Growing the gas-giant planets by the gradual accumulation of pebbles
Harold F. Levison Katherine A. Kretke Martin J. Duncan Nature 524, 322–324 (19 August 2015) | doi:10.1038/nature14675 LINK
Nucleobase and amino acid formation through impacts of meteorites on the early ocean
Yoshihiro Furukawa, Hiromoto Nakazawa, Toshimori Sekine, Takamichi Kobayashi, Takeshi Kakegawa Earth and Planetary Science Letters In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 16 August 2015 LINK
26Al-26Mg chronology and oxygen isotope distributions of multiple melting for a Type C CAI from Allende
Noriyuki Kawasaki, Chizu Kato, Shoichi Itoh, Shigeyuki Wakaki, Motoo Ito, Hisayoshi Yurimoto Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 12 August 2015 LINK
Terrestrial Planet Formation Constrained by Mars and the Structure of the Asteroid Belt
André Izidoro, Sean N. Raymond, Alessandro Morbidelli, Othon C. Winter Accepted for publication in MNRAS update (Sept 9): MNRAS (November 11, 2015) 453 (4): 3619-3634. doi: 10.1093/mnras/stv1835 First published online September 9, 2015 PDF (full…
Spectrophotometry of (32) Pomona, (145) Adeona, (704) Interamnia, (779) Nina, (330825) 2008 XE3, and 2012 QG42 and laboratory study of possible analog samples
Vladimir V. Busarev, Sergey I. Barabanov, Vyacheslav S. Rusakov, Vasiliy B. Puzin, Valery V. Kravtsov Icarus In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 8 August 2015 LINK
A particle-based hybrid code for planet formation
Ryuji Morishima Icarus In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 29 July 2015 LINK
Using HED meteorites to interpret neutron and gamma-ray data from asteroid 4 Vesta
Andrew W. Beck, David J. Lawrence, Patrick N. Peplowski, Thomas H. Prettyman, Timothy J. McCoy, Harry Y. McSween Jr, Michael J. Toplis and Naoyuki Yamashita Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12467 Article first published online:…
Ru isotope heterogeneity in the solar protoplanetary disk
Mario Fischer-Gödde, Christoph Burkhardt, Thomas S. Kruijer, Thorsten Kleine Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 29 July 2015 LINK
Survival of refractory presolar grain analogs during Stardust-like impact into Al foils: Implications for Wild 2 presolar grain abundances and study of the cometary fine fraction
Croat, T. K., Floss, C., Haas, B. A., Burchell, M. J. and Kearsley, A. T. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12474 LINK
Connections between the bulk composition, geodynamics and habitability of Earth
A. M. Jellinek, M. G. Jackson Nature Geoscience (2015) doi:10.1038/ngeo2488 Published online 20 July 2015 LINK
Melting and mixing states of the Earth’s mantle after the Moon-forming impact
Miki Nakajima, , David J. Stevenson Earth and Planetary Science Letters doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2015.06.023 LINK
Concentrations of Potassium and Thorium within Vesta’s Regolith
T.H. Prettyman, N. Yamashita, R.C. Reedy, H.Y. McSween Jr., D.W. Mittlefehldt, J.S. Hendricks, M.J. Toplis Icarus In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 17 July 2015 doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2015.05.035 LINK
Photometric Properties of Ceres from Telescopic Observations using Dawn Framing Camera Color Filters
Vishnu Reddy, Jian-Yang Li, Bruce L. Gary, Juan A. Sanchez, Robert D. Stephens, Ralph Megna, Daniel Coley, Andreas Nathues, Lucille Le Corre, Martin Hoffmann Icarus In Press, Available online 17 July 2015 LINK Updated (Oct…
Vesta’s Pinaria Region: Original basaltic achondrite material derived from mixing upper and lower crust
L.A. McFadden, Jean-Philippe Combe, Eleonora Ammannito, Alessandro Frigeri, Katrin Stephan, Andrea Longobardo, Ernesto Palomba, Federico Tosi, Francesca Zambon, Katrin Krohn, Cristina M. DeSanctis, Vishnu Reddy, Lucille LeCorre, Andreas Nathues, Carle M. Pieters, Thomas Prettyman, C.A….
