin, Yan Fan, Shenghua Zhou, Dehan Shen & Mingbao Li Nature Astronomy LINK “The widespread occurrence of ferroan anorthosites and other magmatic…
The lunar 40Ar/36Ar antiquity indicator in the presence of a lunar paleomagnetosphere
A.R. Poppe, I. Garrick-Bethell, S. Fatemi, C. Grava IcarusIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 6 April 2024 LINK “Highlights • Model the effects of a lunar paleomagnetosphere on argon flux to the lunar surface.• Paleomagnetosphere…
New olivine morphologies in shergottites reveal complex thermal histories of martian magmas
S.A. Eckley, R.A. Ketcham, Y. Liu, A. Udry, J. Gross Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 6 April 2024 LINK “Petrogenetic models of martian magmas reflect the compositional, thermal, and geodynamical evolution…
Laboratory VIS–NIR reflectance measurements of heated Vesta regolith analogs: Unraveling the spectral properties of the pitted impact deposits on VestaOPEN ACCESS
T. Michalik, A. Maturilli, E. A. Cloutis, K. Stephan, R. Milke, K.-D. Matz, R. Jaumann, L. Hecht, H. Hiesinger, K. A. Otto MAPS, Version of Record online: 05 April 2024 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS)…
Unraveling the Cr Isotopes of Ryugu: An Accurate Aqueous Alteration Age and the Least Thermally Processed Solar System MaterialOPEN ACCESS
Ryoji Tanaka, Dilan M. Ratnayake, Tsutomu Ota, Noah Miklusicak, Tak Kunihiro, Christian Potiszil, Chie Sakaguchi, Katsura Kobayashi, Hiroshi Kitagawa, Masahiro Yamanaka, Masanao Abe, Akiko Miyazaki, Aiko Nakato, Satoru Nakazawa, Masahiro Nishimura, Tatsuaki Okada, Takanao Saiki,…
The Unusual Brightness Phase Curve of (65803) DidymosOPEN ACCESS
P. H. Hasselmann, V. Della Corte, P. Pravec, S. Ieva, I. Gai, D. Perna, J. D. P. Deshapriya, E. Mazzotta-Epifani, E. Dotto, A. Zinzi, G. Poggiali, I. Bertini, A. Lucchetti, M. Pajola, J. Beccarelli, M….
Disequilibrium oxygen isotope distribution among aqueously altered minerals in Ryugu asteroid returned samplesOPEN ACCESS
Noriko T. Kita, Kouki Kitajima, Kazuhide Nagashima, Noriyuki Kawasaki, Naoya Sakamoto, Wataru Fujiya, Yoshinari Abe, Jérôme Aléon, Conel M. O’D. Alexander, Sachiko Amari, Yuri Amelin, Ken-ichi Bajo, Martin Bizzarro, Audrey Bouvier, Richard W. Carlson, Marc…
Source and parental melts of poikilitic shergottites: Implications for martian magmatism
Evan W. O’Neal, A.M. Ostwald, A. Udry, J. Gross, M. Righter, T.J. Lapen, J. Darling, G.H. Howarth, R. Johnsen, D.R. McQuaig Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 30 March 2024 LINK “Martian…
Three-dimensional textures of Ryugu samples and their implications for the evolution of aqueous alteration in the Ryugu parent body
Akira Tsuchiyama, Megumi Matsumoto, Junya Matsuno, Masahiro Yasutake, Tomoki Nakamura, Takaaki Noguchi, Akira Miyake, Kentaro Uesugi, Akihisa Takeuchi, Shota Okumura, Yuri Fujioka, Mingqi Sun, Aki Takigawa, Toru Matsumoto, Satomi Enju, Itaru Mitsukawa, Yuma Enokido, Tatsuhiko…
Aqueous alteration in icy planetesimals: The effect of outward transport of gaseous hydrogenOPEN ACCESS
Takazo Shibuya, Yasuhito Sekine, Sakiko Kikuchi, Hiroyuki Kurokawa, Keisuke Fukushi, Tomoki Nakamura, Sei-ichiro Watanabe Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaAvailable online 28 March 2024 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) “Parent bodies of carbonaceous chondrites that initially contained metallic iron…
