A large meteoritic event over Antarctica ca. 430 ka ago inferred from chondritic spherules from the Sør Rondane MountainsOPEN ACCESS
M. Van Ginneken, S. Goderis, N. Artemieva, V. Debaille, S. Decrée, R. P. Harvey, K. A. Huwig, L. Hecht, S. Yang, F. E. D. Kaufmann, B. Soens, M. Humayun, F. Van Maldeghem, M. J. Genge,…
Editorial for Special Issue “Mineralogy of Meteorites”
Victor V. Sharygin Minerals 2021, 11, 363 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) Published: 31 March 2021(This article belongs to the Special Issue Mineralogy of Meteorites
End of magmatism in the upper crust of asteroid 4 Vesta
F. Jourdan, L. Forman, T. Kennedy, G. K. Benedix, E. Eroglu, C. Mayers Meteoritics & Planetary ScienceVersion of Record online: 30 March 2021 LINK “Asteroid 4 Vesta is the only largely preserved differentiated asteroid and…
40Ar/39Ar ages of Northwest Africa 7034 and Northwest Africa 7533
F. N. Lindsay, J. S. Delaney, C. Göpel, G. F. Herzog, R. Hewins, M. Humayun, K. Nagao, L. E. Nyquist, J. Park, J. B. Setera, C.‐Y. Shih, C. C. Swisher III, B. Zanda, B. D….
Uniform oxygen fugacity of shergottite mantle sources and an oxidized martian lithosphere
Robert W. Nicklas, James M.D. Day, Zoltan Vaci, Arya Udry, Yang Liu, Kimberly T. Tait Earth and Planetary Science LettersVolume 564, 15 June 2021 LINK “Highlights • fO2 of eight SNCs measured using V-in-olivine oxybarometry.•…
Aqueous alteration and bioalteration of a synthetic enstatite chondriteOPEN ACCESS
Caroline Avril, Valérie Malavergne, Eric D. van Hullebusch, Fabrice Brunet, Stephan Borensztajn, Jérôme Labanowski, Louis Hennet, François Guyot Meteoritics & Planetary ScienceVersion of Record online: 28 March 2021 LINK Update: PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Understanding the…
Colomera (Granada, Spain): More than a century of an IIE iron meteorite journey
R. P. Lozano, J. A. Sánchez, R. González‐Laguna, T. Martín‐Crespo Meteoritics & Planetary ScienceVersion of Record online: 27 March 2021 LINK “Colomera is the Spanish meteorite (IIE) that has aroused the greatest interest among the…
Apatite halogen and hydrogen isotope constraints on the conditions of hydrothermal alteration in carbonaceous chondrites
Maxime Piralla, Romain Tartèse, Yves Marrocchi, Katherine H. Joy Meteoritics & Planetary ScienceVersion of Record online: 26 March 2021 LINK “Apatite has been widely used for assessing the volatile inventory and hydrothermal fluid compositions of…
Accurate 3D fireball trajectory and orbit calculation using the 3D-FireTOC automatic Python codeOPEN ACCESS
Eloy Peña-Asensio, Josep Maria Trigo-Rodríguez, Maria Gritsevich, Albert Rimola Under revision (Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) Update (10 April 2021): LINK “The disruption of asteroids and comets produces cm-sized meteoroids…
A new method for determining the petrologic type of unequilibrated ordinary chondrites that can be applied to asteroids
Derek Sears, Daniel Ostrowski, Heather Smith, Adonay Sissay, Mihir Trivedi IcarusIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 25 March 2021 LINK “Highlights • Clinopyroxene in type 3 ordinary chondrites is determined from IR spectra.• This enables…
Amino acid abundances and compositions in iron and stony‐iron meteorites
Jamie E. Elsila, Natasha M. Johnson, Daniel P. Glavin, José C. Aponte, Jason P. Dworkin Meteoritics & Planetary ScienceVersion of Record online: 25 March 2021 LINK “The organic compositions of carbonaceous chondrite meteorites have been…
Temporally limited late accretion after core formation in the Moon
James M. D. Day, Marine Paquet Meteoritics & Planetary ScienceVersion of Record online: 24 March 2021 LINK “Highly siderophile element (HSE: Au, Re, Pd, Pt, Rh, Ru, Ir, Os) abundances in planetary silicate mantles provide…
