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…
Thomas W. Grau – Meteoritensuche in Europa
A talk by Thomas Grau at a ‘Tag der offenen Tür 2014’ on 19 July , 2014 LINK
Collision history written in rock
Nature 512, 350 (28 August 2014) doi:10.1038/512350c LINK
Impact chemistry of methanol: Implications for volatile evolution on icy satellites and dwarf planets, and cometary delivery to the Moon
Yasuhito Sekine, Hidenori Genda, Yuta Muto, Seiji Sugita, Toshihiko Kadono, Takafumi Matsui Icarus Available online 27 August 2014 DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2014.08.034 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:…
The Case of the Missing Ceres Family
Andrew S. Rivkin Erik Asphaug, William F. Bottke Icarus DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2014.08.007 available online 23 August 2014 LINK
“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
Who owns found meteorites in Norway?
Gull, gråstein, fossiler og meteoritter by Marianne Reusch LINK Gold, stones, fossils and meteorites by Marianne Reusch LINK (English)
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
ELLEMEET (Serooskerken mass) meteorite stolen from Sonnenborgh observatory in Utrecht
Interview with Bas Nugteren, director of the Sonnenborgh Observatory NOS , 20 August 2014 ———————————————————————————————————— automatic translation:Last night, 18 on August 19, broke into Sonnenborgh – museum & observatory in # Utrecht. The burglars have…
Mineralogy texture and chemistry of the Ellicott meteorite using scanning electron microscope and energy disperse spectroscopy (SEM/EDS)
Salman Z. Khalaf, Ali T. Yassin, Salih M. Awadh, Rafaa Z. Jassim Arabian Journal of Geosciences August 2014 Date: 06 Aug 2014 DOI 10.1007/s12517-014-1572-y LINK
Handheld and non-destructive methodologies for the compositional investigation of meteorite fragments
Vincenza Crupi, Alessandra Giunta, Barry Kellett, Francesca Longo, Giacomo Maisano, Domenico Majolino, Antonella Scherillo and Valentina Venuti Anal. Methods, 2014,6, 6301-6309 DOI: 10.1039/C4AY00253A Received 29 Jan 2014, Accepted 07 May 2014 First published online 08…
Solar system chemical abundances corrected for systematics
Guillermo Gonzalez MNRAS (September 1, 2014) 443 (1): L99-L103. doi: 10.1093/mnrasl/slu083 First published online July 10, 2014 LINK PDF-LINK It has been assumed that CI chondrite meteorites are the least affected by fractionation processes, given…
The Chelyabinsk main mass today
Video: Consigliori
Alteration processes in the CV chondrite parent body based on analysis of NWA 2086 meteorite
Kereszturi, A., Blumberger, Z., Józsa, S., May, Z., Müller, A., Szabó, M. and Tóth, M. (2014). Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12336 LINK
Evidence for interstellar origin of seven dust particles collected by the Stardust spacecraft
Andrew J. Westphal et al. Science 345, 6198, 786-791 [DOI: 10.1126/science.1252496] LINK
A critical analysis of shock models for chondrule formation
Sebastian M. Stammler, Cornelis P. Dullemond Icarus, Volume 242, 1 November 2014, Pages 1–10 DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2014.07.024 Available online 1 August 2014 LINK
Chelyabinsk triptych completed
After one year the Ural painter Albert Rastjapi / Альберт Растяпи has completed his Chelyabinsk triptych LEFT PANEL CENTRAL PANEL RIGHT PANEL LINK (Original) English machine translation: LINK
A fossil winonaite-like meteorite in Ordovician limestone: A piece of the impactor that broke up the L-chondrite parent body?
