FLENSBURG (C1-ung, 24.5 g, W0) meteorite fall in Flensburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany on 12 September 2019 at ~14:49:48 CEST (~ 12:49:48 UTC )
Last (minor) update: 12 May 2023 The intact meteorite on 27 September 2019. Photo: Carsten Jonas On 15 September Erik Due-Hansen from Flensburg (Schleswig-Holstein, Germany) who reported his extraordinary find to the International Meteor Organization…
Tracing martian surface interactions with the triple O isotope compositions of meteoritic phosphates
J.J. Bellucci, M.J. Whitehouse, A.A. Nemchin, J.F. Snape, G.G. Kenny, R.E. Merle, P.A. Bland, G.K.Benedix Earth and Planetary Science Letters In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 27 November 2019 LINK “Highlights • A novel methodology…
Estimating trajectories of meteors: an observational Monte Carlo approach — II. ResultsOPEN ACCESS
Denis Vida, Peter G. Brown, Margaret Campbell-Brown, Paul Wiegert, Peter S. Gural Accepted for publication in MNRAS PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “In the first paper of this series we examined existing methods of optical meteor trajectory…
Distribution and spectrophotometric classification of basaltic asteroidsOPEN ACCESS
Jad-Alexandru Mansour, Marcel Popescu, Julia de León, Javier Licandro MNRAS 000, 1–13 (2019) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “We aim to determine the distribution of basaltic asteroids (classified as V-types) based on the spectrophotometric data reported in…
Aggregate Growth and Internal structures of Chondrite Parent Bodies Forming from Dense ClumpsOPEN ACCESS
Yuji Matsumoto, Shigeru Wakita, Yasuhiro Hasegawa, Shoichi Oshino accepted for publication in ApJ PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Major components of chondrites are chondrules and matrix. Measurements of the volatile abundance in Semarkona chondrules suggest that chondrules…
The constancy of galactic cosmic rays as recorded by cosmogenic nuclides in iron meteoritesOPEN ACCESS
Thomas Smith, David L. Cook, Silke Merchel, Stefan Pavetich, Georg Rugel, Andreas Scharf, Ingo Leya Meteoritics & Planetary Science First Published: 21 November 2019 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “We measured the He, Ne,…
A Case Study of the May 30th, 2017 Italian FireballOPEN ACCESS
A. Carbognani, D. Barghini, D. Gardiol, M. di Martino, G. B. Valsecchi, P. Trivero, A. Buzzoni, S. Rasetti, D. Selvestrel, C. Knapic, E. Londero, S. Zorba, C. A. Volpicelli, M. Di Carlo, J. Vaubaillon, C….
The presolar grain inventory of fine‐grained chondrule rims in the Mighei‐type (CM) chondritesOPEN ACCESS
Jan Leitner, Knut Metzler, Christian Vollmer, Christine Floss, Pierre Haenecour, János Kodolányi, Dennis Harries, Peter Hoppe Meteoritics & Planetary Science LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “We investigated the inventory of presolar silicate, oxide, and…
Cosmic spherules from Widerøefjellet, Sør Rondane Mountains (East Antarctica)
Steven Goderis, Bastien Soens, Matthew S. Huber, Seann McKibbin, Matthias van Ginneken, Flore Van Maldeghema, Vinciane Debaille, Richard C. Greenwood, Ian A. Franchi, Veerle Cnudde, Stijn Van Malderen, Frank Vanhaecke, Christian Koeberl, Dan Topa, Philippe…
Discovery of fossil asteroidal ice in primitive meteorite Acfer 094OPEN ACCESS
Megumi Matsumoto, Akira Tsuchiyama, Aiko Nakato, Junya Matsuno, Akira Miyake, Akimasa Kataoka, Motoo Ito, Naotaka Tomioka, Yu Kodama, Kentaro Uesugi, Akihisa Takeuchi, Tsukasa Nakano and Epifanio Vaccaro Science Advances 20 Nov 2019: Vol. 5, no….
