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
Mineralogy of V-type asteroids as a constraining tool of their past history
S.F.A. Batista, T.M. Seixas, M.A. Salgueiro da Silva, R.M.G. de Albuquerque Planetary and Space Science DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2014.10.012 available online 4 November 2014 LINK
Classification of hydrous meteorites (CR, CM and C2 ungrouped) by phyllosilicate fraction: PSD-XRD modal mineralogy and planetesimal environments
K.T. Howard, C.M.O’D. Alexander, D.L. Schrader, K.A. Dyl DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2014.10.025 available online 4 November 2014 LINK Here we report the bulk mineralogies and degrees of hydration in 37 different carbonaceous chondrites: Renazzo-like (CR), Mighei-like (CM),…
Raman and SEM-EDS Study of Chelyabinsk LL5-6 Chondrite Breccia
Cambero, J.M. Trigo-Rodríguez, A. Bischoff and N. Mestres Modern Analytical Methods I Workshop on the Modern Analytical Methods Applied to Earth and Planetary Sciences (methods 2014) PDF LINK
Cathodoluminescence Microscopy and Spectroscopy of Forsterite from the Tagish Lake Meteorite: An Implication for the Luminescence – Based Astromineralogy
Gucsik A. * Nishido H. Ninagawa K. Gyollai I. Izawa M. Kereszturi A. Modern Analytical Methods I Workshop on the Modern Analytical Methods Applied to Earth and Planetary Sciences (methods 2014) PDF LINK
Multiple Ion Counting in Noble Gas Mass Spectrometry
Ott U.* Baecker B. Trieloff M. Modern Analytical Methods I Workshop on the Modern Analytical Methods Applied to Earth and Planetary Sciences (methods 2014) PDF LINK
Terrestrial Ages of Meteorites from Hot and Cold Deserts Determined from Cosmogenic Radionuclides
Jull A. J. T. Modern Analytical Methods I Workshop on the Modern Analytical Methods Applied to Earth and Planetary Sciences (methods 2014) PDF LINK
Early accretion of water in the inner solar system from a carbonaceous chondrite–like source
Adam R. Sarafian,Sune G. Nielsen,Horst R. Marschall,Francis M. McCubbin, and Brian D. Monteleone Science 31 October 2014: Vol. 346 no. 6209 pp. 623-626 DOI: 10.1126/science.1256717 LINK Materials and Methods – Supplementary Text (PDF) Earth’s Water…
Replacement of olivine by serpentine in the Queen Alexandra Range 93005 carbonaceous chondrite (CM2): Reactant-product compositional relations, and isovolumetric constraints on reaction stoichiometry and elemental mobility during aqueous alteration
Michael A. Velbel, Eric K. Tonui, Michael E. Zolensky Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, available online 30 October 2014 LINK
Fluid-induced organic synthesis in the solar nebula recorded in extraterrestrial dust from meteorites
Vollmer C, Demie Kepaptsoglou D, Leitner J, Busemann H, Spring NH, Ramasse QM, Hoppe P, Nittler LR (2014) Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 111, 43, 15338–15343 LINK The direct association of both IDP-like…
Become a Smithsonian Digital Volunteer and transcribe the correspondence from the National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Division of Meteorites, Correspondence Records (circa 1970-1988)
LINK SIA RU000548, National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Division of Meteorites, Correspondence, circa 1970-1988 For our next Miscellaneous Adventure, you chose to open up Record Unit 548, the National Museum of Natural History’s Division…
Dr. Günther Kletetschka – talk in London on 25 Nov 2014
How to Find a Meteorite Czech geologist and geophysicist Dr. Günther Kletetschka, who investigated the fallen meteorite found in Russia last year, will speak about meteorites, his work at NASA and other things terrestrial. This…
PARIS: THE SLIGHTLY ALTERED, SLIGHTLY METAMORPHOSED CM THAT BRIDGES THE GAP BETWEEN CMs AND COs
Bourot-Denism, M.; Zanda, B.; Marrocchi, Y.; Greenwood, R. C.; Pont, S.; Hewins, R. H.; Franchi, I. A. and Cornen, G. 41st Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, 1-5 March 2010, Houston, Texas PDF LINK
Conference about Morasko meteorite at Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań on 12 November 2014
Registration until 31 October 2014 admission is FREE, registration is necessary LINK (translated) LINK (Original) the programme: LINK (translated) LINK (Original)
Chondrule destruction in nebular shocks
Emmanuel Jacquet, Christopher Thompson The Astrophysical Journal arXiv:1410.6015 (Submitted on 22 Oct 2014) LINK (abstract) PDF LINK
Geochemical diversity of shergottite basalts: Mixing and fractionation, and their relation to Mars surface basalts
Treiman, A. H. and Filiberto, J. (2014) Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12363 LINK
Geomagnetic field effects of the Chelyabinsk meteoroid
Geomagnetic field effects of the Chelyabinsk meteoroid Chernogor, L. F. Geomagnetism and Aeronomy, Volume 54, Issue 5, pp.613-624 (22 September 2014) 10.1134/S001679321405003X (Original Russian Text © L.F. Chernogor, 2014, published in Geomagnetizm i Aeronomiya, 2014,…
Mineral and chemical composition of the Jezersko meteorite—A new chondrite from Slovenia
Mineral and chemical composition of the Jezersko meteorite—A new chondrite from Slovenia Miler, M., Ambrožič, B., Mirtič, B., Gosar, M., Šturm, S., Dolenec, M. and Jeršek, M. (2014) Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 49: 1875–1887. doi:…
The 18.07 kg Asuka 12389 (LL3-6) on permanent display in Muséum des Sciences naturelles in Brussels, Belgium.
