An early solar system magnetic field recorded in CM chondrites
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Pressure–temperature evolution of primordial solar system solids during impact-induced compaction
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Silicon isotopes in angrites and volatile loss in planetesimals
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High-temperature miscibility of iron and rock during terrestrial planet formation
Sean M. Wahl, Burkhard Militzer Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 410, 15 January 2015, Pages 25–33 LINK
Calcium isotopic composition of planetary materials
Keiji Misawa (NIPR, SOKENDAI), Tatsunori Yokoyama (NMNS), Shigekazu Yoneda (NMNS) PDF LINK
Discovery of unusual 3 micron bands on some CM chondrite chips of NIPR and possible link to asteroidal surface minerals
Takahiro Hiroi, Hiroshi Kaiden, Naoya Imae, Akira Yamaguchi, Hideyasu Kojima, Sho Sasaki, Moe Matsuoka, Tomoki Nakamura, Carle Pieters PDF LINK
Reflectance spectra measurement of hydrated and dehydrated carbonaceous chondrites using the Near Infrared Spectrometer on Hayabusa 2 spacecraft
Tomoki Nakamura (Tohoku Univ), Takahiro Iwata (JAXA), Kohei Kitasato (Univ of Aizu), Masanao Abe (JAXA), Takahito Osawa (JAEA), Moe Matsuoka (Tohoku Univ), Yusuke Nakauchi (JAXA), Takehiko Arai (JAXA), Mutsumi Komatsu (Graduate Univ for Advanced Studies),…
Importance of water and organics in the early Solar System: From interstellar inheritance to planet formation
Conel M.O’D. Alexander (DTM, Carnegie Institution of Washington) PDF LINK
Astrochemistry of dust, ice and gas: introduction and overview
Ewine F. van Dishoeck Introductory paper for Faraday Discussions 168 conference, April 2014 Journal-ref: Faraday Discussions 2014, vol. 168, 9 PDF LINK LINK
Crystal chemistry of merrillite from Martian meteorites: Mineralogical recorders of magmatic processes and planetary differentiation
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Episodic warming of early Mars by punctuated volcanism
Itay Halevy, James W. Head III Nature Geoscience (2014) doi:10.1038/ngeo2293 published online 17 November 2014 LINK
Late Accretion and the Late Veneer
Alessandro Morbidelli, Bernard Wood In press as a review chapter of the AGU Monograph “The Early Earth”, J. Badro and M. Walter Eds ; arXiv:1411.4563 PDF LINK LINK
Widespread surface weathering on early Mars: A case for a warmer and wetter climate
John Carter, Damien Loizeau, Nicolas Mangold, François Poulet, Jean-Pierre Bibring Icarus, doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2014.11.011, available online 15 November 2014 LINK
Bolide Events 1994-2013 world map
New Map Shows Frequency of Small Asteroid Impacts, Provides Clues on Larger Asteroid Population LINK A 500-kiloton airburst over Chelyabinsk and an enhanced hazard from small impactors Brown et…
Macroscopic Dust in Protoplanetary Disks—from Growth to Destruction
J. Deckers and J. Teiser The Astrophysical Journal 2014 ApJ 796 99. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/796/2/99 LINK
Compositional diapirism as the origin of the low albedo terrain and vaporization at mid-latitude on Ceres
D. Shoji and K. Kurita Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets doi: 10.1002/2014JE004695 LINK
The OSIRIS-REx target asteroid (101955) Bennu: Constraints on its physical, geological, and dynamical nature from astronomical observations.
Lauretta, D. S., Bartels, A. E., Barucci, M. A., Bierhaus, E. B., Binzel, R. P., Bottke, W. F., Campins, H., Chesley, S. R., Clark, B. C., Clark, B. E., Cloutis, E. A., Connolly, H. C.,…
Was the Chelyabinsk meteoroid a fragment of Potentially Hazardous Asteroid (86039) 1999 NC43?
Reddy, Vishnu; Sanchez, Juan; Klima, Rachel; Cloutis, Edward A.; Izawa, Matthew R.; Le Corre, Lucille; Mann, Paul American Astronomical Society, DPS meeting #46, #213.10 LINK
Can We Distinguish Between Shock-Darkened and Space-Weathered Asteroids?
