Non-Target Analysis of Murchison Soluble Organic Matter by High-Field NMR Spectroscopy and FTICR Mass Spectrometry
Hertkorn N, Harir M & Schmitt-Kopplin P Goldschmidt 2015, Prague, 16-21 August 2015 PDF (abstract)
Solar Initial 92Nb/93Nb Deduced from U-Pb Dated Achondrites
Iizuka T, Lai Y-J, Akram W, Amelin Y & Schönbächler M Goldschmidt 2015, Prague, 16-21 August 2015 PDF (abstract)
Organic Matter Evolution on Asteroids: New Clues from Paris
Remusat L, Vinogradoff V, Le Guillou C & Bernard S Goldschmidt 2015, Prague, 16-21 August 2015 PDF (abstract)
Geochemical studies of impact breccias and country rocks from the El’gygytgyn impact structure, Russia
Raschke, U., Schmitt, R. T., McDonald, I., Reimold, W. U., Mader, D. and Koeberl, C. (2015) Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12455 LINK
Eucritic crust remnants and the effect of in-falling hydrous carbonaceous chondrites characterizing the composition of Vesta’s Marcia region
M.C. De Sanctis, J.-P. Combe, A. Ammannito, A. Frigeri, A. Longobardo, E. Palomba, F. Tosi, F. Zambon, K. Stephan, C.A. Raymond, C.T. Russell Icarus, In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 21 May 2015 doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2015.05.014 LINK
A new 3D laser scan of the Chelyabinsk main mass
A new 3D laser scan of the Chelyabinsk main mass was performed on 20 May 2015 to improve the precise calculation of the 505-kg meteorite’s density LINK (automatic translation) LINK (original)
Mineralogical analysis of the Oppia quadrangle of asteroid (4) Vesta: Evidence for occurrence of moderate-reflectance hydrated minerals
F. Tosi, A. Frigeri, J.-Ph. Combe, F. Zambon, M.C. De Sanctis, E. Ammannito, A. Longobardo, M. Hoffmann, A. Nathues, W.B. Garry, D.T. Blewett, C.M. Pieters, E. Palomba, K. Stephan, L.A. McFadden, H.Y. McSween, C.T. Russell,…
The Sextilia-Region on asteroid 4Vesta – Stratigraphy and variegation
Katrin Stephan, Ralf Jaumann, Cristina M. De Sanctis, Eleonora Ammannito, Katrin Krohn, Katharina Otto, Frederico Tosi, Jean-Phillipe Combe, Thomas Roatsch, Klaus-Dieter Matz, Lucy M. McFadden, Frank Preusker, C.A. Raymond, Icarus In Press, available online 20…
Redistribution of chondrules in a carbonaceous chondrite parent body: A model
Kazushige Tomeoka, Ichiro Ohnishi Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, available online 16 May 2015 doi:10.1016/j.gca.2015.05.012 LINK
Variations of cosmogenic radionuclide production rates along the meteorite orbits
Alexeev, V. A.; Laubenstein, M.; Povinec, P. P.; Ustinova, G. K. Advances in Space Research, Volume 56, Issue 4, p. 766-771 doi:10.1016/j.asr.2015.05.004 LINK
Spatial distributions of secondary minerals in the Martian meteorite MIL 03346,168 determined by Raman spectroscopic imaging
Zongcheng Ling and Alian Wang Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets Accepted manuscript online: 15 MAY 2015 DOI: 10.1002/2015JE004805 LINK
Ordinary chondritic micrometeorites from the Indian Ocean
Shyam Prasad, M., Rudraswami, N. G., De Araujo, A., Babu, E. V. S. S. K. and Vijaya Kumar, T. (2015) Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12451 LINK
Main parameters of meteoroid motion during the fall of the Chelyabinsk meteorite shower on February 15, 2013
Golubaev, A. V. Solar System Research, Volume 49, Issue 3, pp.147-158 Original Russian Text © A.V. Golubaev, 2015, published in Astronomicheskii Vestnik, 2015, Vol. 49, No. 3, pp. 163–175. 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…
Isotope Anomalies in the Fe-group Elements in Meteorites and Connections to Nucleosynthesis in AGB Stars
G. J. Wasserburg, O. Trippella, and M. Busso The Astrophysical Journal Volume 805 Number 1 ApJ 805 7. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/805/1/7 published 13 Mai 2015. LINK
An alleged fifth Jinju find (12 kg) is probably a basalt rock and not a meteorite
LINK (NewDaily, 14 May 2015) automatic translation Jinju (Meteoritical Bulletin Database)
Photoluminescence of silicon-vacancy defects in nanodiamonds of different chondrites
Shiryaev, A. A., Fisenko, A. V., Semjonova, L. F., Khomich, A. A. and Vlasov, I. I. (2015) Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12450 LINK Photoluminescence spectra show that silicon impurity is present in lattice of…
Refractory inclusions in the pristine carbonaceous chondrites DOM 08004 and DOM 08006
Simon, S. B. and Grossman, L. (2015) Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12452 LINK The Antarctic carbonaceous chondrites DOM 08004 and DOM 08006 have been paired and classified as CO3.0s. There is some uncertainty as…
