Identification of a primordial asteroid family constrains the original planetesimal population
Marco Delbo, Kevin Walsh, Bryce Bolin, Chrysa Avdellidou, Alessandro Morbidelli Science 08 Sep 2017: Vol. 357, Issue 6355, pp. 1026-1029 DOI: 10.1126/science.aam6036 LINK “A quarter of known asteroids is associated with more than 100 distinct…
A Martian origin for the Mars Trojan asteroidsOPEN ACCESS
D. Polishook, S. A. Jacobson, A. Morbidelli & O. Aharonson Nature Astronomy 1, Article number: 0179 (2017) doi:10.1038/s41550-017-0179 LINK Updated (3 Oct 2017): PDF “Seven of the nine known Mars Trojan asteroids belong to an…
Giant convecting mud balls of the early solar systemOPEN ACCESS
Philip A. Bland, Bryan J. Travis Science Advances 14 Jul 2017: Vol. 3, no. 7, e1602514 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1602514 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Carbonaceous asteroids may have been the precursors to the terrestrial planets,…
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…
Ureilites Provide a New Model for Planetesimal Formation
Rai N. Downes H. * 80th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society 2017 [#6067] abstract (PDF) “Modelling shows that ureilite parent planetesimal formed from a mixture of Mg- and Fe-rich chondrules with a primary layered…
Accretion and Disruption Histories of the Ordinary Chondrite Parent Bodies
Edwards G. H. * Blackburn T. Alexander C. M. O’D. 80th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society 2017 [#6367] abstract (PDF) “Discrepant Pb-Pb phosphate ages and Ni-metal metallographic cooling rates for ordinary chondrites may be…
Olivine Extracted from the Jbilet Winselwan CM2 Chondrite — A Reference for the Regolith of C-Group Asteroids?
Harries D. * Wild P. 80th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society 2017 [#6198] abstract (PDF) “We have investigated olivine grains of an unbrecciated specimen of Jbilet Winselwan (CM2) for surface morphology and particle tracks….
Effects of Space Weathering on Reflectance Spectra of Ureilites: A Proof-of-Concept Study
Goodrich C. A. Gillis-Davis J. Cloutis E. Applin D. Hibbits C. Klima R. Christoffersen R. Fries M. Decker S. 80th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society 2017 [#6224] abstract “Space weathering and spectral studies of…
Solar-Radiation Heating as a Possible Heat Source for Dehydration of Hydrous Carbonaceous Chondrites
Nakamura T. * Golabek G. Ohtsuka K. Matsuoka M. abstract (PDF) 80th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society 2017 [#6233] “We have calculated time-dependent temperature profiles of near surface layers of primitive Near Sun Asteroid…
The Thermal History of CI and CM Chondrites and Their Relationship to Primitive Asteroid Surfaces
King A. J. * Maturilli A. Schofield P. F. Helbert J. Russell S. S. abstract (PDF) 80th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society 2017 [#6220] “Heated CI and CM chondrites are likely to be excellcent…
Northwest Africa 11118: A Unique Accretionary Aggregate
Greshake A., Ziegler K., Mahlow K., Wirth R., Schmitt-Kopplin Ph. 80th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society 2017 [#6208] abstract “The CM-like carbonaceous chondrite Northwest Africa 11118 is an unique very loosely consolidated highly porous…
3D shape of asteroid (6)~Hebe from VLT/SPHERE imaging: Implications for the origin of ordinary H chondritesOPEN ACCESS
M. Marsset, B. Carry, C. Dumas, J. Hanus, M. Viikinkoski, P. Vernazza, T. G. Müller, M. Delbo, E. Jehin, M. Gillon, J. Grice, B. Yang, T. Fusco, J. Berthier, S. Sonnett, F. Kugel, J. Caron,…
New candidates for active asteroids: main-belt (145) Adeona, (704) Interamnia, (779) Nina, (1474) Beira, and near-Earth (162173) RyuguOPEN ACCESS
Vladimir V. Busarev, Andrei B. Makalkin, Faith Vilas, Sergey I. Barabanov, Marina P. Scherbina submitted to Icarus 2017 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “For the first time, spectral signs of subtle coma activity were observed for four…
The compositional diversity of non-Vesta basaltic asteroidsOPEN ACCESS
Thomas B. Leith, Nicholas A. Moskovitz, Rhiannon G. Mayne, Francesca E. DeMeo, Driss Takir, Brian J. Burt, Richard P. Binzel, Dimitra Pefkou Icarus In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 11 May 2017 PDF (OPEN ACCESS)…
Meteorite transport—Revisited
Wisdom, J. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12876 LINK “Meteorites are delivered from the asteroid belt by way of chaotic zones (Wisdom 1985a). The dominant sources are believed to be the chaotic zones associated with…
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…
D/H ratios of the inner Solar SystemOPEN ACCESS
L. J. Hallis Review article Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A 2017 375 20150390 DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2015.0390. Published 17 April 2017 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) LINK (OPEN ACCESS) “The original hydrogen isotope (D/H) ratios of different planetary bodies…
Stony Meteoroid Space Erosion and Drag: Effect on Cosmic Ray Exposure Ages
