A terrestrial perspective on using ex situ shocked zircons to date lunar impacts

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Aaron J. Cavosie, Timmons M. Erickson, Nicholas E. Timms, Steven M. Reddy, Cristina Talavera, Stephanie D. Montalvo, Maya R. Pincus, Ryan J. Gibbon, and Desmond Moser Geology, First published on October 1, 2015, doi:10.1130/G37059.1 LINK

The Pluto system: Initial results from its exploration by New Horizons

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S. A. Stern, F. Bagenal, K. Ennico, G. R. Gladstone, W. M. Grundy, W. B. McKinnon, J. M. Moore, C. B. Olkin, J. R. Spencer, H. A. Weaver, L. A. Young, T. Andert, J. Andrews,…

147Sm-143Nd and 176Lu-176Hf systematics of eucrite and angrite meteorites.

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Bouvier, A., Blichert-Toft, J., Boyet, M. and Albarède, F. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12553 LINK “Comparative planetary geochemistry provides insight into the origin and evolutionary paths of planetary bodies in the inner solar system….

The 1925 meteorite fall near Ellemeet and Serooskerke, the Netherlands.

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de Vet, S. J. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12554 LINK “Two meteorites impacted in 1925 around the town of Serooskerke on the isle of Schouwen, the Netherlands. The largest mass is widely known as…

An experimental study of partial melting and fractional crystallization on the HED parent body.

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Ashcroft, H. O. and Wood, B. J. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12556 LINK (full text) “ABSTRACT: We have performed an experimental and modeling study of the partial melting behavior of the HED parent body…

Possible meteorite fall near Aremark, Østfold, Norway on August 13, 2015?

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Steinar Midtskogen of the Norsk Meteornettverk reports about a possible meteorite fall near Aremark, Østfold, Norway on August 13, 2015. Frequent search expeditions have so far not resulted in any finds. LINK VIDEO

High-sensitivity HPGe gamma-spectrometry analysis of radionuclides in Martian meteorites

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Pavel P. Povinec , Ivan Sýkora, Andrej Kováčik, Christian Koeberl Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry pp 1-5 LINK

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