A Special Role of Spectrophotometry in the Study of Asteroids and Meteorite Analogs
Vladimir V. Busarev, Andrey M. Sobolev, Victor I. Grohovsky, Nikolai A. Kruglikov Minerals: Structure, Properties, Methods of Investigation. pp 43-52, Conference paper LINK “The significance of spectrophotometry among other optical methods for the assessment of…
Early accretion of planetesimals unraveled by the thermal evolution of the parent bodies of magmatic iron meteorites
Edouard Kaminski, Angela Limare, Balthasar Kenda, Marc Chaussidon Earth and Planetary Science LettersVolume 548, 15 October 2020, 116469 LINK “Highlights • Hf/W ages of magmatic iron meteorites define a common thermal evolution.• We propose a…
Volatile Sample Return in the Solar SystemOPEN ACCESS
Stefanie N. Milam, Jason P. Dworkin, Jamie E. Elsila, Daniel P. Glavin, Perry A. Gerakines, Julie L. Mitchell, Keiko Nakamura-Messenger, Marc Neveu, Larry Nittler, James Parker, Elisa Quintana, Scott A. Sandford, Joshua E. Schlieder, Rhonda…
Aluminum-26 Enrichment in the Surface of Protostellar Disks Due to Protostellar Cosmic RaysOPEN ACCESS
Brandt A. L. Gaches, Stefanie Walch, Stella S. R. Offner, Carsten Münker The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 898, Number 1Published 2020 July 27 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) LINK “The radioactive decay of aluminum-26 (26Al) is an important…
Meteorite evidence for partial differentiation and protracted accretion of planetesimalsOPEN ACCESS
Clara Maurel, James F. J. Bryson, Richard J. Lyons, Matthew R. Ball, Rajesh V. Chopdekar, Andreas Scholl, Fred J. Ciesla, William F. Bottke, Benjamin P. Weiss Science Advances 24 Jul 2020:Vol. 6, no. 30, eaba1303DOI:…
Modeling the chronologies and size distributions of Ceres and Vesta cratersOPEN ACCESS
Fernando Roig, David Nesvorný Submitted to AJ LINK (OPEN ACCESS) “We infer the crater chronologies of Ceres and Vesta from a self-consistent dynamical model of asteroid impactors. The model accounts for planetary migration/instability early in…
Small Bodies Tell the Story of the Solar System: A Scientific Rationale for a Multi-Target Small Body Sample Return Program including the Earth-based Laboratory Analysis of Returned SamplesOPEN ACCESS
Seth A. Jacobson, Maitrayee Bose, Dennis Bodewits, Marc Fries, Devanshu Jha, Prajkta Mane, Larry Nittler, Scott Sandford, Michelle Thompson A White Paper submitted to the Planetary Science and Astrobiology Decadal Survey 2023-2032 PDF (OPEN ACCESS)…
Closure temperature of the Pd-Ag system and the crystallization and cooling history of IIIAB iron meteorites
M. Matthes, J.A. van Orman, T. Kleine Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaAvailable online 14 July 2020 LINK “To better constrain the crystallization and cooling history of the IIIAB iron meteorite parent body, we report new 107Pd-107Ag…
Global photometric properties of (162173) RyuguOPEN ACCESS
E. Tatsumi, D. Domingue, S. Schröder, Y. Yokota, D. Kuroda, M. Ishiguro, S. Hasegawa, T. Hiroi, R. Honda, R. Hemmi, L. Le Corre, N. Sakatani, T. Morota, M. Yamada, S. Kameda, T. Koyama, H. Suzuki,…
Chemical assessment of the explosive chamber in the projector system of Hayabusa2 for asteroid samplingOPEN ACCESS
Yoshinori Takano, Keita Yamada, Chisato Okamoto, Hirotaka Sawada, Ryuji Okazaki, Kanako Sakamoto, Yoko Kebukawa, Kento Kiryu, Takazo Shibuya, Motoko Igisu, Hajime Yano, Shogo Tachibana & Hayabusa2 project team Earth, Planets and Space volume 72, Article…
The Albedo of Ryugu: Evidence for a High Organic Abundance, as Inferred from the Hayabusa2 Touchdown ManeuverOPEN ACCESS
Christian Potiszil, Ryoji Tanaka, Katsura Kobayashi, Tak Kunihiro, Eizo Nakamura Astrobiology, Vol. 20, No. 7Hypothesis ArticlePublished Online:8 Jul 2020 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) “The Hayabusa2 mission successfully collected samples from the asteroid Ryugu last year and…
Carbonaceous Chondrites and the Condensation of Elements from the Solar Nebula
Hauke Vollstaedt, Klaus Mezger, and Yann Alibert The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 897, Number 1 LINK “Common features of all carbonaceous chondrite groups are invariant refractory element ratios, depletions of moderately volatile elements as a function…
Fumarolic-like activity on carbonaceous chondrite parent bodyOPEN ACCESS
Clément Ganino, Guy Libourel Science Advances, 03 Jul 2020 : eabb1166 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Comparative planetology studies are key for understanding the main processes driving planetary formation and evolution. None have been yet…
Isotopic evolution of the inner Solar System inferred from molybdenum isotopes in meteoritesOPEN ACCESS
Fridolin Spitzer, Christoph Burkhardt, Gerrit Budde, Thomas S. Kruijer, Alessandro Morbidelli, Thorsten Kleine Accepted for publication in Astrophysical Journal Letters, June 17, 2020 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The fundamentally different isotopic compositions of non-carbonaceous (NC) and…
ORIGIN: a novel and compact Laser Desorption – Mass Spectrometry system for sensitive in situ detection of amino acids on extraterrestrial surfacesOPEN ACCESS
Niels F. W. Ligterink, Valentine Grimaudo, Pavel Moreno-García, Rustam Lukmanov, Marek Tulej, Ingo Leya, Robert Lindner, Peter Wurz, Charles S. Cockell, Pascale Ehrenfreund & Andreas Riedo Scientific Reports volume 10, Article number: 9641 (2020) LINK…
In situ evidence of thermally induced rock breakdown widespread on Bennu’s surfaceOPEN ACCESS
J. L. Molaro, K. J. Walsh, E. R. Jawin, R.-L. Ballouz, C. A. Bennett, D. N. DellaGiustina, D. R. Golish, C. Drouet d’Aubigny, B. Rizk, S. R. Schwartz, R. D. Hanna, S. J. Martel, M….