David Parry Rubincam Icarus In Press, Accepted Manuscript Available online 12 April 2017 doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2017.04.003 LINK “Highlights • Particles impacting a meteoroid cause space erosion in addition to a drag force. • The meteoroid’s shrinking size…
Sedimentary laminations in the Isheyevo (CH/CBb) carbonaceous chondrite formed by gentle impact-plume sweep-up
Laurence A.J. Garvie, L. Paul Knauth, Melissa A. Morris Icarus In Press, Accepted Manuscript Available online 2 April 2017 LINK see also: Accretional Layers Preserved in a Meteorite Written by Linda M. V. Martel Hawai’i…
The impact trajectory of asteroid 2008 TC3
Davide Farnocchia, Peter Jenniskens, Darrel K. Robertson, Steven R. Chesley, Linda Dimare, Paul W. Chodas Icarus In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 14 March 2017 LINK “Highlights • 2008 TC3 was the first ever predicted…
The Thermal Decomposition of Fine-grained Micrometeorites, Observations from Mid-IR SpectroscopyOPEN ACCESS
Martin David Suttle, Matthew J. Genge, Luigi Folco, Sara S. Russell Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 9 March 2017 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) “We analysed 44 fine-grained and scoriaceous micrometeorites. A…
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…
Mass Accumulation of Earth from Interplanetary Dust, Meteoroids, Asteroids and Comets
Gerhard Drolshagen, Detlef Koschny, Sandra Drolshagen, Jana Kretschmer, Björn Poppe Planetary and Space Science SI:Meteoroids 2016 Available online 14 February 2017 LINK “Using new data and recent models this paper derives a total combined flux…
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
Vis-IR Reflectance Spectroscopy of Hydrous Carbonaceous Chondrites with Variable Heating and Dehydration Degrees
M. Matsuoka, T. Nakamura, N. Miyajima, N. Imae, A. Yamaguchi, H. Kojima 48th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2017), Abstract #2050 LINK
Analyzing the Chemical and Spectral Effects of Pulsed Laser Irradiation to Simulate Space Weathering of a Carbonaceous Chondrite
M. S. Thompson, L. P. Keller, R. Christoffersen, M. J. Loeffler, R. V. Morris, T. G. Graff, Z. Rahman 48th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2017), Abstract #2799 LINK
Brachinite-Like Clast in the Kaidun Meteorite: First Report of Primitive Achondrite Material
Higashi, K.; Hasegawa, H.; Mikouchi, T.; Zolensky, M. E. Conference Paper Lunar and Planetary Science Conference ; 48th; 20-24 Mar. 2017; The Woodlands, TX; United States JSC-CN-38570 Date Acquired: Jan 26, 2017 PDF 48th Lunar…
A tale of clusters: No resolvable periodicity in the terrestrial impact cratering recordOPEN ACCESS
Matthias M. M. Meier, Sanna Holm-Alwmark MNRAS (2017) stx211. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stx211 Published: 25 January 2017 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) (updated: 1 Feb) LINK “Rampino & Caldeira (2015) carry out a circular spectral analysis (CSA) of the terrestrial…
Different origins or different evolutions? Decoding the spectral diversity among C-type asteroidsOPEN ACCESS
P. Vernazza, J. Castillo-Rogez, P. Beck, J. Emery, R. Brunetto, M. Delbo, M. Marsset, F. Marchis, O. Groussin, B. Zanda, P. Lamy, L. Jorda, O. Mousis, A. Delsanti, Z. Djouadi, Z. Dionnet, F. Borondics, B….
Accretional and alterational differences in a carbonaceous chondrite parent body: Evidence from the NWA 5491 CV3 meteorite
Kereszturi, A., Gyollai, I., Jozsa, S. and Kanuchova, Z. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12802 Version of Record online: 17 JAN 2017 LINK “The NWA 5491 CV3 meteorite is a CVoxA subtype, and composed of…
Igneous lithologies on asteroid (4) Vesta mapped using gamma-ray and neutron data
Andrew W. Beck, David J. Lawrence, Patrick N. Peplowski, Christina E. Viviano-Beck, Thomas H. Prettyman, Timothy J. McCoy, Harry Y. McSween Jr, Naoyuki Yamashita Icarus In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 10 January 2017 LINK…
Simulated Space Weathering of Fe- and Mg-rich Aqueously Altered Minerals Using Pulsed Laser IrradiationOPEN ACCESS
H.M. Kaluna, H.A. Ishii, J.P. Bradley, J.J. Gillis-Davis, P.G. Lucey Update (2 Jan 17): PDF (OPEN ACCESS) Icarus In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 29 December 2016 LINK “Highlights • We simulate space weathering on…
Non-Vestoid candidate asteroids in the inner main beltOPEN ACCESS
Dagmara Oszkiewicz, Brian A. Skiff, Nick Moskovitz, Paweł Kankiewicz, Anna Marciniak, Javier Licandro, Mattia Galiazzo, Werner Zeilinger Astronomy & Astrophysics December 16, 2016 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) abstract “Most Howardite-Eucrite-Diogenite (HED) meteorites (analogs to V-type asteroids)…
Nanoindenting the Chelyabinsk meteorite to learn about impact deflection effects in asteroidsOPEN ACCESS
Carles E. Moyano-Cambero, Eva Pellicer, Josep M. Trigo-Rodríguez, Iwan P. Williams, Jürgen Blum, Patrick Michel, Michael Küppers, Marina Martínez-Jiménez, Ivan Lloro, Jordi Sort Astrophysical Journal (2017) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) abstract Update (24 January 2017): LINK…
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…
Ion irradiation of carbonaceous chondrites: a new view of space weathering on primitive asteroids
