26Al and 10Be Activities in Chelyabinsk (LL5): Implications for Cosmic-Ray Exposure History
J. Park, G. F. Herzog, L. E. Nyquist, C.-Y. Shih, M.-K. Haba, K. Nagao 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #1453 PDF LINK
Formation of Carbon-Rich Grains by the Chelyabinsk and Nio Meteoritic Showers
Y. Miura, T. Tanosaki 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #1666 PDF LINK
Chelyabinsk Ar-Ar Ages — A Young Heterogeneous LL5 Chondrite
F. N. Lindsay, G. F. Herzog, J. Park, B. D. Turrin, J. S. Delaney, C. C. Swisher III 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #2226 PDF LINK
Mineralogy, Petrology, Chronology, and Exposure History of the Chelyabinsk Meteorite and Parent Body
K. Righter, P. Abell, D. Agresti, E. L. Berger, A. S. Burton, J. S. Delaney, M. D. Fries, E. K. Gibson, R. Harrington, G. F. Herzog, L. P. Keller, D. Locke, F. Lindsay, T. J….
Ti-Cr-O Isotope Systematics of the Anomalous Eucrites and Martian Meteorites
C. D. Williams, M. E. Sanborn, Q. -Z. Yin 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #1671 PDF LINK
High-Precision 182W Measurements of Martian Meteorites for Constraining the Early Evolution of Mars
T. S. Kruijer, T. Kleine, L. Borg, M. Fischer-Gödde, A. J. Irving, A. Bischoff, C. B. Agee 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #1928 PDF LINK
Neodymium and Tungsten Isotope Systematics of Mars Inferred from the Augite Basaltic Meteorite NWA 8159
T. M. Kayzar, L. Borg, T. S. Kruijer, T. Kleine, G. Brennecka, C. Agee 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #2357 PDF LINK
The Mineralogical Record of fO2 Variation and Alteration in Northwest Africa 8159 (NWA 8159). Evidence for the Interaction Between a Mantle Derived Martian Basalt and a Crustal Component(s)
C. K. Shearer, A. S. Bell, P. V. Burger, F. M. McCubbin, C. Agee, J. Simon, J. J. Papike 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #1483 PDF LINK
Highly Siderophile Element and 187Re-187Os Isotopic Systematics of Ungrouped Achondrite Northwest Africa 7325
G. J. Archer, R. J. Walker, A. J. Irving 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #1987 PDF LINK
On-the-Fly Calibration for Rapid Raman Chondrite Classification
L. C. Welzenbach 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #2771 PDF LINK
Carbonate abundances and isotopic compositions in chondrites
C. M. O’D. Alexander, R. Bowden, M. L. Fogel and K. T. Howard Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12410 LINK We report the bulk C abundances, and C and O isotopic compositions of carbonates in…
Chelyabinsk main mass weighs 505 kg on average
(updated 26 January 13:11 CET) Since the former gravimetric measurements of the Chelyabinsk main mass to determine its final weight were not precise the museum staff has found a new scale to weigh the Chelyabinsk…
Chelyabinsk main mass weighs 505 kg on average
Since the former gravimetric measurements of the Chelyabinsk main mass to determine its final weight were not precise the museum staff has found a new scale to weigh the Chelyabinsk main mass again. The main…
Museo Geominero (Instituto Geológico y Minero de España) in Madrid acquires and exposes slice of Zaragoza meteorite
Madrid’s Museo Geominero (Instituto Geológico y Minero de España) * researcher Pablo Rafael Lozano acquired a slice of the Zaragoza * meteorite for the museum’s collection at the Munich Fair in October 2014. The meteorite…
Constraining the source regions of lunar meteorites using orbital geochemical data
Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12412 Calzada-Diaz, A., Joy, K. H., Crawford, I. A. and Nordheim, T. A. (2015) LINK
How to form planetesimals from mm-sized chondrules and chondrule aggregates
Daniel Carrera, Anders Johansen, Melvyn B. Davies PDF LINK (full text) LINK
Isotopic composition of carbon and nitrogen in ureilitic fragments of the Almahata Sitta meteorite
Downes, H., Abernethy, F. A. J., Smith, C. L., Ross, A. J., Verchovsky, A. B., Grady, M. M., Jenniskens, P. and Shaddad, M. H. (2015), Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12413 LINK
Cosmogenic radionuclides and mineralogical properties of the Chelyabinsk (LL5) meteorite: What do we learn about the meteoroid?
