Dwarf planet (1) Ceres surface bluing due to high porosity resulting from sublimationOPEN ACCESS
Stefan E. Schröder, Olivier Poch, Marco Ferrari, Simone De Angelis, Robin Sultana, Sandra M. Potin, Pierre Beck, Maria Cristina De Sanctis & Bernard Schmitt Nature Communications 12 , 1–9 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The…
History of the solar nebula from meteorite paleomagnetismOPEN ACCESS
Benjamin P. Weiss, Xue-Ning Bai and Roger R. Fu Science Advances 01 Jan 2021:Vol. 7, no. 1, eaba5967DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aba5967 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) Supplementary Materials “We review recent advances in our understanding of magnetism…
Organic Material on Ceres: Insights from Visible and Infrared Space ObservationsOPEN ACCESS
Andrea Raponi, Maria Cristina De Sanctis, Filippo Giacomo Carrozzo, Mauro Ciarniello, Batiste Rousseau, Marco Ferrari , Eleonora Ammannito, Simone De Angelis, Vassilissa Vinogradoff, Julie C. Castillo-Rogez, Federico Tosi, Alessandro Frigeri, Michelangelo Formisano, Francesca Zambon, Carol…
Formation of Venus, Earth and Mars: Constrained by Isotopes
Helmut Lammer, Ramon Brasser, Anders Johansen, Manuel Scherf & Martin Leitzinger Space Science ReviewsPublished: 22 December 2020 LINKUpdate (12 February 2021); PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Here we discuss the current state of knowledge of terrestrial planet…
Spin evolution of Ceres and Vesta due to impacts
Xiaochen Mao, William B. McKinnon Meteoritics & Planetary ScienceVersion of Record online: 05 December 2020 LINK “All asteroid spins evolve due to collisions. Geophysical analysis (Mao and McKinnon 2018b) implies Ceres might have been modestly…
Variable refractory lithophile element compositions of planetary building blocksOPEN ACCESS
Takashi Yoshizaki, Richard D. Ash, Marc D. Lipella, Tetsuya Yokoyama, William F. McDonough PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Chondrites are undifferentiated sediments of materials left over from the earliest stage of the solar system history, and are…
Observational constraints on the likelihood of 26Al in planet-forming environmentsOPEN ACCESS
Megan Reiter accepted to A&A Letters PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Recent work suggests that 26Al may determine the water budget in terrestrial exoplanets as its radioactive decay dehydrates planetesimals leading to rockier compositions. Here I consider…
A probabilistic approach to determination of Ceres’ average surface composition from Dawn VIR and GRaND dataOPEN ACCESS
H. Kurokawa, B. L. Ehlmann, M. C. De Sanctis, M. G. A. Lapôtre, T. Usui, N. T. Stein, T. H. Prettyman, A. Raponi, M. Ciarniello accepted for publication in JGR: Planets PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The…
Mass-independent and mass-dependent Cr isotopic composition of the Rumuruti (R) chondrites: Implications for their origin and planet formationOPEN ACCESS
Ke Zhu (朱柯), Frédéric Moynier, Martin Schiller, Conel M. O’D. Alexander, Jean-Alix Barrat, Addi Bischoff, Martin Bizzarro Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaIn Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 15 October 2020 LINK PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Chromium (Cr)…
The surface of (1) Ceres in visible light as seen by Dawn/VIROPEN ACCESS
B. Rousseau, M. C. De Sanctis, A. Raponi, M. Ciarniello, E. Ammannito, A. Frigeri, M. Ferrari, S. De Angelis, F. Tosi, S. E. Schröder, C. A. Raymond, C. T. Russell A&A 642, A74 (2020)Published online…
The vanadium isotope composition of Mars: implications for planetary differentiation in the early solar systemOPEN ACCESS
S.G. Nielsen, D.V. Bekaert, T. Magna, K. Mezger, M. Auro Geochem. Persp. Let. (2020) 15, 35–39 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The V isotope composition of martian meteorites reveals that Bulk Silicate Mars (BSM) is…
Rocklines as Cradles for Refractory Solids in the Protosolar Nebula
Artyom Aguichine, Olivier Mousis, Bertrand Devouard, Thomas Ronnet The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 901, Number 2Published 2020 September 25 LINK “In our solar system, terrestrial planets and meteoritical matter exhibit various bulk compositions. To understand this…
Accretion disk’s magnetic field controlled the composition of the terrestrial planetsOPEN ACCESS
William F McDonough, Takashi Yoshizaki LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (DOWNLOAD) “Chondrites, the building blocks of the terrestrial planets, have mass and atomic proportions of oxygen, iron, magnesium, and silicon totaling ≥90% and variable Mg/Si (∼25%), Fe/Si…
Chondrules reveal large-scale outward transport of inner Solar System materials in the protoplanetary diskOPEN ACCESS
Curtis D. Williams, Matthew E. Sanborn, Céline Defouilloy, Qing-Zhu Yin, Noriko T. Kita, Denton S. Ebel, Akane Yamakawa, and Katsuyuki Yamashita PNAS, first published September 8, 2020 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Dynamic models of…
Isotopically distinct terrestrial planets via local accretion
Jingyi Mah, Ramon Brasser IcarusAvailable online 21 August 2020, 114052 LINK “Highlights • We find out what the depleted disc model predicts for the terrestrial planets’ isotopic compositions.• The terrestrial planets accrete most of their…
Post-impact cryo-hydrologic formation of small mounds and hills in Ceres’s Occator crater
B. E. Schmidt, H. G. Sizemore, K. H. G. Hughson, K. D. Duarte, V. N. Romero, J. E. C. Scully, P. M. Schenk, D. L. Buczkowski, D. A. Williams, A. Nathues, K. Udell, J. C….