Ruthenium isotopic fractionation in primitive achondrites: Clues to the early stages of planetesimal meltingOPEN ACCESS
Timo Hopp, Thorsten Kleine Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 23 March 2021 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) “Primitive achondrites derive from the residual mantle of incompletely differentiated planetesimals, from which partial silicate and…
Early volatile depletion on planetesimals inferred from C–S systematics of iron meteorite parent bodiesOPEN ACCESS
Marc M. Hirschmann, Edwin A. Bergin, Geoff A. Blake, Fred J. Ciesla, and Jie Li PNAS March 30, 2021 118 (13) e2026779118 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) manuscript PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “During the formation of…
Isotopic evidence for the formation of the Moon in a canonical giant impactOPEN ACCESS
Sune G. Nielsen, David V. Bekaert & Maureen Auro Nature Communications, Volume 12, Article number: 1817 (2021) LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Isotopic measurements of lunar and terrestrial rocks have revealed that, unlike any other…
The lunar Dhofar 1436 meteorite: 40Ar‐39Ar chronology and volatiles, revealed by stepwise combustion and crushing methodsOPEN ACCESS
Ekaterina V. Korochantseva, Alexei I. Buikin, Jens Hopp, Alexander B. Verchovsky, Alexander V. Korochantsev, Mahesh Anand, Mario Trieloff Meteoritics & Planetary ScienceVersion of Record online: 21 March 2021 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The lunar…
Insoluble organic matter in chondrites: Archetypal melanin-like PAH-based multifunctionality at the origin of life?
Marco d’Ischia, Paola Manini, Zita Martins, Laurent Remusat, Conel M.O’D. Alexander, Cristina Puzzarini, Vincenzo Barone, Raffaele Saladino Physics of Life ReviewsAvailable online 18 March 2021 LINK “Highlights • The IOM in chondrites is remarkably similar…
Shape and porosity of refractory inclusions in CV3 chondrites: A micro‐computed tomography (µCT) study
Mingming Zhang, Brett Clark, Ashley J. King, Sara S. Russell, Yangting Lin Meteoritics & Planetary ScienceVersion of Record online:17 March 2021 LINK “Refractory calcium‐aluminum‐rich inclusions (CAIs) and amoeboid olivine aggregates (AOAs) in chondritic meteorites are…
Quantitative estimates of impact induced crustal erosion during accretion and its influence on the Sm/Nd ratio of the Earth
L. Allibert, S. Charnoz, J. Siebert, S.A. Jacobson, S.N. Raymond IcarusIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 17 March 2021 LINK “Highlights • Terrestrial planets formation involve highly energetic collisions.• Collisional erosion of differentiated bodies may…
Laboratory investigation into the dielectric properties of an L-chondrite (NWA 12857)
Barbara Cosciotti, Sebastian Emanuel Lauro, Francesco Gabbai, Elisabetta Mattei, Federico Di Paolo, Giovanni Pratesi, Elena Pettinelli IcarusIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 16 March 2021 LINK “Highlights • Dielectric characterization of an L-chondrite solid sample.•…
Interactions between organic compounds and olivine under aqueous conditions: A potential role for organic distribution in carbonaceous chondrites
Keisuke Muneishi, Hiroshi Naraoka Meteoritics & Planetary ScienceVersion of Record online: 15 March 2021 LINK “Olivine is a principal anhydrous silicate mineral in chondritic meteorites. The structure of this mineral is composed of independent SiO4…
Hydrogen abundance estimation and distribution on (101955) Bennu
A. Praet, M.A. Barucci, B.E. Clark, H.H. Kaplan, A.A. Simon, V.E. Hamilton, J.P. Emery, E.S. Howell, L.F. Lim, X.-D. Zouh, J.-Y. Li, D.C. Reuter, F. Merlin, J.D.P. Deshapriya, S. Fornasier, P.H. Hasselmann, G. Poggiali, S….