Space-weathering induced changes in hydrated silicates: A multi-scale study combining visible/infrared spectroscopy and electron microscopy
Stefano Rubino, Hugues Leroux, Cateline Lantz, Alice Aléon-Toppani, Donia Baklouti, Zahia Djouadi, Obadias Mivumbi, David Troadec, Ferenc Borondics, Rosario Brunetto IcarusAvailable online 28 March 2024, 116070 LINK “Investigating the effects of space-weathering on primitive bodies…
Mapping the redox state of the young Solar System using ytterbium valence stateOPEN ACCESS
Tahar Hammouda, Paul Frossard, Maud Boyet, Audrey Bouvier, Matthew Newville, Antonio Lanzirotti Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaAvailable online 27 March 2024 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) “We have determined the valence state of Ytterbium (Yb) in a collection…
Isotopic variations of Sm, Gd, Er and Yb found in planetary materials caused by neutron-capture reactions in natureOPEN ACCESS
Hiroshi Hidaka Journal of Analytical Science and TechnologyVolume 15, article number 14 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The isotopic shifts of 149Sm–150Sm and 157Gd–158Gd have often been observed in meteorites and lunar surface materials, because…
Melt inclusion heterogeneity in nakhlite and chassignite meteorites and evidence for complicated, multigenerational magmas
Amanda Ostwald, Arya Udry, James M. D. Day, Juliane Gross MAPS, Version of Record online: 18 March 2024 LINK “Nakhlite and chassignite meteorites are cumulate rocks thought to originate from the same location on Mars….
Young asteroid families as the primary source of meteoritesOPEN ACCESS
M. Brož, P. Vernazza, M. Marsset, F.E. DeMeo, R.P. Binzel, D. Vokrouhlický, D. Nesvorný PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Understanding the origin of bright shooting stars and their meteorite samples is among the most ancient astronomy-related questions…
The Massalia asteroid family as the origin of ordinary L chondritesOPEN ACCESS
Michaël Marsset, Pierre Vernazza, Miroslav Brož, Cristina A. Thomas, Francesca E. DeMeo, Brian Burt, Richard P. Binzel, Vishnu Reddy, Allison McGraw, Chrysa Avdellidou, Benoit Carry, Stephen M. Slivan, David Polishook under revision PDF (OPEN ACCESS)…
The catastrophic break-up of the ureilite parent body: Modeling constraints on the debris sizeOPEN ACCESS
Andrea Patzer, Julia Kowalski, Tommaso Di Rocco, Andreas Pack MAPS, Version of Record online: 12 March 2024 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The ureilite parent body (UPB) was, in all likelihood, completely broken apart when…
Isotopic evolution of the inner solar system revealed by size-dependent oxygen isotopic variations in chondrules
Yves Marrocchi, Alizé Longeau, Rosa Lozano Goupil, Valentin Dijon, Gabriel Pinto, Julia Neukampf, Johan Villeneuve, Emmanuel Jacquet Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 11 March 2024 LINK “The systematic isotopic difference between…
Wetting property of Fe-S melt in solid core: Implication for the core crystallization process in planetesimals
Shiori Matsubara, Hidenori Terasaki, Takashi Yoshino, Satoru Urakawa, Daisuke Yumitori MAPS, Version of Record online: 10 March 2024 LINK “In differentiated planetesimals, the liquid core starts to crystallize during secular cooling, followed by the separation…
Nitrogen inventory of iron meteorite parent bodies constrained by nitrogen partitioning between Fe-rich solid and liquid alloys