C. Lantz, R. Brunetto, M.A. Barucci, S. Fornasier, D. Baklouti, J. Bourçois, M. Godard Icarus In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 16 December 2016 LINK “Highlights • New ion irradiations on several carbonaceous chondrites to…
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…
The accretion and impact history of the ordinary chondrite parent bodies
Terrence Blackburn, Conel M. O’D. Alexander, Richard Carlson, Linda T. Elkins-Tanton Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 9 December 2016 LINK “A working timeline for the history of ordinary chondrites includes…
Physical Characterization of ~2-meter Diameter Near-Earth Asteroid 2015 TC25: A possible boulder from E-type Asteroid (44) NysaOPEN ACCESS
Vishnu Reddy, Juan A. Sanchez, William F. Bottke, Audrey Thirouin, Edgard G. Rivera-Valentin, Michael S. Kelley, William Ryan, Edward A. Cloutis, Stephen C. Tegler, Eileen V. Ryan, Patrick A. Taylor, James E. Richardson, Nicholas Moskovitz,…
Mid-infrared spectra of comet nucleiOPEN ACCESS
Michael S.P. Kelley, Charles E. Woodward, Robert D. Gehrz, William T. Reach, David E. Harker Icarus (in Press) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) abstract “Highlights • We observed two comet nuclei with the Spitzer Space Telescope. •…
Mn-Cr ages and formation conditions of fayalite in CV3 carbonaceous chondrites: Constraints on the accretion ages of chondritic asteroids
Kaori Jogo, Tomoki Nakamura, Motoo Ito, Shigeru Wakita, Mikhail Yu. Zolotov, Scott R. Messenger Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 21 November 2016 LINK “Chondritic planetesimals are among the first planetary…
Asteroid Fragmentation Approaches for Modeling Atmospheric Energy Deposition
Paul J. Register, Donovan L. Mathias, Lorien F. Wheeler Icarus In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 18 November 2016 LINK “Highlights • Fragmentation modeling approaches are compared using Chelyabinsk meteor data. • A new model…
Melting and differentiation of early-formed asteroids: The perspective from high precision oxygen isotope studiesOPEN ACCESS
Richard C. Greenwood, Thomas H. Burbine, Martin F. Miller, Ian. A. Franchi Chemie der Erde – Geochemistry Review article In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 14 November 2016 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) “A number of distinct…
Modeling orbital gamma-ray spectroscopy experiments at carbonaceous asteroids
Lucy F. Lim, Richard D. Starr, Larry G. Evans, Ann M. Parsons, Michael E. Zolensky and William V. Boynton Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12786 Version of Record online: 6 NOV 2016 LINK “To evaluate…
Hungaria Asteroid Region Telescopic Spectral Survey (HARTSS) I: Stony Asteroids Abundant in the Hungaria Background Population
Michael P. Lucas, Joshua P. Emery, Noemi Pinilla-Alonso, Sean S. Lindsay, Vania Lorenzi Icarus In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 5 November 2016 LINK “Highlights • HARTSS describes taxonomy, mineralogy, and meteorite analogs of Hungaria…
Numerical determination of visible/NIR optical constants from laboratory spectra of HED meteorites
Jorge A.G. Davalos, Jorge Márcio Carvano, Julio Blanco Icarus In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 21 October 2016 LINK “Highlights • Optical constants from reflectance spectra of meteorite samples are retrieved. • The method uses…
Olivine settling in cosmic spherules during atmospheric deceleration: An indicator of the orbital eccentricity of interplanetary dustOPEN ACCESS
Matthew J. Genge, Martin Suttl Geophysical Research Letters 43 DOI: 10.1002/2016GL070874 First published: 19 October 2016 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) Key Points * Antarctic cosmic spherules with cumulate textures are reported * Numerical…
The Impact Ejecta Environment of Near Earth Asteroids
Jamey R. Szalay and Mihály Horány The Astrophysical Journal Letters, Volume 830, Number 2 LINK “Impact ejecta production is a ubiquitous process that occurs on all airless bodies throughout the solar system. Unlike the Moon,…
The global elemental composition of 433 Eros: First results from the NEAR Gamma-Ray Spectrometer orbital dataset
Patrick N. Peplowski Planetary and Space Science In Press, Accepted Manuscript http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pss.2016.10.006 LINK “Highlights • First results from the NEAR GRS orbital investigation • Eros’ surface composition is consistent with ordinary chondrites, enstatite chondrites, and…
New constraints on the magnetic history of the CV parent body and the solar nebula from the Kaba meteorite
Jérôme Gattacceca, Benjamin P. Weiss, Matthieu Gounelle Earth and Planetary Science Letters In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 6 October 2016 LINK “Highlights • Kaba meteorite is a high-fidelity recorder of the CV parent body…
Spectral characterization of V-type asteroids outside the Vesta family
Alessandra Migliorini, M.C. De Sanctis, D. Lazzaro, and E. Ammannito MNRAS doi:10.1093/mnras/stw2441 first published online September 26, 2016 LINK “We present new NIR reflectance spectra of 10 V-type candidate asteroids obtained at the 3.6 m…
Global variations in regolith properties on asteroid Vesta from Dawn’s low-altitude mapping orbit.