Identification of chondritic krypton and xenon in Yellowstone gases and the timing of terrestrial volatile accretionOPEN ACCESS
Michael W. Broadley, Peter H. Barry, David V. Bekaert, David J. Byrne, Antonio Caracausi, Christopher J. Ballentine, and Bernard Marty PNAS, first published June 8, 2020 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Identifying the origin of…
Collisional heating and compaction of small bodies: Constraints for their origin and evolution
Martin Jutzi, Patrick Michel IcarusAvailable online 5 June 2020, 113867 LINK “Highlights • We study the degree of collisional heating and compaction by analysing a large set of simulations of break-ups of small bodies in…
Collisional formation of top-shaped asteroids and implications for the origins of Ryugu and BennuOPEN ACCESS
P. Michel, R.-L. Ballouz, O. S. Barnouin, M. Jutzi, K. J. Walsh, B. H. May, C. Manzoni, D. C. Richardson, S. R. Schwartz, S. Sugita, S. Watanabe, H. Miyamoto, M. Hirabayashi, W. F. Bottke, H….
Role of spectral resolution for infrared asteroid compositional analysis using meteorite spectraOPEN ACCESS
A. Skulteti, A. Kereszturi, Zs. Kereszty, B. Pal, M. Szabo, F. Cipriani Accepted in MNRAS for publication on May 22nd, 2020 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “In this work the potential mineral identification of meteorites is analysed…
Sticking of dust/ micrometeorite particles on to ices at high impact velocities – Implications for astrochemical ice enrichment
E. Shivakarthik, J.K. Meka, Harish, V.S. Surendra, K.K. Rahul, R. Thombre, H. Hill, S. Vijayan, B. Sivaraman Planetary and Space ScienceIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 22 May 2020 LINK “Highlights • Reddy tube was…
Outward migration of chondrule fragments in the Early Solar System: O-isotopic evidence for rocky material crossing the Jupiter Gap?
Devin L. Schrader, Kazuhide Nagashima, Jemma Davidson, Timothy J. McCoy, Ryan C. Ogliore, Roger R. Fu Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 22 May 2020 LINK “Determining the origins of chondrule precursors…
Exploring the Bimodal Solar System via Sample Return from the Main Asteroid Belt: The Case for Revisiting CeresOPEN ACCESS
Thomas H. Burbine & Richard C. Greenwood Space Science Reviews, Volume 216, Article number: 59 (2020) LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Sample return from a main-belt asteroid has not yet been attempted, but appears technologically…
Solar system Nd isotope heterogeneity: Insights into nucleosynthetic components and protoplanetary disk evolution
Nikitha Susan Saji, Daniel Wielandt, Jesper Christian Holst, Martin Bizzarro Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta LINK “High-precision Nd isotope measurements of a diverse set of solar system materials including bulk chondrites and achondrites reveal that their…
Organic Matter in the Solar System—Implications for Future on-Site and Sample Return MissionsOPEN ACCESS
Zita Martins, Queenie Hoi Shan Chan, Lydie Bonal, Ashley King & Hikaru Yabuta Space Science Reviews, Volume 216, Article number: 54 (2020) LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Solar system bodies like comets, asteroids, meteorites and…
The Non-carbonaceous–Carbonaceous Meteorite DichotomyOPEN ACCESS
T. Kleine, G. Budde, C. Burkhardt, T. S. Kruijer, E. A. Worsham, A. Morbidelli & F. Nimmo Space Science Reviews, Volume 216, Article number: 55 (2020) LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The isotopic dichotomy between…
What is the Oxygen Isotope Composition of Venus? The Scientific Case for Sample Return from Earth’s “Sister” PlanetOPEN ACCESS
Richard C. Greenwood & Mahesh Anand Space Science Reviews, Volume 216, Article number: 52 (2020) LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Venus is Earth’s closest planetary neighbour and both bodies are of similar size and mass….
Sample collection from asteroid (162173) Ryugu by Hayabusa2: Implications for surface evolution
T. Morota, S. Sugita, Y. Cho, M. Kanamaru, E. Tatsumi, N. Sakatani, R. Honda, N. Hirata, H. Kikuchi, M. Yamada, Y. Yokota, S. Kameda, M. Matsuoka, H. Sawada, C. Honda, T. Kouyama, K. Ogawa, H….
Onset of magma ocean solidification on Mars inferred from Mn-Cr chronometry
S. Kruijer, Lars E. Borg, Josh Wimpenny, Corliss K. Sio Earth and Planetary Science LettersAvailable online 7 May 2020, 116315 LINK “Highlights • There are no resolvable radiogenic 53Cr variations among martian meteorites.• Mantle differentiation…
Weak Magnetic Fields in the Outer Solar Nebula Recorded in CR Chondrites
Roger R. Fu, Pauli Kehayias, Benjamin P. Weiss, Devin L. Schrader, Xue‐Ning Bai, Jacob B. Simon JGR PlanetsVolume 125, 5 May 2020 LINK ” – Paleomagnetic measurements of carbonaceous chondrites can provide important constraints on…
Dynamic evolution of major element chemistry in protoplanetary disks and its implications for chondrite formationOPEN ACCESS
Yoshinori Miyazaki, Jun Korenaga PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Chondrites are the likely building blocks of Earth, and identifying the group of chondrite that best represents Earth is a key to resolving the state of the early…
Concepts of the Small Body Sample Return Missions – the 1st 10 Million Year Evolution of the Solar System
Yangting Lin, Yonghe Zhang, Sen Hu, Yuchen Xu, Weijia Zhou, Shijie Li, Wei Yang, Yang Gao, Mingtao Li, Qingzhu Yin, Douglas Lin & Wing Ip Space Science Reviews, Volume 216, Article number: 45 (2020)Published: 20…
Hypervelocity cratering and disruption of the Northwest Africa 4502 carbonaceous chondrite meteorite: Implications for crater production, catastrophic disruption, momentum transfer and dust production on asteroids
George J. Flynn, Daniel D. Durda, Mason J. Molesky, Brian A. May, Spenser N. Congram, Colleen L. Loftus, Jacob R. Reagan, Melissa M. Strait, Robert J. Macke Planetary and Space ScienceIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available…
Accretion of a large LL parent planetesimal from a recently formed chondrule populationOPEN ACCESS