Debjeet Pathak, Rajdeep Dasgupta Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, In Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 6 March 2024 LINK “Delivery of nitrogen (N), one of the most important elements for life, to Earth thought to have…
Search and Study for Meteorites Analogous to DidymosOPEN ACCESS
G. Massa, E. Palomba, A. Longobardo, F. Dirri, M. Angrisani, C. Gisellu, D. Polishook, A. S. Rivkin, C. Thomas Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Published: 01 March 2024 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) “The Hera…
A 4,565-My-old record of the solar nebula field
Clara Maurel and Jérôme Gattacceca PNAS, March 4, 2024 121 (12) LINK “ABSTRACT: Magnetic fields in protoplanetary disks are thought to play a prominent role in the formation of planetary bodies. Acting upon turbulence and…
A New Database of Giant Impacts over a Wide Range of Masses and with Material Strength: A First Analysis of OutcomesOPEN ACCESS
Alexandre Emsenhuber, Erik Asphaug, Saverio Cambioni, Travis S. J. Gabriel, Stephen R. Schwartz, Robert E. Melikyan and C. Adeene Denton The Planetary Science Journal, Volume 5, Number 3 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “In the…
Space weathering, grain size, and metamorphic heating effects on ordinary chondrite spectral reflectance parametersOPEN ACCESS
Eric M. MacLennan, Joshua P. Emery, Michael P. Lucas, Lucas M. McClure, Sean S. Lindsay MAPS, Version of Record online: 05 March 2024 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The exposure to irradiation from high-energy particles…
Multifactor characterization of space weathering among siliceous asteroids. I: Grain size effectsOPEN ACCESS
Eric M. MacLennan, Joshua P. Emery, Lucas M. McClure, Michael P. Lucas, Sean S. Lindsay, Noemi Pinilla-Alonso MAPS, Version of Record online: 05 March 2024 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Spacecraft missions to asteroids have…
Large Carbonaceous Chondrite Parent Bodies Favored by Abundance–Volatility Modeling: A Possible Chemical Signature of Pebble AccretionOPEN ACCESS
Jeremy W. Boyce, Francis M. McCubbin, Nicole Lunning and Tyler Anderson The Planetary Science Journal, Volume 5, Number 2 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Primitive meteorite groups such as the Vigarano, Mighei, and Karoonda carbonaceous…
Correlated IR-SEM-TEM studies of three different grains from Ryugu: From the initial material to post-accretional processesOPEN ACCESS
Alice Aléon-Toppani, Rosario Brunetto, Zélia Dionnet, Stefano Rubino, Donia Baklouti, François Brisset, Maxime Vallet, Eva Heripre, Tomoki Nakamura, Cateline Lantz, Zahia Djouadi, Ferenc Borondics, Christophe Sandt, David Troadec, Obadias Mivumbi, Megumi Matsumoto, Kana Amano, Tomoyo…
Comet 81P/Wild 2 dust impactors of Stardust turnip-like tracks analogous to cluster IDPs
Mingming Zhang, Noël Chaumard, Céline Defouilloy, William O. Nachlas, Donald E. Brownlee, David J. Joswiak, Andrew J. Westphal, Zack Gainsforth, Kouki Kitajima, Noriko T. Kita Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaAvailable online 24 February 2024 LINK “We…
Chondrule Formation During Low-Speed Collisions of Planetesimals: A Hybrid Splash-Flyby FrameworkOPEN ACCESS
William Herbst, James P. Greenwood Update (MAPS, 28 February 2024): LINK (OPEN ACCESS) / PDF (OPEN ACCESS) Accepted for publication in Meteoritics and Planetary Science PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Chondrules probably formed during a small window…