Sulfur in presolar silicon carbide grains from asymptotic giant branch stars
Hoppe, P., Lodders, K. and Fujiya, W. (2015) Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12449 LINK
Oxygen isotopic composition of relict olivine grains in cosmic spherules: Links to chondrules from carbonaceous chondrites
N.G. Rudraswami, M. Shyam Prasad, K. Nagashima, R.H. Jones Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, available online 12 May 2015 doi:10.1016/j.gca.2015.05.004 LINK
Ca-, Al-Rich Inclusions in Two New Carbonaceous Chondrites from Grove Mountains, Antarctica
D. Dai, C. Zhou, X. Chen Earth, Moon, and Planets (2015) LINK
The story of the theft and recovery of the Serooskerke mass of the Ellemeet meteorite (Dutch documentary) – De diefstal van de meteoriet van Serooskerke
The story of the theft and recovery of the Serooskerke mass of the Ellemeet meteorite (18/19 August 2014): De diefstal van de meteoriet van Serooskerke (RTV Utrecht, Netherlands, 9 May 2015)
Magnetic, in situ, mineral characterization of Chelyabinsk meteorite thin section
Nabelek, L., Mazanec, M., Kdyr, S. and Kletetschka, G. (2015) Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12448 Article first published online: 8 MAY 2015 LINK
Mineralogical and spectral analysis of Vesta’s Gegania and Lucaria quadrangles and comparative analysis of their key features
Andrea Longobardo, Ernesto Palomba, Maria Cristina De Sanctis, Angelo Zinzi, Jennifer E.C. Scully, Fabrizio Capaccioni, Federico Tosi, Francesca Zambon, Eleonora Ammannito, Jean-Philippe Combe, Carol A. Raymond, Cristopher T. Russell Icarus In Press, available online 7…
Seeding the Pregenetic Earth: Meteoritic Abundances of Nucleobases and Potential Reaction Pathways
Ben K. D. Pearce, Ralph E. Pudritz accepted for publication in ApJ PDF (full text) LINK
Mineralogical anatomy and implications of a Ti-Sc-rich ultrarefractory inclusion from Sayh al Uhaymir 290 CH3 chondrite
Ai-Cheng Zhang, Chi Ma, Naoya Sakamoto, Ru-Cheng Wang, Wei-Biao Hsu, Hisayoshi Yurimoto Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, available online 6 May 2015 doi:10.1016/j.gca.2015.04.052 LINK
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
Composition of the northern regions of Vesta analyzed by the Dawn mission
Jean-Philippe Combe, Thomas B. McCord, Lucy A. McFadden, Simone Ieva, Federico Tosi, Andrea Longobardo, Alessandro Frigeri, Maria Cristina De Sanctis, Eleonora Ammannito, Ottaviano Ruesch, Ernesto Palomba, Carol A. Raymond, Christopher T. Russell Icarus In Press,…
Peptide synthesis triggered by comet impacts: a possible method for peptide delivery to the early Earth and icy satellites
Haruna Sugahara, Koichi Mimura Icarus In Press, available online 4 May 2015 doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2015.04.029 LINK
Radiative characteristics of the Chelyabinsk superbolide
Masahisa Yanagisawa Planetary and Space Science In Press, available online 1 May 2015 LINK
Triple oxygen isotope exchange between chondrule melt and water vapor: an experimental study
Tommaso Di Rocco, Andreas Pack Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, available online 30 April 2015 doi:10.1016/j.gca.2015.04.038 LINK
Ion irradiation of the Murchison meteorite: Visible to mid-infrared spectroscopic results
C. Lantz, R. Brunetto, M. A. Barucci, E. Dartois, J. Duprat, C. Engrand, M. Godard, D. Ledu and E. Quirico A&A Volume 577, May 2015 Published online: 29 April 2015 LINK
Early cosmic ray irradiation of chondrules and prolonged accretion of primitive meteorites
Uta Beyersdorf-Kuis , Ulrich Ott , Mario Trieloff Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 423, 1 August 2015, Pages 13–23 doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2015.04.024 LINK
Petrogenesis of primitive and evolved basalts in a cooling Moon: Experimental constraints from the youngest known lunar magmas
Stephen M. Elardo, Charles K. Shearer, Kathleen E. Vander Kaaden, Francis M. McCubbin, Aaron S. Bell Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 422, 15 July 2015, Pages 126–137 doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2015.04.014 LINK We have conducted high-temperature experiments…
Annama / Аннама is registered in the Meteoritical Bulletin Database
Annama / Аннама is now officially registered in the Meteoritical Bulletin Database LINK [wc_row][wc_column size=”one-third” position=”first”] [/wc_column][wc_column size=”one-third”] [/wc_column][wc_column size=”one-third” position=”last”] [/wc_column][/wc_row] [wc_row][wc_column size=”one-half” position=”first”] [/wc_column][wc_column size=”one-half” position=”last”] [/wc_column][/wc_row] “ Annama 68.77491°N, 30.78726°E Murmanskaya oblast’,…