The interior and the fusion crust in Sariçiçek howardite: Study using X-ray diffraction, magnetization measurements and Mössbauer spectroscopy
A.A. Maksimova, O. Unsalan, A.V. Chukin, M.S. Karabanalov, P. Jenniskens, I. Felner, V.A. Semionkin, M.I. Oshtrakh Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy Available online 19 November 2019, 117819 LINK “Highlights • Spectroscopic identification…
Linking mineralogy and spectroscopy of highly aqueously altered CM and CI carbonaceous chondrites in preparation for primitive asteroid sample returnOPEN ACCESS
H. C. Bates, A. J. King, K. L. Donaldson Hanna, N. E. Bowles, S. S. Russell Meteoritics & Planetary Science First Published: 19 November 2019 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The highly hydrated, petrologic…
Organics preserved in anhydrous interplanetary dust particles: Pristine or not?OPEN ACCESS
Queenie H. S. Chan, Ian A. Franchi, Xuchao Zhao, Alice Stephant, Ian P. Wright, Conel M. O’D. Alexander Meteoritics & Planetary Science First Published: 19 November 2019 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The chondritic‐porous…
Extraterrestrial ribose and other sugars in primitive meteoritesOPEN ACCESS
Yoshihiro Furukawa, Yoshito Chikaraishi, Naohiko Ohkouchi, Nanako O. Ogawa, Daniel P. Glavin, Jason P. Dworkin, Chiaki Abe, and Tomoki Nakamura PNAS December 3, 2019 116 (49) 24440-24445; first published November 18, 2019 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)…
Estimating trajectories of meteors: an observational Monte Carlo approach – I. TheoryOPEN ACCESS
Denis Vida, Peter S Gural, Peter G Brown, Margaret Campbell-Brown, Paul Wiegert Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 491, Issue 2, January 2020, Pages 2688–2705 Update (23rd April): PDF (OPEN ACCESS) LINK “It…
Origin of the Short-lived Radionuclide 10Be and Its Implications for the Astronomical Setting of CAI Formation in the Solar Protoplanetary Disk
Kohei Fukuda, Hajime Hiyagon, Wataru Fujiya, Naoto Takahata, Takanori Kagoshima, and Yuji Sano The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 886, Number 1 Published 2019 November 15 LINK “We report Li–Be–B and Al–Mg isotopic compositions of Ca-Al-rich inclusions…
Accretionary mixing of a eucrite impactor and the regolith of the L chondrite parent body
Brendt C. Hyde, Kimberly T. Tait, Desmond E. Moser, Douglas Rumble, Michelle S. Thompson Meteoritics & Planetary Science First Published: 13 November 2019 LINK “Northwest Africa (NWA) 869 is the largest sample of chondritic regolith…
A new type of isotopic anomaly in shergottite sulfides
Heather B. Franz, Nanping Wu, James Farquhar, Anthony J. Irving Meteoritics & Planetary Science LINK “The isotopic composition and abundance of sulfur in extraterrestrial materials are of interest for constraining models of both planetary and…
An in situ investigation on the origins and processing of circumstellar oxide and silicate grains in carbonaceous chondrites
Thomas J. Zega, Pierre Haenecour, Christine Floss Meteoritics & Planetary Science LINK “We report on the isotopic, chemical, and structural properties of four O‐rich presolar grains identified in situ in the Adelaide ungrouped C2, LaPaZ…
Volatiles in the martian crust and mantle: Clues from the NWA 6162 shergottite
Sen Hu, Yangting Lin, Jianchao Zhang, Jialong Hao, Akira Yamaguchi, Ting Zhang, Wei Yang, Hitesh Changela Earth and Planetary Science Letters In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 11 November 2019 LINK “Highlights • The martian…
Revolutionizing Our Understanding of the Solar System via Sample Return from Mercury
Kathleen E. Vander Kaaden, Francis M. McCubbin, Paul K. Byrne, Nancy L. Chabot, Carolyn M. Ernst, Catherine L. Johnson, Michelle S. Thompson Space Science Reviews November 2019, 215:49 LINK “Data from Mariner 10, MESSENGER, and…
Advanced Curation of Astromaterials for Planetary ScienceOPEN ACCESS
Francis M. McCubbin, Christopher D. K. Herd, Toru Yada, Aurore Hutzler, Michael J. Calaway, Judith H. Allton, Cari M. Corrigan, Marc D. Fries, Andrea D. Harrington, Timothy J. McCoy, Julie L. Mitchell, Aaron B. Regberg,…
Analytical methodology to evaluate the Terrestrial Weathering of Libyan Desert Glasses and Darwin Glasses after their formation
Leticia Gómez-Nubla, Julene Aramendia, Silvia Fdez-Ortiz de Vallejuelo, Kepa Castro, Juan Manuel Madariaga Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry pp 1–9, First Online: 07 November 2019 LINK “Libyan Desert Glasses (LDGs) and Darwin Glasses (DGs) are impact…
A Coordinated Microstructural and Isotopic Study of a Wark-Lovering Rim on a Vigarano CAI
Jangmi Han, Lindsay P. Keller, Ming-Chang Liu, Andrew W. Needham, Andreas T. Hertwig, Scott Messenger, Justin I. Simon Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 7 November 2019 LINK “We carried out…
