The terrestrial impact crater record: A statistical analysis of morphologies, structures, ages, lithologies, and moreOPEN ACCESS
Thomas Kenkmann Meteoritics & Planetary ScienceFirst Published: 30 June 2021 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The number of newly discovered and confirmed impact structures on earth is growing continuously. In this review paper, the main…
Formation of aminomethanol in ammonia-water interstellar Ice
Keshav Kumar Singh, Poonam Tandon, Rajesh Kumar, Alka Misra, Shivani, Manisha Yadav, Aftab Ahmad, Manoj Kumar Chaudhary Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society LINK “Aminomethanol is an important precursor of interstellar glycine. A two-step…
Cosmic symplectite recorded irradiation by nearby massive stars in the solar system’s parent molecular cloud
Lionel G. Vacher, Ryan C. Ogliore, Clive Jones, Nan Liu, David A. Fike Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 25 June 2021 LINK “The Sun’s astrophysical birth environment affected the formation and…
Condensation and evaporation processes during CB chondrite formation: Insights from Ge isotopes and highly siderophile element abundances
Guillaume Florin, Béatrice Luais, Olivier Alard, Tracy Rushmer Meteoritics & Planetary ScienceVersion of Record online: 25 June 2021 LINK “We analyzed the highly siderophile element (HSE) contents and bulk Ge isotopic compositions of large metal…
Thermal Analysis and Constraints for the MASCOT Landing Site Selection on the Asteroid Ryugu
Barbara Cozzoni, Michael Maibaum, Maximilian Hamm Planetary and Space ScienceIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 23 June 2021 LINK “Highlights • Application of Thermal Mathematical Models for landing site selection• Day-Night temperature is main criteria…
Hayabusa2 Operation for MASCOT Delivery to Ryugu Surface
Yuya Mimasu, Tatsuaki Okada, Yuto Takei, Takanao Saiki, Tra-Mi Ho, Aurelie Moussi, Yuichi Tsuda Planetary and Space ScienceAvailable online 24 June 2021 LINK “Highlights Hayabusa2 carries several rovers and one lander The lander, named MASCOT,…
Comparison of space weathering features in three particles from Itokawa
K. D. Burgess, R. M. Stroud Meteoritics & Planetary ScienceFirst Published: 23 June 2021 LINK “The return of samples from S-type asteroid 25143 Itokawa have enabled significant improvements in our understanding of space weathering on…
Spectral effects of varying texture and composition in two-component “mudpie” simulations: Insights for Asteroid (101955) BennuOPEN ACCESS
Antara Sen, Beth E. Clark, Edward A. Cloutis, Daniella N. DellaGiustina, Amanda R. Hendrix, Amy A. Simon, Daniel M. Applin, Alexis Parkinson, Nathalie Turenne, Stephanie Connell, Salvatore M. Ferrone, Jian-Yang Li, Lucy F. Lim, Dante…
Origin of micrometer-sized impact diamonds in ureilites by catalytic growth involving Fe-Ni-silicide: the example of Kenna meteorite
Anna Barbaro, Maria Chiara Domeneghetti, Konstantin D. Litasov, Ludovic Ferrière, Lidia Pittarello, Oliver Christ, Sofia Lorenzon, Matteo Alvaro, Fabrizio Nestola Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 24 June 2021 LINK “The occurrence…
Cavezzo—The double face of a meteorite: Mineralogy, petrography, and geochemistry of a very unusual chondriteOPEN ACCESS
Giovanni Pratesi, Vanni Moggi Cecchi, Richard C. Greenwood, Ian A. Franchi, Samantha J. Hammond, Mario Di Martino, Dario Barghini, Carla Taricco, Albino Carbognani, Daniele Gardiol Meteoritics & Planetary ScienceVersion of Record online: 23 June 2021…
Spectrophotometric Modeling and Mapping of (101955) BennuOPEN ACCESS
Jian-Yang Li (李荐扬), Xiao-Duan Zou (荐小端), Dathon R. Golish, Beth E. Clark, Salvatore Ferrone, Sonia Fornasier, Pedro H. Hasselmann, Andrew J. Ryan, Benjamin Rozitis, Joshua P. Emery, Matthew A. Siegler, Amy A. Simon, Daniella N….