Graham H. Edwards and Terrence Blackburn Science Advances 15 Apr 2020:Vol. 6, no. 16, eaay8641DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aay8641 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Chondritic meteorites, derived from asteroidal parent bodies and composed of millimeter-sized chondrules, record the…
Variations in initial 26Al/27Al ratios among fine-grained Ca-Al-rich inclusions from reduced CV chondrites
Noriyuki Kawasaki, Sohei Wada, Changkun Park, Naoya Sakamoto, Hisayoshi Yurimoto Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 8 April 2020 LINK “Fine-grained Ca-Al-rich inclusions (FGIs) in CV chondrites are suggested to be…
Evidence for Asteroid Scattering and Distal Solar System Solids From Meteorite PaleomagnetismOPEN ACCESS
James F. J. Bryson, Benjamin P. Weiss, Eduardo A. Lima, Jérôme Gattacceca, and William S. Cassata The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 892, Number 2 LINK PDF (OPEN ACCESS) Submitted: 22 October 2021 Asteroid-sized bodies are predicted…
Cascade Model for Planetesimal Formation by Turbulent Clustering
Thomas Hartlep and Jeffrey N. Cuzzi The Astrophysical Journal Volume 892, Number 2, 2020 April 1 LINK “We use a newly developed cascade model of turbulent concentration of particles in protoplanetary nebulae to calculate several…
Alkali magmatism on a carbonaceous chondrite planetesimal
Jérôme Aléon, Alice Aléon-Toppani, Bernard Platevoet, Jacques-Marie Bardintzeff, Kevin D. McKeegan, and François Brisset PNAS, first published March 30, 2020 LINK “Recent isotopic and paleomagnetic data point to a possible connection between carbonaceous chondrites and…
The effect of progressive space weathering on the organic and inorganic components of a carbonaceous chondrite
M.S. Thompson, R.V. Morris, S.J. Clemett, M.J. Loeffler, D. Trang, L.P. Keller, R. Christoffersen, D.G. Agresti Icarus In Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 27 March 2020 LINK “Highlights • Progressive space weathering of a carbonaceous…
A refractory inclusion with solar oxygen isotopes and the rarity of such objects in the meteorite record
Levke Kööp, Kazuhide Nagashima, Andrew M. Davis, Alexander N. Krot Meteoritics & Planetary Science First Published: 27 March 2020 LINK “NASA’s Genesis mission revealed that the Sun is enriched in 16O compared to the Earth…
Potassium Isotope Compositions of Carbonaceous and Ordinary Chondrites: Implications on the Origin of Volatile Depletion in the Early Solar SystemOPEN ACCESS
Hannah Bloom, Katharina Lodders, Heng Chen, Chen Zhao,Zhen Tian, Piers Koefoed, Mária K.Pető, Yun Jiang, Kun Wang (王昆) Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 23 March 2020 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) LINK…
Early silica crust formation in planetesimals by metastable silica-rich liquid immiscibility or cristobalite crystallisation: the possible origin of silica-rich chondrulesOPEN ACCESS
François Faure Scientific Reports 10, Article number: 4765 (2020) LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The formation and differentiation processes of planetesimals—small bodies in the solar system—remain actively debated. Planetesimal differentiation is known to have…
Highly porous nature of a primitive asteroid revealed by thermal imaging
Tatsuaki Okada, Tetsuya Fukuhara, Satoshi Tanaka, Makoto Taguchi, Takehiko Arai, Hiroki Senshu, Naoya Sakatani, Yuri Shimaki, Hirohide Demura, Yoshiko Ogawa, Kentaro Suko, Tomohiko Sekiguchi, Toru Kouyama, Jun Takita, Tsuneo Matsunaga, Takeshi Imamura, Takehiko Wada, Sunao…
The orbital clusters among the near Earth asteroidsOPEN ACCESS
Tadeusz J. Jopek PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Fifteen orbital clusters (associations) were identified among∼20000near-Earth asteroids(NEAs). All associations were found with a high statisticalreliability using a single link-age cluster analysis algorithm and three orbital similarity functions. The…
Subsolar Al/Si and Mg/Si ratios of non-carbonaceous chondrites reveal planetesimal formation during early condensation in the protoplanetary diskOPEN ACCESS
A. Morbidelli, G. Libourel, H. Palme, S.A. Jacobson, D.C. Rubie Accepted for publication in EPSL PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The Al/Si and Mg/Si ratios in non-carbonaceous chondrites are lower than the solar (i.e., CI-chondritic) values, in…
Primordial formation of major silicates in a protoplanetary disc with homogeneous 26Al/27AlOPEN ACCESS
Timothy Gregory, Tu-Han Luu, Christopher D. Coath, Sara S. Russell and Tim Elliott Science Advances 11 Mar 2020: Vol. 6, no. 11, eaay9626 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aay9626 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Understanding the spatial variability…
Visible–near infrared spectral indices for mapping mineralogy and chemistry with OSIRIS‐REx
Hannah H. Kaplan, Victoria E. Hamilton, Ellen S. Howell, Scott F. Anderson, M. Antonella Barrucci, John Brucato, Thomas H. Burbine, Beth E. Clark, Ed A. Cloutis, Harold C. Connolly Jr., Elisabetta Dotto, Joshua P. Emery,…
Disk-resolved photometric modeling and properties of asteroid (101955) BennuOPEN ACCESS
D.R. Golish, D.N. DellaGiustina, J.-Y. Li, B.E. Clark, X.-D.Zoub, P.H.Smith, J.L.Rizos, P.H. Hasselmann, C.A.Bennett, S.Fornasier, R.-L.Ballouz, C. Drouet d’Aubigny, B.Rizk, M.G.Daly, O.S. Barnouin, L.Philpott, M.M.Al Asad, J.A.Seabrook, D.S.Laurett Icarus LINK (OPEN ACCESS) “Highlights • The…
Accretion of the Earth—Missing Components?OPEN ACCESS
K. Mezger, M. Schönbächler & A. Bouvier Space Science Reviews, Volume 216, Article number: 27 (2020) Published: 04 March 2020 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Primitive meteorites preserve the chemical and isotopic composition of…
The brecciated texture of polymict eucrites: Petrographic investigations of unequilibrated meteorites from the Antarctic Yamato collectionOPEN ACCESS
Christian Vollmer, Stella Rombeck, Julia Roszjar, Adam R. Sarafian, Stephan Klemme Meteoritics & Planetary Science LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “We report on the petrography and mineralogy of five Yamato polymict eucrites to better…
