Simulated Space Weathering of Fe- and Mg-rich Aqueously Altered Minerals Using Pulsed Laser IrradiationOPEN ACCESS
H.M. Kaluna, H.A. Ishii, J.P. Bradley, J.J. Gillis-Davis, P.G. Lucey Update (2 Jan 17): PDF (OPEN ACCESS) Icarus In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 29 December 2016 LINK “Highlights • We simulate space weathering on…
Ion Microprobe Analyses of Carbon in Fe-Ni Metal in Iron Meteorites and Mesosiderites
Joseph I. Goldstein, Gary R. Huss, Edward R.D. Scott Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 28 December 2016 LINK “Carbon concentrations in kamacite, taenite, and plessite (kamacite-taenite intergrowths) were measured in…
Effect of NaCrSi2O6 component on Lindsley’s pyroxene thermometer: An evaluation based on strongly metamorphosed LL chondrites.
Nakamuta, Y., Urata, K., Shibata, Y. and Kuwahara, Y. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12808 LINK “In Lindsley’s thermometry, a revised sequence of calculation of components is proposed for clinopyroxene, in which kosmochlor component is…
The radiation shielding potential of CI and CM chondrites
Leos Pohl, Daniel T. Britt Advances in Space Research In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 28 December 2016 LINK “Highlights • The feasibility of using asteroidal material as a shield against radiation is studied •…
Vesicle dynamics during the atmospheric entry heating of cosmic spherulesOPEN ACCESS
Genge, M. J. Meteoritics and Planetary Science doi:10.1111/maps.12805 First published: 26 December 2016 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) TEXT (OPEN ACCESS) “Cosmic spherules are unique igneous objects that form by melting due to gas drag heating during…
Tungsten stable isotope compositions of terrestrial samples and meteorites determined by double spike MC-ICPMS
Nadine Krabbe, Thomas S. Kruijer, Thorsten Kleine Chemical Geology In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 23 December 2016 LINK “Tungsten stable isotopes hold great potential to examine a variety of physical and chemical processes operating…
Non-Vestoid candidate asteroids in the inner main beltOPEN ACCESS
Dagmara Oszkiewicz, Brian A. Skiff, Nick Moskovitz, Paweł Kankiewicz, Anna Marciniak, Javier Licandro, Mattia Galiazzo, Werner Zeilinger Astronomy & Astrophysics December 16, 2016 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) abstract “Most Howardite-Eucrite-Diogenite (HED) meteorites (analogs to V-type asteroids)…
Automated Systems for the analysis of meteor spectra
José M. Madiedo Planetary and Space Science In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 22 December 2016 LINK “Highlights • A meteor spectroscopy survey called SMART is described. • Some hardware improvements to record meteor spectra…
Nanoindenting the Chelyabinsk meteorite to learn about impact deflection effects in asteroidsOPEN ACCESS
Carles E. Moyano-Cambero, Eva Pellicer, Josep M. Trigo-Rodríguez, Iwan P. Williams, Jürgen Blum, Patrick Michel, Michael Küppers, Marina Martínez-Jiménez, Ivan Lloro, Jordi Sort Astrophysical Journal (2017) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) abstract Update (24 January 2017): LINK…
Chromium isotope evidence in ejecta deposits for the nature of Paleoproterozoic impactorsOPEN ACCESS
Berengere Mougel, Frederic Moynier, Christa Gopel, Christian Koeberl PDF (OPEN ACCESS) abstract “Non-mass dependent chromium isotopic signatures have been successfully used to determine the presence and identification of extra-terrestrial materials in terrestrial impact rocks. Paleoproterozoic…
Thermal evolution of planetesimals during accretion
Y. Ricard, D. Bercovici, F. Albarède Icarus In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 21 December 2016 LINK “Highlights • joint mass-temperature distributions in a planetesimal swarm • molten planetary embryos are formed in only a…
Meteor studies in the framework of the JEM-EUSO program
G. Abdellaoui, S. Abe, A. Acheli, J.H. Adams Jr., S. Ahmad, A. Ahriche, J.-N. Albert, D. Allard, G. Alonso, L. Anchordoqui, V. Andreev, A. Anzalone, W. Aouimeur, Y. Arai, N. Arsene, K. Asano, R. Attallah,…
The key role of meteorites in the formation of relevant prebiotic molecules in a formamide/water environmentOPEN ACCESS
Luca Rotelli, Josep M. Trigo-Rodríguez, Carles E. Moyano-Cambero, Eleonora Carota, Lorenzo Botta, Ernesto Di Mauro & Raffaele Saladino Scientific Reports 6, Article number: 38888 (2016) doi:10.1038/srep38888 Published online: 13 December 2016 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF…
Formation of Apollo 16 impactites and the composition of late accreted material: constraints from Os isotopes, highly siderophile elements and sulfur abundances
Philipp Gleißner, Harry Becker Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 18 December 2016 LINK “Fe-Ni metal-schreibersite-troilite intergrowths in Apollo 16 impact melt rocks and new highly siderophile element (HSE) and S…
Ion irradiation of carbonaceous chondrites: a new view of space weathering on primitive asteroids
C. Lantz, R. Brunetto, M.A. Barucci, S. Fornasier, D. Baklouti, J. Bourçois, M. Godard Icarus In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 16 December 2016 LINK “Highlights • New ion irradiations on several carbonaceous chondrites to…
High Precision Al-Mg Systematics of Forsterite-Bearing Type B CAIs from CV3 Chondrites
G.J. MacPherson, E.S. Bullock, T.J. Tenner, D. Nakashima, N.T. Kita, M.A. Ivanova, A.N. Krot, M.I. Petaev, S.B. Jacobsen Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 16 December 2016 LINK “In order to…
Extensive water ice within Ceres’ aqueously altered regolith: Evidence from nuclear spectroscopyOPEN ACCESS
by T. H. Prettyman, N. Yamashita, M. J. Toplis, H. Y. McSween, N. Schorghofer, S. Marchi, W. C. Feldman, J. Castillo-Rogez, O. Forni, D. J. Lawrence, E. Ammannito, B. L. Ehlmann, H. G. Sizemore, S….
