Archive for September 11th, 2015

The smallest comet 81P/Wild 2 dust dances around the CI composition.

11/09/2015 07:07 · by karmaka · in CI, comet

Rietmeijer, F. J. M. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12510 LINK “The bulbous Stardust track #80 (C2092,3,80,0,0) is a huge cavity. Allocations C2092,2,80,46,1 nearest the entry hole and C2092,2,80,47,6 about 0.8 mm beneath the entry…

Differentiation processes in FeO-rich asteroids revealed by the achondrite Lewis Cliff 88763.

11/09/2015 07:04 · by karmaka · in achondrite, asteroid, differentiation, differentiation

Day, J. M. D., Corder, C. A., Rumble, D., Assayag, N., Cartigny, P. and Taylor, L. A. (2015) Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12509 LINK “Olivine-dominated (70–80 modal %) achondrite meteorite Lewis Cliff (LEW) 88763…

Similarities and differences between the solar wind light noble gas compositions determined on Apollo 15 SWC foils and on NASA Genesis targets.

11/09/2015 07:00 · by karmaka · in noble gases

Vogel, N., Bochsler, P., Bühler, F., Heber, V. S., Grimberg, A., Baur, H., Horstmann, M., Bischoff, A. and Wieler, R. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12503 LINK

Screening and classification of ordinary chondrites by Raman spectroscopy.

11/09/2015 06:57 · by karmaka · in chondrite classification, ordinary chondrite

Pittarello, L., Baert, K., Debaille, V. and Claeys, P. (2015) Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12506 LINK “Classification of ordinary chondrite meteorites generally implies (1) determining the chemical group by the composition in endmembers of…