Povinec, P. P., Laubenstein, M., Jull, A. J. T., Ferrière, L., Brandstätter, F., Sýkora, I., Masarik, J., Beňo, J., Kováčik, A., Topa, D. and Koeberl, C. (2015) Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12419 LINK
Pure iron and other magnetic minerals in meteorites
D. M. Pechersky, G. P. Markov, V. A. Tsel’movich Solar System Research January 2015, Volume 49, Issue 1, pp 61-71 LINK Original Russian Text © D.M. Pechersky, G.P. Markov, V.A. Tsel’movich, 2015, published in Astronomicheskii…
Long-lived magnetism from solidification-driven convection on the pallasite parent body
James F. J. Bryson, Claire I. O. Nichols,Julia Herrero-Albillos, Florian Kronast,Takeshi Kasama, Hossein Alimadadi, Gerrit van der Laan, Francis Nimmo, Richard J. Harrison Nature 517, 472–475, (22 January 2015), doi:10.1038/nature14114 LINK (abstract) A rock hard…
Rheasilvia provenance of the Kapoeta howardite inferred from image 40Ar/39Ar feldspar ages
Fara N. Lindsay, Jeremy S. Delaney, Gregory F. Herzog, Brent D. Turrin, Jisun Park, Carl C. Swisher III Earth and Planetary Science Letters available online 19 January 2015 LINK
Evidence for an Anhydrous Carbonaceous Extrasolar Minor Planet
M. Jura, P. Dufour, S. Xu (许偲艺), B. Zuckerman, B. Klein, E. D. Young, and C. Melis The Astrophysical Journal Volume 799 Number 1 2015 ApJ 799 109. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/799/1/109 LINK
Evidence for an early nitrogen isotopic evolution in the solar nebula from volatile analyses of a CAI from the CV3 chondrite NWA 8616
Evelyn Füri, Marc Chaussidon, Bernard Marty Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, available online 20 January 2015 doi:10.1016/j.gca.2015.01.004 LINK
Reactive ammonia in the solar protoplanetary disk and the origin of Earth’s nitrogen
Dennis Harries,Peter Hoppe, Falko Langenhorst Nature Geoscience (2015) doi:10.1038/ngeo2339 LINK Supplementary Information (PDF) Yamato 793321
First chondritic meteorite from the São Paulo bolide on 9 January 2015 (15:35 local time) has been found near Porangaba, São Paulo, Brazil
Update (20 January 2015): Desculpa aí! With apologies to mister Paulo Gama! When first publishing about this fall yesterday, the owner of this website was not aware of Mr. Gama’s wish not to publish information…
First two meteorites from the São Paulo bolide on 9 January 2015 (15:35 local time) have been found near Porangaba, São Paulo, Brazil
Additional and deviating information about this witnessed fall (updated after registration in the Meteoritical Bulletin on 24 May 2015) can be found HERE (Last update of text below on 24 March 2015) The meteorite weighs…
Link between the potentially hazardous asteroid (86039) 1999 NC43 and the Chelyabinsk meteoroid tenuous
Vishnu Reddy, David Vokrouhlický, William F. Bottke, Petr Pravec, Juan A. Sanchez, Bruce L. Gary, Rachel Klima, Edward A. Cloutis, Adrián Galád, Tan Thiam Guan, Kamil Hornoch, Matthew R.M. Izawa, Peter Kušnirák, Lucille Le Corre,…
7.75 kg mass of Chelyabinsk exhibited in Moscow from January 23, 2015 (updated February 4)
Update (22 January, 23:58 CET): The Chelyabinsk meteorite fragment has arrived in Moscow and arouses interest even before the actual opening of the exhibition on Friday, 23 January. First published January 15 16:00 CET The…
Mineralogy of some evolved LL chondrites with reference to asteroid materials and solar system evolution
Hiroshi Takeda, Hiroshi Nagaoka, Akira Yamaguchi, Yuzuru Karouji, Yuuki Yazawa Earth, Planets and Space 2015, 67:5 doi:10.1186/s40623-014-0167-x PDF LINK LINK (abstract)
Impact jetting as the origin of chondrules
Brandon C. Johnson, David A. Minton, H. J. Melosh, Maria T. Zuber Nature 517, 339–341(15 January 2015), doi:10.1038/nature14105 LINK update (12 April 2015): Ancient Jets of Fiery Rain (PDF) by G. Jeffrey Taylor Hawai’i Institute…
[Žd’ár nad Sázavou] A second meteorite (39.3 grams) of the Czech bolide on 9 December 2014 was found near Vatín on January 12 by Czech astronomers, first meteorite classified as type L3.9
A second meteorite with a weight of 39.3 grams was found around noon on 12 January 2015 by astronomers of the Czech Astronomical Institute (Astronomický ústav Akademie věd České republiky (AsÚ)) according to Czech television…
A second meteorite (41 grams) of the Czech bolide on 9 December 2014 was found near Vatín by Czech astronomers, first meteorite classified as type L3.9
A second meteorite with a weight of 41 grams was found around noon on 12 January 2015 by astronomers of the Czech Astronomical Institute (Astronomický ústav Akademie věd České republiky (AsÚ)) according to the Czech…