Evidence of non-uniform crust of Ceres from Dawn’s high-resolution gravity data
R. S. Park, A. S. Konopliv, A. I. Ermakov, J. C. Castillo-Rogez, R. R. Fu, K. H. G. Hughson, T. H. Prettyman, C. A. Raymond, J. E. C. Scully, H. G. Sizemore, M. M. Sori,…
Impact-driven mobilization of deep crustal brines on dwarf planet Ceres
C. A. Raymond, A. I. Ermakov, J. C. Castillo-Rogez, S. Marchi, B. C. Johnson, M. A. Hesse, J. E. C. Scully, D. L. Buczkowski, H. G. Sizemore, P. M. Schenk, A. Nathues, R. S. Park,…
Fresh emplacement of hydrated sodium chloride on Ceres from ascending salty fluids
M. C. De Sanctis, E. Ammannito, A. Raponi, A. Frigeri, M. Ferrari, F. G. Carrozzo, M. Ciarniello, M. Formisano, B. Rousseau, F. Tosi, F. Zambon, C. A. Raymond & C. T. Russell Nature Astronomy, Volume…
The varied sources of faculae-forming brines in Ceres’ Occator crater emplaced via hydrothermal brine effusionOPEN ACCESS
J. E. C. Scully, P. M. Schenk, J. C. Castillo-Rogez, D. L. Buczkowski, D. A. Williams, J. H. Pasckert, K. D. Duarte, V. N. Romero, L. C. Quick, M. M. Sori, M. E. Landis, C….
Impact heat driven volatile redistribution at Occator crater on Ceres as a comparative planetary processOPEN ACCESS
P. Schenk, J. Scully, D. Buczkowski, H. Sizemore, B. Schmidt, C. Pieters, A. Neesemann, D. O’Brien, S. Marchi, D. Williams, A. Nathues, M. De Sanctis, F. Tosi, C. T. Russell, J. Castillo-Rogez & C. Raymond…
Recent cryovolcanic activity at Occator crater on Ceres
A. Nathues, N. Schmedemann, G. Thangjam, J. H. Pasckert, K. Mengel, J. Castillo-Rogez, E. A. Cloutis, H. Hiesinger, M. Hoffmann, L. Le Corre, J.-Y. Li, C. Pieters, C. A. Raymond, V. Reddy, O. Ruesch &…
Petrological evidence for the existence and disruption of a 500 km-sized differentiated planetesimal of enstatite-chondritic parentage
Dennis Harries, Addi Bischoff Earth and Planetary Science LettersVolume 548, 15 October 2020, 116506 LINK “Highlights • A unique enstatite-rich lithology was found among Almahata Sitta meteorite samples.• Petrology indicates a radius of ∼500 km…
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…
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)…
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…
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…
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…
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….