Kohout, Tomas; Penttila, Antti; Gritsevich, Maria; Britt, Daniel; Reddy, Vishnu; Mann, Paul; Haloda, Jakub; Halodova, Patricie; Grokhovsky, Viktor; Yakovlev, Grigoriy; Cuda, Jan; Filip, Jan; Muinonen, Karri; Zboril, Radek American Astronomical Society, DPS meeting #46, #506.02…
A computational investigation of adsorption of organics on mineral surfaces: Implications for organics delivery in the early solar system
A.M. Asaduzzaman, T.J. Zega, Slimane Laref, K. Runge, P.A. Deymier, Krishna Muralidharan Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 408, 15 December 2014, Pages 355–361 LINK
Mineralogy of V-type asteroids as a constraining tool of their past history
S.F.A. Batista, T.M. Seixas, M.A. Salgueiro da Silva, R.M.G. de Albuquerque Planetary and Space Science DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2014.10.012 available online 4 November 2014 LINK
Early accretion of water in the inner solar system from a carbonaceous chondrite–like source
Adam R. Sarafian,Sune G. Nielsen,Horst R. Marschall,Francis M. McCubbin, and Brian D. Monteleone Science 31 October 2014: Vol. 346 no. 6209 pp. 623-626 DOI: 10.1126/science.1256717 LINK Materials and Methods – Supplementary Text (PDF) Earth’s Water…
Eight billion asteroids in the Oort cloud
Andrew Shannon, Alan P. Jackson, Dimitri Veras, Mark Wyatt Accepted for publication in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Main Journal (Submitted on 27 Oct 2014) PDF LINK LINK
Astro & cosmo-chemical consequences of accretion bursts I: the D/H ratio of water
James E. Owen, Emmanuel Jacquet (Submitted on 24 Oct 2014), accepted for publication in MNRAS PDF LINK (full text) LINK (abstract) We find that the accretion bursts result in a significantly lower (D/H) water ratio…
Science goals and mission concept for the future exploration of Titan and Enceladus
G. Tobie, N.A. Teanby, A. Coustenis, R. Jaumann, F. Raulin, J. Schmidt, N. Carrasco, A.J. Coates, D. Cordier, R. De Kok, W.D. Geppert, J.-P. Lebreton, A. Lefevre, T.A. Livengood, K.E. Mandt, G. Mitri, F. Nimmo,…
Linear spectropolarimetry: a new diagnostic tool for the classification and characterization of asteroids
Bagnulo S, Cellino A,Sterzik MF (2014) Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society MNRAS (January 01, 2015) 446 (1): L11-L15. doi: first published online October 22, 2014 LINK
Accretion and differentiation of the terrestrial planets with implications for the compositions of early-formed Solar System bodies and accretion of water
Accretion and differentiation of the terrestrial planets with implications for the compositions of early-formed Solar System bodies and accretion of water D.C. Rubie, S.A. Jacobson, A. Morbidelli, D.P. O’Brien, E.D. Young, J. de Vries, F….