Denevi, B. W., Beck, A. W., Coman, E. I., Thomson, B. J., Ammannito, E., Blewett, D. T., Sunshine, J. M., De Sanctis, M. C., Li, J.-Y., Marchi, S., Mittlefehldt, D. W., Petro, N. E., Raymond,…
The Asteroid Belt as a Relic From a Chaotic Early Solar SystemOPEN ACCESS
Andre Izidoro, Sean N. Raymond, Arnaud Pierens, Alessandro Morbidelli, Othon C. Winter, David Nesvorny Accepted for publication in ApJ PDF (OPEN ACCESS) abstract “The orbital structure of the asteroid belt holds a record of the…
Survival of the impactor during hypervelocity collisions II: An analogue for high porosity targets.OPEN ACCESS
C. Avdellidou, M.C. Price, M. Delbo, and M.J. Cole MNRAS doi:10.1093/mnras/stw2381 First published online September 16, 2016 LINK PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “We investigated how a target’s porosity affects the outcome of a collision, with respect…
Space Weathering on Airless BodiesOPEN ACCESS
Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets Review Accepted manuscript online: 9 September 2016 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) abstract “Space weathering refers to alteration that occurs in the space environment with time. Lunar samples, and to some extent…
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….
Capture of Trans-Neptunian Planetesimals in the Main Asteroid Belt
David Vokrouhlický, William F. Bottke, and David Nesvorný The Astronomical Journal, Volume 152, Number 2 Published 2016 July 26 LINK “The orbital evolution of the giant planets after nebular gas was eliminated from the Solar…
Material composition assessment and discovering sublimation activity on asteroids 145 Adeona, 704 Interamnia, 779 Nina, and 1474 Beira
V. V. Busarev , S. I. Barabanov, V. B. Puzin Solar System Research July 2016, Volume 50, Issue 4, pp 281-293 First online: 23 July 2016 LINK “Spectrophotometric observations of 145 Adeona, 704 Interamnia, 779…
Secondary submicrometer impact cratering on the surface of asteroid 25143 Itokawa
Dennis Harries, Shogo Yakame, Yuzuru Karouji, Masayuki Uesugi, Falko Langenhorst Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Volume 450, 15 September 2016, Pages 337-345 Available online 12 July 2016 LINK “Highlights • Submicrometer impact craters on RA-QD02-0265…
Boron abundances and isotopic ratios of olivine grains on Itokawa returned by the Hayabusa spacecraft.
Fujiya, W., Hoppe, P. and Ott, U. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12686 LINK “We report the B abundances and isotopic ratios of two olivine grains from the S-type asteroid Itokawa sampled by the Hayabusa…
Characterization of asteroid analogues by means of emission and reflectance spectroscopy in the 1- to 100-µm spectral rangeOPEN ACCESS
Alessandro Maturilli, Jörn Helbert, Sabrina Ferrari, Björn Davidsson and Mario D’Amore Earth, Planets and Space 2016 68:113 DOI: 10.1186/s40623-016-0489-y Published: 11 July 2016 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) HTML (OPEN ACCESS) “The last decades have seen a…
Evidence that 26Al did Not Melt Asteroids
Wasson J. T. * 79th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2016) #6530 LINK
Tungsten Isotope Dichotomy Among Iron Meteorite Parent Bodies: Implications for the Timescales of Accretion and Core Formation
Kruijer T. S. * Kleine T. 79th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2016) #6449 LINK
Do We have Meteorites from the Veritas Asteroid Break-Up Event 8 Ma ago?
Meier M. M. M. * Grimm S. Maden C. Busemann H. 79th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2016) [#6291] LINK
Shock synthesis of quasicrystals with implications for their origin in asteroid collisions
Paul D. Asimow, Chaney Lin, Luca Bindi, Chi Ma, Oliver Tschauner, Lincoln S. Hollister, and Paul J. Steinhardt PNAS2016 ; published ahead of print June 13, 2016, doi:10.1073/pnas.1600321113 LINK “Significance The singular occurrence, to date,…
The Collisional Evolution of Undifferentiated Asteroids and the Formation of Chondritic Meteoroids
E. Beitz, J. Blum, M. G. Parisi, and J. Trigo-Rodriguez The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 824, Number 1 Published 2016 June 3 LINK “Most meteorites are fragments from recent collisions experienced in the asteroid belt. In…
An asteroidal origin for water in the MoonOPEN ACCESS
Jessica J. Barnes, David A. Kring, Romain Tartèse, Ian A. Franchi, Mahesh Anand & Sara S. Russell Nature Communications7, Article number:11684 doi:10.1038/ncomms11684 Published 31 May 2016 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) “The Apollo-derived tenet of an anhydrous…
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…
Nanomorphology of Itokawa regolith particles:Application to space-weathering processes affecting the Itokawa asteroid
Toru Matsumoto, Akira Tsuchiama, Kentaro Uesugi, Tsukasa Nakano, Masayuki Uesugi, Junya Matsuno, Takashi Nagano, Akira Shimada, Akihisa Takeuchi, Yoshio Suzuki, Tomoki Nakamura, Michihiko Nakamura, Arnold Gucsik, Keita Nagaki, Tatsuhiro Sakaiya, Tadashi Kondo Geochimica et Cosmochimica…
Scale-Dependent Measurements of Meteorite Strength: Implications for Asteroid Fragmentation.