Tissintite, (Ca, Na, □)AlSi2O6, a highly-defective, shock-induced, high-pressure clinopyroxene in the Tissint martian meteorite
Chi Ma, Oliver Tschauner, John R. Beckett, Yang Liu, George R. Rossman, Kirill Zuravlev, Vitali Prakapenka, Przemyslaw Dera, Lawrence A. Taylor Earth and Planetary Science Letters In Press, available online 24 April 2015 doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2015.03.057 LINK
Constraints on the formation environment of two chondrule-like igneous particles from comet 81P/Wild 2
Gainsforth, Z., Butterworth, A. L., Stodolna, J., Westphal, A. J., Huss, G. R., Nagashima, K., Ogliore, R., Brownlee, D. E., Joswiak, D., Tyliszczak, T. and Simionovici, A. S. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12445 LINK
Oxygen Isotopic Composition of coarse- and fine-grained material from Comet 81P/Wild 2
Ryan C. Ogliore, Kazuhide Nagashima, Gary R. Huss, Andrew J. Westphal, Zack Gainsforth, Anna L. Butterworth Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 24 April 2015 doi:10.1016/j.gca.2015.04.028 LINK Individual particles from comet…
Unique large diamonds in a ureilite from Almahata Sitta 2008 TC3 asteroid
Masaaki Miyahara, Eiji Ohtani, Ahmed El Goresy, Yangting Lin, Lu Feng, Jian-Chao Zhang, Philippe Gillet, Toshiro Nagase, Jun Muto, Masahiko Nishijima Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 24 April 2015 doi:10.1016/j.gca.2015.04.035…
Microstructural evidence for complex formation histories of amoeboid olivine aggregates from the ALHA77307 CO3.0 chondrite
Jangmi Han and Adrian J. Brearley Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12439 Article first published online: 22 APR 2015 LINK
Prebiotic Hydrocarbon Synthesis in Impacting Reduced Astrophysical Icy Mixtures
Lucas Koziol and Nir Goldman The Astrophysical Journal Volume 803 Number 2 2015 ApJ 803 91. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/803/2/91 published 21 April 2015 LINK
Chemical characteristic of R chondrites in the light of P, REEs, Th and U abundances
Rahat Khan, Naoki Shirai, Mitsuru Ebihara Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 422, 15 July 2015, Pages 18–27 doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2015.04.008 LINK
The amino acid and hydrocarbon contents of the Paris meteorite: Insights into the most primitive CM chondrite
Zita Martins, Paola Modica, Brigitte Zanda and Louis Le Sergeant d’Hendecourt Meteoritics & Planetary Science Article first published online: 20 APR 2015 | DOI: 10.1111/maps.12442 LINK
Geochemistry and chronology of the Bunburra Rockhole ungrouped achondrite
Lev J. Spivak-Birndorf, Audrey Bouvier, Gretchen K. Benedix, Samantha Hammond, Gregory A. Brennecka, Kieren Howard, Nick Rogers, Meenakshi Wadhwa, Philip A. Bland, Pavel Spurný and Martin C. Towner Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12443 Article…
The Košice meteorite fall: Recovery and strewn field
Juraj Tóth, Ján Svoreň, Jiří Borovička, Pavel Spurný, Antal Igaz, Leonard Kornoš, Peter Vereš, Marek Husárik, Július Koza, Aleš Kučera, Pavel Zigo, Štefan Gajdoš, Jozef Világi, David Čapek, Zuzana Krišandová, Dušan Tomko, Jiří Šilha, Eva…
Fractionation of Highly Siderophile and Chalcogen Elements in Components of EH3 Chondrites
Yogita Kadlag, Harry Becker Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In press, available online 18 April 2015 doi:10.1016/j.gca.2015.04.022 LINK
Fast grain growth of olivine in liquid Fe-S and the formation of pallasites with rounded olivine grains
Giulio F.D. Solferino, Gregor J. Golabek, Francis Nimmo, Max W. Schmidt Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In press, available online 18 April 2015 doi:10.1016/j.gca.2015.04.020 LINK
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)
0Ar/39Ar ages of lunar impact glasses: Relationships among Ar diffusivity, chemical composition, shape, and size
N.E.B. Zellner, J.W. Delano Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta available online 16 April 2015 doi:10.1016/j.gca.2015.04.013 LINK
‘Meteorite Report Centre’ opened at Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources (KIGAM), South Corea
The Jinju meteorite fall of 9 March 2014 has led to the creation of a National South Korean Meteorite Report Centre opening today at the Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources (KIGAM). The centre…
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
Meteorite-catalyzed syntheses of nucleosides and of other prebiotic compounds from formamide under proton irradiation