In situ biological Resources: Soluble Nutrients and Electrolytes in carbonaceous asteroids/meteorites. Implications for astroecology and space populations
In situ biological Resources: Soluble Nutrients and Electrolytes in carbonaceous asteroids/meteorites. Implications for astroecology and space populations Michael N. Mautner Planetary and Space Science DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2014.10.001 In Press, Available online 16 October 2014 LINK
On the origin and composition of Theia: Constraints from new models of the Giant Impact
On the origin and composition of Theia: Constraints from new models of the Giant Impact Matthias M.M. Meier, Andreas Reufer, Rainer Wieler Icarus 242:316-328 (2014) PDF LINK LINK (abstract) Knowing the isotopic composition of Theia,…
Atmospheric mass loss during planet formation: The importance of planetesimal impacts
Hilke E. Schlichting, Re’em Sari, Almog Yalin Icarus DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2014.09.053 LINK
Aqueous Alteration on Asteroids: Linking the Mineralogy and Spectroscopy of CM and CI Chondrites
M.M. McAdam, J.M. Sunshine, K.T. Howard, T.M. McCoy Icarus DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2014.09.041 LINK Abstract CM/CI meteorites range in degree of aqueous alteration suggesting differences in initially accreted materials including water ice and possible spatial heterogeneities within…
Earth’s Uranium and Thorium content and geoneutrinos fluxes based on enstatite chondrites
Marc Javoy, Edouard Kaminski Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 407, 1 December 2014, Pages 1–8 DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2014.09.028 LINK
Where Did the Ureilite Parent Body Accrete? Constraints from Chemical and Isotopic Compositions
Cyrena Goodrich, David P. O’Brien Abstract: Almahata Sitta and other polymict ureilites contain a remarkable diversity of materials, including EH, EL, OC, R- and CB chondrites, in addition to the dominant ureilitic material [1]. These…
The Uranium Isotopic Composition of the Earth and the Solar System
Alexander Goldmann, Gregory Brennecka, Janine Noordmann, Stefan Weyer, Meenakshi Wadhwa Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2014.09.008 In Press, Available online 30 September 2014 LINK Abstract Recent high-precision mass spectrometric studies of the uranium isotopic composition…
The ancient heritage of water ice in the solar system
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Recent multi-kiloton impact events: are they truly random?
C. de la Fuente Marcos, R. de la Fuente Marcos arXiv:1409.0452 revised 16 Sept 2014 ; Printed 17 September 2014 PDF LINK LINK It is customarily assumed that Earth-striking meteoroids are completely random, and that…
Painted Stone: Asteroids in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, by Alex Parker
VIDEO (FULL HD) LINK This animation shows the orbital motions of over 100,000 of the asteroids observed by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS), with colors illustrating the compositional diversity measured by the SDSS five-color…
Defining the Flora Family: Orbital Properties, Reflectance Properties and Age
Melissa J. Dykhuis, Lawrence Molnar, Samuel J. Van Kooten, Richard Greenberg Icarus Available online 16 September 2014 LINK
Fragmentation of colliding planetesimals with water content
Thomas I. Maindl, Rudolf Dvorak, Christoph Schäfer, Roland Speith Submitted on 8 Sep 2014 Submitted to IAU Symposium 310 Proceedings 4 pages, 2 figures PDF LINK LINK We investigate the outcome of collisions of Ceres-sized…
Composition, Mineralogy, and Porosity of Multiple Asteroid Systems from Visible and Near-infrared Spectral Data
Sean S. Lindsay, Franck Marchis, Joshua P. Emery, J. Emilio Enriquez, Marcelo Assafin Accepted to Icarus Subjects: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics arXiv:1409.0359 PDF LINK LINK We provide a taxonomic and compositional characterization of Multiple Asteroid…
Samarium–neodymium chronology and rubidium–strontium systematics of an Allende calcium–aluminum-rich inclusion with implications for 146Sm half-life
N.E. Marks, L.E. Borg, I.D. Hutcheon, B. Jacobsen, R.N. Clayton Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 405, 1 November 2014, Pages 15–24 DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2014.08.017 Available online 29 August 2014 LINK