In situ analysis of platinum group elements in equilibrated ordinary chondrite kamacite and taenite
Cosette M. Gilmour, Christopher D. K. Herd Meteoritics & Planetary Science First Published: 29 February 2020 LINK “Platinum group element (PGE) concentrations have been determined in situ in ordinary chondrite kamacite and taenite grains via…
Iron whiskers on asteroid Itokawa indicate sulfide destruction by space weatheringOPEN ACCESS
Toru Matsumoto, Dennis Harries, Falko Langenhorst, Akira Miyake & Takaaki Noguchi Nature Communications, Volume 11, Article number: 1117 (2020) LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Extraterrestrial iron sulfide is a major mineral reservoir of the…
Observations, meteorites, and models: A pre‐flight assessment of the composition and formation of (16) Psyche
L.T. Elkins‐Tanton, E. Asphaug, J. F. Bell III, H. Bercovici, B. Bills, R. Binzel, W. F. Bottke, S. Dibb, D. J. Lawrence, S. Marchi, T. J. McCoy, R. Oran, R. S. Park, P. N. Peplowski,…
Unique angrite-like fragments in a CH3 chondrite reveal a new basaltic planetesimal
Ai-Cheng Zhang, Noriyuki Kawasaki, Minami Kuroda, Yang Li, Hua-Pei Wang, Xue-Ning Bai, Naoya Sakamoto, Qing-Zhu Yin, Hisayoshi Yurimoto Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 19 February 2020 LINK “Most meteorites are…
Velocity distribution of larger meteoroids and small asteroids impacting EarthOPEN ACCESS
Esther Drolshagen, Theresa Ott, Detlef Koschny, Gerhard Drolshagen, Anna Kristiane Schmidt, Björn Poppe Planetary and Space Science In Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 11 February 2020 LINK PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Highlights • The velocity distribution…
Linking asteroids and meteorites to the primordial planetesimal populationOPEN ACCESS
Richard C. Greenwood, Thomas H. Burbine, Ian A. Franchi Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 11 February 2020 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Meteorites provide a unique insight into early…
The violent collisional history of aqueously evolved (2) Pallas
Michaël Marsset, Miroslav Brož, Pierre Vernazza, Alexis Drouard, Julie Castillo-Rogez, Josef Hanuš, Matti Viikinkoski, Nicolas Rambaux, Benoît Carry, Laurent Jorda, Pavel Ševeček, Mirel Birlan, Franck Marchis, Edyta Podlewska-Gaca, Erik Asphaug, Przemyslaw Bartczak, Jérôme Berthier, Fabrice…
Mid-infrared spectroscopic investigation of meteorites and perspectives for thermal infrared observations at the binary asteroid Didymos
A. Skulteti, A. Kereszturi, M. Szabo, Zs Kereszty, F. Cipriani Planetary and Space Science In Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 30 January 2020 LINK “Near future missions to Near Earth Asteroids could provide new information…
Si-Mg isotopes in enstatite chondrites and accretion of reduced planetary bodiesOPEN ACCESS
Jinia Sikdar & Vinai K. Rai Scientific Reports 10 , 1–12 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Among the primitive meteorite classes, Enstatite Chondrites (EC) are believed to share a common origin with the Earth…
Xenon Isotopes Identify Large-scale Nucleosynthetic Heterogeneities across the Solar SystemOPEN ACCESS
G. Avice, M. Moreira, and J. D. Gilmour The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 889, Number 1 LINK PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Nucleosynthetic isotopic anomalies in meteorites and planetary objects contribute to our understanding of the formation of…
D/H Ratio in the Interiors of Rocky Protoplanets Accreting in the Solar Nebula
Hiroaki Saito and Kiyoshi Kuramoto Astrophysical Journal, Published 2020 January 23 LINK “The deuterium/hydrogen (D/H) ratio of primordial water partitioned into a planetary interior seems to be different on Earth and Mars. Water from volcanic…
The composition of Mars
Takashi Yoshizaki, William F. McDonough Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta Available online 21 January 2020 LINK “Comparing compositional models of the terrestrial planets provides insights into physicochemical processes that produced planet-scale similarities and differences. The widely…
Data‐driven taxonomy matching of asteroid and meteorite
Yuki Saito, Peng K. Hong, Takafumi Niihara, Hideaki Miyamoto, Kenji Fukumizu Meteoritics & Planetary Science First Published: 19 January 2020 LINK “The matching of asteroids and meteorites is a significant step toward a better understanding…
A Fireball and Potentially Hazardous Binary Near-Earth Asteroid (164121) 2003 YT1
Toshihiro Kasuga,Mikiya Sato, Masayoshi Ueda, Yasunori Fujiwara, Chie Tsuchiya, and Jun-ichi Watanabe The Astronomical Journal, Volume 159, Number 2 LINK “We present a fireball detected in the night sky over Kyoto, Japan on UT 2017…
The partitioning of the inner and outer Solar System by a structured protoplanetary disk
R. Brasser & S. J. Mojzsis Nature Astronomy (2020) Published: 13 January 2020 LINK “Mass-independent isotopic anomalies define two cosmochemically distinct regions: the carbonaceous and non-carbonaceous meteorites, implying that the non-carbonaceous (terrestrial) and carbonaceous (Jovian)…
Geochemical constraints on core-mantle differentiation in Mercury and the aubrite parent body
E.S. Steenstra, W. van Westrenen Icarus In Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 11 January 2020 LINK “Highlights • Geochemical models constraining the interior compositions of Mercury and the AuPB • The cores of Mercury and…
Primordial organic matter in the xenolithic clast in the Zag H chondrite: Possible relation to D/P asteroids
Yoko Kebukawa, Michael E. Zolensky, Motoo Ito, Nanako O. Ogawa, Yoshinori Takano, Naohiko Ohkouchi, Aiko Nakato, Hiroki Suga, Yasuo Takeichi, Yoshio Takahashi, Kensei Kobayashi Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta Available online 19 December 2019 LINK “Some…
The combined Zr and Hf isotope inventory of bulk rock and sequentially leached chondrite samples
Bo-Magnus Elfers, Sprung Peter, Messling Nils, Münker Carsten Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 17 December 2019 LINK “The stepwise acid digestion of primitive chondritic meteorites allows the identification of nucleosynthetic…