Chondrule transport in Protoplanetary Disks
Aaron Z. Goldberg, James E. Owen, Emmanuel Jacquet Accepted to MNRAS last revised 1 May 2016 (this version, v2)) PDF (full text) abstract
Planetary and meteoritic Mg/Si and d30Si variations inherited from solar nebula chemistry
Nicolas Dauphas, Franck Poitrasson, Christoph Burkhardt, Hiroshi Kobayashi, Kosuke Kurosawa Accepted in Earth and Planetary Science Letters arXiv:1507.02922 PDF abstract
Pluto’s atmosphere
updated: 24 July, 23:00 CEST LINK LINK LINK Pluto starts to reveal its geological features LINK
Composition of Potentially Hazardous Asteroid (214869) 2007 PA8: An H Chondrite from the Outer Asteroid Belt
Juan A. Sanchez, Vishnu Reddy, Melissa Dykhuis, Sean Lindsay, Lucille Le Corre Accepted for publication in APJ PDF (full text) abstract
Extensive volatile loss during formation and differentiation of the Moon
Chizu Kato, Frederic Moynier, Maria C. Valdes, Jasmeet K. Dhaliwal, James M.D. Day Nature Communications 6, Article number: 7617 doi:10.1038/ncomms8617 LINK (open access)
On the probability of the collision of a Mars-sized planet with the Earth to form the Moon
Rudolf Dvorak, Birgit Loibnegger, Thomas I. Maindl submitted to MNRAS PDF (full text) abstract
Large heterogeneities in comet 67P as revealed by active pits from sinkhole collapse
Jean-Baptiste Vincent Dennis Bodewits Sébastien Besse Holger Sierks Cesare Barbieri Philippe Lamy Rafael Rodrigo Detlef Koschny Hans Rickman Horst Uwe Keller Jessica Agarwal Michael F. A’Hearn Anne-Thérèse Auger M. Antonella Barucci Jean-Loup Bertaux Ivano Bertini…
Pristine stratospheric collection of interplanetary dust on an oil-free polyurethane foam substrate
Messenger, S., Nakamura-Messenger, K., Keller, L. P. and Clemett, S. J. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12473 LINK
Near infrared spectroscopy of HED meteorites: Effects of viewing geometry and compositional variations
O. Ruesch, H. Hiesinger, E. Cloutis, L. Le Corre, J. Kallisch, P. Mann, K. Markus, K. Metzler, A. Nathues, V. Reddy Icarus In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 29 June 2015 LINK
Near-ultraviolet Bluing after Space Weathering of Silicates and Meteorites
Z. Kanuchova, R. Brunetto, D. Fulvio, G. Strazzulla Icarus In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 26 June 2015 LINK
Early aqueous activity on the ordinary and carbonaceous chondrite parent bodies recorded by fayalite
Patricia M. Doyle, Kaori Jogo, Kazuhide Nagashima, Alexander N. Krot, Shigeru Wakita, Fred J. Ciesla, Ian D. Hutcheon Nature Communications 6, Article number: 7444 doi:10.1038/ncomms8444 published: 23 June 2015 LINK Supplementary Information (PDF)
Brief Follow-up on Recent Studies of Theia’s Accretion
Nathan A. Kaib, Nicolas B. Cowan accepted to Icarus arXiv:1506.06132 PDF LINK abstract
Pb-Pb dating of individual chondrules from the CBa chondrite Gujba: Assessment of the impact plume formation model
Bollard, J., Connelly, J. N. and Bizzarro, M. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12461 LINK
Petrology and geochemistry of Northwest Africa 5480 diogenite and evidence for a basin-forming event on Vesta
Yamaguchi, A., Barrat, J. A., Shirai, N. and Ebihara, M. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12470 LINK
Interplanetary Dust Particles as Samples of Icy Asteroids
P. Vernazza, M. Marsset, P. Beck, R. P. Binzel, M. Birlan, R. Brunetto, F. E. Demeo, Z. Djouadi, C. Dumas, S. Merouane, O. Mousis, and B. Zanda The Astrophysical Journal Letters Volume 806 Number 2…
Xenon in the Protoplanetary Disk (PPD-Xe)
K. Marti and K. J. Mathew The Astrophysical Journal Letters Volume 806 Number 2 ApJ 806 L30. doi:10.1088/2041-8205/806/2/L30 Received 9 April 2015, accepted for publication 27 Mai 2015. Published 18 Juni 2015. LINK
The Compositional Structure of the Asteroid Belt
Francesca E. DeMeo, Conel M. O’D. Alexander, Kevin J. Walsh, Clark R. Chapman, Richard P. Binzel Accepted chapter in Asteroids IV in the Space Science Series to be published Fall 2015 PDF (full text) abstract
Nitrogen isotope variations in the Solar System
Evelyn Füri, Bernard Marty Nature Geoscience (2015) review doi:10.1038/ngeo2451 Published online 15 June 2015 LINK
Chips Off the Old Block: Enstatite Chondrites as Samples of the Proto-Earth
Gaidos E. * Yin Q.-Z. 78th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2015), abstract #5145 abstract (PDF)
Chronology of Aqueous Activity and Sources of Water on the Chondrite Parent Bodies: Testing the Grand Tack Model
Krot A. N. * Doyle P. M. Nagashima K. Jogo K. Wakita S. Ciesla F. J. Alexander C. M. O’D. Bonal L. Fujiya W. 78th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2015), abstract #5150 abstract…
I-Xe Systematics of Brachinite-Like Ultramafic Achondrite Northwest Africa 5400
Pravdivtseva O. * Meshik A. Hohenberg C. M. Irving A. J. 78th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2015), abstract #5387 abstract (PDF)
The Closely Linked Timing of Chondrule and Chondrite Formation
Alexander C. M. O’D. 78th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2015), abstract #5369 abstract (PDF)
Detection of new olivine-rich locations on Vesta
Ernesto Palomba, Andrea Longobardo, Maria Cristina De Sanctis, Angelo Zinzi, Eleonora Ammannito, Simone Marchi, Federico Tosi, Francesca Zambon, Maria Teresa Capria, Christopher T. Russell, Carol A. Raymond, Edward A. Cloutis Icarus In Press, Accepted Manuscript,…
Why Do U-Pb Ages of Chondrules and CAIs Have More Spread than Their 26 Al Ages?