The 18.07 kg Asuka 12389 (LL3-6) on permanent display in Muséum des Sciences naturelles in Brussels, Belgium. Asuka 12389 (in the museum) Asuka 12389 (in situ) LINK
Si-bearing metal and niningerite in Almahata Sitta fine-grained ureilites and insights into the diversity of metal on the ureilite parent body
Si-bearing metal and niningerite in Almahata Sitta fine-grained ureilites and insights into the diversity of metal on the ureilite parent body Marian Horstmann, Munir Humayun, Mario Fischer-Gödde, Addi Bischoff and Mona Weyrauch Meteoritics & Planetary…
The Orgueil meteorite: 150 years of history
The Orgueil meteorite: 150 years of history Matthieu Gounelle and Michael E. Zolensky Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 49: 1769–1794. doi: 10.1111/maps.12351 Article first published online: 16 OCT 2014 LINK Abstract The goal of this paper…
In situ biological Resources: Soluble Nutrients and Electrolytes in carbonaceous asteroids/meteorites. Implications for astroecology and space populations
In situ biological Resources: Soluble Nutrients and Electrolytes in carbonaceous asteroids/meteorites. Implications for astroecology and space populations Michael N. Mautner Planetary and Space Science DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2014.10.001 In Press, Available online 16 October 2014 LINK
Oxygen isotope ratios of FeO-poor chondrules in CR3 chondrites: Influence of dust enrichment and H2O during chondrule formation
Travis J. Tenner, Daisuke Nakashima, Takayuki Ushikubo, Noriko T. Kita, Michael K. Weisberg Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, available online 15 October 2014 DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2014.09.025 LINK
Infrared imaging spectroscopy with micron resolution of Sutter’s Mill meteorite grains
Mehmet Yesiltas, Yoko Kebukawa, Robert E. Peale, Eric Mattson, Carol J. Hirschmugl and Peter Jenniskens Meteoritics & Planetary Science Article first published online: 13 OCT 2014 | DOI: 10.1111/maps.12321 LINK Abstract Synchrotron-based Fourier transform infrared…
Chromium isotopic systematics of the Sutter’s Mill carbonaceous chondrite: Implications for isotopic heterogeneities of the early solar system
Akane Yamakawa and Qing-Zhu Yin Meteoritics & Planetary Science Article first published online: 13 OCT 2014 | DOI: 10.1111/maps.12346 LINK Abstract Recent studies have shown that major meteorite groups possess their own characteristic 54Cr values,…
Diamond xenolith and matrix organic matter in the Sutter’s Mill meteorite measured by C-XANES
Yoko Kebukawa, Michael E. Zolensky, A. L. David Kilcoyne, Zia Rahman, Peter Jenniskens and George D. Cody Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12312 Article first published online: 13 OCT 2014 LINK Abstract The Sutter’s Mill…
Calcium-48 isotopic anomalies in bulk chondrites and achondrites: Evidence for a uniform isotopic reservoir in the inner protoplanetary disk
Nicolas Dauphas, James H. Chen, Junjun Zhang, Dimitri A. Papanastassiou, Andrew M. Davis, Claudia Travaglio Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 407, 1 December 2014, Pages 96–108 LINK The Earth has identical 48Ca isotopic composition…
Machtenstein (1422 g , H5 , S2 , W2/3) meteorite presented and donated
The meteorite (13 x 9 x 7.5 cm) was found by the young farmer’s son Josef Landmann from the Rennhof farm during arable farming in a field called Rennacker (48.28405° N, 11.31350° E) south of…
A water–ice rich minor body from the early Solar System: The CR chondrite parent asteroid
Devin L. Schrader, Jemma Davidson, Richard C. Greenwood, Ian A. Franchi, Jenny M. Gibson Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 407, 1 December 2014, Pages 48–60 DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2014.09.030 LINK Update (11 October): PDF LINK (free…
Ionospheric response to the entry and explosion of the South Ural superbolide