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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 •…
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…
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…
Probing the protosolar disk using dust filtering at gaps in the early Solar SystemOPEN ACCESS
Troels Haugbølle, Philipp Weber, Daniel P. Wielandt, Pablo Benítez-Llambay, Martin Bizzarro, Oliver Gressel, Martin E. Pessah accepted by Astrophysical Journal PDF (OPEN ACCESS) ” Jupiter and Saturn formed early, before the gas disk dispersed. The…
Fates of hydrous materials during planetesimal collisionsOPEN ACCESS
Shigeru Wakita, Hidenori Genda PDF (OPEN ACCESS) Update (Icarus, 20 March 2019) LINK “Hydrous minerals are found on the surfaces of asteroids, but their origin is not clear. If their origin is endogenic, the hydrous…
Accretion of water in carbonaceous chondrites: current evidence and implications for the delivery of water to early EarthOPEN ACCESS
Josep M. Trigo-Rodríguez, Albert Rimola, Safoura Tanbakouei, Victoria Cabedo, Martin Lee Presented in the International ESAC workshop “Ices in the Solar System” To be published in Space Science Reviews (SPAC-D-18-00036R3) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) Update (12…
Near-equilibrium isotope fractionation during planetesimal evaporationOPEN ACCESS
E.D. Young, A. Shahar, F. Nimmo, H.E. Schlichting, E.A. Schauble, H. Tang, J. Labidi Icarus Available online 21 January 2019 LINK PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Highlights • Silicon and Mg in differentiated rocky bodies exhibit heavy…
On the principle building blocks of Mars and Earth
Christian Liebske, Amir Khan IcarusAvailable online 20 January 2019 LINK “Highlights • Stochastic mixing of chondrites and achondrites to reconcile isotopic signatures for Mars and Earth indicate highly non-unique solution spaces • Complementary geophysical and…
Magma ascent in planetesimals: Control by grain size
Tim Lichtenberg, Tobias Keller, Richard F.Katz, Gregor J. Golabek, Taras V. Gerya Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 507, 1 February 2019, Pages 154-165 LINK “Highlights • Planetesimal melt transport regimes from coupled models of…
An aqueously altered carbon-rich Ceres
S. Marchi, A. Raponi, T. H. Prettyman, M. C. De Sanctis, J. Castillo-Rogez, C. A. Raymond, E. Ammannito, T. Bowling, M. Ciarniello, H. Kaplan, E. Palomba, C. T. Russell, V. Vinogradoff & N. Yamashita Nature…
The formation of Jupiter by hybrid pebble–planetesimal accretionOPEN ACCESS
Yann Alibert, Julia Venturini, Ravit Helled, Sareh Ataiee, Remo Burn, Luc Senecal, Willy Benz, Lucio Mayer, Christoph Mordasini, Sascha P. Quanz & Maria Schönbächler Nature Astronomy (2018) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) LINK “The standard model for…
Radioactive nuclei from cosmochronology to habitabilityOPEN ACCESS
M. Lugaro, U. Ott, Á. Kereszturi Review published in Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics Volume 102, September 2018, Pages 1-47 1 August 2018 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “In addition to long-lived radioactive nuclei like U…
Hydrothermal dynamics in a CM‐based model of Ceres
B. J. Travis, P. A. Bland, W. C. Feldman, M. V. Sykes Meteoritics & Planetary Science First published: 28 June 2018 doi:10.1111/maps.13138 LINK “A 2‐D numerical study of the evolution of Ceres from a “frozen…
Compositional variability on the surface of 1 Ceres revealed through GRaND measurements of high‐energy gamma raysOPEN ACCESS
Lawrence, D. J., Peplowski, P. N., Beck, A. W., Feldman, W. C., Prettyman, T. H., Russell, C. T., Toplis, M. J., Wilson, J. T., Ammannito, E. , Castillo‐Rogez, J. C., DeSanctis, M. C., Mest, S….
The ungrouped achondrite Northwest Africa (NWA) 7325: Spectral reflectance properties and implications for parent body identification
Edward A. Cloutis, Vishnu Reddy, David T. Blewett Icarus In Press, Available online 24 April 2018 LINK “Highlights • the ungrouped achondrite NWA 7325 has been spectrally characterized • NWA 7325 reflectance spectra show diagnostic…
Ambient and cold‐temperature infrared spectra and XRD patterns of ammoniated phyllosilicates and carbonaceous chondrite meteorites relevant to Ceres and other solar system bodiesOPEN ACCESS
Bethany L. Ehlmann, Robert Hodyss, Thomas F. Bristow, George R. Rossman, Eleonora Ammannito, M. Cristina De Sanctis, Carol A. Raymond Meteorit Planet Sci. . doi:10.1111/maps.13103 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Mg‐phyllosilicate‐bearing, dark surface materials…
A large planetary body inferred from diamond inclusions in a ureilite meteoriteOPEN ACCESS
Farhang Nabiei, James Badro, Teresa Dennenwaldt, Emad Oveisi, Marco Cantoni, Cécile Hébert, Ahmed El Goresy, Jean-Alix Barrat & Philippe Gillet Nature Communications, Volume 9, Article number: 1327 (2018) doi:10.1038/s41467-018-03808-6 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS)…
Reflectance spectra of synthetic Fe-free ortho- and clinoenstatites in the UV/VIS/IR and implications for remote sensing detection of Fe-free pyroxenes on planetary surfaces
Kathrin Markus, Lyuba Moroz, Gabriele Arnold, Daniela Henckel, Harald Hiesinger, Arno Rohrbach, Klemme Stephan Planetary and Space Science Available online 11 April 2018 LINK “Highlights • Even extremely Fe-poor pyroxenes show deep ultraviolet absorption bands….