Kita N. T. * Tenner T. J. Ushikubo T. Bouvier A. Wadhwa M. Bullock E. S. MacPherson G. J. 78th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2015), abstract #5360 abstract (PDF)
New Constraints on the Water Budget in the Martian Breccia Meteorite NWA 7533
Remusat L. * Zanda B. Beck P. Lorand J.-P. Pont S. Leroux H. Hewins R. 78th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2015), abstract #5125 abstract (PDF)
Tafassasset: Evidence of early incipient differentiation on a metal-rich chondritic parent body
Thomas Breton, Ghylaine Quitté, Michael J. Toplis, Marc Monnereau, Jean-Louis Birck, Christa Göpel, Cyril Charles Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 425, 1 September 2015, Pages 193–203 LINK
26Al-26Mg Systematics of Ungrouped Achondrites: Implications for Timing of Planetesimal Differentiation
Dunlap D. R., Wadhwa M., Romaniello S. J., Souders A. K., Hines R. 78th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2015) Berkeley, USA July 27-31 2015 PDF (abstract)
Systematic ranging and late warning asteroid impacts
D. Farnocchia, S.R. Chesley, M. Micheli Icarus In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 10 June 2015 LINK
Evidence in Tissint for recent subsurface water on Mars
Yang Chen, Yang Liu, Yunbin Guan, John M. Eiler, Chi Ma, George R. Rossman, Lawrence A. Taylor Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 425, 1 September 2015, Pages 55–63 LINK We report unambiguous chemical evidence…
Fragments of Late Eocene Earth-impacting asteroids linked to disturbance of asteroid belt
Birger Schmitz , Samuele Boschi , Anders Cronholm , Philipp R. Heck , Simonetta Monechi , Alessandro Montanari , Fredrik Terfelt Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 425, 1 September 2015, Pages 77–83 LINK
Impact and Cratering Rates onto Pluto
Sarah Greenstreet, Brett Gladman, William B. McKinnon Icarus In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 4 June 2015 LINK
Dynamics of hypervelocity jetting during oblique impacts of spherical projectiles investigated via ultrafast imaging
Kosuke Kurosawa, Yoichi Nagaoka, Hiroki Senshu, Koji Wada, Sunao Hasegawa, Seiji Sugita and Takafumi Matsui Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets Accepted manuscript online: 4 JUN 2015 12:58AM EST | DOI: 10.1002/2014JE004730 LINK Update (September 3,…
Low-Temperature reflectance spectra of brucite and the primitive surface of 1-Ceres?
P. Beck, B. Schmitt, E.A. Cloutis, P. Vernazza Icarus, In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 3 June 2015 LINK
Spectral Analysis of the Quadrangles Av-13 and Av-14 on Vesta
F. Zambon, A. Frigeri, J.-P. Combe, F. Tosi, A. Longobardo, E. Ammannito, M.C. De Sanctis, D.T. Blewett, J. Scully, E. Palomba, B. Denevi, A. Yingst, C.T. Russell, C.A. Raymond Icarus In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available…
Compositional variations in the Vestan Rheasilvia basine
E. Ammannito, M.C. De Sanctis, J.-Ph. Combe, A. Frigeri, R. Jaumann, A. Longobardo, H.Y. McSween, E. Palomba, F. Tosi, C.A. Raymond, C.T. Russell, the Dawn Science Team Icarus In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 28…
Identification of magnetite in lunar regolith breccia 60016: Evidence for oxidized conditions at the lunar surface
Joy, K. H., Visscher, C., Zolensky, M. E., Mikouchi, T., Hagiya, K., Ohsumi, K. and Kring, D. A. (2015) Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12462 LINK
Synthesis of refractory organic matter in the ionized gas phase of the solar nebula
Maïa Kuga, Bernard Marty, Yves Marrocchi, and Laurent Tissandier PNAS2015 ; published ahead of print May 26, 2015, doi:10.1073/pnas.1502796112 PDF (full text) abstract
A Renewed Search for Extant 126Sn: Te Isotopics of Allende CAIs Obtained by HG-ICPMS
Brennecka G, Borg L, Romaniello S, Souders AK & Wadhwa M Goldschmidt 2015, Prague, 16-21 August 2015 PDF (abstract)
Aluminium-26 Systematics of CV3 Chondrules: Evidence for a Multi-Stage Thermal History
Russell S, Claydon J, Coath C, Lai Y-J & Elliott T Goldschmidt 2015, Prague, 16-21 August 2015 PDF (abstract)
I-Xe Constraints on Accretion and Collisional Timescales
Gilmour J Goldschmidt 2015, Prague, 16-21 August 2015 PDF (abstract)
Solar Initial 92Nb/93Nb Deduced from U-Pb Dated Achondrites
Iizuka T, Lai Y-J, Akram W, Amelin Y & Schönbächler M Goldschmidt 2015, Prague, 16-21 August 2015 PDF (abstract)
The molecular composition of impact-generated atmospheres on terrestrial planets during the post-accretion stage
Hideharu Kuwahara, Seiji Sugita Icarus In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 21 May 2015 doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2015.05.007 LINK
Eucritic crust remnants and the effect of in-falling hydrous carbonaceous chondrites characterizing the composition of Vesta’s Marcia region
M.C. De Sanctis, J.-P. Combe, A. Ammannito, A. Frigeri, A. Longobardo, E. Palomba, F. Tosi, F. Zambon, K. Stephan, C.A. Raymond, C.T. Russell Icarus, In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 21 May 2015 doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2015.05.014 LINK