Yu. Ya. Ruzhin, V. D. Kuznetsov (Pushkov Institute of Terrestrial Magnetism, Ionosphere, and Radio Wave Propagation, Russian Academy of Sciences (IZMIRAN), Troitsk, Moscow, Russia V. M. Smirnov (Kotel’nikov Institute of Radio Engineering and Electronics, Russian…
Oxygen isotopes in cosmic spherules and the composition of the near Earth interplanetary dust complex
Carole Cordier, Luigi Folco Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 5 October 2014 DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2014.09.038 LINK
Aqueous Alteration on Asteroids: Linking the Mineralogy and Spectroscopy of CM and CI Chondrites
M.M. McAdam, J.M. Sunshine, K.T. Howard, T.M. McCoy Icarus DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2014.09.041 LINK Abstract CM/CI meteorites range in degree of aqueous alteration suggesting differences in initially accreted materials including water ice and possible spatial heterogeneities within…
Interview with Russel Parry about his book on the Appley Bridge meteorite
Radio Lancashire, 3 October 2014 book launch: 13 October 2014 LINK The-Appley-Bridge-Meteorite (facebook) More information update (14 October): BBC TV report:
Where Did the Ureilite Parent Body Accrete? Constraints from Chemical and Isotopic Compositions
Cyrena Goodrich, David P. O’Brien Abstract: Almahata Sitta and other polymict ureilites contain a remarkable diversity of materials, including EH, EL, OC, R- and CB chondrites, in addition to the dominant ureilitic material [1]. These…
Calcium-aluminum-rich inclusions with fractionation and unknown nuclear effects (FUN CAIs): I. Mineralogy, petrology, and oxygen isotopic compositions
Alexander N. Krot, Kazuhide Nagashima, Gerald J. Wasserburg, Gary R. Huss, Dimitri Papanastassiou, Andrew M. Davis, Ian D. Hutcheone, Martin Bizzarro Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2014.09.027 Available online 2 October 2014 LINK Abstract We…
Mid-infrared emission spectroscopy of meteorite NWA 7325: Identifying the mineralogy with a non-destructive, remote-sensing technique
Melissa Lane, Cyrena Goodrich, Noriko Kita A polished chip of the Northwest Africa 7325 meteorite, a highly reduced, ungrouped achondrite [1-4], was analyzed using an FTIR spectrometer modified for emission measurements. The chip was roughly…
New meteorite registration system at the Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources
Apparently from now on meteorites that are imported into Korea or found in the country can (or even have to be) registered at the Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources (KIGAM) LINK LINK (machine-translated)…
The Uranium Isotopic Composition of the Earth and the Solar System
Alexander Goldmann, Gregory Brennecka, Janine Noordmann, Stefan Weyer, Meenakshi Wadhwa Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2014.09.008 In Press, Available online 30 September 2014 LINK Abstract Recent high-precision mass spectrometric studies of the uranium isotopic composition…
Analysis of ripple or flow-like features in NWA 3118 CV3 meteorite
Kereszturi Akos, Ormandi Szivia, Jozsa Sandor, Szabo Mate,Toth Maria DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2014.09.011 Planetary and Space Science Available online 28 September 2014 LINK Abstract Analysing NWA 3118 CV3 chondrite with optical microscopy and electron microprobe methods, mostly…
Detection of a branched alkyl molecule in the interstellar medium: iso-propyl cyanide
Arnaud Belloche, Robin T. Garrod, Holger S. P. Müller, Karl M. Menten Science 26 September 2014: Vol. 345 no. 6204 pp. 1584-1587 DOI: 10.1126/science.1256678 LINK Abstract The largest noncyclic molecules detected in the interstellar medium…
Forming Chondrules in Impact Splashes. I. Radiative Cooling Model
Cornelis Petrus Dullemond, Sebastian Markus Stammler, and Anders Johansen The Astrophysical Journal Volume 794 Number 1 doi:10.1088/0004-637X/794/1/91 Published 25 September 2014 PDF LINK (full text) LINK LINK
Seismo-ionospheric effects associated with ‘Chelyabinsk’ meteorite during the first 25 minutes after its fall