The great isotopic dichotomy of the early Solar System
Thomas S. Kruijer, Thorsten Kleine & Lars E. Borg Nature Astronomy , 1–9 (2019) LINK “The isotopic composition of meteorites and terrestrial planets holds important clues about the earliest history of the Solar System and…
Origin of Earth’s water: sources and constraintsOPEN ACCESS
Karen Meech, Sean N. Raymond Review; Chapter to appear in Planetary Astrobiology PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “We review the state of knowledge on the origin of Earth’s water. Empirical constraints come from chemical and isotopic measurements…
The origin of s-process isotope heterogeneity in the solar protoplanetary diskOPEN ACCESS
Mattias Ek, Alison C. Hunt, Maria Lugaro & Maria Schönbächler Nature Astronomy , 1–9 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) LINK “Rocky asteroids and planets display nucleosynthetic isotope variations that are attributed to the heterogeneous distribution of stardust…
Where Did They Come From, Where Did They Go. Grazing FireballsOPEN ACCESS
P.M. Shober, T. Jansen-Sturgeon, E.K. Sansom, H.A.R. Devillepoix, M.C. Towner, P.A. Bland, M. Cupák, R.M. Howie, B.A.D. Hartig Submitted to The Astrophysical Journal PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “For centuries extremely-long grazing fireball displays have fascinated observers…
Distribution and spectrophotometric classification of basaltic asteroidsOPEN ACCESS
Jad-Alexandru Mansour, Marcel Popescu, Julia de León, Javier Licandro MNRAS 000, 1–13 (2019) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “We aim to determine the distribution of basaltic asteroids (classified as V-types) based on the spectrophotometric data reported in…
Discovery of fossil asteroidal ice in primitive meteorite Acfer 094OPEN ACCESS
Megumi Matsumoto, Akira Tsuchiyama, Aiko Nakato, Junya Matsuno, Akira Miyake, Akimasa Kataoka, Motoo Ito, Naotaka Tomioka, Yu Kodama, Kentaro Uesugi, Akihisa Takeuchi, Tsukasa Nakano and Epifanio Vaccaro Science Advances 20 Nov 2019: Vol. 5, no….
Linking mineralogy and spectroscopy of highly aqueously altered CM and CI carbonaceous chondrites in preparation for primitive asteroid sample returnOPEN ACCESS
H. C. Bates, A. J. King, K. L. Donaldson Hanna, N. E. Bowles, S. S. Russell Meteoritics & Planetary Science First Published: 19 November 2019 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The highly hydrated, petrologic…
Origin of the Short-lived Radionuclide 10Be and Its Implications for the Astronomical Setting of CAI Formation in the Solar Protoplanetary Disk
Kohei Fukuda, Hajime Hiyagon, Wataru Fujiya, Naoto Takahata, Takanori Kagoshima, and Yuji Sano The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 886, Number 1 Published 2019 November 15 LINK “We report Li–Be–B and Al–Mg isotopic compositions of Ca-Al-rich inclusions…
Revolutionizing Our Understanding of the Solar System via Sample Return from Mercury
Kathleen E. Vander Kaaden, Francis M. McCubbin, Paul K. Byrne, Nancy L. Chabot, Carolyn M. Ernst, Catherine L. Johnson, Michelle S. Thompson Space Science Reviews November 2019, 215:49 LINK “Data from Mariner 10, MESSENGER, and…
Primordial water and dust of the Solar System: Insights from in-situ oxygen measurements of CI chondrites
Maxime Piralla, Yves Marrocchi, Maximilien J. Verdier-Paoletti, Lionel G. Vacher, Johan Villeneuve, Laurette Piani, David V. Bekaert, Matthieu Gounelle Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 6 November 2019 LINK “As the…
Momentum transfer in hypervelocity cratering of meteorites and meteorite analogs: Implications for orbital evolution and kinetic impact deflection of asteroids
George J. Flynn, Daniel D. Durda, Mason J. Molesky, Brian A. May, Spenser N. Congram, Colleen L. Loftus, Jacob R. Reagan, Melissa M. Strait, Robert J. Macke International Journal of Impact Engineering Volume 136, February…
Rapid condensation of the first Solar System solidsOPEN ACCESS
Yves Marrocchi, Johan Villeneuve, Emmanuel Jacquet, Maxime Piralla, and Marc Chaussidon PNAS first published November 4, 2019 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Chondritic meteorites are composed of primitive components formed during the evolution of…
Search for the H Chondrite Parent Body among the Three Largest S-type Asteroids: (3) Juno, (7) Iris, and (25) Phocaea
John W. Noonan, Vishnu Reddy, Walter M. Harris, William F. Bottke, Juan A. Sanchez, Roberto Furfaro, Zarah Brown, Rachel Fernandes, Theodore Kareta, Cassandra Lejoly The Astronomical Journal, Volume 158, Number 5 LINK “Linking meteorites to…
A carbonaceous chondrite and cometary origin for icy moons of Jupiter and Saturn
Adrien Néri, François Guyot, Bruno Reynard, Christophe Sotin Earth and Planetary Science Letters In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 30 October 2019 LINK “Highlights • Mineralogy and equation of state (EoS) are calculated for CI…
Space weathering by simulated micrometeorite bombardment on natural olivine and pyroxene: A coordinated IR and TEM study
Iris Weber, Aleksandra N. Stojic, Andreas Morlok, Maximilian P. Reitze, Kathrin Markus, Harald Hiesinger, Sergey G. Pavlov, Richard Wirth, Anja Schreiber, Martin Sohn, Heinz-Wilhelm Hübers, Jörn Helbert Earth and Planetary Science Letters In Press, Corrected…
Space weathering induced formation of hydrogen sulfide (H2S) and hydrogen disulfide (H2S2) in the Murchison meteorite
Cheng Zhu, Sándor Góbi, Matthew J. Abplanalp, Robert Frigge, Jeffrey J. Gillis‐Davis, Ralf I. Kaiser JGR Planets First published: 21 October 2019 LINK “Theoretical calculations and experimental simulations indicate that the surprisingly low sulfur abundance…
Molecular Cloud Origin for Oxygen Isotopic Heterogeneity Recorded by a Primordial Spinel-rich Refractory Inclusion
Justin I. Simon, D. Kent Ross, Ann N. Nguyen, Steven B. Simon, and Scott Messenger The Astrophysical Journal Letters, Volume 884, Number 2 LINK “A spinel-rich, layered calcium- aluminum-rich spherule from the MIL 090019 CO3…