Mineralogical analysis of the Oppia quadrangle of asteroid (4) Vesta: Evidence for occurrence of moderate-reflectance hydrated minerals
F. Tosi, A. Frigeri, J.-Ph. Combe, F. Zambon, M.C. De Sanctis, E. Ammannito, A. Longobardo, M. Hoffmann, A. Nathues, W.B. Garry, D.T. Blewett, C.M. Pieters, E. Palomba, K. Stephan, L.A. McFadden, H.Y. McSween, C.T. Russell,…
The Sextilia-Region on asteroid 4Vesta – Stratigraphy and variegation
Katrin Stephan, Ralf Jaumann, Cristina M. De Sanctis, Eleonora Ammannito, Katrin Krohn, Katharina Otto, Frederico Tosi, Jean-Phillipe Combe, Thomas Roatsch, Klaus-Dieter Matz, Lucy M. McFadden, Frank Preusker, C.A. Raymond, Icarus In Press, available online 20…
Surface and internal structures of a space-weathered rim of an Itokawa regolith particle
Toru Matsumoto, Akira Tsuchiyama, Akira Miyake, Takaaki Noguchi, Michihiko Nakamura, Kentaro Uesugi, Akihisa Takeuchi, Yoshio Suzuki, Tsukasa Nakano Icarus, In Press, available online 15 May 2015 LINK
Asteroid family ages
Federica Spoto, Andrea Milani, Zoran Knežević Icarus, available online 13 May 2015 doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2015.04.041 LINK
Toward an Understanding of Phyllosilicate Mineralogy in the Outer Main Asteroid Belt
Driss Takir, Joshua P. Emery, Harry Y. McSween Icarus available online 13 May 2015 doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2015.04.042 LINK Proposed mineralogical linkages between CM/CI carbonaceous chondrites and outer Main Belt asteroids remain uncertain due to a dearth of…
Solar Cosmic-ray Interaction with Protoplanetary Disks: Production of Short-lived Radionuclides and Amorphization of Crystalline Material
R. Trappitsch and F. J. Ciesla ApJ 805 5. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/805/1/5 Received 17 April 2014, accepted for publication 3 März 2015. Published 13 Mai 2015 LINK
Highly siderophile element depletion in the Moon
James M.D. Day, Richard J. Walker Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 423, 1 August 2015, Pages 114–124 doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2015.05.001 LINK
New Paradigms For Asteroid Formation
Anders Johansen, Emmanuel Jacquet, Jeffrey N. Cuzzi, Alessandro Morbidelli, Matthieu Gounelle Chapter to appear in the book ASTEROIDS IV, (University of Arizona Press) Space Science Series, edited by P. Michel, F. DeMeo and W. Bottke…
Mineralogical and spectral analysis of Vesta’s Gegania and Lucaria quadrangles and comparative analysis of their key features
Andrea Longobardo, Ernesto Palomba, Maria Cristina De Sanctis, Angelo Zinzi, Jennifer E.C. Scully, Fabrizio Capaccioni, Federico Tosi, Francesca Zambon, Eleonora Ammannito, Jean-Philippe Combe, Carol A. Raymond, Cristopher T. Russell Icarus In Press, available online 7…
Near-infrared Spectroscopy of 3:1 Kirkwood Gap Asteroids III
Sherry K. Fieber-Beyer, Michael J. Gaffey Icarus In Press, available online 5 May 2015 doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2015.04.034 LINK
Vesta’s Missing Moons: Comprehensive Search for Natural Satellites of Vesta by the Dawn Spacecraft
Lucy A. McFadden, David R. Skillman, Nargess Memarsadeghi, Jian-Yang Li, S.P. Joy, C.A. Polanskey, Marc D. Rayman, Mark V. Sykes, Pasquale Tricarico, Eric Palmer, David P. O’Brien, Stefano Mottola, Uri Carsenty, Max Mutchler, Brian McLean,…
Composition of the northern regions of Vesta analyzed by the Dawn mission
Jean-Philippe Combe, Thomas B. McCord, Lucy A. McFadden, Simone Ieva, Federico Tosi, Andrea Longobardo, Alessandro Frigeri, Maria Cristina De Sanctis, Eleonora Ammannito, Ottaviano Ruesch, Ernesto Palomba, Carol A. Raymond, Christopher T. Russell Icarus In Press,…
Peptide synthesis triggered by comet impacts: a possible method for peptide delivery to the early Earth and icy satellites
Haruna Sugahara, Koichi Mimura Icarus In Press, available online 4 May 2015 doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2015.04.029 LINK
Petrogenesis of primitive and evolved basalts in a cooling Moon: Experimental constraints from the youngest known lunar magmas
Stephen M. Elardo, Charles K. Shearer, Kathleen E. Vander Kaaden, Francis M. McCubbin, Aaron S. Bell Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 422, 15 July 2015, Pages 126–137 doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2015.04.014 LINK We have conducted high-temperature experiments…
Constraints on the formation environment of two chondrule-like igneous particles from comet 81P/Wild 2
Gainsforth, Z., Butterworth, A. L., Stodolna, J., Westphal, A. J., Huss, G. R., Nagashima, K., Ogliore, R., Brownlee, D. E., Joswiak, D., Tyliszczak, T. and Simionovici, A. S. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12445 LINK
Oxygen Isotopic Composition of coarse- and fine-grained material from Comet 81P/Wild 2
Ryan C. Ogliore, Kazuhide Nagashima, Gary R. Huss, Andrew J. Westphal, Zack Gainsforth, Anna L. Butterworth Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 24 April 2015 doi:10.1016/j.gca.2015.04.028 LINK Individual particles from comet…
Prebiotic Hydrocarbon Synthesis in Impacting Reduced Astrophysical Icy Mixtures