Asteroid (354) eleonora: Plucking an odd duck
Michael J. Gaffey, Vishnu Reddy, Sherry-Fieber-Beyer, Edward Cloutis Icarus doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2014.12.036 available online 9 January 2015 LINK
Meteoroids Interaction with the Earth Atmosphere
Turchak L.I., Gritsevich M.I. Journal of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Publishing House of the Warsaw University of Technology (Poland), том 44, № 4, с. 15-28 DOI accepted 17 November 2014 DOI: 10.2478/jtam-2014-0020 PDF LINK
A partial melting study of an ordinary (H) chondrite composition with application to the unique achondrite Graves Nunataks 06128 and 06129
Usui, T., Jones, J. H. and Mittlefehldt, D. W. (2015) Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12392 LINK
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327 kg Gibeon in the Fersman Mineralogical Museum, Moscow
video by Oleg Tarabanov VIDEO (HD)
Siderophile and chalcophile element abundances in shergottites: Implications for Martian core formation
Shuying Yang, Munir Humayun, Kevin Righter, Gwendolyn Jefferson, Dana Fields and Anthony J. Irving Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12384 LINK
Correlated cosmogenic W and Os isotopic variations in Carbo and implications for Hf-W chronology
Liping Qin, Nicolas Dauphas, Mary F. Horan, Ingo Leya, Richard W. Carlson Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta doi:10.1016/j.gca.2014.11.015 available online 2 January 2015 LINK
NWA 8694 – a new Chassignite classified
NWA 8694 back-scattered electron microscope image photo: Labenne Meteorites Meteoritical Bulletin Database Writeup
Complex organic molecules in protostellar environments in the SKA era
C. Codella, L. Podio, F. Fontani, I. Jiménez-Serra, P. Caselli, C. Ceccarelli, M.E. Palumbo, A. López-Sepulcre, M.T. Beltrán, B. Lefloch, J.R. Brucato, S. Viti, L. Testi PDF LINK LINK
Kainsaz meteorite in the Fersman Mineralogical Museum in Moscow
Kainsaz meteorite,fell in the USSR (Tatarstan) on September 13,1937 .Type: chondrite.Class: carbonaceous chondrite CO3.Found 15 instances . Total weight more than 210 kilograms .The weight of the largest individual instance is 102 kilograms . Moscow,Fersman…
NWA 6255 meteorite − Thermophysical properties of interior and the crust
Katarzyna Łuszczek, Radosław A. Wach Meteorites Vol. 3, Nos. 1–2, 2014, 33–44 www.meteorites.pwr.wroc.pl DOI 10.5277/met140103 LINK
Grønlands jernalder kom fra rummet (Cape York, iron)
Grønlands jernalder kom fra rummet (videnskab, 29.12.2014) Polarfronten 3/2014 (Danish e-paper, pages 22-23) UPDATE (Text in English) Greenland’s Iron Age came from space (Science Nordic, 13.1.2015)
Potentially Hazardous Asteroid 2007 LE: Compositional Link to the Black Chondrite Rose City and Asteroid (6) Hebe
Sherry K. Fieber-Beyer, Michael J. Gaffey, William F. Bottke, Paul S. Hardersen Icarus, available online 24 December 2014 LINK
The formation and alteration of the Renazzo-like carbonaceous chondrites III: Toward understanding the genesis of ferromagnesian chondrules
Devin L. Schrader, Harold C. Connolly Jr., Dante S. Lauretta, Thomas J. Zega, Jemma Davidson and Kenneth J. Domanik first published online: 22 DEC 2014 | DOI: 10.1111/maps.12402 LINK
Oxygen-isotope compositions of chondrule phenocrysts and matrix grains in Kakangari K-grouplet chondrite: Implication to a chondrule-matrix genetic relationship
Kazuhide Nagashima, Alexander N. Krot, Gary R. Huss Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta Volume 151, 15 February 2015, Pages 49–67 doi:10.1016/j.gca.2014.12.012 LINK
Leporello – Faszination Meteoriten (Austrian radio)
Leporello – Faszination Meteoriten (Austrian Radio ORF1, 17 December 2014, in German) Interviews with Regine Petersen about her book “A Short History of Meteorite Falls” and Ludovic Ferrière, meteorite curator at the Museum of Natural…
Origin and history of ureilitic material in the solar system: The view from asteroid 2008 TC3 and the Almahata Sitta meteorite
Goodrich, C. A., Hartmann, W. K., O’Brien, D. P., Weidenschilling, S. J., Wilson, L., Michel, P. and Jutzi, M. (2014) Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12401 LINK
Petrology and trace element geochemistry of Tissint, the newest shergottite fall
J. Brian Balta, Matthew E. Sanborn, Arya Udry, Meenakshi Wadhwa and Harry Y. McSween Jr. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12403 LINK
Meteorites in the exhibition “Trésors de la Terre” in the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle in Paris (starting 19 December 2014)
Trésors de la Terre (19th – 31st December 2014)