Raffaele Saladino, Eleonora Carota, Giorgia Botta, Mikhail Kapralov, Gennady N. Timoshenko, Alexei Y. Rozanov, Eugene Krasavin, and Ernesto Di Mauro PNAS 2015 ; published ahead of print April 13, 2015, doi:10.1073/pnas.1422225112 LINK Supporting information (PDF)
Comprehensive study of carbon and oxygen isotopic compositions, trace element abundances, and cathodoluminescence intensities of calcite in the Murchison CM chondrite
Wataru Fujiya, Naoji Sugiura, Yves Marrocchi, Naoto Takahata, Peter Hoppe, Kotaro Shirai, Yuji Sano, Hajime Hiyagon Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta doi:10.1016/j.gca.2015.04.010 in Press, available online 13 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…
CTBT infrasound network performance to detect the 2013 Russian fireball event
Pilger, Christoph; Ceranna, Lars; Ross, J. Ole; Le Pichon, Alexis; Mialle, Pierrick; Garcés, Milton A. Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 42, Issue 7, pp. 2523-2531 04/2015 Article first published online: 9 APR 2015 LINK
The comet-like composition of a protoplanetary disk as revealed by complex cyanides
Karin I. Öberg, Viviana V. Guzmán, Kenji Furuya, Chunhua Qi, Yuri Aikawa, Sean M. Andrews, Ryan Loomis & David J. Wilner Nature 520, 198–201 (09 April 2015) | doi:10.1038/nature14276 LINK
Orbit and dynamic origin of the recently recovered Annama’s H5 chondrite
Trigo-Rodríguez J.M., Lyytinen E., Gritsevich M., Moreno-Ibáñez M., Bottke W.F., Williams I., Lupovka V., Dmitriev V., Kohout T., Grokhovsky V. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society MNRAS (May 11, 2015) 449 (2): 2119-2127. doi:…
Glanerbrug meteorite memorial presented on 25th ‘fallday’
On 7 April 2015 at 14:00 UTC / 16:00 CEST a memorial with a plate to commemorate the fall of the Glanerbrug meteorite on 7 April 1990 (18:32:38 UTC) was revealed at the corner of…
Relationships between type I and type II chondrules: Implications on chondrule formation processes
Johan Villeneuve, Guy Libourel, Camille Soulié Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta available online 4 April 2015 doi:10.1016/j.gca.2015.03.033 LINK
Widespread oxidized and hydrated amorphous silicates in CR chondrites matrices: Implications for alteration conditions and H2 degassing of asteroids
Corentin Le Guillou, Hitesh G. Changela, Adrian J. Brearley Earth and Planetary Science Letters available online 3 April 2015 doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2015.02.031 LINK
Early accretion of protoplanets inferred from a reduced inner solar system 26Al inventory
Martin Schiller, James N. Connelly, Aslaug C. Glad, Takashi Mikouchi, Martin Bizzarro Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 420, 15 June 2015, Pages 45–54 doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2015.03.028 LINK
Multiple carriers of Q noble gases in primitive meteorites
Marrocchi, Yves ; Avice, Guillaume; Estrade, Nicolas Geophysical Research Letters 10.1002/2015GL063198 published online 1 April 2015 updated: Nov 17,2015 PDF (full text) LINK “The main carrier of primordial heavy noble gases in chondrites is thought…
Remembering Mike Drake
Jones, J., Righter, K., Chabot, N. and Jacobsen, S. (2015), Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12437 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
Thulium anomalies and rare earth element patterns in meteorites and Earth: Nebular fractionation and the nugget effect
N. Dauphas, A. Pourmand Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta in press, arXiv:1503.08708 PDF (full text) LINK Update (11 April): doi:10.1016/j.gca.2015.03.037 LINK
Mineralogy, petrography, geochemistry, and classification of the Košice meteorite
Daniel Ozdín, Jozef Plavčan, Michaela Horňáčková, Pavel Uher, Vladimír Porubčan, Pavel Veis, Jozef Rakovský, Juraj Tóth, Patrik Konečný and Ján Svoreň Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12405 LINK
Prof. Phil Bland on the Australian Desert Fireball Network
Networks of cameras record fireballs in the sky Phil Bland, Professor of Planetary Science at Curtin University in Perth, describes the Australian Desert Fireball Network Science Show, ABC, 28 March 2015 (4:03 min.) AUDIO (MP3)…
The Composition of Vesta from the Dawn Mission
Thomas B. McCord, Jennifer E.C. Scully Icarus doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2015.03.022 accepted Manuscript, available online 27 March 2015 LINK (full text)
Shock-produced akimotoite in the Suizhou L6 chondrite
Ming Chen, XianDe Xie Science China Earth Sciences March 2015 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….