A 650 km2 Miocene strewnfield of splash-form impact glasses in the Atacama Desert, ChileOPEN ACCESS
J. Gattacceca, B. Devouard, J.-A. Barrat, P. Rochette, M.L. Balestrier, G. Bigazzi, G. Ménard, F. Moustard, E. Dos Santos, R. Scorzelli, M. Valenzuela, M. Gounelle, V. Debaille, P. Beck, L.Bonal, B. Reynard, M. Warner Earth…
Visible–near-infrared observations of organics and carbonates on (101955) Bennu: Classification method and search for surface context
S.M. Ferrone, B.E. Clark, H.H. Kaplan, J.-L. Rizos, X.-D. Zou, J.-Y. Li, M.A. Barucci, A.A. Simon, D. Reuter, P.H. Hasselmann, J.D.P. Deshapriya, G. Poggiali, J.R. Brucato, S. Cambioni, Ed Cloutis, V.E. Hamilton, D.S. Lauretta IcarusIn…
Multiple thermal events recorded in IIE silicate inclusions: Evidence from in situ U–Pb dating of phosphates in Weekeroo Station
Shaolin Li, Weibiao Hsu (徐伟彪), Alexander Nemchin, Xiaochao Che, Dunyi Liu, Tao Long, Yexing Luo, Sky Beard, Chipui Tang Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 20 June 2021 LINK “Silicate-bearing iron meteorites…
A time-resolved paleomagnetic record of Main Group pallasites: Evidence for a large-cored, thin-mantled parent body
Claire I. O. Nichols, James F.J. Bryson, Rory D. Cottrell, Roger R. Fu, Richard J. Harrison, Julia Herrero-Albillos, Florian Kronast, John A. Tarduno, Benjamin P. Weiss JGR PlanetsFirst Published: 18 June 2021 LINK “Several paleomagnetic…
The pre-atmospheric hydrogen inventory of CM carbonaceous chondritesOPEN ACCESS
Martin R. Lee, Benjamin E. Cohen, Adrian J. Boyce, Lydia J. Hallis, Luke Daly Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 19 June 2021 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) “Highlights • Up to half of…
The Boltysh impact structure: An early Danian impact event during recovery from the K-Pg mass extinctionOPEN ACCESS
Annemarie E. Pickersgill, Darren F. Mark, Martin R. Lee, Simon P. Kelley, David W. Jolley Science Advances 18 Jun 2021:Vol. 7, no. 25 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Both the Chicxulub and Boltysh impact events…
Atomic-scale Evidence for Open-system Thermodynamics in the Early Solar NebulaOPEN ACCESS
Thomas J. Zega, Venkat Rao Manga, Fred Ciesla, Krishna Muralidharan, Keitaro Watanabe and Hiromi Inada The Planetary Science Journal, Volume 2, Number 3 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “We report a new integrated framework that…
What Can Meteorites Tell Us About the Formation of Jupiter?OPENA ACCESS
Benjamin P. Weiss, William F. Bottke CommentaryAGU AdvancesVolume 2, Issue 2June 2021 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Key Points Meteorite paleomagnetism constrains the lifetime of the solar nebula and therefore the time by which Jupiter…
Calcium isotope cosmochemistry
Maria C. Valdes, Katherine R. Bermingham, Shichun Huang, Justin I. Simon Chemical GeologyInvited Research ArticleIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 15 June 2021 LINK “The past decade has seen significant advancements in analytical capabilities and…
Analysis of Mission Opportunities to Sedna in 2029-2034OPEN ACCESS
V.A. Zubko, A.A. Sukhanov, K.S. Fedyaev, V.V. Koryanov, A.A. Belyaev Advances in Space ResearchAvailable online 16 June 2021 LINK Update (29 December 2021): LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (DOWNLOAD) “Highlights • Deep space mission challenges.• Long-duration space…
The characterization and distribution of polygonal impact craters on Ceres and their implications for the Cerean crust
Michael F. Zeilnhofer, Nadine G. Barlow IcarusIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 16 June 2021 LINK “Highlights • A polygonal crater database for Ceres was created in this study.• 1466 polygonal impact craters (PICs) are…