Life on Earth can grow on extraterrestrial organic carbonOPEN ACCESS
Annemiek C. Waajen, Cassio Lima, Royston Goodacre & Charles S. Cockell Scientific Reports, Volume 14, Article number: 3691 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The universe is a vast store of organic abiotic carbon that could…
Thermal processing of primordial pebbles in evolving protoplanetary disksOPEN ACCESS
Maria Jose Colmenares, Michiel Lambrechts, Elishevah van Kooten, Anders Johansen Accepted for publication in A&A PDF (OPEN ACCESS) During protoplanetary disk formation, dust grains located in the outer disk retain their pristine icy composition, while…
Long-term orbital evolution of Dimorphos boulders and implications on the origin of meteoritesOPEN ACCESS
M. Fenucci, A. Carbognani Accepted for publication on MNRAS PDF (OPEN ACCESS) By using recent observations of the Dydimos-Dimorphos system from the Hubble Space Telescope, 37 boulders with a size of 4 to 7 meters…
The H-poor nature of incompletely melted planetesimals: The view from acapulcoites and lodranites
Liam D. Peterson, Megan E. Newcombe, Conel M.O’D. Alexander, Jianhua Wang, Sune G. Nielsen In Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 10 February 2024 LINK “The abundance of H in planetary building blocks is of fundamental…
Characterization of the micrometer scale surface roughness of meteoritic samples
R.M. Marshal, M. Patzek, O. Rüsch Icarus, In Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 1 February 2024 LINK “This study investigates the key role of boulders, particularly their surface texture, which are primary surface features on…
Quantification of bulk elemental composition for C-type asteroid Ryugu samples with nondestructive elemental analysis using muon beam
Kazuhiko Ninomiya, Takahito Osawa, Kentaro Terada, Taiga Wada, Shunsaku Nagasawa, I-Haun Chiu, Tomoki Nakamura, Tadayuki Takahashi, Yasuhiro Miyake, M. Kenya Kubo, Soshi Takeshita, Akihiro Taniguchi, Izumi Umegaki, Shin Watanabe, Toshiyuki Azuma, Miho Katsuragawa, Takahiro Minami,…
Clumped isotope and Δ17O measurements of carbonates in CM carbonaceous chondrites: new insights into parent body thermal and fluid evolutionOPEN ACCESS
Matthieu Clog, Paula Lindgren, Sevasti Modestou, Alex McDonald, Andrew Tait, Terry Donnelly, Darren Mark, Martin Lee Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 28 January 2024 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) “The CM carbonaceous chondrites…
Hydrogen in magnetite from asteroid RyuguOPEN ACCESS
J. Aléon, S. Mostefaoui, H. Bureau, D. Vangu, H. Khodja, K. Nagashima, N. Kawasaki, Y. Abe, C. M. O’D. Alexander, S. Amari, Y. Amelin, K. Bajo, M. Bizzarro, A. Bouvier, R. W. Carlson, M. Chaussidon,…
Electron microscopy observations of the diversity of Ryugu organic matter and its relationship to minerals at the micro- to nano-scaleOPEN ACCESS
Rhonda M. Stroud, Jens Barosch, Lydie Bonal, Katherine Burgess, George D. Cody, Bradley T. De Gregorio, Luke Daly, Emmanuel Dartois, Elena Dobrică, Jean Duprat, Cecile Engrand, Dennis Harries, Minako Hashiguchi, Hope Ishii, Yoko Kebukawa, A….
How many Vesta-like bodies existed in the asteroid belt?OPEN ACCESS
T. H. Burbine, R. C. Greenwood, B. Zhang, P. C. Buchanan MAPS, Version of Record online: 24 January 2024 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Asteroid 4 Vesta is typically thought to be the parent body…