Evidence for differentiation of the most primitive small bodiesOPEN ACCESS
B. Carry, P. Vernazza, F. Vachier, M. Neveu, J. Berthier J. Hanus, M. Ferrais, L. Jorda, M. Marsset, M. Viikinkoski, P. Bartczak, R. Behrend, Z. Benkhaldoun, M. Birlan, J. Castillo-Rogez, F. Cipriani, F. Colas, A….
Fragmentation of the Tunguska cosmic body
O.G.Gladysheva Planetary and Space ScienceAvailable online 10 March 2021 LINK “Highlights Layers of the cometary nucleus are separated by refractory airtight shells. The fragmentation of comets connected with the sublimation of water and volatiles. The…
Highly volatile element (H, C, F, Cl, S) abundances and H isotopic compositions in chondrules from carbonaceous and ordinary chondrites
Kei Shimizu, Conel M. O’D. Alexander, Erik H. Hauri, Adam R. Sarafian, Larry R. Nittler, Jianhua Wang, Steven D.Jacobsen, Ruslan A. Mendybaev Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 10 March 2021 LINK…
The relationship between CM and CO chondrites: Insights from combined analyses of titanium, chromium, and oxygen isotopes in CM, CO, and ungrouped chondritesOPEN ACCESS
Zachary A. Torrano, Devin L. Schrader, Jemma Davidson, Richard C. Greenwood, Daniel R.Dunlap, Meenakshi Wadhwa Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 10 March 2021 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “A close…
A Petrologic and Noble Gas Isotopic Study of New Basaltic Eucrite Grove Mountains 13001 from AntarcticaOPEN ACCESS
Chuantong Zhang, Bingkui Miao, Huaiyu He, Hongyi Chen, P. M. Ranjith, Qinglin Xie Minerals 2021, 11(3), 279, 09 Mar 2021 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (DOWNLOAD) “Howardite-Eucrite-Diogenite (HED) meteorite clan is a potential group of planetary materials…
Trace element variations generated by magmatic and post-crystallization processes in eucrite meteorites
Ben Kumler, James M.D. Day Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 9 March 2021 LINK “Eucrite meteorites are early-formed (>4.5 Ga) basaltic rocks that are likely to derive from the asteroid 4…
Benford’s law: Applications to ordinary‐chondrite mass distributions
Alan E. Rubin Meteoritics & Planetary ScienceVersion of Record online: 09 March 2021 LINK “For ordinary‐chondrite (OC) mass distributions, Benford’s law applies to the set of individual objects that survive intact on the Earth’s surface…
Hydrogen isotopic exchange kinetics between organic matter and water: Implications for chemical evolution during meteorite parent body processing
Yoko Kebukawa, Sachio Kobayashi, Noriyuki Kawasaki, Ying Wang, Hisayoshi Yurimoto, George D. Cody Meteoritics & Planetary ScienceVersion of Record online: 09 March 2021 LINK “The large variations in hydrogen isotope ratios found in insoluble organic…
A 4,565-My-old andesite from an extinct chondritic protoplanetOPEN ACCESS
Jean-Alix Barrat, Marc Chaussidon, Akira Yamaguchi, Pierre Beck, Johan Villeneuve, David J. Byrne, Michael W. Broadley, and Bernard Marty PNAS March 16, 2021 118 (11) LINK Update (6 May 2021): PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The age…
WINCHCOMBE meteorite fall (CM2, ~601.9 grams, 9 masses) in Winchcombe, Woodmancote and Bishop’s Cleeve, Tewkesbury Borough, Gloucesteshire, UK on 28 February 2021 at 21.54:15.88 – 21.54.24.12 UT
Last update: 28 February 2023 A CM2 chondrite fell on the Wilcock family’s driveway in Winchcombe at location 51°57’04.4″N 1°58’32.5″W, Tewkesbury Borough, Gloucestershire, UK on 28 February 2021 at 21.54:15.88 – 21.54.24.12 UT. The Wilcock…
Optical constants of a solar system organic analog and the Allende meteorite in the near and mid-infrared (1.5-13 μm)OPEN ACCESS
