Uncertainty Quantification in Continuous Fragmentation Airburst Models
S. McMullan, G.S. Collins Icarus Available online 28 February 2019 LINK “Highlights • Comparison of three existing semi-analytical airburst models • Models can be calibrated to data but diverge when upscaled • Investigations into how…
A novel organic-rich meteoritic clast from the outer solar systemOPEN ACCESS
Yoko Kebukawa, Motoo Ito, Michael E. Zolensky, Richard C. Greenwood, Zia Rahman, Hiroki Suga, Aiko Nakato, Queenie H. S. Chan, Marc Fries, Yasuo Takeichi, Yoshio Takahashi, Kazuhiko Mase & Kensei Kobayashi Scientific Reports 9, 1–8…
Genetics, crystallization sequence, and age of the South Byron Trio iron meteorites: New insights to carbonaceous chondrite (CC) type parent bodies
Connor D. Hilton, Katherine R. Bermingham, Richard J. Walker, Timothy J. McCoy Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 27 February 2019 LINK “The nucleosynthetic Mo, Ru, and W isotopic compositions of…
The future of Genesis scienceOPEN ACCESS
D. S. Burnett, A. J. G. Jurewicz, D. S. Woolum Meteoritics & Planetary Science First published: 25 February 2019 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Solar abundances are important to planetary science since the prevalent…
Dissipation of the Solar System’s debris disk recorded in primitive meteorites
Jamie D. Gilmour & Michal J. Filtness Nature Astronomy, 1–6 Published: 25 February 2019 LINK “Many newly formed Sun-like stars show evidence of debris disks composed of dust generated through destructive collisions among residual planetesimals….
Highly siderophile element and 187Re‐187Os isotopic systematics of ungrouped achondrite Northwest Africa 7325: Evidence for complex planetary processes
Gregory J. Archer, Richard J. Walker, Anthony J. Irving Meteoritics & Planetary Science First Published: 24 February 2019 LINK “The abundances of highly siderophile elements (HSE; including Re, Os, Ir, Ru, Pt, and Pd) and…
The Maribo CM2 meteorite fall—Survival of weak material at high entry speed
Jiří Borovička, Olga Popova, Pavel Spurný Meteoritics & Planetary Science First Published: 22 February 2019 LINK “High entry speed (>25 km s−1) and low density (<2500 kg m−3) are the two factors that lower the…
Textural and compositional evidence for in situ crystallization of palisade bodies in coarse‐grained Ca‐Al‐rich inclusions
Mingming Zhang, Yangting Lin, Ingo Leya, Guoqiang Tang, Yu Liu Meteoritics & Planetary Science First Published: 21 February 2019 LINK “Palisade bodies, mineral assemblages with spinel shells, in coarse‐grained Ca‐, Al‐rich inclusions (CAIs) have been…
Petrology and geochemistry of olivine‐phyric shergottites LAR 12095 and LAR 12240: Implications for their petrogenetic history on MarsOPEN ACCESS
Emilie T. Dunham, J. Brian Balta, Meenakshi Wadhwa, Thomas G. Sharp, Harry Y. McSween Meteoritics & Planetary ScienceFirst Published: 21 February 2019 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Larkman Nunatak (LAR) 12095 and LAR 12240…
Quantitative models for the elemental and isotopic fractionations in the non-carbonaceous chondrites
Conel M. O’D. Alexander Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 20 February 2019 LINK “Two models that for the first time attempt to quantitatively reproduce the bulk elemental and isotopic fractionations…
Oxygen isotopes in HED meteorites and their constraints on parent asteroids
Chuantong Zhang, Bingkui Miao, Huaiyu He Planetary and Space Science In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 19 February 2019 LINK “Highlights • 146 HEDs have similar Δ17O values of −0.240 ± 0.020‰ (2σ) and derive from 4Vesta….
Reclassification of four aubrites as enstatite chondrite impact melts: Potential geochemical analogs for Mercury
Arya Udry, Zoë E. Wilbur, Rachel R. Rahib, Francis M. McCubbin, Kathleen E. Vander Kaaden, Timothy J. McCoy, Karen Ziegler, Juliane Gross, Christopher DeFelice, Logan Combs, Brent D. Turrin Meteoritics & Planetary Science First Published:…
Possible records of space weathering on Vesta: Case study in a brecciated eucrite Northwest Africa 1109
Shu‐Zhou Wang, Ai‐Cheng Zhang, Run‐Lian Pang, Yang Li, Jia‐Ni Chen Meteoritics & Planetary Science First Published: 19 February 2019 LINK “Records of space weathering are important for understanding the formation and evolution of surface regolith…
The 26Al-26Mg systematics of FeO-rich chondrules from Acfer 094: two chondrule generations distinct in age and oxygen isotope ratios
Andreas T. Hertwig, Kimura Makoto, Takayuki Ushikubo, Céline Defouilloy, Noriko T. Kita Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 16 February 2019 LINK “The 26Al-26Mg ages of FeO-rich (type II) chondrules from…
Quantitative models for the elemental and isotopic fractionations in chondrites: The carbonaceous chondrites
Conel M. O’D. Alexander Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 16 February 2019 LINK “A quantitative understanding of the elemental and isotopic fractionations recorded in the compositions of the chondritic meteorites…
Interstellar ices: a possible scenario for symmetry breaking of extraterrestrial chiral organic molecules of prebiotic interestOPEN ACCESS