Fast, computer-assisted detection of dust and debris impact craters on Stardust interstellar foils
Bradley T. De Gregorio, Jessica Opsahl-Ong, Lysa Chizmadia, Todd H. Brintlinger, Andrew J. Westphal, Rhonda M. Stroud Meteoritics & Planetary ScienceVersion of Record online: 14 June 2021 LINK “The NASA Stardust Interstellar Dust collection provides…
The early instability scenario: Mars’ mass explained by Jupiter’s orbitOPEN ACCESS
Matthew S. Clement, Nathan A. Kaib, Sean N. Raymond, John E. Chambers PDF (OPEN ACCESS) IcarusIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 13 June 2021 LINK “Highlights • Present a large suite of controlled early instability…
Shock‐Induced Incongruent Melting of Olivine in Kamargaon L6 Chondrite
Kishan Tiwari, Sujoy Ghosh, Masaaki Miyahara, Dwijesh Ray Geophysical Research LettersFirst Published: 8 June 2021 LINK “In this study, we report for the first-time shock-induced incongruent melting of olivine in an ordinary chondrite. Several olivine…
57Fe Mössbauer Analysis of Meteorites and TektitesOPEN ACCESS
Benilde F.O. Costa, Eduardo Ivo Alves, Pedro A.O.C. Silva and António C. Batista ReviewMinerals 2021, 11(6), 628Published: 12 June 2021 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (download) “This review presents studies on iron meteorites (Campo del Cielo fall…
Progressive aqueous alteration and iron oxidation record in the matrix of Mukundpura CM2 chondrite, a new fall
D. Ray, S. Baliyan, C. Nayak Advances in Space ResearchAvailable online 12 June 2021 LINK “Highlights • Mukundpura- a matrix-rich CM2, fresh fall.• Matrix shows evidences of progressive alteration.• Iron speciation record is consistent with…
Extraterrestrial hydroxy amino acids in CM and CR carbonaceous chondrites
Toshiki Koga, Eric T. Parker, Hannah L. McLain, José C. Aponte, Jamie E. Elsila, Jason P. Dworkin, Daniel P. Glavin, Hiroshi Naraoka Meteoritics & Planetary ScienceVersion of Record online: 11 June 2021 LINK “The abundances,…
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: tackling under-representation and recognition of talents in Geochemistry and Cosmochemistry
Olivier Pourret, Pallavi Anand, Sandra Arndt, Pieter Bots, Anthony Dosseto, Zimin Li, Johanna Marin Carbonne, Jennifer Middleton, Bryne Ngwenya, Amy J. V. Riches Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaAvailable online 11 June 2021 LINK “Diversity, at every…
The Detectability Limit of Organic Molecules within Mars South Polar Laboratory Analogues
J. D. Campbell, B. Schmitt, O. Brissaud, J-P. Muller Journal of Geophysical ResearchFirst Published: 10 June 2021 LINK “Key Points A new spectrum diagnostic of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) pertinent to Mars has been produced…
Chiroptical activity of hydroxycarboxylic acids with implications for the origin of biological homochiralityOPEN ACCESS
Jana Bocková, Nykola C. Jones, Uwe J. Meierhenrich, Søren V. Hoffmann & Cornelia Meinert Communications Chemistry, Volume 4, Article number: 86 (2021) LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Circularly polarised light (CPL) interacting with interstellar organic…
Exploring the link between molecular cloud ices and chondritic organic matter in laboratoryOPEN ACCESS
G. Danger, V. Vinogradoff, M. Matzka, J-C. Viennet, L. Remusat, S. Bernard, A. Ruf, L. Le Sergeant d’Hendecourt & P. Schmitt-Kopplin Nature Communications, Volume 12, Article number: 3538 (2021) LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Carbonaceous…
The Macroporosity of Rubble Pile Asteroid Ryugu and Implications for the Origin of ChondrulesOPEN ACCESS