Early stages of core segregation recorded by Fe isotopes in an asteroidal mantle
J.A. Barrat, O. Rouxel, K. Wang, F. Moynier, A. Yamaguchi, A. Bischoff, J. Langlade Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 419, 1 June 2015, Pages 93–100 LINK Ureilite meteorites are achondrites that are debris of…
Cosmogenic nuclides in the Košice meteorite: Experimental investigations and Monte Carlo simulations
Pavel P. Povinec, Jozef Masarik, Ivan Sýkora, Andrej Kováčik, Juraj Beňo, Matthias M. M. Meier, Rainer Wieler, Matthias Laubenstein and Vladimir Porubčan Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12380 LINK
Various aspects of the petrogenesis of the Martian shergottite meteorites
Jones, J. H. (2015), Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12421 LINK
Common origins of RNA, protein and lipid precursors in a cyanosulfidic protometabolism
Bhavesh H. Patel, Claudia Percivalle, Dougal J. Ritson, Colm D. Duffy, John D. Sutherland Nature Chemistry (2015) doi:10.1038/nchem.2202 LINK Update (2 April 2015): Interview with John Sutherland in Science Friday Podcast (26 March 2015 /…
Olivine and pyroxene from the mantle of asteroid 4 Vesta
Nicole G. Lunning, Harry Y. McSween Jr., Travis J. Tenner, Noriko T. Kita, Robert J. Bodnar Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 418, 15 May 2015, Pages 126–135 LINK
Thermal evolution and sintering of chondritic planetesimals II. Improved treatment of the compaction process
Hans-Peter Gail, Stephan Henke and Mario Trieloff A&A Volume 576, April 2015 LINK
Microscopic impactor debris in the soil around Kamil crater (Egypt): Inventory, distribution, total mass, and implications for the impact scenario
Luigi Folco, Massimo D’Orazio, Agnese Fazio, Carole Cordier, Antonio Zeoli, Matthias van Ginneken and Ahmed El-Barkooky Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12427 LINK
A new calibration to determine the closure temperatures of Fe-Mg ordering in augite from nakhlites
M. Alvaro, M. C. Domeneghetti, A. M. Fioretti, F. Cámara and L. Marinangeli Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12436 LINK
The Nature of Primitive R Chondrite Material: Characterization of an R3.2 Clast in Mount Prestrud 95404
K. E. Miller, D. S. Lauretta , H. C. Connolly , K. Nagashima , and K. Domanik 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015) PDF LINK
A second Porangaba meteorite has been found and presented to the public
On February 7 Renato Poltronieri was contacted by José Maria of Porangaba who had found a second meteorite weighing 425 grams. José Maria gave a fragment of 131 grams to Renato Poltronieri which was then…
Pulse-laser irradiation experiments of Murchison CM2 chondrite for reproducing space weathering on C-type asteroids
Moe Matsuoka, Tomoki Nakamura, Yuki Kimura, Takahiro Hiroi, Ryosuke Nakamura, Satoshi Okumura, Sho Sasaki Icarus available online 14 March 2015 doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2015.02.029 LINK
Second natural quasicrystal ever found in ancient meteorite
Luca Bindi, Nan Yao, Chaney Lin, Lincoln S. Hollister, Christopher L. Andronicos, Vadim V. Distler, Michael P. Eddy, Alexander Kostin, Valery Kryachko, Glenn J. MacPherson, William M. Steinhardt, Marina Yudovskaya, Paul J. Steinhardt Scientific Reports,…
Amino acid analyses of R and CK chondrites
Burton, A. S., McLain, H., Glavin, D. P., Elsila, J. E., Davidson, J., Miller, K. E., Andronikov, A. V., Lauretta, D. and Dworkin, J. P. (2015) Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12433 LINK