The lithologic diversity of the Moon recorded in lunar meteorites Northwest Africa 7611 and 10480
Haijun Cao, Jian Chen, Chengxiang Yin, Xiaohui Fu, Zongcheng Ling, Xiaochao Che MAPS, Version of Record online: 23 January 2024 LINK “Northwest Africa (NWA) 7611/10480 are lunar regolith breccia meteorites, composed of mineral fragments and…
Microstructural and chemical features of impact melts on Ryugu particle surfaces: Records of interplanetary dust hit on asteroid RyuguOPEN ACCESS
Megumi Matsumoto, Junya Matsuno, Akira Tsuchiyama, Tomoki Nakamura, Yuma Enokido, Mizuha Kikuiri, Aiko Nakato, Masahiro Yasutake, Kentaro Uesugi, Akihisa Takeuchi, […] Yuichi Tsuda Science Advances19 Jan 2024Vol 10, Issue 3 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS)…
Snapshots of an Evolving Solar Nebula Recorded in Nucleosynthetic Sr and Ba Signatures of Early CondensatesOPEN ACCESS
R. T. C. Marqueze, B. L. A. Charlier, and F. L. H. Tissot The Astrophysical Journal Letters, Volume 961, Number 1 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The discovery of extreme strontium isotope anomalies (μ84Sr) in…
Curation protocol of Phobos sample returned by Martian Moons eXplorationOPEN ACCESS
Ryota Fukai, Tomohiro Usui, Wataru Fujiya, Yoshinori Takano, Ken-ichi Bajo, Andrew Beck, Enrica Bonato, Nancy L. Chabot, Yoshihiro Furukawa, Hidenori Genda, Yuki Hibiya, Fred Jourdan, Thorsten Kleine, Mizuho Koike, Moe Matsuoka, Yayoi N. Miura, Frédéric…
Hayabusa 2 returned samples reveal a weak to null magnetic field during aqueous alteration of Ryugu’s parent bodyOPEN ACCESS
C. Maurel, J. Gattacceca, M. Uehara Earth and Planetary Science LettersVolume 627, 1 February 2024, 118559 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Highlights Ryugu samples of 1 and 22 mg do not exhibit any stable remanent…
Accretion of the earliest inner Solar System planetesimals beyond the water snowline
Damanveer S. Grewal, Nicole X. Nie, Bidong Zhang, Andre Izidoro & Paul D. Asimow Nature AstronomyPublished: 09 January 2024 LINK “How and where the first generation of inner Solar System planetesimals formed remains poorly understood….
In situ investigation of an organic micro-globule and its mineralogical context within a Ryugu “sand” grainOPEN ACCESS
Van T. H. Phan, Pierre Beck, Rolando Rebois, Eric Quirico, Takaaki Noguchi, Toru Matsumoto, Akira Miyake, Yohei Igami, Mitsutaka Haruta, Hikaru Saito, Satoshi Hata, Yusuke Seto, Masaaki Miyahara, Naotaka Tomioka, Hope A. Ishii, John P….
Chondrule survivability in the solar nebulaOPEN ACCESS
Tetsuo Taki, Shigeru Wakita Update (27 February 2024): The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 963, Number 1 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) accepted for publication in the Astrophysical Journal PDF (OPEN ACCESS) The lifetime of millimeter-sized dust…
Four-dimensional-STEM analysis of the phyllosilicate-rich matrix of Ryugu samplesOPEN ACCESS
Bahae-eddine Mouloud, Damien Jacob, Francisco de la Peña, Maya Marinova, Corentin Le Guillou, Jean-Christophe Viennet, Sylvain Laforet, Hugues Leroux, Adrien Teurtrie, Takaaki Noguchi, Toru Matsumoto, Akira Miyake, Yohei Igami, Mitsutaka Haruta, Hikaru Saito, Satoshi Hata,…
On the Response of Chondrites to Diurnal Temperature Change—Experimental Simulation of Asteroidal Surface ConditionsOPEN ACCESS
Markus Patzek, Ottaviano Rüsch, Jamie L. Molaro JGR Planets30 December 2023 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Thermal fatigue is a process that degrades rocks and pebbles exposed to space by diurnal cycling. We simulate the…