Savik I mass of Cape York moved to Danish National Museum because of renovation of Geological Museum
VIDEO LINK LINK (Original)
Case study of chondrule alteration with IR spectroscopy in NWA 2086 CV3 meteorite
A. Kereszturi, I. Gyollai, M. Szabó Planetary and Space Science available online 18 December 2014 LINK
Partitioning of light lithophile elements during basalt eruptions on Earth and application to Martian shergottites
Marie Edmonds Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 411, 1 February 2015, Pages 142–150 LINK
The potentially hazardous asteroid (214869) 2007 PA8: an unweathered L chondrite analogue surface
S. Fornasier, I.N. Belskaya, D. Perna Icarus, available online 17 December 2014 LINK
Thermally Induced Chemistry of Meteoritic Complex Organic Molecules: A New Heat-Diffusion Model for the Atmospheric Entry of Meteorites
Christopher N. Shingledecker submitted on 16 Dec 2014 arXiv:1412.5134v1 PDF LINK LINK
Early inner solar system origin for anomalous sulfur isotopes in differentiated protoplanets
Michael A. Antonelli, Sang-Tae Kim, Marc Peters, Jabrane Labidi, Pierre Cartigny, Richard J. Walker, James R. Lyons, Joost Hoek, and James Farquhar PNAS2014 111 (50)17749-17754; published ahead of print December 1, 2014, doi:10.1073/pnas.1418907111 LINK
Impact features of enstatite-rich meteorites
Alan E. Rubin Chemie der Erde – Geochemistry doi:10.1016/j.chemer.2014.09.001 In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 11 December 2014 LINK
Mundrabilla meteorite in the Fersman Mineralogical Museum in Moscow
Meteorite Mundrabilla (slice) in the Mineralogical Museum of A. E. Fersman in Moscow (Russia). Iron meteorite,ochtaedrite. Found in 1966 in Australia.This meteorite was transferred to the museum by the German mineralogist Paul Ramdohr . Moscow,…
Sikhote Alins in the Fersman Mineralogical Museum in Moscow
Sikhote Alins in the Fersman Mineralogical Museum in Moscow An impressive 1745 kg individual
Meteoritic evidence for a previously unrecognized hydrogen reservoir on Mars
Tomohiro Usui, Conel M. O’D. Alexander, Jianhua Wang, Justin I. Simon, John H. Jones Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 410, 15 January 2015, Pages 140–151 LINK
The origin of chondrules: Constraints from matrix composition and matrix-chondrule complementarityOPEN ACCESS
Herbert Palme, Dominik C. Hezel, Denton S. Ebel Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 411, 1 February 2015, Pages 11–19 LINK Update (6 July 2023): PDF (OPEN ACCESS)
Nanoscale infrared spectroscopy as a non-destructive probe of extraterrestrial samples
Dominguez G, Mcleod AS, Gainsforth Z, Kelly P, Bechtel HA, Keilmann F, Westphal A, Thiemens M, Basov DN (2014) Nature Communications 5, Article number: 5445 doi:10.1038/ncomms6445 published 09 December 2014 LINK
[Žd’ár nad Sázavou] First meteorite found near Nová Ves, close to Nového Města na Moravě on 20 December, ~3 p.m. CET/ Meteorite fall near Rudolec, Jihlava district, Czech Republic, 9 December, 16:16:45-54 UT UTC
Update (24 May 2015) Žd’ár nad Sázavou was registered in the Meteoritical Bulletin Database on 24 May 2015 LINK UPDATE (2 January 2015): A report from the Czech Astronomical Society about the meteorite search expedition,…
Search team of the Korean Polar Research Institute has found 11kg meteorite in Antarctica
The meteorite (21cm x 21cm x 18cm) was found about 300 km southwest of the new Jang Bogo Station * LINK LINK (Original)
An early solar system magnetic field recorded in CM chondrites
C. Cournede, J. Gattacceca, M. Gounelle, P. Rochette, B.P. Weiss, B. Zanda Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 410, 15 January 2015, Pages 62–74 LINK
New insight into the Solar System’s transition disk phase provided by the unusual meteorite Isheyevo
Melissa A. Morris, Laurence A. J. Garvie, L. Paul Knauth The Astrophysical Journal Letters ApJ 801 L22. doi:10.1088/2041-8205/801/2/L22 Received 4 Dezember 2014, accepted for publication 30 Januar 2015. Published 9 März 2015. PDF LINK (open…
Constraints on the Depth and Thermal Vigor of Melting in the Martian Mantle
Justin Filiberto and Rajdeep Dasgupta Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets DOI: 10.1002/2014JE004745 Accepted manuscript online: 4 DEC 2014 04:51PM EST LINK
NWA 7034 CT Scan
source: Arizona State University’s Center for Meteorite Studies
Application of non-extensive statistical physics on Martian nakhlites: A first-order approach on the crystal size distribution of pyroxene using Tsallis entropy
Filippos Vallianatos, Ioannis P. Baziotis, Arya Udry, and Lawrence A. Taylor EPL 108 58002 doi:10.1209/0295-5075/108/58002 LINK
