Capture of Trans-Neptunian Planetesimals in the Main Asteroid Belt

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David Vokrouhlický, William F. Bottke, and David Nesvorný The Astronomical Journal, Volume 152, Number 2 Published 2016 July 26 LINK “The orbital evolution of the giant planets after nebular gas was eliminated from the Solar…

Excess of L-alanine in amino acids synthesized in a plasma torch generated by a hypervelocity meteorite impact reproduced in the laboratory

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George G. Managadze, Michael H. Engel, Stephanie Getty, Peter Wurz, William B. Brinckerhoff, Anatoly G. Shokolov, Gennady V. Sholin, Sergey A. Terent’ev, Alexander E. Chumikov, Alexander S. Skalkin, Vladimir D. Blank, Vyacheslav M. Prokhorov, Nina…

The missing large impact craters on CeresOPEN ACCESS 

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S. Marchi, A. I. Ermakov, C. A. Raymond, R. R. Fu, D. P. O’Brien, M. T. Bland, E. Ammannito, M. C. De Sanctis, T. Bowling, P. Schenk, J. E. C. Scully, D. L. Buczkowski, D….

The origin of aubrites: Evidence from lithophile trace element abundances and oxygen isotope compositions

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J.A. Barrat, R.C. Greenwood, K. Keil, M.L. Rouget, J.S. Boesenberg, B. Zanda, I.A. Franchi Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 25 July 2016 LINK “We report the abundances of a selected…

Ancient Impactor Components Preserved and Reworked in Martian Regolith Breccia Northwest Africa 7034

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Steven Goderis, Alan D. Brandon, Bernhard Mayer, Munir Humayun Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 25 July 2016 LINK “Northwest Africa (NWA) 7034 and paired stones represent unique samples of martian…

Constraints on olivine‐rich rock types on the Moon as observed by Diviner and M3: Implications for the formation of the lunar crust

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J. A. Arnold, T. D. Glotch, P. G. Lucey, E. Song, I. R. Thomas, N. E. Bowles, B. T. Greenhagen Journal of Geophysical Research:Planets DOI: 10.1002/2015JE004874 First published: 25 July 2016 LINK “We place upper…

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