Hydrogen and major element concentrations on 433 Eros: Evidence for an L- or LL-chondrite-like surface composition
Peplowski, P. N., Bazell, D., Evans, L. G., Goldsten, J. O., Lawrence, D. J. and Nittler, L. R. (2015) Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12434 LINK
Igneous and shock processes affecting chassignite amphibole evaluated using chlorine/water partitioning and hydrogen isotopes
Giesting, P. A., Schwenzer, S. P., Filiberto, J., Starkey, N. A., Franchi, I. A., Treiman, A. H., Tindle, A. G. and Grady, M. M. (2015), Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12430 LINK
Impact-related noncoaxial deformation in the Pułtusk H chondrite inferred from petrofabric analysis
Krzesińska, A., Gattacceca, J., Friedrich, J. M. and Rochette, P. (2015), Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12429 LINK
Tracking the source of the enriched martian meteorites in olivine-hosted melt inclusions of two depleted shergottites, Yamato 980459 and Tissint
T.J. Peters, J.I. Simon, J.H. Jones, T. Usui, R. Moriwaki, R.C. Economos, A.K. Schmitt, K.D. McKeegan Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 418, 15 May 2015, Pages 91–102 doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2015.02.033 LINK
Neutral Na in Cometary Tails as a Remnant of Early Aqueous Alteration
Y. Ellinger, F. Pauzat, O. Mousis, A. Guilbert-Lepoutre, F. Leblanc, M. Ali-Dib, M. Doronin, E. Zicler, and A. Doressoundiram The Astrophysical Journal Letters Volume 801 Number 2 ApJ 801 L30. doi:10.1088/2041-8205/801/2/L30 LINK
Chelyabinsk, Zond IV, and a possible first-century fireball of historical importance
Hartmann, W. K. (2015) Meteoritics & Planetary Science doi: 10.1111/maps.12428 LINK Comment on “Chelyabinsk, Zond IV, and a possible first‐century fireball of historical importance” William K. Hartmann, Alexander Forte, Alina SABYR Meteorit Planet Sci. ….
Formation and transformations of Fe-rich serpentines by asteroidal aqueous alteration processes: A nanoscale study of the Murray chondrite
Agnès Elmaleh, Franck Bourdelle, Florent Caste, Karim Benzerara, Hugues Leroux, Bertrand Devouard Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta doi:10.1016/j.gca.2015.03.007 available online 12 March 2015 LINK
Paleomagnetic and rock magnetic study of the Mistastin Lake impact structure (Labrador, Canada): Implications for geomagnetic perturbation and shock effects
Gwenaël Hervé, Stuart A. Gilder, Cassandra L. Marion, Gordon R. Osinski, Jean Pohl, Nikolai Petersen, Paul J. Sylvester Earth and Planetary Science Letters doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2015.02.011 LINK
The 2015 J. Lawrence Smith Medal awarded to Hiroko Nagahara
LINK CONGRATULATIONS !
Origin of native silicon and iron silicides in the Dhofar 280 lunar meteorite
M. A. Nazarov, S. I. Shornikov, S. I. Demidova Petrology March 2015, Volume 23, Issue 2, pp 168-175 LINK
Possible serpentine relicts in lunar meteorites
S. I. Demidova, M. A. Nazarov, T. Ntaflos, F. Brandstätter Petrology March 2015, Volume 23, Issue 2, pp 116-126 LINK
Characteristics and origin of the components of the carbonaceous chondrite NWA 470
M. A. Ivanova, M. I. Petaev Petrology March 2015, Volume 23, Issue 2, pp 150-167 <a href=”http://link.springer.com/article/10.1134%2FS0869591115020058″ target=”_blank”><strong>LINK</strong></a>
Organic molecules in the Sheepbed Mudstone, Gale Crater, Mars
C. Freissinet, D. P. Glavin, P. R. Mahaffy, K. E. Miller, J. L. Eigenbrode, R. E. Summons, A. E. Brunner, A. Buch, C. Szopa, P. D. Archer Jr, H. B. Franz, S. K. Atreya, W….