William Herbst, James P. Greenwood and Teng Ee Yap The Planetary Science Journal, Volume 2, Number 3 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “We use the known surface boulder-size distribution of the C-type rubble pile asteroid…
The trace element composition of chondrule constituents: Implications for sample return methodologies and the chondrule silicate reservoir
Tak Kunihiro, Tsutomu Ota, Masahiro Yamanaka, Christian Potiszil, Eizo Nakamura Meteoritics & Planetary ScienceVersion of Record online: 10 June 2021 LINK “Sample return missions represent great opportunities to study terrestrially uncontaminated solar system materials. However,…
Lunar samples record an impact 4.2 billion years ago that may have formed the Serenitatis BasinOPEN ACCESS
Ana Černok, Lee F. White, Mahesh Anand, Kimberly T. Tait, James R. Darling, Martin Whitehouse, Katarina Miljković, Myriam Lemelin, Steven M. Reddy, Denis Fougerouse, William D. A. Rickard, David W. Saxey & Rebecca Ghent Communications…
Recovery of meteorites using an autonomous drone and machine learningOPEN ACCESS
Robert I. Citron, Peter Jenniskens, Christopher Watkins, Sravanthi Sinha, Amar Shah, Chedy Raissi, Hadrien Devillepoix, Jim Albers Meteoritics & Planetary ScienceFirst Published: 9 June 2021 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) LINK “The recovery of freshly fallen meteorites…
Exogenous copper sulfide in returned asteroid Itokawa regolith grains are likely relicts of prior impacting bodyOPEN ACCESS
Katherine D. Burgess & Rhonda M. Stroud Communications Earth & Environment, Volume 2, Article number: 115 (2021) LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Samples from asteroid 25143 Itokawa returned by the Hayabusa mission have been identified…
Geochemistry and Cosmochemistry of potassium stable isotopes
Kun Wang, Weiqiang Li, Shilei Li, Zhen Tian, Piers Koefoed, Xin-Yuan Zheng INVITED REVIEW GeochemistryIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 9 June 2021 LINK “Stable potassium isotopes are one of the emerging non-traditional isotope systems…
How much water was delivered from the asteroid belt to the Earth after its formation?OPEN ACCESS
Rebecca G. Martin, Mario Livio Accepted for publication in MNRAS Letters PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The Earth contains between one and ten oceans of water, including water within the mantle, where one ocean is the mass…
Variable refractory lithophile element compositions of planetary building blocks: insights from components of enstatite chondrites
Takashi Yoshizaki, Richard D. Ash, Marc D. Lipella, Tetsuya Yokoyama, William F. McDonough Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaAvailable online 8 June 2021 LINK “Highlights • Refractory lithophile elements (RLE) are fractionated in chondrules from highly reduced…
Applications of Mössbauer Spectroscopy in Meteoritical and Planetary Science, Part I: Undifferentiated MeteoritesOPEN ACCESS
Alevtina A. Maksimova, Michael I. Oshtrakh Minerals 2021, 11(6), 614 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (download) “Mössbauer (nuclear γ-resonance) spectroscopy is a powerful technique that is actively used in various fields, from physics and chemistry to biology…
Applications of Mössbauer Spectroscopy in Meteoritical and Planetary Science, Part II: Differentiated Meteorites, Moon, and MarsOPEN ACCESS
Alevtina A. Maksimova, Michael V. Goryunov, Michael I. Oshtrakh Minerals 2021, 11(6), 612 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (download) “Mössbauer (nuclear γ-resonance) spectroscopy is a powerful technique which is actively used in various fields from physics and…