Desireé Cotto-Figueroa, Erik Asphaug, Laurence A.J. Garvie, Ashwin Rai, Joel Johnston, Luke Borkowski, Siddhant Datta, Aditi Chattopadhyay, Melissa A. Morris Icarus In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 9 May 2016 LINK “Measuring the strengths of…
Inner solar system material discovered in the Oort cloud
By Karen J. Meech, Bin Yang, Jan Kleyna, Olivier R. Hainaut, Svetlana Berdyugina, Jacqueline V. Keane, Marco Micheli, Alessandro Morbidelli, Richard J. Wainscoat Science Advances 29 Apr 2016: Vol. 2, no. 4, e1600038 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1600038…
A note on cement in asteroids
G. Bilalbegovic accepted for publications in Icarus PDF (open access) abstract “Cement mineral tobermorite was formed in hydrothermal experiments on alternation of calcium-aluminum-rich inclusions (CAIs) in carbonaceous chondrite meteorites. Unidentified bands at 14 microns were…
The collisional evolution of undifferentiated asteroids and the formation of chondritic meteoroids
Eike Beitz, Jürgen Blum, M. Gabriela Parisi, Josep M. Trigo-Rodríguez Accepted by ApJ PDF (open access) “Most meteorites are fragments from recent collisions experienced in the asteroid belt. In such a hyper-velocity collision, the smaller…
Identification and Discrimination of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons Using Raman Spectroscopy
Edward Cloutis, Paul Szymanski, Daniel Applin, Douglas Goltz Icarus In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 4 April 2016 LINK “Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are widely present throughout the solar system and beyond. They have been…
The Red Edge Problem in asteroid band parameter analysis.
Lindsay, S. S., Dunn, T. L., Emery, J. P. and Bowles, N. E. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12611 LINK “Near-infrared reflectance spectra of S-type asteroids contain two absorptions at 1 and 2 μm (band…
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…
Spherule layers, crater scaling laws, and the population of ancient terrestrial impactors
Brandon C. Johnson, Gareth S. Collins, David A. Minton, Timothy J. Bowling, Bruce M. Simonson, Maria T. Zuber Icarus In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 19 February 2016 LINK “Ancient layers of impact spherules provide…
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…
A meteorite perspective on asteroid hazard mitigation
Derek W.G. Sears, Hazel Sears, Daniel R. Ostrowski, Kathryne L. Bryson, Jessie Dotson, Megan Syal, Damian C Swift Planetary and Space Science Review article In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 10 February 2016 doi:10.1016/j.pss.2016.01.016 LINK…
Asteroid (16) Psyche: The Science of Visiting a Metal World
L. T. Elkins-Tanton, E. Asphaug, J. Bell, D. Bercovici, B. G. Bills, R. P. Binzel, W. F. Bottke, J. Goldsten, R. Jaumann, I. Jun, D. J. Lawrence, S. Marchi, D. Oh, R. Park, P. N….
A Core Dynamo on an Iron Meteorite Parent Body and the Magnetism of Metallic Asteroids
B. P. Weiss, J. F. J. Bryson, R. J. Harrison, J. A. Neufeld, L. T. Elkins-Tanton, C. T. Russell, C. A. Raymond, F. Nimmo, J. Herrero-Albillos, F. Kronast 47th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2016),…
Refining Theories of Accretion in the Early Solar System: Petrographic, Major-, Platinum-Group Element, and Osmium Isotope Characteristics of Angrite Metals
A. J. V. Riches, K. W. Burton, G. M. Nowell, C. W. Dale, A. J. Irving, A. R. Santos 47th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2016), Abstract #2858 PDF
New reflectance spectra of 40 asteroids: A comparison with the previous results and an interpretation
V. V. Busarev Solar System Research January 2016, Volume 50, Issue 1, pp 13-23 First online: 22 January 2016 (Original Russian Text © V.V. Busarev, 2016, published in Astronomicheskii Vestnik, 2016, Vol. 50, No. 1,…
Spectral variability on primitive asteroids of the Themis and Beagle families: space weathering effects or parent body heterogeneity? (updated: Jan. 21)
S. Fornasier, C. Lantz, D. Perna, H. Campins, M.A. Barucci, D. Nesvorny Icarus Available online 15 January 2016 Last update (21 January 2016): PDF (open access) LINK “Themis is an old and statistically robust asteroid…
The atmospheric impact trajectory of asteroid 2014 AA
D. Farnocchia, S. R. Chesley, P. G. Brown, P. W. Chodas PDF (open access) abstract updated on 10 March: Icarus, in Press, Accepted Manuscript LINK “Near-Earth asteroid 2014 AA entered the Earth’s atmosphere on 2014…
Space weathering of silicates simulated by successive laser irradiation: In situ reflectance measurements of Fo90, Fo99+, and SiO2.