Pressure–temperature evolution of primordial solar system solids during impact-induced compaction
P. A. Bland, G. S. Collins, T. M. Davison, N. M. Abreu, F. J. Ciesla, A. R. Muxworthy, J. Moore Nature Communications 5, Article number: 5451 doi:10.1038/ncomms6451 LINK
X-ray absorption near edge structure spectroscopic study of Hayabusa category 3 carbonaceous particles
Hikaru Yabuta, Masayuki Uesugi, Hiroshi Naraoka, Motoo Ito, A L David Kilcoyne, Scott A Sandford, Fumio Kitajima, Hajime Mita, Yoshinori Takano, Toru Yada, Yuzuru Karouji, Yukihiro Ishibashi, Tatsuaki Okada, Masanao Abe Earth, Planets and Space…
Pb-isotopic evidence for an early, enriched crust on Mars
J.J. Bellucci, A.A. Nemchin, M.J. Whitehouse, M. Humayun, R. Hewins, B. Zanda Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 410, 15 January 2015, Pages 34–41 available online 2 December 2014 LINK (open access)
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)
60 years ago: Mrs Hodges and the Sylacauga meteorite
November 30, 1954, at 18:46 UTC Oak Grove, Alabama The Sylacauga, Talladega County, Alabama, Aerolite Swindel, G. W. & Jones, W. B. Meteoritics, volume 1, number 2, page 125. (1954) The Sylacauga, Alabama Meteorite: The…
Widespread evidence for high-temperature formation of pentlandite in chondrites
Devin Schrader (SI), Tim McCoy (SI), Jemma Davidson (CIW) PDF LINK
Isotopic and Geochemical Studies of Sr and REE in Eucrites and Diogenites
Kohei Sera (Hiroshima Univ.), *Hiroshi Hidaka (Hiroshima Univ.), Shigekazu Yoneda (National Museum of Nature and Science) PDF LINK
High-Precision Oxygen-Isotope Measurements with SHRIMP SI
Trevor Ireland (ANU), Marian Sapah (ANU), Janaina Avila (ANU), Peter Holden (ANU), and Peter Lanc (ANU) PDF LINK
Discovery of unusual 3 micron bands on some CM chondrite chips of NIPR and possible link to asteroidal surface minerals
Takahiro Hiroi, Hiroshi Kaiden, Naoya Imae, Akira Yamaguchi, Hideyasu Kojima, Sho Sasaki, Moe Matsuoka, Tomoki Nakamura, Carle Pieters PDF LINK
An experimental study of chondrule formation interacting with the surrouding gas under the nebular conditions of reducing and 10-3 bars
Naoya Imae (NIPR), Hiroshi Isobe (Kumamoto Univ.) PDF LINK
Cooling rates of mesosiderites at intermediate temperatures
Naoji Sugiura (Univ. of Tokyo), Makoto Kimura (Ibaraki Univ.) PDF LINK
Geochemical characteristics and U-Pb age of metamorphic zircons from Estherville: constraints on the timing of mesosiderite formation
Makiko K. Haba (NIPR), Akira Yamaguchi (NIPR), Hiroyuki Kagi (The Univ. of Tokyo), Keisuke Nagao (The Univ. of Tokyo), Hiroshi Hidaka (Hiroshima Univ.) PDF LINK
A mineralogical and chemical study of primitive achondrite NWA 6704 and its potential use for calibration of extinct radionuclide chronometers
Yuki Hibiya (The University of Tokyo) , Tsuyoshi Iizuka (The University of Tokyo) , Akira Yamaguchi (NIPR) PDF LINK
The Chelyabinsk meteorite fall from 2013 – new results on mineralogical and physical properties
Viktor H. Hoffmann (Univ. Muenchen, Univ. Tuebingen), Rupert Hochleitner (MSCM Muenchen), Melanie Kaliwoda (MSCM Muenchen), Minoru Funaki (NIPR), Yuhjii Yamamoto (KCC/JAMSTEC, Univ. Kochi), Kasuhito Kodama (KCC/JAMSTEC, Univ. Kochi), Karl-Thomas Fehr (Univ. Muenchen) PDF LINK
New data on the Braunschweig meteorite (L6) – a recent fall in Germany (2013)
Rupert Hochleitner (MSCM, Muenchen), Viktor Hoffmann (Univ. Muenchen, Univ. Tuebingen), Melanie Kaliwoda (MSCM Muenchen), R. Bartoschwewitz (Bartoschewitz Met. Lab. Germany) PDF LINK
Thermal history of Vesta’s crust constrained by U-Pb dating and trace element chemistry of zircon in the Agoult eucrite
Tsuyoshi Iizuka (University of Tokyo), Akira Yamaguchi (NIPR), Makiko K. Haba (NIPR), Yuri Amelin (ANU), Peter Holden (ANU), S. Zink (ANU), M. H. Huyskens (ANU), Trevor Ireland (ANU) PDF LINK
Mineralogical and chemical study of Divnoe ungrouped primitive achondrite
Hikari Hasegawa (Univ. Tokyo), Takashi Mikouchi (Univ. Tokyo), Akira Yamaguchi (NIPR), Naoki Shirai (Tokyo Metropolitan University), Mitsuru Ebihara (Tokyo Metropolitan University) PDF LINK
Reflectance spectra measurement of hydrated and dehydrated carbonaceous chondrites using the Near Infrared Spectrometer on Hayabusa 2 spacecraft
Tomoki Nakamura (Tohoku Univ), Takahiro Iwata (JAXA), Kohei Kitasato (Univ of Aizu), Masanao Abe (JAXA), Takahito Osawa (JAEA), Moe Matsuoka (Tohoku Univ), Yusuke Nakauchi (JAXA), Takehiko Arai (JAXA), Mutsumi Komatsu (Graduate Univ for Advanced Studies),…
Aqueous fluid inclusion candidates in Sutter’s Mill meteorite (CM) and their 3D microtextures using X-ray micro-tomography combined with FIB sampling.