Ceres’ spectral link to carbonaceous chondrites — Analysis of the dark background materials
Michael Schäfer, Tanja Schäfer, Matthew R. M. Izawa, Edward A. Cloutis, Stefan E. Schröder, Thomas Roatsch, Frank Preusker, Katrin Stephan, Klaus‐Dieter Matz Meteorit Planet Sci. . doi:10.1111/maps.13079 LINK “Ceres’ surface has commonly been linked with…
Thermal evolution and sintering of chondritic planetesimals IV. Temperature dependence of heat conductivity of asteroids and meteoritesOPEN ACCESS
Hans-Peter Gail, Mario Trieloff Update (30 July 2018):LINK PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Understanding the compaction and differentiation of the planetesimals and protoplanets from the Asteroid Belt and the terrestrial planet region of the Solar System requires…
Isotopic evolution of the protoplanetary disk and the building blocks of Earth and the Moon
Martin Schiller, Martin Bizzarro & Vera Assis Fernandes Nature volume 555, pages 507–510 (22 March 2018) doi:10.1038/nature25990 LINK “Nucleosynthetic isotope variability among Solar System objects is often used to probe the genetic relationship between meteorite…
Ceres internal structure from geophysical constraints
King, S. D., Castillo-Rogez, J. C., Toplis, M. J., Bland, M. T., Raymond, C. A. and Russell, C. T. Meteorit Planet Sci. doi:10.1111/maps.13063 LINK “Thermal evolution modeling has yielded a variety of interior structures for…
Nature, formation, and distribution of carbonates on CeresOPEN ACCESS
Filippo Giacomo Carrozzo, Maria Cristina De Sanctis, Andrea Raponi, Eleonora Ammannito, Julie Castillo-Rogez, Bethany L. Ehlmann, Simone Marchi, Nathaniel Stein, Mauro Ciarniello, Federico Tosi, Fabrizio Capaccioni, Maria Teresa Capria, Sergio Fonte, Michelangelo Formisano, Alessandro Frigeri,…
Variations in the amount of water ice on Ceres’ surface suggest a seasonal water cycleOPEN ACCESS
Andrea Raponi, Maria Cristina De Sanctis, Alessandro Frigeri, Eleonora Ammannito, Mauro Ciarniello, Michelangelo Formisano, Jean-Philippe Combe, Gianfranco Magni, Federico Tosi, Filippo Giacomo Carrozzo, Sergio Fonte, Marco Giardino, Steven P. Joy, Carol A. Polanskey, Marc D….
The Surface Composition of Ceres from the Dawn Mission
Thomas B. McCord, Francesca Zambon Icarus Available online 14 March 2018 LINK “Highlights • This article provides the context for “Ceres mineralogical mapping special issue”; • We describe the global mineralogy of Ceres; • A…
Search for sulfates on the surface of Ceres
Bu, C., Rodriguez Lopez, G., Dukes, C. A., Ruesch, O., McFadden, L. A. and Li, J.-Y. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.13024 LINK “The formation of hydrated salts is an expected consequence of aqueous alteration…
Collisional stripping of planetary crustsOPEN ACCESS
Philip J. Carter, Zoë M. Leinhardt, Tim Elliott, Sarah T. Stewart, Michael J. Walter Accepted for publication in EPSL PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Geochemical studies of planetary accretion and evolution have invoked various degrees of collisional…
Heterogeneous delivery of silicate and metal to the Earth by large planetesimalsOPEN ACCESS
S. Marchi, R. M. Canup & R. J. Walker Nature Geoscience (2017) doi:10.1038/s41561-017-0022-3 Published online: 04 December 2017 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) “After the Moon’s formation, Earth experienced a protracted bombardment by leftover planetesimals. The mass…
The Effect of Jupiter’s Formation on the Distribution of Refractory Elements and Inclusions in MeteoritesOPEN ACCESS
Steven J. Desch, Anusha Kalyaan, Conel M. O’D. Alexander submitted to ApJ PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “We present a comprehensive evolutionary model of the Sun’s protoplanetary disk. The model predicts from first principles the gas densities…
Thermal evolution of trans-Neptunian objects, icy satellites, and minor icy planets in the early solar system
Bhatia, G. K. and Sahijpal, S. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12952 First published: 8 September 2017 LINK “Numerical simulations are performed to understand the early thermal evolution and planetary scale differentiation of icy bodies…
Carbonaceous chondrites as analogs for the composition and alteration of Ceres.