Asteroid break-ups and meteorite delivery to Earth the past 500 million yearsOPEN ACCESS
Fredrik Terfelt and Birger Schmitz PNAS June 15, 2021 118 (24) LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) Supplementary Information “The meteoritic material falling on Earth is believed to derive from large break-up or cratering events in…
An evolutionary condensation sequence revealed by mineralogically-distinct nodules in fine-grained, spinel-rich inclusions from CV3 chondrites: Implications for the genetic links between different types of non-igneous refractory inclusions
Shaofan Che, Adrian J. Brearley Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 8 June 2021 LINK “Fine-grained, spinel-rich inclusions (FGIs) are abundant in CV3 chondrites and exhibit textures and compositions that are consistent…
Tracing the origin and core formation of the enstatite achondrite parent bodies using Cr isotopes
Ke Zhu (朱柯), Frédéric Moynier, Martin Schiller, Harry Becker, Jean-Alix Barrat,Martin Bizzarro Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 8 June 2021 LINK “Enstatite achondrites (including aubrites) are the only differentiated meteorites that…
An automated bolide detection pipeline for GOES GLMOPEN ACCESS
Jeffrey C. Smith, Robert L. Morris, Clemens Rumpf, Randolph Longenbaugh, Nina McCurdy, Christopher Henze, Jessie Dotson IcarusFirst published: 04 June 2021 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Highlights • GOES Geostationary Lightning Mappers can be used…
Space weathering simulation of micrometeorite bombardment on silicates and their mixture for space applicationOPEN ACCESS
Iris Weber, Ute Böttger, Franziska Hanke, Max P. Reitze, Marcel Heeger, Thorsten Adolphs, Heinrich F. Arlinghaus Raman SpectroscopyFirst published: 03 June 2021 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Missions to planetary bodies require innovative techniques for…
Chiral Selection, Isotopic Abundance Shifts, and Autocatalysis of Meteoritic Amino AcidsOPEN ACCESS
Michael A. Famiano, Richard N. Boyd, Takashi Onaka, Toshitaka Kajino to be published in Physical Review Research PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The discovery of amino acids in meteorites has presented two clues to the origin of…
Association of silica phases as geothermobarometer for eucrites: Implication for two-stage thermal metamorphism in the eucritic crust
Haruka Ono, Atsushi Takenouchi, Takashi Mikouchi, Akira Yamaguchi, Masahiro Yasutake, Akira Miyake, Akira Tsuchiyama Meteoritics & Planetary ScienceVersion of Record online: 03 June 2021 LINK “Silica mineral is present in different stable polymorphs depending on…
Nano-FTIR spectroscopic identification of prebiotic carbonyl compounds in Dominion Range 08006 carbonaceous chondriteOPEN ACCESS
Mehmet Yesiltas, Timothy D. Glotch & Bogdan Sava Scientific Reports 11 , 1–9, Published: 02 June 2021 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Meteorites contain organic matter that may have contributed to the origin of life…
Analytical protocols for Phobos regolith samples returned by the Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) missionOPEN ACCESS
Wataru Fujiya, Yoshihiro Furukawa, Haruna Sugahara, Mizuho Koike, Ken-ichi Bajo, Nancy L. Chabot, Yayoi N. Miura, Frederic Moynier, Sara S. Russell, Shogo Tachibana, Yoshinori Takano, Tomohiro Usui & Michael E. Zolensky Earth, Planets and Space…
Raman spectra of the Markovka chondrite (H4)
Sergey Voropaev, Ute Böttger, Sergey G. Pavlov, Franziska Hanke, Dmitri Petukhov Raman SpectroscopyFirst published: 31 May 2021 LINK “Raman spectroscopy and scanning electron microscopy methods were used to study the fragment of the Markovka (H4…
