Archive for April 20th, 2015

The sunlit northern terrain of Ceres / Dawn in science orbit

20/04/2015 22:02 · by karmaka · in Ceres, Dawn

” images taken on April 14 and 15 from a vantage point 14,000 miles (22,000 kilometers) above Ceres’ north pole.” photo animated photo extra information extra information

From olivine to ringwoodite: a TEM study of a complex process

20/04/2015 21:11 · by karmaka · in shock metamorphism

Lidia Pittarello, Gang Ji, Akira Yamaguchi, Dominique Schryvers, Vinciane Debaille and Philippe Claeys Meteoritics & Planetary Science DOI: 10.1111/maps.12441 LINK

Synthesis of refractory metal nuggets and constraints on the thermal histories of nugget-bearing Ca, Al-rich inclusions

20/04/2015 21:06 · by karmaka · in CAI, refractory inclusions

D. Schwander, S. Buhre, G. Schönhense and U. Ott Meteoritics & Planetary Science DOI: 10.1111/maps.12440 LINK

The amino acid and hydrocarbon contents of the Paris meteorite: Insights into the most primitive CM chondrite

20/04/2015 21:00 · by karmaka · in amino acids, carbonaceous chondrite, CM

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

20/04/2015 20:54 · by karmaka · in achondrite, eucrite, ungrouped

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

20/04/2015 20:49 · by karmaka · in H, ordinary chondrite, witnessed fall

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…