McSween, H. Y., Emery, J. P., Rivkin, A. S., Toplis, M. J., C. Castillo-Rogez, J., Prettyman, T. H., De Sanctis, M. C., Pieters, C. M., Raymond, C. A. and Russell, C. T. Meteoritics & Planetary…
The spatial distribution of carbon dust in the early solar nebula and the carbon content of planetesimalsOPEN ACCESS
Hans-Peter Gail, Mario Trieloff accepted by Astronomy & Astrophysics PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “A high fraction of carbon bound in solid carbonaceous material is observed to exist in bodies formed in the cold outskirts of the…
The early differentiation of Mars inferred from Hf–W chronometry
Thomas S. Kruijer, Thorsten Kleine, Lars E. Borg, Gregory A. Brennecka, Anthony J. Irving, Addi Bischoff, Carl B. Agee Earth and Planetary Science Letters In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 20 July 2017 LINK “Highlights…
Neodymium isotope heterogeneity of ordinary and carbonaceous chondrites and the origin of non-chondritic 142Nd compositions in the Earth
Ryota Fukai, Tetsuya Yokoyama Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 474, 15 September 2017, Pages 206–214 LINK “Highlights • Ordinary and carbonaceous chondrites possess non-radiogenic Nd isotope anomalies. • Nd isotope variability was caused by…
Redox States of Initial Atmospheres Outgassed on Rocky Planets and Planetesimals
Laura Schaefer, Bruce Fegley Jr. The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 843, Number 2 Published 2017, July 12 LINK “The Earth and other rocky planets and planetesimals in the solar system formed through the mixing of materials…
Origin of water in the inner Solar System: planetesimals scattered inward during Jupiter and Saturn’s rapid gas accretionOPEN ACCESS
Sean N. Raymond, Andre Izidoro Icarus In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 30 June 2017 (updated 6 July 2017) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) LINK “Highlights • The water-rich bodies interior to Jupiter’s orbit – both the…
Triggering Collapse of the Presolar Dense Cloud Core and Injecting Short-Lived Radioisotopes with a Shock Wave. V. Nonisothermal Collapse RegimeOPEN ACCESS
Alan P. Boss accepted by ApJ PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Recent meteoritical analyses support an initial abundance of the short-lived radioisotope $^{60}$Fe that may be high enough to require nucleosynthesis in a core collapse supernova, followed…
Rubidium isotopic composition of the Earth, meteorites, and the Moon: Evidence for the origin of volatile loss during planetary accretionOPEN ACCESS
Emily A. Pringle, Frédéric Moynier Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Volume 473, 1 September 2017, Pages 62-70 LINK “Highlights • We measured high-precision stable Rb isotope ratios in terrestrial samples, chondrites, HED meteorites, and lunar…
Silver contents and Cu/Ag ratios in Martian meteorites and the implications for planetary differentiation
Zaicong Wang, Harry Becker Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 21 May 2017 LINK “Silver and Cu show very similar partitioning behavior in sulfide melt-silicate melt and metal-silicate systems at low…
Tracing metal–silicate segregation and late veneer in the Earth and the ureilite parent body with palladium stable isotopes
J.B. Creech, F. Moynier, M. Bizzarro Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 8 May 2017 LINK “Stable isotope studies of highly siderophile elements (HSE) have the potential to yield valuable insights…
Testing the chondrule-rich accretion model for planetary embryos using calcium isotopesOPEN ACCESS
Elsa Amsellem, Frédéric Moynier, Emily A. Pringle, Audrey Bouvier, Heng Chen, James M. D. Day PhD Student Conference (PhDSC), l’Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris (IPGP), 13-17 March 2017 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) Update (28…
Chondrule Accretion with a Growing ProtoplanetOPEN ACCESS
Yuji Matsumoto, Shoichi Oshino, Yasuhiro Hasegawa, Shigeru Wakita accepted for publication in ApJ Draft version published: 28 February 2017 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) Update (8 March 2017): LINK The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 837, Number 2 “Chondrules…
40Ar/39Ar and (U-Th)/He model age signatures of elusive Mercurian and Venusian meteorites.