Processing in a transitional environment of CV and CK chondrites’ parent bodies in the light of mineralogical and petrological analysis of NWA 1465 CV3 meteorite
A. Kereszturi, Sz. Ormandi, S. Jozsa Planetary and Space Science available online 3 March 2015 doi:10.1016/j.pss.2015.02.016 LINK
Photoluminescence of silicon-vacancy defects in nanodiamonds of different chondrites
A. A. Shiryaev, A. V. Fisenko, L. F. Semjonova, A. A. Khomich, I. I. Vlasov Meteoritics and Planetary Science PDF (full text) LINK
A new classification of Nyirábrany, an ordinary chondrite from Hungary
Mészáros M., Kereszturi A., Ditrói-Puskás Z. Meteorites Vol. 3, Nos. 1–2, 2014, 19–32 DOI 10.5277/met140102 PDF (full text) Meteorites (Vol. 3) Publishers: Wrocław University of Technology, Faculty of Geoengineering, Mining and Geology; Polish Meteorite Society
The meteorite fall near Boumdeid, Mauritania, from September 14, 2011
Buhl S., Toueirjenne C., Hofmann B., Laubenstein M., Wimmer K. Meteorites Vol. 3, Nos. 1–2, 2014, 5–18 DOI 10.5277/met140101 PDF (full text) Meteorites (Vol. 3) Publishers: Wrocław University of Technology, Faculty of Geoengineering, Mining and…
Volatile Delivery to Planets from Water-rich Planetesimals around Low Mass Stars
Fred J. Ciesla, Gijs D. Mulders, Ilaria Pascucci, Daniel Apai accepted to ApJ PDF LINK (full text) LINK
Nucleosynthetic strontium isotope anomalies in carbonaceous chondrites
Tetsuya Yokoyama, Yusuke Fukami, Wataru Okui, Nobuaki Ito, Hiroshi Yamazaki Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 416, 15 April 2015, Pages 46–55 doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2015.01.040 LINK
A Significant Amount of Crystalline Silica in Returned Cometary Samples: Bridging the Gap between Astrophysical and Meteoritical Observations
Mathieu Roskosz and Hugues Leroux The Astrophysical Journal Letters , ApJ801 L7 doi:10.1088/2041-8205/801/1/L7 LINK
Petrology of igneous clasts in Northwest Africa 7034: Implications for the petrologic diversity of the martian crust
Alison R. Santos, Carl B. Agee, Francis M. McCubbin, Charles K. Shearer, Paul V. Burger, Romain Tartèse, Mahesh Anand Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta available online 25 February 2015 LINK
Zirconium isotope evidence for the heterogeneous distribution of s–process materials in the solar system
W. Akram, M. Schönbächler, S. Bisterzo, R. Gallino Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta available online 24 February 2015 LINK
Mn-Cr dating of Fe- and Ca-rich olivine from ‘quenched’ and ‘plutonic’ angrite meteorites using Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry
Seann J. McKibbin, Trevor R. Ireland, Yuri Amelin, Peter Holden Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta available online 21 February 2015 doi:10.1016/j.gca.2015.02.019 LINK
Hf-W chronology of the eucrite parent body
Mathieu Touboul, Peter Sprung, Sarah A. Aciego, Bernard Bourdon, Thorsten Kleine Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta available online 21 February 2015 doi:10.1016/j.gca.2015.02.018 LINK
Low 60Fe abundance in Semarkona and Sahara 99555
Haolan Tang, Nicolas Dauphas The Astrophysical Journal, in press. arXiv:1502.05611 PDF LINK (full text) LINK
Petrography and composition of Martian regolith breccia meteorite Northwest Africa 7475
Wittmann, A., Korotev, R. L., Jolliff, B. L., Irving, A. J., Moser, D. E., Barker, I. and Rumble, D. (2015) Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 50: 326–352. doi: 10.1111/maps.12425 first published online: 19 FEB 2015 LINK…
Isotopic mass fractionation laws for magnesium and their effects on 26Al-26Mg systematics in solar system materials
Andrew M. Davis, Frank M. Richter, Ruslan A. Mendybaev, Philip E. Janney, Meenakshi Wadhwa, Kevin D. McKeegan Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta available online 16 February 2015 LINK
The Northwest Africa (NWA) 5790 meteorite: A mesostasis-rich nakhlite with little or no Martian aqueous alteration (OPEN ACCESS)
Tomkinson, T., Lee, M. R., Mark, D. F., Dobson, K. J. and Franchi, I. A. (2015) Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12424 PDF LINK (OPEN ACCESS)
Morphological Study of Insoluble Organic Matter from Carbonaceous Chondrites: Correlation with Petrologic Grade
Hitesh G. Changela, George D. Cody, Conel M.O’D. Alexander, Z Peeters, Larry R. Nittler, Rhonda M. Stroud Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta available online 16 February 2015 doi:10.1016/j.gca.2015.02.007
Diverse impactors in Apollo 15 and 16 impact melt rocks: evidence from osmium isotopes and highly siderophile elements
Jingao Liu, Miriam Sharp, Richard D. Ash, David A. Kring, Richard J. Walker Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta available online 14 February 2015 doi:10.1016/j.gca.2015.02.004 LINK
Trace element geochemistry of ordinary chondrite chondrules: the type I/type II chondrule dichotomy
Emmanuel Jacquet, Olivier Alard, Matthieu Gounelle Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta available online 14 February 2015 doi:10.1016/j.gca.2015.02.005 LINK
Mn-Cr systematics in primitive meteorites: insights from mineral separation and partial dissolution
Christa Göpel, Jean-Louis Birck, Albert Galy, Jean-Alix Barrat, Brigitte Zanda Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta doi:10.1016/j.gca.2015.02.008 available online 14 February 2015 LINK
New Guidelines of Nomenclature Committee for meteorites from NWA
“Meteoritical Bulletin News Northwest Africa Reboot! (13 Feb 2015) The Nomenclature Committee has changed its Guidelines concerning meteorites from northwest Africa. Meteorites submitted with geographic coordinates will now be named using a system of Dense…
Mineralogy, petrology, and distribution of meteorites at the Whitecourt crater, Alberta, Canada
Newman, J. D. and Herd, C. D. K. (2015) Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12422 LINK
Effects of meteoroid shape on cosmogenic nuclide production processes
Masarik, J. and Beňo, J. (2015) Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12423 LINK
Chelyabinsk main mass’s current weight refined to 503.33 kg
On 2 February 2015 another precise weighing refined the current weight of the Chelyabinsk main mass as it is presented in the Chelyabinsk Museum to 503.33(3333333333) grams. In two years the main mass will be…
Fe and O isotope composition of meteorite fusion crusts: possible natural analogues to chondrule formation?
