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
A primordial origin for the composition similarity between the Earth and the Moon
Alessandra Mastrobuono-Battisti, Hagai B. Perets, Sean N. Raymond accepted for publication in Nature PDF LINK LINK Updated (9 April 2015): PDF 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
The two views of Ceres
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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…
Dawn probe to look for a habitable ocean on Ceres
Eric Hand Science 20 February 2015: Vol. 347 no. 6224 pp. 813-814 DOI: 10.1126/science.347.6224.813 LINK
Mineralogy and Surface Composition of Asteroids
Vishnu Reddy, Tasha L. Dunn, Cristina A. Thomas, Nicholas A. Moskovitz, Thomas H. Burbine Chapter to appear in the Space Science Series Book: Asteroids IV PDF LINK (full text) 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
Formation of Phobos and Deimos via a giant impact
Robert I. Citron, Hidenori Genda, Shigeru Ida Icarus Volume 252, 15 May 2015, Pages 334–338 doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2015.02.011 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
Earth and Terrestrial Planet Formation
Seth A. Jacobson, Kevin J. Walsh accepted for publication in Early Earth, an AGU Monograph edited by James Badro and Michael J. Walter PDF LINK (full text) LINK(abstract)
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…
Chemical and mineralogical compositions of two grains recovered from asteroid Itokawa
Ebihara, M., Shirai, N., Sekimoto, S., Nakamura, T., Tsuchiyama, A., Matsuno, J., Matsumoto, T., Tanaka, M., Abe, M., Fujimura, A., Ishibashi, Y., Karouji, Y., Mukai, T., Okada, T., Uesugi, M. and Yada, T. (2015) Meteoritics…
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…
Modeling asteroid collisions and impact processes
Martin Jutzi, Keith Holsapple, Kai Wünneman, Patrick Michel Chapter to appear in the Space Science Series Book: Asteroids IV arXiv:1502.01844 PDF (full text) LINK
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
Ceres – seen by Dawn III
This animation showcases a series of images NASA’s Dawn spacecraft took on approach to Ceres on Feb. 4, 2015 at a distance of about 90,000 miles (145,000 kilometers) from the dwarf planet. Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA/PSI
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
The ANSMET 2014 / 2015 Field Season – 562 meteorites collected
562 meteorites have been collected during the 2014/2015 season. 60% of these were collected on the morains. Together with the meteorites from the 2013/2014 season, which have been stored in Antarctica for a year, almost…
Sulfidization of Iron in the Dynamic Solar Nebula and Implications for Planetary Compositions
Fred J. Ciesla The Astrophysical Journal Letters Volume 800 Number 1 ApJ 800 L6. doi:10.1088/2041-8205/800/1/L6 published 4 Februar 2015. LINK
Asteroid Family Physical Properties
Joseph Masiero, Francesca DeMeo, Toshihiro Kasuga, Alex H. Parker arXiv:1502.00961 PDF LINK (full text) LINK
A new investigation of hydration in the M-type asteroids
Z.A. Landsman, H. Campins, N. Pinilla-Alonso, J. Hanuš, V. Lorenzi Icarus doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2015.01.021 available online 2 February 2015 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…
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)
- Caleta el Cobre 081 (L3)
- Calate 064 (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)