Jourdan, F. and Eroglu, E. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12838 LINK “No meteorites from Mercury and Venus have been conclusively identified so far. In this study, we develop an original approach based on extensive…
Iron isotopic fractionation between silicate mantle and metallic core at high pressureOPEN ACCESS
Jin Liu, Nicolas Dauphas, Mathieu Roskosz, Michael Y. Hu, Hong Yang, Wenli Bi, Jiyong Zhao, Esen E. Alp, Justin Y. Hu & Jung-Fu Lin Nature Communications 8, Article number: 14377 (2017) doi:10.1038/ncomms14377 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)…
Non-chondritic iron isotope ratios in planetary mantles as a result of core formation
Stephen M. Elardo & Anat Shahar Nature Geoscience (2017) doi:10.1038/ngeo2896 Published online 20 February 2017 LINK “Information about the materials and conditions involved in planetary formation and differentiation in the early Solar System is recorded…
Localized aliphatic organic material on the surface of Ceres
By M. C. De Sanctis, E. Ammannito, H. Y. McSween, A. Raponi, S. Marchi, F. Capaccioni, M. T. Capria, F. G. Carrozzo, M. Ciarniello, S. Fonte, M. Formisano, A. Frigeri, M. Giardino, A. Longobardo, G….
Core Formation and Internal Structure of Planetesimals: The Role of Formation Time, Accretion Duration, and Terminal Size
T. Suwa, H. Nagahara 48th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2017), Abstract #2130 LINK
Dating the Formation of Jupiter through W and Mo Isotope Analyses of Meteorites
T. S. Kruijer, T. Kleine, C. Burkhardt, G. Budde 48th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2017), Abstract #1386 LINK
Melting of C-Rich Planetesimals and Implications for the Composition of the Ureilite Parent Body
M. Collinet, T. L. Grove 48th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2017), Abstract #2052 LINK
Tungsten stable isotope compositions of terrestrial samples and meteorites determined by double spike MC-ICPMS
Nadine Krabbe, Thomas S. Kruijer, Thorsten Kleine Chemical Geology In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 23 December 2016 LINK “Tungsten stable isotopes hold great potential to examine a variety of physical and chemical processes operating…
Thermal evolution of planetesimals during accretion
Y. Ricard, D. Bercovici, F. Albarède Icarus In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 21 December 2016 LINK “Highlights • joint mass-temperature distributions in a planetesimal swarm • molten planetary embryos are formed in only a…
Extensive water ice within Ceres’ aqueously altered regolith: Evidence from nuclear spectroscopyOPEN ACCESS
by T. H. Prettyman, N. Yamashita, M. J. Toplis, H. Y. McSween, N. Schorghofer, S. Marchi, W. C. Feldman, J. Castillo-Rogez, O. Forni, D. J. Lawrence, E. Ammannito, B. L. Ehlmann, H. G. Sizemore, S….
Timing of the formation and migration of giant planets as constrained by CB chondritesOPEN ACCESS
By Brandon C. Johnson, Kevin J. Walsh, David A. Minton, Alexander N. Krot, Harold F. Levison Science Advances 09 Dec 2016: Vol. 2, no. 12, e1601658 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1601658 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The…
Diversity of the initial rocky planetary building materials at the edge of the solar system
Brownlee, D. E. and Joswiak, D. J. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12804 First published: 9 December 2016 LINK “Asteroids and comets are surviving members of the vast planetesimal population that was distributed across the…
Rocky Planetesimal Formation via Fluffy Aggregates of NanograinsOPEN ACCESS
Sota Arakawa, Taishi Nakamoto Updated (18 Nov. 2016): The Astrophysical Journal Letters, Volume 832, Number 2 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) abstract “Several pieces of evidence suggest that silicate grains in primitive meteorites are not interstellar grains…
FC Colour Images of Dwarf Planet Ceres Reveal a Complicated Geological History
A. Nathues, M. Hoffmann, T. Platz, G.S. Thangjam, E.A. Cloutis, V. Reddy, L. Le Corre, J.-Y. Li, K. Mengel, A. Rivkin, D.M. Applin, M. Schaefer, U. Christensen, H. Sierks, J. Ripken, B.E. Schmidt, H. Hiesinger,…
Detection of local H2O exposed at the surface of Ceres
By Jean-Philippe Combe, Thomas B. McCord, Federico Tosi, Eleonora Ammannito, Filippo Giacomo Carrozzo, Maria Cristina De Sanctis, Andrea Raponi, Shane Byrne, Margaret E. Landis, Kynan H. G. Hughson, Carol A. Raymond, Christopher T. Russell Science…
Distribution of phyllosilicates on the surface of Ceres
E. Ammannito, M. C. DeSanctis, M. Ciarniello, A. Frigeri, F. G. Carrozzo, J.-Ph. Combe, B. L. Ehlmann, S. Marchi, H. Y. McSween, A. Raponi, M. J. Toplis, F. Tosi, J. C. Castillo-Rogez, F. Capaccioni, M….