Lucas Koziol and Nir Goldman The Astrophysical Journal Volume 803 Number 2 2015 ApJ 803 91. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/803/2/91 published 21 April 2015 LINK
The sunlit northern terrain of Ceres / Dawn in science orbit
” images taken on April 14 and 15 from a vantage point 14,000 miles (22,000 kilometers) above Ceres’ north pole.” photo animated photo extra information extra information
Modelling the brightness increase signature due to asteroid collisions
Ev McLoughlin, Alan Fitzsimmons, Alan McLoughlin Icarus In press, available online 17 April 2015 doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2015.04.015 LINK We have developed a model to predict the post-collision brightness increase of sub-catastrophic collisions between asteroids and to evaluate…
Growth of asteroids, planetary embryos, and Kuiper belt objects by chondrule accretion
Anders Johansen, Mordecai-Mark Mac Low, Pedro Lacerda, Martin Bizzarro Science Advances 17 Apr 2015: Vol. 1 no. 3 e1500109 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1500109 PDF (full text) LINK (full text)
Absolute model ages from lunar crater morphology
David Trang, Jeffrey J. Gillis-Davis and Joseph M. Boyce Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets Article first published online: 17 APR 2015 | DOI: 10.1002/2014JE004639 LINK
Platinum partitioning between metal and silicate melts: Core formation, late veneer and the nanonuggets issue
Etienne Médard, Max W. Schmidt, Markus Wälle, Nicole S. Keller, Detlef Günther Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In press, available online 16 April 2015 doi:10.1016/j.gca.2015.04.019 LINK
Dating the Moon-forming impact event with asteroidal meteorites
W. F. Bottke, D. Vokrouhlický, S. Marchi, T. Swindle, E. R. D. Scott, J. R. Weirich, and H. Levison Science 17 April 2015: Vol. 348 no. 6232 pp. 321-323 DOI: 10.1126/science.aaa0602 LINK Supplementary materials (PDF)
Variability, absorption features, and parent body searches in “spectrally featureless” meteorite reflectance spectra: Case study – Tagish Lake
M.R.M. Izawa, M.A. Craig, D.M. Applin, J.A. Sanchez, V. Reddy, L. LeCorre, P. Mann, E.A. Cloutis Icarus doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2015.04.013 published online 15 April 2015 LINK
The nonmagnetic nucleus of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko
Hans-Ulrich Auster, Istvan Apathy, Gerhard Berghofer, Karl-Heinz Fornacon, Anatoli Remizov, Chris Carr, Carsten Güttler, Gerhard Haerendel, Philip Heinisch, David Hercik, Martin Hilchenbach, Ekkehard Kührt, Werner Magnes, Uwe Motschmann, Ingo Richter, Christopher T. Russell, Anita Przyklenk,…
Meteorite zircon constraints on the bulk Lu−Hf isotope composition and early differentiation of the Earth
Tsuyoshi Iizuka, Takao Yamaguchi, Yuki Hibiya, and Yuri Amelin PNAS 2015 ; published ahead of print April 13, 2015, doi:10.1073/pnas.1501658112 LINK Supporting information (PDF)
Dawn’s First Color Map of Ceres
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A Search for Subkilometer-sized Ordinary Chondrite Like Asteroids in the Main-Belt
H.W. Lin, Fumi Yoshida, Y.T. Chen, W.H. Ip, C.K. Chang Icarus available online 11 April 2015 doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2015.04.007 LINK PDF (full text) The size-dependent effects of asteroids on surface regolith and collisional lifetimes suggest that small…
Thermal and near-infrared analyses of central peaks of Martian impact craters: Evidence for a heterogeneous Martian crust
C. Pan, A. D. Rogers and J. R. Michalski Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets article first published online DOI: 10.1002/2014JE004676 LINK
Molecular nitrogen in comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko indicates a low formation temperature
M. Rubin, K. Altwegg, H. Balsiger, A. Bar-Nun, J.-J. Berthelier, A. Bieler, P. Bochsler, C. Briois, U. Calmonte, M. Combi, J. De Keyser, F. Dhooghe, P. Eberhardt, B. Fiethe, S. A. Fuselier, S. Gasc, T….
Tungsten isotopic evidence for disproportional late accretion to the Earth and Moon
Mathieu Touboul, Igor S. Puchtel & Richard J. Walker Nature (08 April 2015) | doi:10.1038/nature14355 LINK
The comet-like composition of a protoplanetary disk as revealed by complex cyanides
Karin I. Öberg, Viviana V. Guzmán, Kenji Furuya, Chunhua Qi, Yuri Aikawa, Sean M. Andrews, Ryan Loomis & David J. Wilner Nature 520, 198–201 (09 April 2015) | doi:10.1038/nature14276 LINK
Lunar tungsten isotopic evidence for the late veneer
Thomas S. Kruijer, Thorsten Kleine, Mario Fischer-Gödde & Peter Sprung Nature (2015)doi:10.1038/nature14360 Published online 08 April 2015 LINK
Early accretion of protoplanets inferred from a reduced inner solar system 26Al inventory
Martin Schiller, James N. Connelly, Aslaug C. Glad, Takashi Mikouchi, Martin Bizzarro Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 420, 15 June 2015, Pages 45–54 doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2015.03.028 LINK
Systematic ranging and late warning asteroid impacts
D. Farnocchia, S. R. Chesley, M. Micheli arXiv:1504.00025 PDF (full text) LINK
Is Vesta an Intact and Pristine Protoplanet?