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in samples of Ryugu formed in the interstellar medium
Sarah S. Zeichner, José C. Aponte, Surjyendu Bhattacharjee, Guannan Dong, Amy E. Hofmann, Jason P. Dworkin, Daniel P. Glavin, Jamie E. Elsila, Heather V. Graham, Hiroshi Naraoka, Yoshinori Takano, Shogo Tachibana, Allison T. Karp, Kliti…
Analysis of layered boulders on asteroid (101955) Bennu and their implications for fluid flow on the parent bodyOPEN ACCESS
K. Ishimaru, D. S. Lauretta MAPS, Version of Record online: 14 December 2023 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The observation of carbonate veins on asteroid Bennu supports the idea that large-scale water flow may have…
Northwest Africa 13669, a reequilibrated nakhlite from a previously unsampled portion of the nakhlite igneous complex
Sierra R. Ramsey, Amanda M. Ostwald, Arya Udry, Evan O’Neal, James M. D. Day, Zoë Wilbur, Jessica J. Barnes, Sammy Griffin MAPS, Version of Record online: 13 December 2023 LINK “Northwest Africa (NWA) 13669 is…
Isotopic trichotomy of main belt asteroids from implantation of outer solar system planetesimals
David Nesvorný, Nicolas Dauphas, David Vokrouhlický, Rogerio Deienno, Timo Hopp Earth and Planetary Science LettersVolume 626, 15 January 2024, 118521 LINK “Recent analyses of samples from asteroid (162173) Ryugu returned by JAXA’s Hayabusa2 mission suggest…
Neodymium-142 deficits and samarium neutron stratigraphy of C-type asteroid (162173) Ryugu
Zachary A. Torrano, Michelle K. Jordan, Timothy D. Mock, Richard W. Carlson, Ikshu Gautam, Makiko K. Haba, Tetsuya Yokoyama, Yoshinari Abe, Jérôme Aléon, Conel Alexander, Sachiko Amari, Yuri Amelin, Ken-ichi Bajo, Martin Bizzarro, Audrey Bouvier,…
Reassigning CI chondrite parent bodies based on reflectance spectroscopy of samples from carbonaceous asteroid Ryugu and meteoritesOPEN ACCESS
Kana Amano Moe Matsuoka Tomoki Nakamura Eiichi Kagawa Yuri Fujioka Sandra M. Potin Takahiro Hiroi Eri Tatsumi Ralph E. Milliken Eric Quirico Pierre Beck Rosario Brunetto Masayuki Uesugi Yoshio Takahashi Takahiro Kawai Shohei Yamashita Yuma…
Asteroids were born bigger: An implication of surface mass ablation during gas-assisted implantation into the asteroid belt
Rafael Ribeiro de Sousa, Andre Izidoro, Rogerio Deienno, Rajdeep Dasgupta IcarusAvailable online 6 December 2023, 115910 LINK “The origins of carbonaceous asteroids in the asteroid belt is not fully understood. The leading hypothesis is that…
Origin and Evolution of Jupiter’s Trojan AsteroidsOPEN ACCESS
William F. Bottke, Raphael Marschall, David Nesvorný & David Vokrouhlický Space Science ReviewsReview Article, Published: 05 December 2023Volume 219, Article number: 83 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The origin of the Jupiter Trojan asteroids has…
A dunite fragment in meteorite Northwest Africa (NWA) 11421: A piece of the Moon’s mantleOPEN ACCESS
Allan H. Treiman, Julia Semprich American Mineralogist (2023) 108 (12): 2182–2192 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) “A centimeter-sized fragment of dunite, the first recognized fragment of Moon mantle material, has been discovered in the lunar highlands breccia…
A slowly cooled deep crust on asteroid 4 Vesta and the recent impact history of rubble pile vestoids recorded by diogenitesOPEN ACCESS