Jessica A. Arnold, Alycia J. Weinberger, George Cody, Gorden Videen, Olga Muñoz accepted for publication by PSJ PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Measurements of visible and near-infrared reflection (0.38-5 μm) and mid to far infrared emission (5-200…
Impacts on the Moon: analysis methods and size distribution of impactors
Chrysa Avdellidou, Edhah Munaibari, Raven Larson, Jeremie Vaubaillon, Marco Delbo, Paul Hayne, Mark Wieczorek, Daniel Sheward, Antony Cook Planetary and Space ScienceAvailable online 4 March 2021 LINK “We are preparing a telescope system to carry…
Crater shape as a possible record of the impact environment of metallic bodies: Effects of temperature, impact velocity and impactor densityOPEN ACCESS
Ryo Ogawa, Akiko M. Nakamura, Ayako Suzuki, Sunao Hasegawa Icarus, accepted PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Metallic bodies that were the cores of differentiated bodies are sources of iron meteorites and are considered to have formed early…
Organic matter and water from asteroid ItokawaOPEN ACCESS
Q. H. S. Chan, A. Stephant, I. A. Franchi, X. Zhao, R. Brunetto, Y. Kebukawa, T. Noguchi, D. Johnson, M. C. Price, K. H. Harriss, M. E. Zolensky & M. M. Grady Scientific Reports 11…
Hybrid accretion of carbonaceous chondrites by radial transport across the Jupiter barrierOPEN ACCESS
Elishevah van Kooten, Martin Schiller, Frederic Moynier, Anders Johansen, Troels Haugboelle, Martin Bizzarro The Astrophysical Journal, 2021, accepted after peer-review PDF (OPEN ACCESS) Update (26 March 2021): The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 910, Number 1 LINK…
Trace element geochemistry of coarse‐grained angrites from Northwest Africa: Implications for their petrogenesis on the angrite parent body
Matthew E. Sanborn, Meenakshi Wadhwa Meteoritics & Planetary ScienceFirst Published: 3 March 2021 LINK “The angrites are a class of achondrites that encompass a wide range of igneous textures from quenched, volcanic, and subvolcanic stones…
Mass and Density of Asteroid (16) PsycheOPEN ACCESS
Lauri Siltala, Mikael Granvik Submitted to ApJL PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “We apply our novel Markov-chain Monte Carlo (MCMC)-based algorithm for asteroid mass estimation to asteroid (16) Psyche, the target of NASA’s eponymous Psyche mission, based…
Determination of strewn fields for meteorite fallsOPEN ACCESS
Jarmo Moilanen, Maria Gritsevich, Esko Lyytinen Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, stab586Published: 01 March 2021 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) Supplemental Files (ZIP/DOWNLOAD) “When an object enters the atmosphere it may be detected as a…
Visible-infrared spectroscopy of ungrouped and rare meteorites brings further constraints on meteorite-asteroid connectionsOPEN ACCESS
L. Krämer Ruggiu, P. Beck, J. Gattacceca, J. Eschrig IcarusIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 1 March 2021 LINK Update (6 May 2021): PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The composition of asteroids gives crucial insights into the…
An evolutionary system of mineralogy. Part III: Primary chondrule mineralogy (4566 to 4561 Ma)
Robert M. Hazen, Shaunna M. Morrison, Anirudh Prabhu American Mineralogist (2021) 106 (3): 325–350. LINK “Information-rich attributes of minerals reveal their physical, chemical, and biological modes of origin in the context of planetary evolution, and…
Molybdenum Isotope Dichotomy in Meteorites Caused by s-Process Variability
Thomas Stephan and Andrew M. Davis The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 909, Number 1Published: 1 March 2021 LINK “Molybdenum isotopes measured in most individual presolar silicon carbide grains are dominated by s-process contributions from the helium…