Louis D’hendecourt, Paola Modica (LPC2E), Cornelia Meinert (ICN), Laurent Nahon (SSOLEIL), Uwe Meierhenrich (LCMBA) Journal of Interdisciplinary Methodologies and Issues in Science, 2019 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “In the laboratory, the photo-and thermochemical evolution of ices,…
Petrological, petrofabric, and oxygen isotopic study of five ungrouped meteorites related to brachinites
Hikari Hasegawa, Takashi Mikouchi, Akira Yamaguchi, Masahiro Yasutake, Richard C. Greenwood, Ian A. Franchi Meteoritics & Planetary Science First Published: 12 February 2019 LINK “Northwest Africa (NWA) 6112, Miller Range (MIL) 090206 (plus its pairs:…
A Possible Second Large Subglacial Impact Crater in Northwest GreenlandOPEN ACCESS
Joseph A. MacGregor, William F. Bottke Jr., Mark A. Fahnestock, Jeremy P. Harbeck, Kurt H. Kjær, John D. Paden, David E. Stillman, Michael Studinger Geophysical Research Letters, 46. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018GL078126 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Following…
Pantasma: Evidence for a Pleistocene circa 14 km diameter impact crater in Nicaragua
P. Rochette, R. Alaç, P. Beck, G. Brocard, A. J. Cavosie, V. Debaille, B. Devouard, F. Jourdan, B. Mougel, F. Moustard, F. Moynier, S. Nomade, G. R. Osinski, B. Reynard, J. Cornec Meteoritics & Planetary…
Can we predict the impact conditions of meter-sized meteoroids?OPEN ACCESS
Jorge I. Zuluaga [SEAP/IF/UdeA], Pablo A. Cuartas-Restrepo [SEAP/IF/UdeA],Jhonatan Ospina [SAA/CAMO], Mario Sucerquia [SEAP/IF/UdeA] Submitted to MNRAS Letters PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “A few meter-sized meteoroids impact the atmosphere of the Earth per year. Most (if not…
Nanoscale infrared imaging analysis of carbonaceous chondrites to understand organic-mineral interactions during aqueous alteration
Yoko Kebukawa, Hanae Kobayashi, Norio Urayama, Naoki Baden, Masashi Kondo, Michael E. Zolensky, and Kensei Kobayashi PNAS January 15, 2019 116 (3) 753-758 published ahead of print January 2, 2019 https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1816265116 LINK “Spatial relationships between…
A Model for Thermal Radiation from the Tunguska Airburst
Christopher O. Johnston, Eric C. Stern Icarus Available online 7 February 2019 LINK “Highlights • Radiative heating to the ground from the Tunguska event modeled • Applies recently-developed computational fluid dynamic and radiation models •…
The Maribo CM2 meteorite fall – survival of weak material at high entry speedOPEN ACCESS
Jiri Borovicka, Olga Popova, Pavel Spurny Submitted version of an article accepted in Meteoritics and Planetary Science PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “High entry speed (> 25 km/s) and low density (< 2500 kg/m3) are two factors…
Accretion of water in carbonaceous chondrites: current evidence and implications for the delivery of water to early EarthOPEN ACCESS
Josep M. Trigo-Rodríguez, Albert Rimola, Safoura Tanbakouei, Victoria Cabedo, Martin Lee Presented in the International ESAC workshop “Ices in the Solar System” To be published in Space Science Reviews (SPAC-D-18-00036R3) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) Update (12…
Origin of the non-carbonaceous–carbonaceous meteorite dichotomyOPEN ACCESS
Josefine A. M. Nanne, Francis Nimmo, Jeffrey N.Cuzzi, Thorsten Kleine Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 511, 1 April 2019, Pages 44-54 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) “Highlights • New Ni isotopic data for iron meteorites confirm…
Variations in initial 26Al/27Al ratios among fluffy Type A Ca–Al-rich inclusions from reduced CV chondrites
Noriyuki Kawasaki, Changkun Park, Naoya Sakamoto, Sun Young Park, Hyun Na Kim, Minami Kuroda, Hisayoshi Yurimoto Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 511, 1 April 2019, Pages 25-35 LINK “Highlights • We obtained Al–Mg mineral…
The vanadium isotopic composition of lunar basaltsOPEN ACCESS
S.S. Hopkins, J. Prytulak, J. Barling, S.S. Russell, B.J. Coles, A.N. Halliday Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 511, 1 April 2019, Pages 12-24 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) “Highlights • We present the first measurements of…
Meteorite cloudy zone formation as a quantitative indicator of paleomagnetic field intensities and cooling rates on planetesimalsOPEN ACCESS
Clara Maurel, Benjamin P. Weiss, James F. J. Bryson PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Metallic microstructures in slowly-cooled iron-rich meteorites reflect the thermal and magnetic histories of their parent planetesimals. Of particular interest is the cloudy zone,…
Meteoritical Bulletin updates
- Oued El Hamim 003 (Eucrite)
- Northwest Africa 18237 (Ureilite)
- Northwest Africa 18222 (Ureilite)
- Northwest Africa 18223 (Eucrite)
- Northwest Africa 18205 (H3)
- Northwest Africa 18206 (Eucrite-melt breccia)
- Northwest Africa 18122 (Eucrite)
- Ganq 027 (L3)
- Dalangtan 004 (H3)
- Northwest Africa 18188 (LL3)
- Hammadah al Hamra 348 (Ureilite)
- Gadamis 010 (Angrite)
- Northwest Africa 18184 (CV3)
- Northwest Africa 18180 (H3)
- Northwest Africa 18181 (L3)
- Sabkhat Arryd 002 (Eucrite-pmict)
- Northwest Africa 18183 (Eucrite-melt breccia)
- Yagan 003 (LL3)
- Northwest Africa 18164 (CK3)
- Northwest Africa 18163 (Winonaite)