Sequential analysis of carbonaceous materials in Hayabusa-returned samples for the determination of their origin
Masayuki Uesugi, Hiroshi Naraoka, Motoo Ito, Hikaru Yabuta, Fumio Kitajima, Yoshinori Takano, Hajime Mita, Ichiro Ohnishi, Yoko Kebukawa, Toru Yada, Yuzuru Karouji, Yukihiro Ishibashi, Takaaki Okada and Masanao Abe Earth, Planets and Space 2014, 66:102…
The Case of the Missing Ceres Family
Andrew S. Rivkin Erik Asphaug, William F. Bottke Icarus DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2014.08.007 available online 23 August 2014 LINK
Selecting asteroids for a targeted spectroscopic survey
D.A. Oszkiewicz, T. Kwiatkowski, T. Tomov, M. Birlan, S. Geier, A. Penttilä, M. Polińska Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP) arXiv:1408.4288, submitted 19 Aug 2014
Chromium Valences in Ureilite Olivine and Implications for Ureilite Petrogenesis
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Water Delivery and Giant Impacts in the ‘Grand Tack’ Scenario
O’Brien DP, Walsh KJ, Morbidelli A, Raymond SN and Mandell AM (in press) Icarus Volume 239, 1 September 2014, Pages 74–84 LINK
Fossil records of high level of 60Fe in chondrules from unequilibrated chondrites
Mishra R.K. and Chaussidon M. Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 398, 15 July 2014, Pages 90–100 LINK
Correlated accretion ages and ε54Cr of meteorite parent bodies and the evolution of the solar nebula
Sugiura N and Fujiya W (in press) Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 49: 772–787. doi: 10.1111/maps.12292 LINK
Space weathering simulations through controlled growth of iron nanoparticles on olivine
Kohouta T et al. (in press) Icarus Volume 237, 15 July 2014, Pages 75–83 LINK
Chelyabinsk meteorite explains unusual spectral properties of Baptistina Asteroid Family
Vishnu Reddy et al. Icarus Volume 237, 15 July 2014, Pages 116–130 LINK
Highly siderophile elements in Earth’s mantle as a clock for the Moon-forming impact
Jacobson SA, Morbidelli A, Raymond SN, O’Brien DP, Walsh KJ and Rubie DC (2014) Nature 508, 84–87 (03 April 2014) doi:10.1038/nature13172 LINK Using HSE abundance measurements13, 14, we determine a Moon-formation age of 95 ± 32 Myr after…
Carbon-rich Planet Formation in a Solar Composition Disk
Ali-Dib M, Mousis O, Jean-Marc Petit J-M and Lunine JI (2014) The Astrophysical Journal 785:125. ApJ 785 125. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/785/2/125 LINK
Space weathering of silicate regoliths with various FeO contents: New insights from laser irradiation experiments and theoretical spectral simulations
Moroz LV, Starukhina LV, Rout SS, Sasaki S, Jörn Helbert J, Baither D, Bischoff B and Hiesinger H (2014) Icarus Volume 235, June 2014, Pages 187–206 LINK
Orbit and Bulk Density of the OSIRIS-REx Target Asteroid (101955) Bennu
Chesley et al. Icarus Volume 235, June 2014, Pages 5–22 LINK
Chemodynamical Deuterium Fractionation in the Early Solar Nebula: The Origin of Water on Earth and in Asteroids and Comets
Albertsson T, Semenov D and Henning Th (2014) The Astrophysical Journal 784:39 T. Albertsson et al. 2014 ApJ 784 39. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/784/1/39 LINK
Inheritance of solar short- and long-lived radionuclides from molecular clouds and the unexceptional nature of the solar system
Young ED (2014) Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 392, 15 April 2014, Pages 16–27 LINK Apparent excesses in early-solar 26Al, 36Cl, 41Ca, and 60Fe disappear if one accounts for ejecta from massive-star winds concentrated…
A criterion to classify asteroids and comets based on the orbital parameters
Tancredi G. Icarus Volume 234, 15 May 2014, Pages 66–80 LINK
Formation and Physical Properties of Asteroids
Michel P (2014) Elements 10:19-24. doi: 10.2113/gselements.10.1.19 v. 10 no. 1 p. 19-24 LINK
Aqueous alteration on main belt primitive asteroids: results from visible spectroscopy
Fornasier S, Lantz C, Barucci MA and Lazzarin M. Icarus Volume 233, 1 May 2014, Pages 163–178 LINK
Alpha-decay of 184Os revealed by radiogenic 180W in meteorites: Half life determination and viability as geochronometer
Peters STM, Münker C, Becker H and Schulz T (2014) Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 391, 1 April 2014, Pages 69–76 LINK
Fe-Ni and Al-Mg isotope records in UOC chondrules: Plausible stellar source of 60Fe and other short-lived nuclides in the early Solar System