Akira Tsuchiyama (Kyoto U.), Akira Miyake (Kyoto U.), Michael E. Zolensky (NASA/JSC), Kentaro Uesugi (JASRI/SPring-8), Tsukasa Nakano (AIST/GSJ), Akihisa Takeuchi (JASRI/SPring-8), Yoshio Suzuki (JASRI/SPring-8) and Kenta Yoshida (Kyoto U.) 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
Isotopic compositions of asteroidal liquid water trapped in fluid inclusions of chondrites
Hisayoshi Yurimoto (Hokkaido Univ.), Shoichi Itoh (Hokkaido Univ.), Michael Zolensky (NASA), Minoru Kusakabe (Univ. Toyama), Akiya Karen (Toray) and Robert Bodnar (Virginia Tech) PDF LINK
Search for amino acid precursors in carbonaceous chondrites and cosmic dusts
Kensei Kobayashi (YNU, NINS), Hajime Mita (FIT), Yoko Kebukawa (YNU), Yuto Ishikawa (YNU), Takeo Kaneko (YNU), Akihiko Yamagishi (TUPLS), Tanpopo (JAXA) PDF LINK
Challenging analyses of organic content in Saharan carbonaceous chondrites
Yutaro Osawa (Kyushu University), Sandra Pizzarello (Arizona State University) PDF LINK
Eclogitic clasts found in NWA 801 CR2 chondrite: Formation of high pressure minerals in deep interior of a Moon-sized planetesimal
Hajime Hiyagon (Univ. Tokyo), Naoji Sugiura (Univ. Tokyo), Noriko Kita (Univ. Wisconsin-Madison), Makoto Kimura (Ibaraki Univ.), Yuichi Morishita (Shizuoka Univ.) and Yoshie Takehana (Univ. Tokyo) PDF LINK
The relationship between CI falls and CI finds
Ashley King (NHM), Paul Schofield (NHM), Kieren Howard (KBCC), Sara Russell (NHM) PDF LINK
Mineral alteration of a Type B CAI from the reduced CV3 chondrite, Efremovka
Yuma Enokido (Waseda University), Timothy Fagan (Waseda U.), H. Aragane (Waseda U.) PDF LINK
26Al-Mg chronology and oxygen isotope distributions of multiple melting of a Type C CAI from Allende CV3
Noriyuki Kawasaki (Hokkaido University), Chizu Kato (Hokkaido University), Shoichi Itoh (Hokkaido University), Shigeyuki Wakaki (Hokkaido University), Motoo Ito (JAMSTEC), Hisayoshi Yurimoto (Hokkaido University) PDF LINK
Evidence for Os isotopic homogeneity in the solar nebula from CV-CK carbonaceous chondrites
Steven Goderis (VUB, UGent, UH), Alan D. Brandon (UH), Bernhard Mayer (FSU), Munir Humayun (FSU) PDF LINK
The ‘Black Beauty’ meteorite NWA 7034 (Science Podcast)
Science Podcast: 28 November 2014 The ‘Black Beauty’ meteorite NWA 7034 Eric Hand discusses the winding history of the Black Beauty meteorite–a 4.4 billion-year-old piece of Mars. (starting at 9:20 running time) AUDIO (MP3)
Formation of analogs of cometary nitrogen-rich refractory organics from thermal degradation of tholin and hcn polymer
Jean-Yves Bonnet, Eric Quirico, Arnaud Buch, Roland Thissen, Cyril Szopa, Nathalie Carrasco, Guy Cernogora, Nicolas Fray, Hervé Cottin, Lena Le Roy, Gilles Montagnac, Emmanuel Dartois, Rosario Brunetto, Cécile Engrand, Jean Duprat Icarus, available online 27…
NanoSIMS analysis of organic carbon from the Tissint Martian meteorite: Evidence for the past existence of subsurface organic-bearing fluids on Mars
Lin, Y., El Goresy, A., Hu, S., Zhang, J., Gillet, P., Xu, Y., Hao, J., Miyahara, M., Ouyang, Z., Ohtani, E., Xu, L., Yang, W., Feng, L., Zhao, X., Yang, J. and Ozawa, S. (2014)…
An experimental study of the formation of cubanite (CuFe2S3) in primitive meteorites
Berger, E. L., Keller, L. P. and Lauretta, D. S. (2014), Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12399 LINK