Loeffler, M. J., Dukes, C. A., Christoffersen, R. and Baragiola, R. A. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12581 Article first published online: 8 JAN 2016 LINK
Core solidification and dynamo evolution in a mantle-stripped planetesimal
A. Scheinberg, L. T. Elkins-Tanton, G. Schubert and D. Bercovici Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets Article first published online: 5 JAN 2016 | DOI: 10.1002/2015JE004843 LINK “The physical processes active during the crystallization of a…
Advances in determining asteroid chemistries and mineralogies
Thomas H. Burbine Chemie der Erde – Geochemistry Review article In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 23 December 2015 doi:10.1016/j.chemer.2015.09.003 LINK “Considerable progress has been made in the last few years in determining asteroid chemistries…
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…
Survival of the impactor during hypervelocity collisions I: An analogue for low porosity targets
C. Avdellidou, M.C. Price, M. Delbo, P. Ioannidis, M.J. Cole PDF (full text) abstract “Recent observations of asteroidal surfaces indicate the presence of materials that do not match the bulk lithology of the body. A…
Accretion timescales and style of asteroidal differentiation in an 26Al-poor protoplanetary disk
K.K. Larsen, M. Schiller, M. Bizzarro Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 8 December 2015 doi:10.1016/j.gca.2015.10.036 LINK “The decay of radioactive 26Al to 26Mg (half-life of 730,000 years) is postulated to…
Ancient stardust in fine-grained chondrule dust rims from carbonaceous chondrites
Jan Leitner, Christian Vollmer, Christine Floss, Jutta Zipfel, Peter Hoppe Earth and Planetary Science Letters In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 3 December 2015 doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2015.11.028 LINK “Carbonaceous chondrites are fragments from primitive parent asteroids, which…
Spectral characterization of V-type asteroids – II. A statistical analysis
S. Ieva, E. Dotto, D. Lazzaro, D. Perna, D. Fulvio4 and M. Fulchignoni MNRAS (January 21, 2016) 455 (3): 2871-2888. doi: 10.1093/mnras/stv2510 First published online November 25, 2015 LINK “In recent years, several small basaltic…
The path of reduced nitrogen toward early earth: the cosmic trail and its solar shortcuts
Sandra Pizzarello and Maitrayee Bose The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 814, Number 2 LINK “Large isotopic anomalies are found in meteoritic insoluble organic materials (IOMs) and, for nitrogen, show 15N-excesses up to ${\delta }^{15}$N ~ 5000‰….
Effects of viewing geometry, aggregation state, and particle size on reflectance spectra of the Murchison CM2 chondrite deconvolved to Dawn FC band passes
Matthew R.M. Izawa, Tanja Schäfer, Valerie B. Pietrasz, Edward A. Cloutis, Paul Mann, Andreas Nathues, Kurt Mengel, Michael Schäfer, Guneshwar Thangjam, Martin Hoffmann, Kimberly T. Tait, Daniel M. Applin Icarus In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available…
40Ar/39Ar age of material returned from asteroid 25143 Itokawa
Park, J., Turrin, B. D., Herzog, G. F., Lindsay, F. N., Delaney, J. S., Swisher, C. C., Uesugi, M., Karouji, Y., Yada, T., Abe, M., Okada, T. and Ishibashi, Y. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi:…
Are some meteoroids rubble piles?
Jiří Borovička Paper presented at the IAU Symposium 318 Asteroids: New Observations, New Models (Honolulu, USA, August 3-7, 2015). Accepted for publication in the Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union arXiv:1510.07869 PDF (full text) abstract…
Vestoids, Part II: The basaltic nature and HED meteorite analogs for eight Vp-type asteroids and their associations with (4) Vesta
Paul S. Hardersen, Vishnu Reddy, Rachel Roberts arXiv:1510.06636 (Submitted on 22 Oct 2015) PDF (full text) abstract “Improving constraints on the abundance of basaltic asteroids in the main asteroid belt is necessary for better understanding…
Simulating the Formation of Carbon-rich Molecules on an idealised Graphitic Surface
David W. Marshall, H. R. Sadeghpour the manuscript has been submitted to MNRAS for publication PDF (full text) abstract “There is accumulating evidence for the presence of complex molecules, including carbon-bearing and organic molecules, in…
Ciechanów fireball: the body possibly related to near earth asteroids 2010 TB54 and 2010 SX11
A. Olech, P. Żołądek, M. Wiśniewski, R. Rudawska, J. Laskowski, K. Polakowski, M. Maciejewski, T. Krzyżanowski, T. Fajfer, and Z. Tymiński MNRAS(December 11, 2015) Vol. 454 2965-2971 doi:10.1093/mnras/stv1993 First published online October 17, 2015 LINK…
Fragment shapes in impact experiments ranging from cratering to catastrophic disruption
T. Michikami, A. Hagermann, T. Kadokawa, A. Yoshida, A. Shimada, S. Hasegawa, A. Tsuchiyama Icarus In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 8 October 2015 LINK (full text)
Differentiation signatures in the Flora region
Dagmara Oszkiewicz, Paweł Kankiewicz, Ireneusz Włodarczyk, Agnieszka Kryszczyńska accepted to AA (28 09 2015) PDF (full text) abstract “Most asteroid families are very homogeneous in physical properties. Some show greater diversity, however. The Flora family…
Rounded Boulders on Itokawa as Clues to Geological Processes in the Early Solar System
J. Marshall, B. Rizk Planetary and Space Science In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 3 October 2015 doi:10.1016/j.pss.2015.09.015 LINK “Large rounded boulders on Itokawa are a surprising find and may be evidence of forceful inter-boulder…
The abundance of 26Al-rich planetary systems in the Galaxy
Matthieu Gounelle Astronomy & Astrophysics, Volume 582, October 2015 Published online: 30 September 2015 LINK “One of the most puzzling properties of the solar system is the high abundance at its birth of 26Al, a…
Ion irradiation of carbonaceous chondrites as a simulation of space weathering on C-complex asteroids
C. LANTZ, R. Brunetto, M.A. Barucci, C. Bachelet, D. Baklouti, J. Bourçois, E. Dartois, J. Duprat, P. Duret, C. Engrand, M. Godard, D. Ledu, O. Mivumbi, and S. Fornasier EPSC Abstracts Vol. 10, EPSC2015-138, 2015…
Signatures of Recent Asteroid Disruptions in the Formation and Evolution of Solar System Dust Bands
A. J. Espy Kehoe, T. J. J. Kehoe, J. E. Colwell, and S. F. Dermott The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 811, Number 1 Published 2015 September 22 LINK Updated (Oct. 5, 2015): PDF (full text) abstract
The Physical Characterization of the Potentially Hazardous Asteroid 2004 BL86: A Fragment of a Differentiated Asteroid
Vishnu Reddy, Bruce L. Gary, Juan A. Sanchez, Driss Takir, Cristina A. Thomas, Paul S. Hardersen, Yenal Ogmen, Paul Benni, Thomas G. Kaye, Joao Gregorio, Joe Garlitz, David Polishook, Lucille Le Corre, and Andreas Nathues…
Differentiation processes in FeO-rich asteroids revealed by the achondrite Lewis Cliff 88763.