Oleg I.Berngardt arXiv:1409.5927 (submitted on 21 Sep 2014) PDF LINK LINK (abstract) This paper presents the properties of ionospheric irregularities elongated with Earth magnetic field during the first 25 minutes after the fall of the…
Space erosion and cosmic ray exposure ages of stony meteorites
David Parry Rubincam LINK Abstract Space erosion from dust impacts may set upper limits on the cosmic ray exposure (CRE) ages of stony meteorites. A meteoroid orbiting within the asteroid belt is bombarded by both…
NASA astrophysician Nikolaj Gorkavyj about shopping mall in form of Chelyabinsk meteoroid and smoke trail
The NASA astrophysician Nikolaj Gorkavyj from Chelyabinsk defends his idea to build a shopping mall in the form of the Chelyabinsk meteoroid and smoke trail, designed by Elena Markina. LINK LINK (Original) photo 1 photo…
The paradox between low shock-stage and evidence for compaction in CM carbonaceous chondrites explained by multiple low-intensity impacts
Paula Lindgren, Romy D. Hanna, Katherine J. Dobson, Tim Tomkinson, Martin R. Lee Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2014.09.014 (in press) Available online 18 September 2014 LINK
Revisiting Jovian-Resonance Induced Chondrule Formation
M. Nagasawa, K. K. Tanaka, H. Tanaka, T. Nakamoto, H. Miura, T. Yamamoto Submitted on 16 Sep 2014 PDF LINK LINK update (24 September 2014): The Astrophysical Journal Letters Volume 794, Number 1 Published 24…
Recent multi-kiloton impact events: are they truly random?
C. de la Fuente Marcos, R. de la Fuente Marcos arXiv:1409.0452 revised 16 Sept 2014 ; Printed 17 September 2014 PDF LINK LINK It is customarily assumed that Earth-striking meteoroids are completely random, and that…
Semarkona: Lessons for chondrule and chondrite formation
Alexander Hubbard, Denton S. Ebel PDF LINK LINK update (22 September): LINK We consider the evidence presented by the LL3.0 chondrite Semarkona, including its chondrule fraction, chondrule size distribution and matrix thermal history. We show…
Video of 3070 g Chelyabinsk meteorite found near Timiryazevskiy on 13 May 2013
In situ – video of the 3070 g Chelyabinsk meteorite found southwest of Timiryazevskiy on 13 May 2013 at 11 a.m. Video by Valerij Bogdanovskij
Condition of the Chelyabinsk main mass in September 2014
LINK LINK LINK LINK LINK LINK LINK photo credit: Natalya Gorshkova * (8 September 2014)
Implications for the origins of pure anorthosites found in the feldspathic lunar meteorites, Dhofar 489 group
Hiroshi Nagaoka, Hiroshi Takeda, Yuzuru Karouji, Makiko Ohtake, Akira Yamaguchi, Shigekazu Yoneda and Nobuyuki Hasebe Earth, Planets and Space 2014, 66:115 doi:10.1186/1880-5981-66-115 Published: 10 September 2014 PDF LINK LINK Remote observation by the reflectance spectrometers…
Northwest Africa 8159: An approximately 2.3 Billion Year Old Martian Olivine-Bearing Augite Basalt
Simon, J. I., Peters, T. J., Tappa, M. J., Agee, C. B. Based on petrology, mineralogy, and bulk composition, the new NWA 8159 martian meteorite is distinct from all known samples from Mars. In particular,…
An oxygen isotope study of Wark–Lovering rims on type A CAIs in primitive carbonaceous chondrites
Jean-David Bodénan, Natalie A. Starkey, Sara S. Russell, Ian P. Wright, Ian A. Franchi Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 401, 1 September 2014, Pages 327-336 LINK Calcium–aluminium-rich Inclusions (CAIs) and the thin Wark–Lovering (WL)…
Fragments of the Serooskerken mass of the Ellemeet meteorite on public display at Sonnenborgh observatory
The fragments of the Serooskerken mass of the Ellemeet meteorite have been on public display at the Sonnenborgh observatory in Utrecht, Netherlands, today. VIDEO LINK Jeroen de Jager was there and listened to the story…
Wolcott officially registered in the Meteoritical Bulletin Database
Wolcott officially registered in the Meteoritical Bulletin Database LINK Wolcott 41°36.452’N, 73°0.742’W Connecticut, United States Fell: 19 April 2013 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L5) History: Shortly after 10 PM on 19 April 2013, a loud boom was heard…