A structural insight into the Chelyabinsk meteorite: neutron diffraction, tomography and Raman spectroscopy studyOPEN ACCESS
Sergey E. Kichanov, Denis P. Kozlenko, Andrey K. Kirillov, Evgenii V. Lukin, Bekhzodjon Abdurakhimov, Nadeghda M. Belozerova, Anton V. Rutkauskas, Tatiana I. Ivankina, Boris N. Savenko SN Applied Sciences December 2019, 1:1563 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)…
Primordial water and dust of the Solar System: Insights from in-situ oxygen measurements of CI chondrites
Maxime Piralla, Yves Marrocchi, Maximilien J. Verdier-Paoletti, Lionel G. Vacher, Johan Villeneuve, Laurette Piani, David V. Bekaert, Matthieu Gounelle Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 6 November 2019 LINK “As the…
Influence of redox processes on the germanium isotopic composition of ordinary chondrites
Guillaume Florin, Béatrice Luais, Tracy Rushmer, Olivier Alard Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 6 November 2019 LINK Ordinary chondrites (OCs) are classified into three groups, according to their oxidation state,…
Momentum transfer in hypervelocity cratering of meteorites and meteorite analogs: Implications for orbital evolution and kinetic impact deflection of asteroids
George J. Flynn, Daniel D. Durda, Mason J. Molesky, Brian A. May, Spenser N. Congram, Colleen L. Loftus, Jacob R. Reagan, Melissa M. Strait, Robert J. Macke International Journal of Impact Engineering Volume 136, February…
Mineral chemistry and in situ UPb geochronology of the mare basalt Northwest Africa 10597: Implications for low-Ti mare volcanism around 3.0 Ga
Yunhua Wu, Weibiao Hsu Icarus In Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 4 November 2019 LINK “Highlights • NWA 10597 is a newly found unbrecciated low-Ti mare basalt, most likely paired with NWA 4734. • In…
The initial structure of chondrule dust rims II: charged grainsOPEN ACCESS
C. Xiang, A. Carballido, L.S. Matthews, T.W. Hyde PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “In order to characterize the early growth of fine-grained dust rims (FGRs) that commonly surround chondrules, we simulate the growth of FGRs through direct…
A Dynamic Trajectory Fit to Multi-Sensor Fireball ObservationsOPEN ACCESS
Trent Jansen-Sturgeon, Eleanor K. Sansom, Hadrien A. R. Devillepoix, Philip A. Bland, Martin C. Towner, Robert M. Howie, Benjamin A. D. Hartig PDF (OPEN ACCESS) Preprint submitted to Astronomical Journal (5 November 2019) “Meteorites with…
Rapid condensation of the first Solar System solidsOPEN ACCESS
Yves Marrocchi, Johan Villeneuve, Emmanuel Jacquet, Maxime Piralla, and Marc Chaussidon PNAS first published November 4, 2019 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Chondritic meteorites are composed of primitive components formed during the evolution of…
A detailed mineralogical, petrographic, and geochemical study of the highly reduced chondrite, Acfer 370
Giovanni Pratesi, Stefano Caporali, Richard C. Greenwood, Vanni Moggi Cecchi, Ian A. Franchi Meteoritics & Planetary Science LINK “Among the many ungrouped meteorites, Acfer 370, NWA 7135, and El Médano 301—probably along with the chondritic…
A statistical analysis of the H/L ratio of ordinary chondrite finds and falls: A comparison of Oman finds with other populations
Ioannis Kouvatsis, Beda A. Hofmann Meteoritics & Planetary Science LINK “Hot and cold deserts have been thoroughly searched for meteorites in the past decades, which has led to a large inventory of classified meteorites. H‐…
Taqtaq-e Rasoul (H5, ~ 2 kg / (تق تق رسول ), witnessed fall near Taesheh Mahmud Nazari (طایشه محمود نظری), Dasht-e Zahab (دهستان دشت ذهاب), Sarpol-e Zahab (شهرستان سرپل ذهاب) Kermānschāh province, Iran at ~7.50 a.m. local (4.20 a.m. GMT) on 10 August 2019 officially registered
At around 7.50 a.m. local time (4.20 a.m. GMT) in the morning of 10 August 2019, residents of several villages in the Dasht-e Zahab (دهستان دشت ذهاب) region of the Kermanshah province in Iran heard…
Search for the H Chondrite Parent Body among the Three Largest S-type Asteroids: (3) Juno, (7) Iris, and (25) Phocaea
John W. Noonan, Vishnu Reddy, Walter M. Harris, William F. Bottke, Juan A. Sanchez, Roberto Furfaro, Zarah Brown, Rachel Fernandes, Theodore Kareta, Cassandra Lejoly The Astronomical Journal, Volume 158, Number 5 LINK “Linking meteorites to…
Two generations of exsolution lamellae in pyroxene from Asuka 09545: Clues to the thermal evolution of silicates in mesosiderite
Lidia Pittarello, Seann McKibbin, Akira Yamaguchi, Gang Ji, Dominique Schryvers, Vinciane Debaille, Philippe Claeys American Mineralogist Volume 104, Number 11, 1 November 2019 LINK “Mesosiderite meteorites consist of a mixture of crustal basaltic or gabbroic…