Day, J. M. D., Corder, C. A., Rumble, D., Assayag, N., Cartigny, P. and Taylor, L. A. (2015) Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12509 LINK “Olivine-dominated (70–80 modal %) achondrite meteorite Lewis Cliff (LEW) 88763…
Space Weathering Trends Among Carbonaceous AsteroidsOPEN ACCESS
Heather M. Kaluna, Joseph R. Masiero, Karen J. Meech accepted for publication in Icarus PDF (full text) abstract “We present visible spectroscopic and albedo data of the 2.3 Gyr old Themis family and the 15…
Spectral calibration for deriving surface mineralogy of Asteroid (25143) Itokawa from Hayabusa Near-Infrared Spectrometer (NIRS) Data
Megha Bhatt, Vishnu Reddy, Lucille Le Corre, Juan A. Sanchez, Tasha Dunn, Matthew R.M. Izawa, Jian-Yang Li, Kris J. Becker, Lynn Weller Icarus In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 2 September 2015 LINK
Chasing the Chelyabinsk asteroid N-body style
C. de la Fuente Marcos, R. de la Fuente Marcos, S. J. Aarseth Accepted for publication in The Astrophysical Journal (2015 August 24) arXiv:1508.05907 PDF (full text) abstract
Visible-IR and Raman microspectroscopic investigation of three Itokawa particles collected by Hayabusa: Mineralogy and degree of space weathering based on nondestructive analyses
L. Bonal, R. Brunetto, P. Beck, E. Dartois, Z. Dionnet, Z. Djouadi, J. Duprat, E. Füri, Y. Kakazu, G. Montagnac, P. Oudayer, E. Quirico and C. Engrand Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12496 Article first…
Dynamical evolution of Chelyabinsk-type bodies from sungrazing orbits to near-Earth space
V.V. Emel’yanenko Planetary and Space Science In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 21 August 2015 doi:10.1016/j.pss.2015.08.005 LINK
Terrestrial Planet Formation Constrained by Mars and the Structure of the Asteroid Belt
André Izidoro, Sean N. Raymond, Alessandro Morbidelli, Othon C. Winter Accepted for publication in MNRAS update (Sept 9): MNRAS (November 11, 2015) 453 (4): 3619-3634. doi: 10.1093/mnras/stv1835 First published online September 9, 2015 PDF (full…
Spectrophotometry of (32) Pomona, (145) Adeona, (704) Interamnia, (779) Nina, (330825) 2008 XE3, and 2012 QG42 and laboratory study of possible analog samples
Vladimir V. Busarev, Sergey I. Barabanov, Vyacheslav S. Rusakov, Vasiliy B. Puzin, Valery V. Kravtsov Icarus In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 8 August 2015 LINK
Composition of Potentially Hazardous Asteroid (214869) 2007 PA8: An H Chondrite from the Outer Asteroid Belt
Juan A. Sanchez, Vishnu Reddy, Melissa Dykhuis, Sean Lindsay, Lucille Le Corre Accepted for publication in APJ PDF (full text) abstract
Near-ultraviolet Bluing after Space Weathering of Silicates and Meteorites
Z. Kanuchova, R. Brunetto, D. Fulvio, G. Strazzulla Icarus In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 26 June 2015 LINK
Early aqueous activity on the ordinary and carbonaceous chondrite parent bodies recorded by fayalite
Patricia M. Doyle, Kaori Jogo, Kazuhide Nagashima, Alexander N. Krot, Shigeru Wakita, Fred J. Ciesla, Ian D. Hutcheon Nature Communications 6, Article number: 7444 doi:10.1038/ncomms8444 published: 23 June 2015 LINK Supplementary Information (PDF)
Brief Follow-up on Recent Studies of Theia’s Accretion
Nathan A. Kaib, Nicolas B. Cowan accepted to Icarus arXiv:1506.06132 PDF LINK abstract
Interplanetary Dust Particles as Samples of Icy Asteroids
P. Vernazza, M. Marsset, P. Beck, R. P. Binzel, M. Birlan, R. Brunetto, F. E. Demeo, Z. Djouadi, C. Dumas, S. Merouane, O. Mousis, and B. Zanda The Astrophysical Journal Letters Volume 806 Number 2…
The Compositional Structure of the Asteroid Belt
Francesca E. DeMeo, Conel M. O’D. Alexander, Kevin J. Walsh, Clark R. Chapman, Richard P. Binzel Accepted chapter in Asteroids IV in the Space Science Series to be published Fall 2015 PDF (full text) abstract
I-Xe Systematics of Brachinite-Like Ultramafic Achondrite Northwest Africa 5400
Pravdivtseva O. * Meshik A. Hohenberg C. M. Irving A. J. 78th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2015), abstract #5387 abstract (PDF)
The Closely Linked Timing of Chondrule and Chondrite Formation
Alexander C. M. O’D. 78th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2015), abstract #5369 abstract (PDF)
Tafassasset: Evidence of early incipient differentiation on a metal-rich chondritic parent body
Thomas Breton, Ghylaine Quitté, Michael J. Toplis, Marc Monnereau, Jean-Louis Birck, Christa Göpel, Cyril Charles Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 425, 1 September 2015, Pages 193–203 LINK
Systematic ranging and late warning asteroid impacts