Oxygen isotope characteristics of chondrules from the Yamato-82094 ungrouped carbonaceous chondrite: Further evidence for common O-isotope environments sampled among carbonaceous chondrites.
Tenner, T. J., Kimura, M. and Kita, N. T. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12791 LINK “High-precision secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS) was employed to investigate oxygen three isotopes of phenocrysts in 35 chondrules from…
An 57Fe Mössbauer study of the ordinary chondrite meteorite Lynch 001
Nancy N. Elewa, J. M. Cadogan Hyperfine Interactions (2016) First Online: 12 December 2016 DOI: 10.1007/s10751-016-1350-1 This article is part of the Topical Collection on Proceedings of the International Conference on Hyperfine Interactions and their…
Timing of the formation and migration of giant planets as constrained by CB chondritesOPEN ACCESS
By Brandon C. Johnson, Kevin J. Walsh, David A. Minton, Alexander N. Krot, Harold F. Levison Science Advances 09 Dec 2016: Vol. 2, no. 12, e1601658 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1601658 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The…
Diversity of the initial rocky planetary building materials at the edge of the solar system
Brownlee, D. E. and Joswiak, D. J. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12804 First published: 9 December 2016 LINK “Asteroids and comets are surviving members of the vast planetesimal population that was distributed across the…
The accretion and impact history of the ordinary chondrite parent bodies
Terrence Blackburn, Conel M. O’D. Alexander, Richard Carlson, Linda T. Elkins-Tanton Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 9 December 2016 LINK “A working timeline for the history of ordinary chondrites includes…
Collisions in outer space produced an icosahedral phase in the Khatyrka meteorite never observed previously in the laboratoryOPEN ACCESS
Luca Bindi, Chaney Lin, Chi Ma & Paul J. Steinhardt Scientific Reports 6 Article number: 38117 (2016) doi:10.1038/srep38117 Published online: 08 December 2016 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “We report the first occurrence of…
Further evidence for early lunar magnetism from troctolite 76535
Garrick-Bethell, I., B. P. Weiss, D. L. Shuster, S. M. Tikoo, and M. M. Tremblay J. Geophys. Res. Planets, 120, doi: 10.1002/2016JE005154 Accepted manuscript online: 7 December 2016 LINK “The earliest history of the lunar…
NWA 10214—An LL3 chondrite breccia with an assortment of metamorphosed, shocked, and unique chondrite clasts.
Rubin, A. E., Breen, J. P., Isa, J. and Tutorow, S. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12797 LINK “NWA 10214 is an LL3-6 breccia containing ~8 vol% clasts including LL5, LL6, and shocked-darkened LL fragments…
Trace elements in olivine and the petrogenesis of the intermediate, olivine-phyric shergottite NWA 10170.
Howarth, G. H. and Udry, A. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12799 LINK “Olivine-phyric shergottites represent primitive basaltic to picritic rocks, spanning a large range of Mg# and olivine abundances. As primitive olivine-bearing magmas are…
Natural variations in the rhenium isotopic composition of meteorites.
Liu, R., Hu, L. and Humayun, M. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12803 LINK “Rhenium is an important element with which to test hypotheses of isotope variation. Historically, it has been difficult to precisely correct…
An urban collection of modern-day large micrometeorites: Evidence for variations in the extraterrestrial dust flux through the QuaternaryOPEN ACCESS
M.J.Genge, J.Larsen, M.Van Ginneken, M.D.Suttle Geology First published on 2016-12-05 09:44:06, doi:10.1130/G38352.1 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) abstract “We report the discovery of significant numbers (500) of large micrometeorites (>100 μm) from rooftops in urban areas. The…
Physical Characterization of ~2-meter Diameter Near-Earth Asteroid 2015 TC25: A possible boulder from E-type Asteroid (44) NysaOPEN ACCESS
Vishnu Reddy, Juan A. Sanchez, William F. Bottke, Audrey Thirouin, Edgard G. Rivera-Valentin, Michael S. Kelley, William Ryan, Edward A. Cloutis, Stephen C. Tegler, Eileen V. Ryan, Patrick A. Taylor, James E. Richardson, Nicholas Moskovitz,…
Atmospheric trajectory and heliocentric orbit of the Ejby meteorite fall in Denmark on February 6, 2016
P. Spurný, J. Borovička, G. Baumgarten, H. Haack, D. Heinlein, A.N. Sørensen Planetary and Space Science In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 1 December 2016 LINK “A very bright bolide illuminated the sky over Denmark…