Hezel, D. C., Poole, G. M., Hoyes, J., Coles, B. J., Unsworth, C., Albrecht, N., Smith, C., Rehkämper, M., Pack, A., Genge, M. and Russell, S. S. (2015) Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12414 LINK
A rock fragment related to the magnesian suite in lunar meteorite Allan Hills (ALHA) 81005
Allan H. Treiman, Juliane Gross American Mineralogist doi: 10.2138/am-2015-4800 v. 100 no. 2-3 p. 414-426 LINK
A micro-Raman and infrared study of several Hayabusa category 3 (organic) particles
Fumio Kitajima, Masayuki Uesugi, Yuzuru Karouji, Yukihiro Ishibashi, Toru Yada, Hiroshi Naraoka, Masanao Abe, Akio Fujimura, Motoo Ito, Hikaru Yabuta, Hajime Mita, Yoshinori Takano, Tatsuaki Okada Earth, Planets and Space 2015, 67:20 (11 February 2015)…
Small Near-Earth Asteroids as a Source of Meteorites
Jiří Borovička, Pavel Spurný, Peter Brown in Asteroids IV (chapter, accepted ) PDF LINK (full text) LINK
36.7 kg meteorite found at Elephant Moraine by Korean Antarctic reconnaissance helicopter search team
A Korean reconnaissance helicopter meteorite search team has apparently found a 36.7 kg meteorite with a diameter of ~30 cm at a location about 300km away from Jang Bogo Station on the Elephant Moraine (Antarctica)…
Chelyabinsk State Museum presents the temporary meteorite exhibition Метеориты Урала и России
The Chelyabinsk State Museum of Local History presents the meteorite exhibition Метеориты Урала и России to commemorate the second ‘fallday’ of the Chelyabinsk meteorite. The exhibition starts on 11 February and visitors will be able…
Growth of calcium-aluminum-rich inclusions by coagulation and fragmentation in a turbulent protoplanetary disk: observations and simulations
Sébastien Charnoz, Jérôme Aleon, Noël Chaumard, Kevin Baillie, Esther Taillifet Volume 252, 15 May 2015, Pages 440–453 doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2015.01.023 PDF (full text) LINK
Fragments – radio drama by Laura Lomas
Fragments by Laura Lomas Radio Drama, BBC 4 6 February 14:15-15:00 UTC 29 days left to listen LISTEN (audio streaming) “a forecast meteoriteoid explosion” If only there were more of these in our nonfictional world!…
Compound Chondrules fused Cold
Alexander Hubbard Icarus arXiv:1502.01299 PDF LINK (full text) LINK (abstract) updated: 31 March 2015 LINK (abstract) doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2015.02.030
Micron-scale D/H heterogeneity in chondrite matrices: a signature of the pristine solar system water?
Laurette Piani, François Robert, Laurent Remusat Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 415, 1 April 2015, Pages 154–164 arXiv:1502.01067 doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2015.01.039 PDF LINK LINK LINK
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…
Exploring Exogenic Sources for the Olivine on Asteroid (4) Vesta
Lucille Le Corre, Vishnu Reddy, Juan A. Sanchez, Tasha Dunn, Edward A. Cloutis, Matthew R.M. Izawa, Paul Mann, Andreas Nathues Icarus, available online 30 January 2015 doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2015.01.018 LINK Exploring Exogenic Sources for the Olivine on…