G.J. Consolmagno, G.J. Golabek, D. Turrini, M. Jutzi, S. Sirono, V. Svetsov, K. Tsiganis Icarus available online 1 April 2015 doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2015.03.029 LINK
‘Vesta Trek’ released
VESTA TREK
Darkening of Mercury’s surface by cometary carbon
Megan Bruck Syal, Peter H. Schultz, Miriam A. Riner Nature Geoscience (2015) doi:10.1038/ngeo2397 published online 30 March 2015 LINK
The Composition of Vesta from the Dawn Mission
Thomas B. McCord, Jennifer E.C. Scully Icarus doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2015.03.022 accepted Manuscript, available online 27 March 2015 LINK (full text)
Extinct isotope heterogeneities in the mantles of Earth and Mars: Implications for mantle stirring rates
Jacobsen, S. B. and Yu, G. (2015) Meteoritics & Planetary Science doi: 10.1111/maps.12426 LINK
Growth of asteroids, planetary embryos and Kuiper belt objects by chondrule accretion
Anders Johansen, Mordecai-Mark Mac Low, Pedro Lacerda Science Advances arXiv:1503.07347 accepted for publication, submitted 25 March 2015 LINK PDF (full text) Chondrules are millimeter-sized spherules that dominate primitive meteorites (chondrites) originating from the asteroid belt….
Early stages of core segregation recorded by Fe isotopes in an asteroidal mantle
J.A. Barrat, O. Rouxel, K. Wang, F. Moynier, A. Yamaguchi, A. Bischoff, J. Langlade Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 419, 1 June 2015, Pages 93–100 LINK Ureilite meteorites are achondrites that are debris of…
Density and Charge of Pristine Fluffy Particles from Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko
M. Fulle et al. The Astrophysical Journal Letters Volume 802 Number 1 ApJ 802 L12. doi:10.1088/2041-8205/802/1/L12 published 24 März 2015 LINK
Asteroid (4) Vesta II: Exploring a geologically and geochemically complex world with the Dawn Mission
Timothy J. McCoy, Andrew W. Beck, Thomas H. Prettyman, David W. Mittlefehldt Chemie der Erde – Geochemistry doi:10.1016/j.chemer.2014.12.001 available online 24 March 2015 LINK
Jupiter’s decisive role in the inner Solar System’s early evolution
Konstantin Batygin and Greg Laughlin PNAS 2015 ; published ahead of print March 23, 2015, doi:10.1073/pnas.1423252112 LINK Supporting Information (PDF)
Olivine and pyroxene from the mantle of asteroid 4 Vesta
Nicole G. Lunning, Harry Y. McSween Jr., Travis J. Tenner, Noriko T. Kita, Robert J. Bodnar Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 418, 15 May 2015, Pages 126–135 LINK
Pulse-laser irradiation experiments of Murchison CM2 chondrite for reproducing space weathering on C-type asteroids
Moe Matsuoka, Tomoki Nakamura, Yuki Kimura, Takahiro Hiroi, Ryosuke Nakamura, Satoshi Okumura, Sho Sasaki Icarus available online 14 March 2015 doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2015.02.029 LINK
The August θ-Aquillid fireballs and possible relationship with the asteroid 2004MB6
Kokhirova, G. I. and Babadzhanov, P. B. (2015) Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12431 LINK
Hydrogen and major element concentrations on 433 Eros: Evidence for an L- or LL-chondrite-like surface composition
Peplowski, P. N., Bazell, D., Evans, L. G., Goldsten, J. O., Lawrence, D. J. and Nittler, L. R. (2015) Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12434 LINK
Neutral Na in Cometary Tails as a Remnant of Early Aqueous Alteration
Y. Ellinger, F. Pauzat, O. Mousis, A. Guilbert-Lepoutre, F. Leblanc, M. Ali-Dib, M. Doronin, E. Zicler, and A. Doressoundiram The Astrophysical Journal Letters Volume 801 Number 2 ApJ 801 L30. doi:10.1088/2041-8205/801/2/L30 LINK
Early Evolution of the Earth-Moon System with a Fast-Spinning Earth
Jack Wisdom, ZhenLiang Tian Icarus available online 7 March 2015 doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2015.02.025 LINK
Incorporation of water into olivine during nebular condensation: Insights from density functional theory and thermodynamics, and implications for phyllosilicate formation and terrestrial water inventory
Abu Asaduzzaman, Krishna Muralidharan and Jibamitra Ganguly Meteoritics & Planetary Science doi: 10.1111/maps.12409 Article first published online: 6 MAR 2015 LINK
Organic molecules in the Sheepbed Mudstone, Gale Crater, Mars
C. Freissinet, D. P. Glavin, P. R. Mahaffy, K. E. Miller, J. L. Eigenbrode, R. E. Summons, A. E. Brunner, A. Buch, C. Szopa, P. D. Archer Jr, H. B. Franz, S. K. Atreya, W….
