Measurement of Thermal Properties of the Ordinary Chondrites Relevant to Planet-Forming Processes
K. A. McCain, F. J. Ciesla, P. R. Heck, S. S. Rout, M. Pellin, C. Malliakas, J. F. Mitchell 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #2730 PDF LINK
Shock compression of stishovite and melting of silica at planetary interior conditions
M. Millot, N. Dubrovinskaia, A. Černok, S. Blaha, L. Dubrovinsky, D. G. Braun, P. M. Celliers, G. W. Collins, J. H. Eggert, and R. Jeanloz Science , Vol. 347 no. 6220 p. 443 , 23…
Ceres – seen by Dawn spacecraft
The Dawn spacecraft observed Ceres for an hour on Jan. 13, 2015, from a distance of 238,000 miles (383,000 kilometers). A little more than half of its surface was observed at a resolution of 27…
Gas composition of major volatile elements in protoplanetary discs and its implication for planet formation
Thiabaud Amaury, Marboeuf Ulysse, Alibert Yann, Leya Ingo, Mezger Klaus arXiv:1412.5784 PDF LINK LINK
The multifaceted planetesimal formation process
Anders Johansen, Jürgen Blum, Hidekazu Tanaka, Chris Ormel, Martin Bizzarro, Hans Rickman Final version of chapter in Protostars and Planets VI, University of Arizona Press (2014), eds. H. Beuther, R. Klessen, C. Dullemond, Th. Henning…
Dawn’s new photo of Ceres
taken 1 December 2014 from a distance of 740,000 miles (1.2 million kilometers) Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
Silicon isotopes in angrites and volatile loss in planetesimals
Emily A. Pringle, Frédéric Moynier, Paul S. Savage, James Badro, and Jean-Alix Barrat PNAS2014 111 (48)17029-17032; published ahead of print November 17, 2014, doi:10.1073/pnas.1418889111 LINK Supporting Information (PDF)
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
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
Crystal chemistry of merrillite from Martian meteorites: Mineralogical recorders of magmatic processes and planetary differentiation
C. K. Shearer, P. V. Burger, J. J. Papike, F. M. McCubbin and A. S. Bell Meteoritics & Planetary Science, article first published online: 18 NOV 2014 | DOI: 10.1111/maps.12355 LINK
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
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
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,…
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….
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
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
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
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
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
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
Terrestrial planet formation
K. Righter and D. P. O’Brien PNAS 2011 108 (48) 19165-19170; published ahead of print June 27, 2011, doi:10.1073/pnas.1013480108 PDF LINK LINK (Supporting Information)
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