Cratering on Ceres: Implications for its crust and evolution
By H. Hiesinger, S. Marchi, N. Schmedemann, P. Schenk, J. H. Pasckert, A. Neesemann, D. P. O’Brien, T. Kneissl, A. I. Ermakov, R. R. Fu, M. T. Bland, A. Nathues, T. Platz, D. A. Williams,…
Isotopic enrichment of forming planetary systems from supernova pollutionOPEN ACCESS
Tim Lichtenberg (ETH Zurich), Richard J. Parker (Liverpool JMU), Michael R. Meyer (ETH Zurich) accepted for publication in MNRAS 10.1093/mnras/stw1929 arXiv:1608.01435 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Heating by short-lived radioisotopes (SLRs) such as aluminum-26 and iron-60 fundamentally…
A partially differentiated interior for (1) Ceres deduced from its gravity field and shape
R. S. Park, A. S. Konopliv, B. G. Bills, N. Rambaux, J. C. Castillo-Rogez, C. A. Raymond, A. T. Vaughan, A. I. Ermakov, M. T. Zuber, R. R. Fu, M. J. Toplis, C. T. Russell,…
Iron and nickel isotope fractionation by diffusion, with applications to iron meteorites
Heather C. Watson, Frank Richter, Ankun Liu, Gary R. Huss Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Volume 451, 1 October 2016, Pages 159-167 LINK “Highlights • New experimental measurement of diffusive isotopic fractionation in Fe–Ni alloys….
The missing large impact craters on CeresOPEN ACCESS
S. Marchi, A. I. Ermakov, C. A. Raymond, R. R. Fu, D. P. O’Brien, M. T. Bland, E. Ammannito, M. C. De Sanctis, T. Bowling, P. Schenk, J. E. C. Scully, D. L. Buczkowski, D….
Mid-Infrared Bi-directional Reflectance Spectroscopy of Impact Melt Glasses and Tektites
Andreas Morlok, Aleksandra Stojic, Iris Weber, Harald Hiesinger, Michael Zanetti, Joern Helbert Icarus In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 22 June 2016 LINK “We have analyzed 14 impact melt glass samples, covering the compositional range…
Relationship Between Asteroid 1 Ceres and Chondrite Meteorites on the Basis of Mineralogy and UV-Visible Spectroscopy
Farsang S. Raub T. D. Grady M. M. 79th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2016) #6213 LINK
Evidence that 26Al did Not Melt Asteroids
Wasson J. T. * 79th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2016) #6530 LINK
Expected Geochemical and Mineralogical Properties of Meteorites from Mercury:Inferences from MESSENGER Data
McCubbin F. M. * McCoy T. J. 79th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2016) [#6242] LINK
On the iron isotope composition of Mars and volatile depletion in the terrestrial planets
Paolo A. Sossi, Oliver Nebel, Mahesh Anand, Franck Poitrasson Earth and Planetary Science Letters In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 8 June 2016 LINK “Iron is the most abundant multivalent element in planetary reservoirs, meaning…
Gas/solid carbon branching ratios in surface-mediated reactions and the incorporation of carbonaceous material into planetesimals.