Impact vaporization of planetesimal cores in the late stages of planet Formation
Richard G. Kraus, Seth Root, Raymond W. Lemke, Sarah T. Stewart, Stein B. Jacobsen, Thomas R. Mattsson Nature Geoscience 8, 269–272 doi:10.1038/ngeo2369 LINK Supplementary Information(PDF)
Volatile Delivery to Planets from Water-rich Planetesimals around Low Mass Stars
Fred J. Ciesla, Gijs D. Mulders, Ilaria Pascucci, Daniel Apai accepted to ApJ PDF LINK (full text) LINK
A primordial origin for the composition similarity between the Earth and the Moon
Alessandra Mastrobuono-Battisti, Hagai B. Perets, Sean N. Raymond accepted for publication in Nature PDF LINK LINK Updated (9 April 2015): PDF LINK
A Significant Amount of Crystalline Silica in Returned Cometary Samples: Bridging the Gap between Astrophysical and Meteoritical Observations
Mathieu Roskosz and Hugues Leroux The Astrophysical Journal Letters , ApJ801 L7 doi:10.1088/2041-8205/801/1/L7 LINK
The two views of Ceres
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Petrology of igneous clasts in Northwest Africa 7034: Implications for the petrologic diversity of the martian crust
Alison R. Santos, Carl B. Agee, Francis M. McCubbin, Charles K. Shearer, Paul V. Burger, Romain Tartèse, Mahesh Anand Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta available online 25 February 2015 LINK
Zirconium isotope evidence for the heterogeneous distribution of s–process materials in the solar system
W. Akram, M. Schönbächler, S. Bisterzo, R. Gallino Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta available online 24 February 2015 LINK
Low 60Fe abundance in Semarkona and Sahara 99555
Haolan Tang, Nicolas Dauphas The Astrophysical Journal, in press. arXiv:1502.05611 PDF LINK (full text) LINK
Petrography and composition of Martian regolith breccia meteorite Northwest Africa 7475
Wittmann, A., Korotev, R. L., Jolliff, B. L., Irving, A. J., Moser, D. E., Barker, I. and Rumble, D. (2015) Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 50: 326–352. doi: 10.1111/maps.12425 first published online: 19 FEB 2015 LINK…
Dawn probe to look for a habitable ocean on Ceres
Eric Hand Science 20 February 2015: Vol. 347 no. 6224 pp. 813-814 DOI: 10.1126/science.347.6224.813 LINK
Mineralogy and Surface Composition of Asteroids
Vishnu Reddy, Tasha L. Dunn, Cristina A. Thomas, Nicholas A. Moskovitz, Thomas H. Burbine Chapter to appear in the Space Science Series Book: Asteroids IV PDF LINK (full text) LINK
Formation of Phobos and Deimos via a giant impact
Robert I. Citron, Hidenori Genda, Shigeru Ida Icarus Volume 252, 15 May 2015, Pages 334–338 doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2015.02.011 LINK
The Northwest Africa (NWA) 5790 meteorite: A mesostasis-rich nakhlite with little or no Martian aqueous alteration (OPEN ACCESS)
Tomkinson, T., Lee, M. R., Mark, D. F., Dobson, K. J. and Franchi, I. A. (2015) Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12424 PDF LINK (OPEN ACCESS)
Earth and Terrestrial Planet Formation
Seth A. Jacobson, Kevin J. Walsh accepted for publication in Early Earth, an AGU Monograph edited by James Badro and Michael J. Walter PDF LINK (full text) LINK(abstract)
Diverse impactors in Apollo 15 and 16 impact melt rocks: evidence from osmium isotopes and highly siderophile elements
Jingao Liu, Miriam Sharp, Richard D. Ash, David A. Kring, Richard J. Walker Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta available online 14 February 2015 doi:10.1016/j.gca.2015.02.004 LINK
Chemical and mineralogical compositions of two grains recovered from asteroid Itokawa
Ebihara, M., Shirai, N., Sekimoto, S., Nakamura, T., Tsuchiyama, A., Matsuno, J., Matsumoto, T., Tanaka, M., Abe, M., Fujimura, A., Ishibashi, Y., Karouji, Y., Mukai, T., Okada, T., Uesugi, M. and Yada, T. (2015) Meteoritics…
A micro-Raman and infrared study of several Hayabusa category 3 (organic) particles
Fumio Kitajima, Masayuki Uesugi, Yuzuru Karouji, Yukihiro Ishibashi, Toru Yada, Hiroshi Naraoka, Masanao Abe, Akio Fujimura, Motoo Ito, Hikaru Yabuta, Hajime Mita, Yoshinori Takano, Tatsuaki Okada Earth, Planets and Space 2015, 67:20 (11 February 2015)…
Modeling asteroid collisions and impact processes
Martin Jutzi, Keith Holsapple, Kai Wünneman, Patrick Michel Chapter to appear in the Space Science Series Book: Asteroids IV arXiv:1502.01844 PDF (full text) LINK
Ceres – seen by Dawn III
This animation showcases a series of images NASA’s Dawn spacecraft took on approach to Ceres on Feb. 4, 2015 at a distance of about 90,000 miles (145,000 kilometers) from the dwarf planet. Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA/PSI
Micron-scale D/H heterogeneity in chondrite matrices: a signature of the pristine solar system water?
