Archive for June 23rd, 2015

Early aqueous activity on the ordinary and carbonaceous chondrite parent bodies recorded by fayalite

23/06/2015 14:57 · by karmaka · in accretion, aqueous alteration, asteroid, carbonaceous chondrite, CO, CV, L, ordinary chondrite, parent body, parent body

Patricia M. Doyle, Kaori Jogo, Kazuhide Nagashima, Alexander N. Krot, Shigeru Wakita, Fred J. Ciesla, Ian D. Hutcheon Nature Communications 6, Article number: 7444 doi:10.1038/ncomms8444 published: 23 June 2015 LINK Supplementary Information (PDF)

Brief Follow-up on Recent Studies of Theia’s Accretion

23/06/2015 06:51 · by karmaka · in accretion, accretion, Earth, Moon

Nathan A. Kaib, Nicolas B. Cowan accepted to Icarus arXiv:1506.06132 PDF LINK abstract

Nature’s Starships II: Simulating the Synthesis of Amino Acids in Meteorite Parent Bodies

23/06/2015 06:46 · by karmaka · in amino acids, carbonaceous chondrite, CM, CR, organic matter, parent body

Alyssa K. Cobb, Ralph E. Pudritz, Ben K. D. Pearce Accepted for publication in ApJ arXiv:1506.06740 PDF LINK abstract Carbonaceous chondrite meteorites are known for having high water and organic material contents, including amino acids….