Birger Schmitz, Gary R. Huss, Matthias M.M. Meier, Bernhard Peucker-Ehrenbrink, Ross P. Church, Anders Cronholm, Melvyn B. Davies, Philipp R. Heck, Anders Johansen, Klaus Keil, Per Kristiansson, Greg Ravizza, Mario Tassinari, Fredrik Terfelt Earth and…
Tirhert (Eucrite, unbrecciated, fell 9 July 2014) officially classified
TIRHERT LINK 28.935°N, 8.905°W Guelmim-Es-Semara, Morocco Fell: 2014 Jul 9 Classification: HED achondrite (Eucrite, unbrecciated) History: (H. Chennaoui Aoudjehane, A. Aaronson, M. Aoudjehane, A. Bouferra, A. Bouragaa) On Wednesday, 9 July 2014 around 9:30 pm,…
Cosmic ray exposure and pre-atmospheric size of the Gebel Kamil iron meteorite
Ott, U., Merchel, S., Herrmann, S., Pavetich, S., Rugel, G., Faestermann, T., Fimiani, L., Gomez-Guzman, J. M., Hain, K., Korschinek, G., Ludwig, P., D’Orazio, M. and Folco, L. (2014) Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12334…
Records of the Moon-forming impact and the 470 Ma disruption of the L chondrite parent body in the asteroid belt from U-Pb apatite ages of Novato (L6)
Yin, Q.-Z., Zhou, Q., Li, Q.-L., Li, X.-H., Liu, Y., Tang, G.-Q., Krot, A. N. and Jenniskens, P. (2014) Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.1234 LINK Novato, a newly observed fall in the San Francisco…
The Ardón L6 ordinary chondrite: A long-hidden Spanish meteorite fall
Trigo-Rodríguez, J. M., Llorca, J., Weyrauch, M., Bischoff, A., Moyano-Cambero, C. E., Keil, K., Laubenstein, M., Pack, A., Madiedo, J. M., Alonso-Azcárate, J., Riebe, M., Wieler, R., Ott, U., Tapia, M. and Mestres, N. (2014)…
More chips off of Asteroid (4) Vesta: characterization of eight Vestoids and their HED meteorite analogs
Paul S. Hardersen, Vishnu Reddy, Rachel Roberts, Amy Mainzer Earth and Planetary Astrophysics, arXiv:1408.2731 Icarus, accepted for publication, August 12, 2014 PDF-LINK
Decline of the lunar core dynamo
Sonia M. Tikoo, Benjamin P. Weiss, William S. Cassata, David L. Shuster Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 404, 15 October 2014, Pages 89–97 DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2014.07.010 LINK
Chromium Valences in Ureilite Olivine and Implications for Ureilite Petrogenesis
Goodrich CA, Sutton SR, Wirick S and Jercinovic MJ (in press) Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta Volume 122, 1 December 2013, Pages 280–305 [doi:10.1016/j.gca.2013.08.003] LINK
No nebular magnetization in the Allende CV carbonaceous chondrite
R.R. Fu, E.A. Lima, B.P. Weiss Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 404, 15 October 2014, Pages 54–66 DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2014.07.014 LINK
ALMA Confirms Comets Forge Organic Molecules in Their Dusty Atmospheres
LINK Nature 512, 234–235 (21 August 2014) doi:10.1038/512234d Published online 20 August 2014 Comets contain some of the oldest materials in the Solar System. Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) in Chile, Martin Cordiner…
Crystalline and amorphous matter in the Chelyabinsk meteorite: Evidence from Raman spectroscopy
T. N. Moroz, S. V. Goryainov, N. P. Pokhilenko, N. M. Podgornykh Doklady Earth Sciences July 2014, Volume 457, Issue 1, pp 831-834 Date: 05 Aug 2014 Doklady Akademii Nauk, 2014, Vol. 457, No. 1,…
Meteoritical Bulletin updates
- Northwest Africa 18584 (Eucrite)
- Northwest Africa 18582 (Eucrite-br)
- Northwest Africa 18578 (L3)
- Northwest Africa 18581 (Eucrite)
- Northwest Africa 18576 (LL3-4)
- Northwest Africa 18520 (CVox3)
- Los Vientos 600 (Ureilite-an)
- Northeast Africa 124 (Ureilite)
- Northwest Africa 18439 (Lunar)
- Northwest Africa 18256 (L3)
- Northwest Africa 18231 (Martian (shergottite))
- Northwest Africa 18560 (LL3)
- Calate 064 (L3)
- Caleta el Cobre 081 (L3)
- Catalina 1052 (L3)
- Denader 004 (CB)
- Fengning (Iron, IIIAB)
- Mdeïné 003 (Iron, ungrouped)
- Northwest Africa 16442 (L3-5-melt breccia)
- Gyarub Zangbo (b) (Iron, IAB-sHH)