Mishra RK and Goswami JN (in press) Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta Volume 132, 1 May 2014, Pages 440–457 LINK Model stellar nucleosynthesis yields suggest that both a high mass (5–6.5 M⊙) Asymptotic Giant Branch (AGB)…
Localized sources of water vapour on the dwarf planet (1) Ceres
Küppers et al. Nature 505, 525–527 (23 January 2014) doi:10.1038/nature12918 LINK
Vanadium isotopic difference between the silicate Earth and meteorites
Nielsen SG, Prytulak J, Wood BJ and Halliday AN (2014) Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 389, 1 March 2014, Pages 167–175 LINK
Highly Siderophile Elements and 187Re-187Os Isotopic Systematics of the Allende Meteorite: Evidence for Primary Nebular Processes and Late-stage Alteration
Archer GJ, Ash RD, Bullock ES and Walker RJ Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta Volume 131, 15 April 2014, Pages 402–414 LINK
On the Injection of Short-lived Radionuclides from a Supernova into the Solar Nebula: Constraints from the Oxygen Isotopes
Liu, Ming-Chang (2014) The Astrophysical Journal – Letters 781:L28. ApJ 781 L28. doi:10.1088/2041-8205/781/2/L28 LINK
Mid-Infrared Spectroscopy of Components in Chondrites: Search for Processed Materials in Young Solar Systems and Comets
Morlok A., Liss C., Mason AB, Bullock E. and Grady MM. Icarus Volume 231, 1 March 2014, Pages 338–355 LINK
I-Xe ages of Campo del Cielo silicates as a record of the complex early history of the IAB parent body
Pravdivtseva, O., Meshik, A., Hohenberg, C. M. and Kurat, G. (2013) Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 48: 2480–2490. doi: 10.1111/maps.12233 LINK
Near-infrared Spectroscopy of 3:1 Kirkwood Gap Asteroids II: Probable and Plausible Parent Bodies; Primitive and Differentiated
Fieber-Beyer SK and Gaffey MJ Icarus Volume 229, February 2014, Pages 99–108 LINK
Instrumental neutron activation analyses of the most Earth-like meteorites
Gerd Weckwerth Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry January 2014, Volume 299, Issue 1, pp 221-228 LINK C1-carbonaceous chondrites are known to have the highest meteoritic content of volatile elements. Nevertheless, most volatile elements, such…
Transmission infrared spectra (2-25 microns) of carbonaceous chondrites (CI, CM, CV-CK, CR, C2 ungrouped): mineralogy, water, and asteroidal processes
Beck P, Garenne A, Quirico E, Bonal L, Montes-Hernandez G, Moynier F and Schmitt B Icarus Volume 229, February 2014, Pages 263–277 LINK
Magnesium diffusion in plagioclase: Dependence on composition, and implications for thermal resetting of the 26Al–26Mg early solar system chronometer
Van Orman JA, Cherniak DJ and Kita NT Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 385, 1 January 2014, Pages 79–88 LINK
Introduction to Chemistry and Applications in Nature of Mass Independent Isotope Effects Special Feature
Thiemens MH (2013) PNAS 110:17631-17637 LINK
Impact Theory Gets Whacked
Daniel Clery Science 11 October 2013: Vol. 342 no. 6155 pp. 183-185 DOI: 10.1126/science.342.6155.183 LINK
Mineralogy, reflectance spectra, and physical properties of the Chelyabinsk LL5 chondrite – insight into shock-induced changes in asteroid regoliths
Kohout T, Gritsevich M, Grokhovsky VI, Yakovlev GA, Haloda J, Halodova P, Michallik RM, Penttilä A and Muinonen K Icarus Volume 228, 15 January 2014, Pages 78–85 LINK
The Provenances of Asteroids, and Their Contributions to the Volatile Inventories of the Terrestrial Planets
C. M. O’D. Alexander, R. Bowden, M. L. Fogel, K. T. Howard, C. D. K. Herd, L. R. Nittler Published Online July 12 2012 Science 10 August 2012: Vol. 337 no. 6095 pp. 721-723 DOI:…
Uranium isotope compositions of the basaltic angrite meteorites and the chronological implications for the early Solar System
Gregory A. Brennecka and Meenakshi Wadhwa NAS 2012 109 (24) 9299-9303; published ahead of print May 30, 2012, doi:10.1073/pnas.1114043109 PDF LINK LINK (Supporting Information) LINK (abstract) Abstract Events occurring within the first 10 million years…
Stardust in meteorites
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Cosmochemical evidence for astrophysical processes during the formation of our solar system
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Terrestrial planet formation
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