F. Jourdan, T. Kennedy, L. Foreman, C. Mayers, E. Eroglu, A. Yamaguchi Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 29 November 2023 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) “In this study, we investigate the 40Ar/39Ar systematics…
Influx of nitrogen-rich material from the outer Solar System indicated by iron nitride in Ryugu samplesOPEN ACCESS
Toru Matsumoto, Takaaki Noguchi, Akira Miyake, Yohei Igami, Mitsutaka Haruta, Yusuke Seto, Masaaki Miyahara, Naotaka Tomioka, Hikaru Saito, Satoshi Hata, Dennis Harries, Aki Takigawa, Yusuke Nakauchi, Shogo Tachibana, Tomoki Nakamura, Megumi Matsumoto, Hope A. Ishii,…
The Magnesium Isotope Composition of Samples Returned from Asteroid RyuguOPEN ACCESS
Martin Bizzarro, Martin Schiller, Tetsuya Yokoyama, Yoshinari Abe, Jérôme Aléon, Conel M. O’D. Alexander, Sachiko Amari, Yuri Amelin, Ken-ichi Bajo, Audrey Bouvier et al The Astrophysical Journal Letters, Volume 958, Number 2Published: 2023 November 24…
Investigating the role of incident ion flux in solar wind space weathering of carbon-rich asteroidal regolith via H+and He+irradiation of the Murchison meteorite
D.L. Laczniak, M.S. Thompson, R. Christoffersen, C.A. Dukes, R.V. Morris, L.P. Keller IcarusIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 23 November 2023 LINK “We present results from a set of low and high flux 1 keV/amu H+…
Mineralogy and petrology of fine-grained samples recovered from the asteroid (162173) Ryugu
Takaaki Noguchi, Toru Matsumoto, Akira Miyake, Yohei Igami, Mitsutaka Haruta, Hikaru Saito, Satoshi Hata, Yusuke Seto, Masaaki Miyahara, Naotaka Tomioka, Hope A. Ishii, John P. Bradley, Kenta K. Ohtaki, Elena Dobrică, Hugues Leroux, Corentin Le…
The iron oxidation state of Ryugu samples
Mathieu Roskosz, Pierre Beck, Jean-Christophe Viennet, Tomoki Nakamura, Barbara Lavina, Michael Y. Hu, Jiyong Zhao, Esen E. Alp, Yoshio Takahashi, Tomoyo Morita, Kana Amano, Hisayoshi Yurimoto, Takaaki Noguchi, Ryuji Okazaki, Hikaru Yabuta, Hiroshi Naraoka, Kanako…
Pervasive aqueous alteration in the early Solar System revealed by potassium isotopic variations in Ryugu samples and carbonaceous chondrites
Yan Hu, Frédéric Moynier, Wei Dai, Marine Paquet, Tetsuya Yokoyama, Yoshinari Abe, Jérôme Aléon, Conel M.O’D. Alexander, Sachiko Amari, Yuri Amelin, Ken-ichi Bajo, Martin Bizzarro, Audrey Bouvier, Richard W. Carlson, Marc Chaussidon, Byeon-Gak Choi, Nicolas…
Search for carbonaceous chondrites evidence on Vesta through the detection of carbonatesOPEN ACCESS
G. Massa, E. Palomba, A. Longobardo, M. Angrisani, C. Gisellu, F. Dirri, M.C. De Sanctis, A. Raponi, F.G. Carrozzo, M. Ciarniello IcarusIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 15 November 2023 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) “Highlights Study…
A curation for uncontaminated Hayabusa2-returned samples in the extraterrestrial curation center of JAXA: from the beginning to present dayOPEN ACCESS
Toru Yada, Masanao Abe, Masahiro Nishimura, Hirotaka Sawada, Ryuji Okazaki, Yoshinori Takano, Kanako Sakamoto, Tatsuaki Okada, Aiko Nakato, Miwa Yoshitake, Yuki Nakano, Kasumi Yogata, Akiko Miyazaki, Shizuho Furuya, Ayako S. Iwamae, Shunichi Nakatsubo, Kentaro Hatakeda,…
Phyllosilicates with embedded Fe-based nanophases in Ryugu and Orgueil
Hugues Leroux, Corentin Le Guillou, Maya Marinova, Sylvain Laforet, Jean-Christophe Viennet, Bahae-Eddine Mouloud, Adrien Teurtrie, Francisco de la Peña, Damien Jacob, Daniel Hallatt, Mario Pelaez Fernandez, David Troadec, Takaaki Noguchi, Toru Matsumoto, Akira Miyake, Yohei…