‘A castaway from ancient Mars’ by Eric Hand
A castaway from ancient Mars by Eric Hand Science, 25 November 2014 LINK
A review of lunar chronology revealing a preponderance of 4.34–4.37 Ga ages
Borg, L. E., Gaffney, A. M. and Shearer, C. K. (2014) Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12373 article first published online: 24 NOV 2014 LINK
Chelyabinsk main mass weighs 473 kilograms (+/- 20 kg)
According to the recently performed gravimetrical measurements the current weight of the Chelyabinsk main mass is 473 kilograms (+/- 20 kilograms). This new measurement is not really surprising, because after the main mass was lifted…
NO MOON IN VIENNA – Fundraising to acquire lunar meteorite Oued Awlitis 001 has unfortunately failed
UNFORTUNATELY THE ACQUISITION OF OUED AWLITIS 001 FOR THE NHM in VIENNA HAS NOT BEEN SUCCESSFUL The acquisition of the beautiful lunar meteorite Oued Awlitis 001 (410,43 g) for the meteorite collection of the Museum…
The capabilities of ROSINA/DFMS to measure argon isotopes at comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko
M. Hässig, K. Altwegg, J.J. Berthelier, U. Calmonte, T.I. Gombosi, J. De Keyser, B. Fiethe, S.A. Fuselier, L. Le Roy, T. Owen, M. Rubin Planetary and Space Science available online 20 November 2014 doi:10.1016/j.pss.2014.11.015 LINK
High resolution U-Pb ages of Ca-phosphates in Apollo 14 breccias: Implications for the age of the Imbrium impact
Merle, R. E., Nemchin, A. A., Grange, M. L., Whitehouse, M. J. and Pidgeon, R. T. (2014), Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12395 LINK
H and Cl isotope systematics of apatite in brecciated lunar meteorites Northwest Africa 4472, Northwest Africa 773, Sayh al Uhaymir 169, and Kalahari 009
Tartèse, R., Anand, M., Joy, K. H. and Franchi, I. A. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12398 LINK
The Nitrogen Isotopic Composition of Meteoritic HCN
Sandra Pizzarello The Astrophysical Journal Letters ApJ 796 L25. doi:10.1088/2041-8205/796/2/L25 published 17 November 2014. 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
EH3 matrix mineralogy with major and trace element composition compared to chondrules
S. W. Lehner, W. F. McDonough and P. Németh Meteoritics & Planetary Science, Article first published online: 18 NOV 2014 | DOI: 10.1111/maps.12391 LINK
The orbit and dynamical evolution of the Chelyabinsk object
Vacheslav V. Emel’yanenko, Sergey A. Naroenkov, Peter Jenniskens and Olga P. Popova Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12382 DOI: 10.1111/maps.12382, article first published online: 18 NOV 2014 LINK
Steinhardtite, a new body-centered-cubic allotropic form of aluminum from the Khatyrka CV3 carbonaceous chondrite
Luca Bindi, Nan Yao, Chaney Lin, Lincoln S. Hollister, Glenn J. MacPherson, Gerald R. Poirier, Christopher L. , Andronicos Vadim V. Distler, Michael P. Eddy, Alexander Kostin, Valery Kryachko, William M. Steinhardt, and Marina Yudovskaya…
Merrillite and apatite as recorders of planetary magmatic processes
Brad Jolliff American Mineralogist, November-December 2014, v. 99, p. 2313-2319 doi: 10.2138/am-2014-4926 v. 99 no. 11-12 p. 2161-2162 LINK
Redox-driven exsolution of iron-titanium oxides in magnetite in Miller Range (MIL) 03346 nakhlite: Evidence for post crystallization oxidation in the nakhlite cumulate pile?