Fingerprints of the Protosolar Cloud Collapse in the Solar System. I. Distribution of Presolar Short-lived 26Al
Francesco C. Pignatale, Emmanuel Jacquet, Marc Chaussidon, and Sébastien Charnoz The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 884, Number 1 LINK “The short-lived radionuclide 26Al is widely used to determine the relative ages of chondrite components and timescales…
Fingerprints of the Protosolar Cloud Collapse in the Solar System. II. Nucleosynthetic Anomalies in MeteoritesOPEN ACCESS
Emmanuel Jacquet, Francesco C. Pignatale, Marc Chaussidon, and Sébastien Charnoz The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 884, Number 1 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) LINK “The isotopic heterogeneity of the solar system shown by meteorite analyses is more pronounced…
Dy, Er, and Yb isotope compositions of meteorites and their components: Constraints on presolar carriers of the rare earth elementsOPEN ACCESS
Quinn R. Shollenberger, Gregory A. Brennecka Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 529, 1 January 2020, 115866 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) “Highlights • We present new methods to measure Dy isotopes by MC-ICPMS. • Bulk meteorites…
Regenerative water sources on surfaces of airless bodies
Cheng Zhu, Sándor Góbi, Matthew J. Abplanalp, Robert Frigge, Jeffrey J. Gillis-Davis, Gerardo Dominguez, Katarina Miljković & Ralf I. Kaiser Nature Astronomy (2019) Published: 07 October 2019 LINK “Spectroscopic signatures of water and hydroxyl radicals…
A reassessment of the iron isotope composition of the Moon and its implications for accretion and differentiation of terrestrial planets
Franck Poitrasson, Thomas Zambardi, Tomas Magna, Clive R. Neal Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta Available online 30 September 2019 LINK “The Fe isotope composition of planetary bodies may provide constraints on their accretion modes and/or differentiation…
Heterogeneous evolution of the galaxy and the origin of the short-lived nuclides in the early solar systemOPEN ACCESS
T. Kaur, S. Sahijpal Accepted for MNRAS PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “We present galactic chemical evolution (GCE) models of the short-lived radionuclides (SLRs), 26Al, 36Cl, 41Ca, 53Mn and 60Fe, across the entire Milky Way galaxy. The…
Nanodeformation in enstatite single crystals: simulation of micrometeoroid impacts by femtosecond pulsed laser experiments
Doreen Schmidt, Kilian Pollok, Gabor Matthäus, Stefan Nolte, Falko Langenhorst Geochemistry In Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 21 September 2019 LINK “Space weathering by micrometeoroid bombardment is a cosmic phenomenon on atmosphere-free celestial bodies, a…
The origin of unequilibrated EH chondrites – constraints from in-situ analysis of Si isotopes, major and trace elements in silicates and metal
Yogita Kadlag, Michael Tatzel, Daniel A. Frick, Harry Becker Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 16 September 2019 LINK “Various lines of evidence suggest that material isotopically similar to enstatite chondrites…
Ferrovolcanism on metal worlds and the origin of pallasitesOPEN ACCESS
Brandon C. Johnson, Michael M. Sori & Alexander J. Evans Nature Astronomy, 1–4, published: 16 September 2019 LINK PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “As differentiated planetesimals cool, their cores can solidify from the outside in1, as evidenced…
Interstellar Visitors: A Physical Characterization of Comet C/2019 Q4 (Borisov) with OSIRIS at the 10.4 m GTC
Julia de Leon, Javier Licandro, Miquel Serra-Ricart, Antonio Cabrera-Lavers, Joan Font Serra, Riccardo Scarpa, Carlos de la Fuente Marcos,.and Raúl de la Fuente Marcos Draft version September 13, 2019preprint, AAS20106 PDF (download) AV data “Comet…
Aluminum-26 chronology of dust coagulation and early solar system evolutionOPEN ACCESS
M.-C. Liu, J. Han, A. J. Brearley and A. T. Hertwig Science Advances 11 Sep 2019: Vol. 5, no. 9, eaaw3350 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aaw3350 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Dust condensation and coagulation in the…
Water vapour in the atmosphere of the habitable-zone eight-Earth-mass planet K2-18 bOPEN ACCESS
Angelos Tsiaras, Ingo P. Waldmann, Giovanna Tinetti, Jonathan Tennyson & Sergey N. Yurchenko Nature Astronomy (2019) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) LINK “In the past decade, observations from space and the ground have found water to be…
The Properties of Planetesimal Collisions under Jupiter’s Perturbation and the Application to Chondrule Formation via Impact JettingOPEN ACCESS
Shoichi Oshino, Yasuhiro Hasegawa, Shigeru Wakita, Yuji Matsumoto The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 884, Number 1 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) LINK “Understanding chondrule formation provides invaluable clues about the origin of the solar system. Recent studies suggest…
Detection of Crystalline and Fine-grained Calcic Plagioclases on Vesta
E. Palomba, E. D’Aversa, T. M. Sato, A. Longobardo, F. Dirri, S. Aoki, G. Orton, G. Sindoni, F. Oliva, G. Carrozzo, and Y. Kasaba The Astrophysical Journal Letters, Volume 882, Number 2 LINK “Plagioclase feldspars…
Origin and abundances of H2O in the terrestrial planets, Moon, and asteroids
Francis M. McCubbin, Jessica J. Barnes Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 526, 15 November 2019, 115771 LINK “Highlights • Interstellar ices were added to the inner and outer Solar System within 4 Ma of…
Chondrule Formation by the Jovian Sweeping Secular ResonanceOPEN ACCESS
Munan Gong, Xiaochen Zheng, Douglas N.C. Lin, Kedron Silsbee, Clement Baruteau, Shude Mao Accepted for publication by ApJ PDF (OPEN ACCESS) LINK “Chondrules are silicate spheroids found in meteorites, serving as important fossil records of…
Images from the surface of asteroid Ryugu show rocks similar to carbonaceous chondrite meteorites
R. Jaumann, N. Schmitz, T.-M. Ho, S. E. Schröder, K. A. Otto, K. Stephan, S. Elgner, K. Krohn, F. Preusker, F. Scholten, J. Biele, S. Ulamec, C. Krause, S. Sugita, K.-D. Matz, T. Roatsch, R….