Vicência officially registered in the Meteoritical Bulletin Database
The meteorite fall has been officially registered in the Meteoritical Bulletin Database: LINK Vicência 7°42.5’S, 35°25.66’W Pernambuco, Brazil Fell: 21 Sept 2013 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL3.2) History: Fell, September 21, 2013, ~15:00 hours local time (18:00 UTC),…
Samarium–neodymium chronology and rubidium–strontium systematics of an Allende calcium–aluminum-rich inclusion with implications for 146Sm half-life
N.E. Marks, L.E. Borg, I.D. Hutcheon, B. Jacobsen, R.N. Clayton Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 405, 1 November 2014, Pages 15–24 DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2014.08.017 Available online 29 August 2014 LINK
Nucleosynthetic W isotope anomalies and the Hf–W chronometry of Ca–Al-rich inclusions
Thomas S. Kruijer, Thorsten Kleine, Mario Fischer-Gödde, Christoph Burkhardt, Rainer Wieler Earth and Planetary Science Letters 403,317–327. DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2014.07.003 LINK
Aragonite, breunnerite, calcite and dolomite in the CM carbonaceous chondrites: High fidelity recorders of progressive parent body aqueous alteration
Martin R. Lee, Paula Lindgren, Mahmood R. Sofe Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta Available online 28 August 2014 LINK
Chondrule size and related physical properties: a compilation and evaluation of current data across all meteorite groups
Jon M. Friedrich, Michael K. Weisberg, Denton S. Ebel, Alison E. Biltz, Bernadette M. Corbett, Ivan V. Iotzov, Wajiha S. Khan, Matthew D. Wolman Earth and Planetary Astrophysics arXiv:1408.6581 Submitted on 27 Aug 2014 PDF…
Collision history written in rock
Nature 512, 350 (28 August 2014) doi:10.1038/512350c LINK
Sequential analysis of carbonaceous materials in Hayabusa-returned samples for the determination of their origin
Masayuki Uesugi, Hiroshi Naraoka, Motoo Ito, Hikaru Yabuta, Fumio Kitajima, Yoshinori Takano, Hajime Mita, Ichiro Ohnishi, Yoko Kebukawa, Toru Yada, Yuzuru Karouji, Yukihiro Ishibashi, Takaaki Okada and Masanao Abe Earth, Planets and Space 2014, 66:102…
The Chelyabinsk main mass today – Part II
by Sergey Lagutin VIDEO LINK
Chelyabinsk meteorite included as symbol at a bronze sculpture
Chelyabinsk meteorite included as symbol at a bronze sculpture covering the history of the city of Chelyabinsk The Finnish sculptor Rafael Saifulin has designed a 3.5 meter high and wide sculpture that might be erected…
Hydrocarbon Materials of Likely Interstellar Origin from the Paris Meteorite
S. Merouane, Z. Djouadi, L. Le Sergeant d’Hendecourt, B. Zanda, and J. Borg The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 756, Number 2 LINK (open access)
Record of the ancient martian hydrosphere and atmosphere preserved in zircon from a martian meteorite
A. A. Nemchin, M. Humayun, M. J. Whitehouse, R. H. Hewins, J-P. Lorand, A. Kennedy, M. Grange, B. Zanda, C. Fieni, D. Deldicque, Nature Geoscience (2014) doi:10.1038/ngeo2231 published online: 24 August 2014 LINK Supplementary materials:…
“Hij is precies gefallen in een doosje met zijn naam drop”
Cartoon by Hein de Kort in Het Parool (23 August 2014) PHOTO
Arizona State University’s Center for Meteorite Studies Receives New Lunar Meteorite Donation!
Arizona State University’s Center for Meteorite Studies Receives New Lunar Meteorite Donation! Northwest Africa 7611, 311 grams donated by Jay Piatek LINK
ELLEMEET (Serooskerken mass) has been found, but it’s damaged
The meteorite was found near a tennis court (about 2 km from the observatory, 52° 4’36.91″N, 5° 9’18.46″E ). Unfortunately it has been damaged. PHOTO (by Esther Monsma) Bas Nugteren is glad to have the…
Selecting asteroids for a targeted spectroscopic survey
D.A. Oszkiewicz, T. Kwiatkowski, T. Tomov, M. Birlan, S. Geier, A. Penttilä, M. Polińska Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP) arXiv:1408.4288, submitted 19 Aug 2014