Kevin Righter, Lindsay P. Keller, Zia Rahman and Roy Christoffersen American Mineralogist, November-December 2014, v. 99, p. 2313-2319 doi: 10.2138/am-2014-4926 v. 99 no. 11-12 p. 2313-2319 LINK
Mineralogy of Marcia, the youngest large crater of Vesta: Character and distribution of pyroxenes and hydrated material
M.C. De Sanctis, A. Frigeri, E. Ammannito, F. Tosi, S. Marchi, F. Zambon, C.A. Raymond, C.T. Russell Icarus, doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2014.10.051 available online 18 November 2014 LINK
Csátalja, the largest H4-5 chondrite from Hungary
Planetary and Space Science available online 18 November 2014 János Kovács, István Sajó, Zsuzsanna Márton, Viktor Jáger, Tibor Hegedüs, Tibor Berecz, Tamás Tóth, Péter Gyenizse, András Podobni LINK
Asteroid (4) Vesta: I. The howardite-eucrite-diogenite (HED) clan of meteorites
David W. Mittlefehldt Chemie der Erde – Geochemistry Available online 18 November 2014 LINK
Gravimetric measurements of the Chelyabinsk main mass to determine its final weight / Coordinates at Lake Chebarkul memorial finally corrected
Gravimetric measurements of the Chelyabinsk main mass to determine its current weight on 14 November 2014 LINK LINK (original) According to Arkady Ovcharenko (Аркадий Овчаренко) from the Geophysical Institute of the Ural Branch of the…
New bulk sulfur measurements of Martian meteorites and modeling the fate of sulfur during melting and crystallization – Implications for sulfur transfer from Martian mantle to crust–atmosphere system
Shuo Ding, Rajdeep Dasgupta, Cin-Ty A. Lee, Meenakshi Wadhwa Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 409, 1 January 2015, Pages 157–167 17 November 2014 LINK
Late Accretion and the Late Veneer
Alessandro Morbidelli, Bernard Wood In press as a review chapter of the AGU Monograph “The Early Earth”, J. Badro and M. Walter Eds ; arXiv:1411.4563 PDF LINK LINK
Widespread surface weathering on early Mars: A case for a warmer and wetter climate
John Carter, Damien Loizeau, Nicolas Mangold, François Poulet, Jean-Pierre Bibring Icarus, doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2014.11.011, available online 15 November 2014 LINK
A kinetic study of the formation of organic solids from formaldehyde: Implications for the origin of extraterrestrial organic solids in primitive solar system objects
Yoko Kebukawa, George D. Cody Icarus available online 15 November 2014 LINK
Chloromethane release from carbonaceous meteorite affords new insight into Mars lander findings
Frank Keppler, David B. Harper, Markus Greule, Ulrich Ott, Tobias Sattler, Heinz F. Schöler, John T. G. Hamilton Scientific Reports 4, Article number:7010 doi:10.1038/srep07010 published 13 November 2014 LINK (open access) Supplementary information (PDF)
Evidence for nucleosynthetic enrichment of the protosolar molecular cloud core by multiple supernova events
Martin Schiller, Chad Paton, Martin Bizzarro Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta Available online 13 November 2014 LINK
Solar nebula magnetic fields recorded in the Semarkona meteorite
Roger R. Fu, Benjamin P. Weiss, Eduardo A. Lima, Richard J. Harrison, Xue-Ning Bai, Steven J. Desch, Denton S. Ebel, Clement Suavet, Huapei Wang, David Glenn, David Le Sage, Takeshi Kasama, Ronald L. Walsworth, Aaron…
Ground-based IR observation of oxygen isotope ratios in the Venus atmosphere
N. Iwagami, G.L. Hashimoto, S. Ohtsuki, S. Takagi, S. Robert Planetary and Space Science available online 12 November 2014 LINK Correlation plot of δ17O and δ18O in Earth-Moon, Mars and Venus
PHILAE Lander has switched to stand by due to low power. All instruments off. – TIME TO CELEBRATE !
PHILAE Lander has switched to stand by due to low power. All instruments off. – TIME TO CELEBRATE ! (updated: 15 November, 00:36 UTC) Philae and Rosetta – scientific results will be presented at the…
Sutter’s Mill – Meteoritics & Planetary Science (MAPS) Theme Issue
Meteoritics & Planetary Science Thematic Issue focuses only on Sutter’s Mill LINK November 2014 Volume 49, Issue 11 Pages i–i, 1987–2127
Tinajdad (H5) Fall, 9 September 2014, Morocco official in Meteoritical Bulletin Database
Tinajdad (H5) Fall, 9 September 2014, Morocco registered in Meteoritical Bulletin Database LINK
Was the Chelyabinsk meteoroid a fragment of Potentially Hazardous Asteroid (86039) 1999 NC43?
Reddy, Vishnu; Sanchez, Juan; Klima, Rachel; Cloutis, Edward A.; Izawa, Matthew R.; Le Corre, Lucille; Mann, Paul American Astronomical Society, DPS meeting #46, #213.10 LINK
Presolar materials and isotope anomalies in the unique carbonaceous chondrite Miller Range 07687
J. Davidson, L. R. Nittler, and C. M. O’D. Alexander. Goldschmidt 2014, Abstract #503 LINK
Petrography, stable isotope compositions, microRaman spectroscopy, and presolar components of Roberts Massif 04133: A reduced CV3 carbonaceous chondrite
Davidson, J., Schrader, D. L., Alexander, C. M. O’D., Lauretta, D. S., Busemann, H., Franchi, I. A., Greenwood, R. C., Connolly, H. C., Domanik, K. J. and Verchovsky, A. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12377…
HL Tau’s protoplanetary disk
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Investigating the Hydration of CM2 meteorites by IR spectroscopy
S Góbi, Á Kereszturi, P Beck, E Quirico, B Schmidt Workshop on the Modern Analytical Methods Applied to Earth and Planetary Sciences, held 1 November 2014 in Sopron, Hungary. LPI Contribution No. 1821 LINK (PDF)…
A computational investigation of adsorption of organics on mineral surfaces: Implications for organics delivery in the early solar system
A.M. Asaduzzaman, T.J. Zega, Slimane Laref, K. Runge, P.A. Deymier, Krishna Muralidharan Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 408, 15 December 2014, Pages 355–361 LINK