GAUSS — A Sample Return Mission to CeresOPEN ACCESS
Xian Shi, Julie Castillo-Rogez, Henry Hsieh, Hejiu Hui, Wing-Huen Ip, Hanlun Lei, Jian-Yang Li, Federico Tosi, Liyong Zhou, Jessica Agarwal, Antonella Barucci, Pierre Beck, Adriano Campo Bagatin, Fabrizio Capaccioni, Andrew Coates, Gabriele Cremonese, Rene Duffard,…
MINERALOGY, PETROGRAPHY, AND OXYGEN AND ALUMINUM-MAGNESIUM ISOTOPE SYSTEMATICS OF GROSSITE-BEARING REFRACTORY INCLUSIONS
Alexander N. Krot, Kazuhide Nagashima, Steven B. Simon, Chi Ma, Harold C. Connolly Jr., Gary R. Huss, Andrew M. Davis, Martin Bizzarro Geochemistry Available online 15 August 2019 LINK “Grossite (CaAl4O7) is one of the…
Pb isotope evidence for rapid accretion and differentiation of planetary embryosOPEN ACCESS
J.N. Connelly, M. Schiller, M. Bizzarro Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 525, 1 November 2019, 115722 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Highlights • We report a Pb-Pb age of 4565.47 ± 0.30 Ma…
Cr isotopes in physically separated components of the Allende CV3 and Murchison CM2 chondrites: Implications for isotopic heterogeneity in the solar nebula and parent body processesOPEN ACCESS
Yogita Kadlag, Harry Becker, Andreas Harbott Meteoritics & Planetary Science First Published: 12 August 2019 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Chromium isotopic data of physically separated components (chondrules, CAIs, variably magnetic size fractions) of…
Selenium isotopes as tracers of a late volatile contribution to Earth from the outer Solar System
María Isabel Varas-Reus, Stephan König, Aierken Yierpan, Jean-Pierre Lorand & Ronny Schoenberg Nature Geoscience, 1–4, Published: 12 August 2019 LINK “The origin of Earth’s volatiles has been attributed to a late addition of meteoritic material…
Cosmic dust fluxes in the atmospheres of Earth, Mars, and VenusOPEN ACCESS
Juan Diego Carrillo-Sánchez, Juan Carlos Gómez-Martín, David L. Bones, David Nesvorný, Petr Pokorný, Mehdi Benna, George J. Flynn, John M.C. Plane Icarus Available online 2 August 2019 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The ablation…
Mid-infrared spectroscopy of laser-produced basalt melts for remote sensing application
Andreas Morlok, Christopher Hamann, Dayl Martin, Iris Weber, Katherine H.Joy, Harald Hiesinger, Roy Wogelius, Aleksandra Stojic, Joern Helbert Icarus Available online 7 August 2019 LINK “Highlights • Mid-Infrared spectroscopy of laser generated basaltic melts •…
Origin of alkylphosphonic acids in the interstellar mediumOPEN ACCESS
Andrew M. Turner, Matthew J. Abplanalp, Alexandre Bergantini, Robert Frigge, Cheng Zhu, Bing-Jian Sun, Chun-Ta Hsiao, Agnes H. H. Chang Cornelia Meinert, and Ralf I. Kaiser Science Advances 07 Aug 2019: Vol. 5, no. 8,…
The composition and structure of Ceres’ interior
Mikhail Yu. Zolotov Icarus Available online 7 August 2019, 113404 LINK “Highlights • Ceres’ shape agrees with an organic-rich interior suggested from the surface composition. • Ceres could consist of a mixture of 12–29 vol.%…
Metal-silicate partitioning systematics of siderophile elements at reducing conditions: A new experimental database
E.S. Steenstra, A.X. Seegers, R. Putter, J. Berndt, S. Klemme, S. Matveev, E. Bullock, W. van Westrenen Icarus LINK “Highlights • The activity coefficient of FeO decreases with decreasing oxygen fugacity. • Silicon in metal…
Titanium isotope signatures of calcium-aluminum-rich inclusions from CV and CK chondrites: Implications for early Solar System reservoirs and mixing
Zachary A. Torrano, Gregory A. Brennecka, Curtis D. Williams, Stephen J. Romaniello, Vinai K. Rai, Rebekah R.Hines, Meenakshi Wadhwaa Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 2 August 2019 LINK “Calcium-aluminum-rich inclusions…
Oxygen isotopic composition of an enstatite ribbon of probable cometary originOPEN ACCESS
Ryan C. Ogliore, Donald E. Brownlee, Kazuhide Nagashima, David J. Joswiak, Josiah B. Lewis, Alexander N. Krot, Kainen L. Utt, Gary R. Huss Meteoritics & Planetary Science First Published: 23 July 2019 PDF (OPEN ACCESS)…
Q-type asteroids: Possibility of non-fresh weathered surfacesOPEN ACCESS
Sunao Hasegawa, Takahiro Hiroi, Katsuhito Ohtsuka, Masateru Ishiguro, Daisuke Kuroda, Takashi Ito, Sho Sasaki accepted for publication in PASJ PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Itokawa particles, which are the recovered samples from the S-complex asteroid 25143 Itokawa…
Combined mass-dependent and nucleosynthetic isotope variations in refractory inclusions and their mineral separates to determine their original Fe isotope compositions
Quinn R. Shollenberger, Andreas Wittke, Jan Render, Prajkta Mane, Stephan Schuth, Stefan Weyer, Nikolaus Gussone, Meenakshi Wadhwa, Gregory A. Brennecka Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 17 July 2019 LINK “Calcium-aluminum-rich…
Zinc isotope analyses of singularly small samples (<5 ng Zn): investigating chondrule-matrix complementarity in LeovilleOPEN ACCESS
Elishevah van Kooten, Frederic Moynier Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 2019 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) Update (18 July 2019): LINK “The potential complementarity between chondrules and matrix of chondrites, the Solar System’s building blocks, is still a…
Low thermal conductivity boulder with high porosity identified on C-type asteroid (162173) Ryugu
M. Grott, J. Knollenberg, M. Hamm, K. Ogawa, R. Jaumann, K. A. Otto, M. Delbo, P. Michel, J. Biele, W. Neumann, M. Knapmeyer, E. Kührt, H. Senshu, T. Okada, J. Helbert, A. Maturilli, N. Müller,…