Laurette Piani, François Robert, Laurent Remusat Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 415, 1 April 2015, Pages 154–164 arXiv:1502.01067 doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2015.01.039 PDF LINK LINK LINK
Sulfidization of Iron in the Dynamic Solar Nebula and Implications for Planetary Compositions
Fred J. Ciesla The Astrophysical Journal Letters Volume 800 Number 1 ApJ 800 L6. doi:10.1088/2041-8205/800/1/L6 published 4 Februar 2015. LINK
Asteroid Family Physical Properties
Joseph Masiero, Francesca DeMeo, Toshihiro Kasuga, Alex H. Parker arXiv:1502.00961 PDF LINK (full text) LINK
A new investigation of hydration in the M-type asteroids
Z.A. Landsman, H. Campins, N. Pinilla-Alonso, J. Hanuš, V. Lorenzi Icarus doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2015.01.021 available online 2 February 2015 LINK
Exploring Exogenic Sources for the Olivine on Asteroid (4) Vesta
Lucille Le Corre, Vishnu Reddy, Juan A. Sanchez, Tasha Dunn, Edward A. Cloutis, Matthew R.M. Izawa, Paul Mann, Andreas Nathues Icarus, available online 30 January 2015 doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2015.01.018 LINK Exploring Exogenic Sources for the Olivine on…
The Feeding Zones of Terrestrial Planets and Insights into Moon Formation
Nathan A. Kaib, Nicolas B. Cowan Icarus, available online 29 January 2015 doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2015.01.013 PDF LINK (full text) LINK
Short-term variability on the surface of (1) Ceres. A changing amount of water ice?
D. Perna, Z. Kaňuchová, S. Ieva, S. Fornasier, M. A. Barucci, C. Lantz, E. Dotto, G. Strazzulla PDF LINK (full text) LINK
Ceres – seen by Dawn spacecraft II
This animation of the dwarf planet Ceres was made by combining images taken by NASA’s Dawn spacecraft on January 25, 2015. The spacecraft’s framing camera took these images, at a distance of about 147,000 miles…
Towards understanding the dynamical evolution of asteroid 25143 Itokawa: constraints from sample analysis
Harold C Connolly, Dante S Lauretta, Kevin J Walsh, Shogo Tachibana, William F Bottke Earth, Planets and Space 2015, 67:12 (27 January 2015) PDF LINK (full text) LINK
Formation and Growth of Bodies in the Early Solar System: From Turbulence Motion to Revolving Motion of the Particles and Small Bodies
T. R. Abdulmyanov 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #1016 PDF LINK
Measurement of Thermal Properties of the Ordinary Chondrites Relevant to Planet-Forming Processes
K. A. McCain, F. J. Ciesla, P. R. Heck, S. S. Rout, M. Pellin, C. Malliakas, J. F. Mitchell 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #2730 PDF LINK
The Vital Roles of Water and Organics in the Early Solar System
C. M. O’D. Alexander 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #2744 PDF LINK
Water in Martian Meteorites: Oxygen Isotope Compositions
O. V. Maltsev, K. Ziegler, Z. D. Sharp, C. B. Agee 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #2268 PDF LINK
Recycling of an Asteroid via a Comet Inferred from the Chelyabinsk Meteorite
E. Nakamura, T. Kunihiro, H. Kitagawa, K. Kobayashi, T. Ota, C. Sakaguchi, Y. Shimaki, R. Tanaka, T. Tsujimori, M. Yamanaka, G. E. Bebout, V. I. Grokhovsky, O. N. Koroleva, K. D. Litasov, V. Malkovets 46th…
Physical Characterization of Chelyabinsk-Sized (~20 meter) Near-Earth Asteroids: Implications for Impact Hazard, Meteorite Source Bodies, and Human Exploration
V. Reddy, R. R. Landis, J. A. Sanchez, P. S. Hardersen, B. Burt, F. E. DeMeo, M. J. Gaffey, L. Le Corre 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #1289 PDF LINK
The Dynamical Evolution of the Asteroid Belt
Alessandro Morbidelli, Kevin J. Walsh, David P. O’Brien, David A. Minton, William F. Bottke Asteroid IV PDF LINK (full text) LINK
Meteoritical Bulletin updates
- Minfeng 005 (Diogenite-pm)
- Oued Tilemsi 003 (Lunar (troct. anorth. melt breccia))
- Northwest Africa 18440 (Pallasite)
- Northwest Africa 18438 (Howardite)
- Northwest Africa 18446 (Howardite)
- Dhofar 2127 (CK5)
- Northwest Africa 18431 (CV3)
- Northwest Africa 18432 (CVred3)
- Northwest Africa 18177 (L3.05)
- Northwest Africa 18295 (Ureilite)
- Northwest Africa 18292 (CR2)
- Northwest Africa 18290 (CM2)
- Northwest Africa 18289 (Mesosiderite)
- Oguîlet Merzoug 001 (Pallasite, PMG)
- Northwest Africa 18271 (Eucrite-br)
- Northwest Africa 18268 (Winonaite)
- Northwest Africa 18266 (Mesosiderite-A3)
- Northwest Africa 18258 (CV3)
- Northwest Africa 18262 (Howardite)
- Northwest Africa 18240 (Angrite)