Nuth, J. A., Johnson, N. M., Ferguson, F. T. and Carayon, A. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12666 LINK “We report the ratio of the initial carbon available as CO that forms gas-phase compounds compared…
Sulfur solubility in reduced mafic silicate melts: Implications for the speciation and distribution of sulfur on Mercury
Olivier Namur, Bernard Charlier, Francois Holtz, Camille Cartier, Catherine McCammon Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 448, 15 August 2016, Pages 102–114 LINK “Chemical data from the MESSENGER spacecraft revealed that surface rocks on Mercury…
Chemical Complementarity between the Gas Phase of the Interstellar Medium and the Rocky Material of Our Planetary SystemOPEN ACCESS
Haiyang Wang (RSAA, The Australian National University), Charles H. Lineweaver (RSAA, RSES, The Australian National University) Accepted for publication in the peer-reviewed proceedings of the 15th Australian Space Research Conference PDF (OPEN ACCESS) abstract “We…
The effects of short-lived radionuclides and porosity on the early thermo-mechanical evolution of planetesimals
Tim Lichtenberg, Gregor J. Golabek, Taras V. Gerya, Michael R. Meyer Icarus In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 16 March 2016 doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2016.03.004 Updated (22 March): PDF (OPEN ACCESS) LINK “The thermal history and internal structure…
The stable Cr isotopic compositions of chondrites and silicate planetary reservoirs
Ronny Schoenberg, Alexandra Merdian, Chris Holmden, Ilka C. Kleinhanns, Kathrin Haßler, Martin Wille, Elmar Reitter Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 16 March 2016 doi:10.1016/j.gca.2016.03.013 LINK “The depletion of chromium in…
Ferromagnetism and particle collisions: applications to protoplanetary disks and the meteoritical record
Alexander Hubbard accepted, ApJ update (July 27): LINK PDF (open access) abstract “The meteoritical record shows both iron partitioning and tungsten isotopic partitioning between matrix and chondrules. Tungsten is not abundant enough to have driven…
Did Jupiter’s core form in the innermost parts of the Sun’s protoplanetary disk?
Sean N. Raymond, Andre Izidoro, Bertram Bitsch, Seth A. Jacobson Accepted to MNRAS arXiv:1602.06573v2 last revised: 7 Mar 2016 PDF (open access) abstract “Jupiter’s core is generally assumed to have formed beyond the snow line….
Footprints of a possible Ceres asteroid paleo-family
V. Carruba, D. Nesvorný, S. Marchi, S. Aljbaae Accepted for publication in MNRAS PDF (open access) abstract “Ceres is the largest and most massive body in the asteroid main belt. Observational data from the Dawn…
Rationalizing the Composition and Alteration of Ceres
H. Y. McSween, J. Castillo-Rogez, J. P. Emery, M. C. De Sanctis, Dawn Science Team 47th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2016), Abstract #1258 PDF
Cosmochemical and spectroscopic properties of Northwest Africa 7325—A consortium study
Weber, I., Morlok, A., Bischoff, A., Hiesinger, H., Ward, D., Joy, K. H., Crowther, S. A., Jastrzebski, N. D., Gilmour, J. D., Clay, P. L., Wogelius, R. A., Greenwood, R. C., Franchi, I. A. and…
Evidence from Tm anomalies for non-CI refractory lithophile element proportions in terrestrial planets and achondrites
J.A. Barrat, N. Dauphas, P. Gillet, C. Bollinger, J. Etoubleau, A. Bischoff, A. Yamaguchi Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 19 December 2015 doi:10.1016/j.gca.2015.12.004 LINK “Thulium is a heavy rare earth…
Fossilized condensation lines in the Solar System protoplanetary disk
A. Morbidelli, B. Bitsch, A. Crida, M. Gounelle, T. Guillot, S. Jacobson, A. Johansen, M. Lambrechts, E. Lega Icarus Available online 12 December 2015 LINK (open access) “The terrestrial planets and the asteroids dominant in…
Geochemistry, thermal evolution, and cryovolcanism on Ceres with a muddy ice mantle
Marc Neveu, Steven J. Desch Geophysical Research Letters 10.1002/2015GL066375 published: 12 December 2015 LINK “We present a model of the internal evolution of Ceres consistent with pre-Dawn observations and preliminary data returned by Dawn. We…
Accretion Timescale and Impact History of Mars Deduced from the Isotopic Systematics of Martian Meteorites
Lars E. Borg, Gregory A. Brennecka, Steven J.K. Symes Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 12 December 2015 doi:10.1016/j.gca.2015.12.002 LINK Update (24 June 2016): Evolution of the Solar System Inferred from…
Sublimation in bright spots on (1) Ceres
A. Nathues, M. Hoffmann, M. Schaefer, L. Le Corre, V. Reddy + et al. Nature 528, 237–240 (09 December 2015) | doi:10.1038/nature15754 LINK “The dwarf planet (1) Ceres, the largest object in the main asteroid…