Bulk chondrite variability in mass independent magnesium isotope compositions – Implications for initial solar system 26Al/27Al and the timing of terrestrial accretion
Tu-Han Luu, Remco C. Hin, Christopher D. Coath, Tim Elliott Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 522, 15 September 2019, Pages 166-175 LINK “Highlights • Bulk chondrites Al–Mg isotope analyses define a canonical isochron. •…
Three-dimensional imaging of crack growth in L chondrites after high-velocity impact experimentsOPEN ACCESS
Tatsuhiro Michikami, Axel Hagermann, Akira Tsuchiyama, Hirotaka Yamaguchi, Terunori Irie, Keita Nomura, Osamu Sasaki, Michihiko Nakamura, Satoshi Okumura, Sunao Hasegawa Planetary and Space Science In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 11 July 2019 LINK (OPEN…
Sulfur isotope study of sulfides in CI, CM, C2ung chondrites and volatile-rich clasts – evidence for different generations and reservoirs of sulfide formation
Robbin Visser, Timm John, Markus Patzek, Addi Bischoff, Martin J. Whitehouse Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 8 July 2019 LINK “Deciphering aspects of the solar system’s formation process and the…
Elemental and isotopic variability in solar system materials by mixing and processing of primordial disk reservoirsOPEN ACCESS
Christoph Burkhardt, Nicolas Dauphas, Ulrik Hans, Bernard Bourdon, Thorsten Kleine Accepted for publication in Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta / published 9 July 2019 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) Update (9 July 2019): LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN…
Galactic Chemical Evolution of Radioactive Isotopes
Benoit Côté, Maria Lugaro, Rene Reifarth, Marco Pignatari, Blanka Világos, Andrés Yagüe, and Brad K. Gibson The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 878, Number 2 LINK “The presence of short-lived (~Myr) radioactive isotopes in meteoritic inclusions at…
Combined U-corrected Pb-Pb dating and 26Al-26Mg systematics of individual chondrules – evidence for a reduced initial abundance of 26Al amongst inner Solar System chondrules
Jean Bollard, Noriyuki Kawasaki, Naoya Sakamoto, Mia Olsen, Shoichi Itoh, Kirsten Larsen, Daniel Wielandt, Martin Schiller, James N. Connelly, Hisayoshi Yurimoto, Martin Bizzarro Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 22 June…
Investigating magmatic processes in the early Solar System using the Cl isotopic systematics of eucritesOPEN ACCESS
T.J. Barrett, J.J. Barnes, M. Anand, I.A. Franchi, R.C. Greenwood, B.L.A. Charlier, X.Zhao, F. Moyniere, M.M. Grady Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 22 June 2019 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN…
Distinct evolution of the carbonaceous and non-carbonaceous reservoirs: Insights from Ru, Mo, and W isotopes
Emily A. Worsham, Christoph Burkhardt, Gerrit Budde, Mario Fischer-Gödde,Thomas S.Kruijer, Thorsten Kleine Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 521, 1 September 2019, Pages 103-112 LINK “Highlights • Isotope characteristics of Ru, Mo, and W in…
Constraints on asteroid magnetic field evolution and the radii of meteorite parent bodies from thermal modelling
James F. J. Bryson, Jerome A. Neufeld, Francis Nimmo Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 521, 1 September 2019, Pages 68-78 LINK “Highlights • We predict the timing of asteroid magnetic field generation using thermal…
Rocky Planetesimal Formation Aided by Organics
Kazuaki A. Homma, Satoshi Okuzumi, Taishi Nakamoto, and Yuta Ueda The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 877, Number 2 LINK “The poor stickiness of silicate dust grains is a major obstacle to the formation of rocky planetesimals….
Dust Condensation in Evolving Discs and the Composition of Meteorites, Planetesimals, and PlanetsOPEN ACCESS
Min Li, Shichun Huang, Michail I. Petaev, Zhaohuan Zhu, Jason H. Steffen Submitted to MNRAS PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Partial condensation of dust from the Solar nebula is thought to be responsible for the diverse chemical…
Migration of D-type asteroids from the outer Solar System inferred from carbonate in meteoritesOPEN ACCESS
Wataru Fujiya, Peter Hoppe, Takayuki Ushikubo, Kohei Fukuda, Paula Lindgren, Martin R. Lee, Mizuho Koike, Kotaro Shirai, Yuji Sano Submitted to Nature Astronomy Version May 31, 2019 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Recent dynamical models of Solar…
New clues to ancient water on Itokawa
Ziliang Jin, Maitrayee Bose Science Advances 01 May 2019: Vol. 5, no. 5, eaav8106 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aav8106 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “We performed the first measurements of hydrogen isotopic composition and water content in…
The geomorphology, color, and thermal properties of Ryugu: Implications for parent-body processes
S. Sugita, R. Honda, T. Morota, S. Kameda, H. Sawada, E. Tatsumi, M. Yamada, C. Honda, Y. Yokota, T. Kouyama, N. Sakatani, K. Ogawa, H. Suzuki, T. Okada, N. Namiki, S. Tanaka, Y. Iijima, K….
The surface composition of asteroid 162173 Ryugu from Hayabusa2 near-infrared spectroscopy
K. Kitazato, R. E. Milliken, T. Iwata, M. Abe, M. Ohtake, S. Matsuura, T. Arai, Y. Nakauchi, T. Nakamura, M. Matsuoka, H. Senshu8 N. Hirata, T. Hiroi, C. Pilorget, R. Brunetto, F. Poulet, L. Riu,…
Inference of meteoroid characteristics using a genetic algorithmOPEN ACCESS
Ana Maria Tarano, Lorien Wheeler, Sigrid Close, Donovan Mathias Icarus LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) • A new approach for automatically inferring meteoroid parameters is presented. • Objective function and tuning parameters for the…