D. Farnocchia, S.R. Chesley, M. Micheli Icarus In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 10 June 2015 LINK
Fragments of Late Eocene Earth-impacting asteroids linked to disturbance of asteroid belt
Birger Schmitz , Samuele Boschi , Anders Cronholm , Philipp R. Heck , Simonetta Monechi , Alessandro Montanari , Fredrik Terfelt Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 425, 1 September 2015, Pages 77–83 LINK
Surface and internal structures of a space-weathered rim of an Itokawa regolith particle
Toru Matsumoto, Akira Tsuchiyama, Akira Miyake, Takaaki Noguchi, Michihiko Nakamura, Kentaro Uesugi, Akihisa Takeuchi, Yoshio Suzuki, Tsukasa Nakano Icarus, In Press, available online 15 May 2015 LINK
Asteroid family ages
Federica Spoto, Andrea Milani, Zoran Knežević Icarus, available online 13 May 2015 doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2015.04.041 LINK
Toward an Understanding of Phyllosilicate Mineralogy in the Outer Main Asteroid Belt
Driss Takir, Joshua P. Emery, Harry Y. McSween Icarus available online 13 May 2015 doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2015.04.042 LINK Proposed mineralogical linkages between CM/CI carbonaceous chondrites and outer Main Belt asteroids remain uncertain due to a dearth of…
New Paradigms For Asteroid Formation
Anders Johansen, Emmanuel Jacquet, Jeffrey N. Cuzzi, Alessandro Morbidelli, Matthieu Gounelle Chapter to appear in the book ASTEROIDS IV, (University of Arizona Press) Space Science Series, edited by P. Michel, F. DeMeo and W. Bottke…
Near-infrared Spectroscopy of 3:1 Kirkwood Gap Asteroids III
Sherry K. Fieber-Beyer, Michael J. Gaffey Icarus In Press, available online 5 May 2015 doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2015.04.034 LINK
Modelling the brightness increase signature due to asteroid collisions
Ev McLoughlin, Alan Fitzsimmons, Alan McLoughlin Icarus In press, available online 17 April 2015 doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2015.04.015 LINK We have developed a model to predict the post-collision brightness increase of sub-catastrophic collisions between asteroids and to evaluate…
Growth of asteroids, planetary embryos, and Kuiper belt objects by chondrule accretion
Anders Johansen, Mordecai-Mark Mac Low, Pedro Lacerda, Martin Bizzarro Science Advances 17 Apr 2015: Vol. 1 no. 3 e1500109 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1500109 PDF (full text) LINK (full text)
Dating the Moon-forming impact event with asteroidal meteorites
W. F. Bottke, D. Vokrouhlický, S. Marchi, T. Swindle, E. R. D. Scott, J. R. Weirich, and H. Levison Science 17 April 2015: Vol. 348 no. 6232 pp. 321-323 DOI: 10.1126/science.aaa0602 LINK Supplementary materials (PDF)
Variability, absorption features, and parent body searches in “spectrally featureless” meteorite reflectance spectra: Case study – Tagish Lake
M.R.M. Izawa, M.A. Craig, D.M. Applin, J.A. Sanchez, V. Reddy, L. LeCorre, P. Mann, E.A. Cloutis Icarus doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2015.04.013 published online 15 April 2015 LINK
A Search for Subkilometer-sized Ordinary Chondrite Like Asteroids in the Main-Belt
H.W. Lin, Fumi Yoshida, Y.T. Chen, W.H. Ip, C.K. Chang Icarus available online 11 April 2015 doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2015.04.007 LINK PDF (full text) The size-dependent effects of asteroids on surface regolith and collisional lifetimes suggest that small…
Systematic ranging and late warning asteroid impacts
D. Farnocchia, S. R. Chesley, M. Micheli arXiv:1504.00025 PDF (full text) LINK
Is Vesta an Intact and Pristine Protoplanet?
G.J. Consolmagno, G.J. Golabek, D. Turrini, M. Jutzi, S. Sirono, V. Svetsov, K. Tsiganis Icarus available online 1 April 2015 doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2015.03.029 LINK
Growth of asteroids, planetary embryos and Kuiper belt objects by chondrule accretion
Anders Johansen, Mordecai-Mark Mac Low, Pedro Lacerda Science Advances arXiv:1503.07347 accepted for publication, submitted 25 March 2015 LINK PDF (full text) Chondrules are millimeter-sized spherules that dominate primitive meteorites (chondrites) originating from the asteroid belt….
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- Northwest Africa 18175 (L3)
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- Northwest Africa 18172 (Eucrite-br)
- Northwest Africa 18170 (Eucrite-pmict)
- Hassi Khebi 003 (Howardite-melt breccia)
- Hassi Khebi 002 (Diogenite-pm)
- Northwest Africa 17888 (LL7)
- Northwest Africa 2916 (Eucrite-br)
- Gadoufaoua 001 (L3)
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- Northeast Africa 083 (Lunar)
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