A newly revised estimation of bulk densities and examination of the shape of individual Ryugu grainsOPEN ACCESS
Toru Yada, Kasumi Yogata, Kentaro Hatakeda, Aiko Nakato, Masahiro Nishimura, Kana Nagashima, Kazuya Kumagai, Yuya Hitomi, Hiromichi Soejima, Rui Tahara, Rei Kanemaru, Arisa Nakano, Miwa Yoshitake, Ayako Iwamae, Shizuho Furuya, Akira Tsuchiyama, Shogo Tachibana, Tatsuhiro…
Compositional heterogeneity of insoluble organic matter extracted from asteroid Ryugu samples
Eric Quirico, Lydie Bonal, Yoko Kebukawa, Kana Amano, Hikaru Yabuta, Van T. H. Phan, Pierre Beck, Laurent Rémusat, Emmanuel Dartois, Cecile Engrand, Zita Martins, Laure Bejach, Alexandre Dazzi, Ariane Deniset-Besseau, Jean Duprat, Jérémie Mathurin, Gilles…
The water content of CM carbonaceous chondrite falls and finds, and their susceptibility to terrestrial contaminationOPEN ACCESS
Martin R. Lee, Lydia J. Hallis, Luke Daly, Adrian J. Boyce MAPSVersion of Record online: 12 November 2023 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “CM carbonaceous chondrites can be used to constrain the abundance and H…
Water circulation in Ryugu asteroid affected the distribution of nucleosynthetic isotope anomalies in returned sampleOPEN ACCESS
Tetsuya Yokoyama Meenakshi Wadhwa Tsuyoshi Iizuka Vinai Rai Ikshu Gautam Yuki Hibiya Yuki Masuda Makiko K. Haba Ryota Fukai Rebekah Hines Nicole Phelan Yoshinari Abe Jérôme Aléon Conel M. O’D. Alexander Sachiko Amari Yuri Amelin…
Thermal decomposition as the activity driver of near-Earth asteroid (3200) Phaethon
Eric MacLennan & Mikael Granvik Nature AstronomyPublished: 02 November 2023 LINK “Near-Earth asteroid (3200) Phaethon exhibits activity during its perihelion passage at 0.14 au from the Sun and is the likely parent body of the annual…
Petrogenesis of the Dar al Gani (DaG) 1.1 Ma ejection-paired olivine-phyric shergottites and implications for ~470 Ma Martian volcanismOPEN ACCESS
Tarryn Aucamp, Geoffrey H. Howarth, Chad J. Peel, Gelu Costin, James M. D. Day, Petrus le Roux, James M. Scott, Ansgar Greshake, Rainer Bartoschewitz MAPS Version of Record online: 01 November 2023 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF…
Moon-forming impactor as a source of Earth’s basal mantle anomalies
Qian Yuan, Mingming Li, Steven J. Desch, Byeongkwan Ko, Hongping Deng, Edward J. Garnero, Travis S. J. Gabriel, Jacob A. Kegerreis, Yoshinori Miyazaki, Vincent Eke & Paul D. Asimow Nature, Volume 623, pages 95–99Published: 01…
OSIRIS-APEX: An OSIRIS-REx Extended Mission to Asteroid ApophisOPEN ACCESS
Daniella N. DellaGiustina, Michael C. Nolan, Anjani T. Polit, Michael C. Moreau, Dathon R. Golish, Amy A. Simon, Coralie D. Adam, Peter G. Antreasian, Ronald-Louis Ballouz, Olivier S. Barnouin et al. The Planetary Science Journal,…
The Golden Meteorite Fall: Fireball Trajectory, Orbit and Meteorite CharacterizationOPEN ACCESS
P. G. Brown, P. J. A. McCausland, A. R. Hildebrand, L. T. J. Hanton, L. M. Eckart, H. Busemann, D. Krietsch, C. Maden, K. Welten, M. W. Caffee, M. Laubenstein, D. Vida, F. Ciceri, E….
Geophysical evidence for an enriched molten silicate layer above Mars’s coreOPEN ACCESS
Henri Samuel, Mélanie Drilleau, Attilio Rivoldini, Zongbo Xu, Quancheng Huang, Raphaël F. Garcia, Vedran Lekić, Jessica C. E. Irving, James Badro, Philippe H. Lognonné, James A. D. Connolly, Taichi Kawamura, Tamara Gudkova & William B….