Study of Spectrally Resolved Thermoluminescence in Tsarev and Chelyabinsk Chondrites with a Versatile High-Sensitive SetupOPEN ACCESS
Alexander Vokhmintsev, Ahmed Henaish, Taher Sharshar, Osama Hemeda, Ilya Weinstein Materials 2021, 14 (21), 6518 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (DOWNLOAD)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Thermoluminescence (TL) research provides a powerful tool for characterizing radiation-induced processes in extraterrestrial matter….
Evolution of the parent body of enstatite (EL) chondritesOPEN ACCESS
Mario Trieloff, Jens Hopp, Hans-Peter Gail IcarusIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 30 October 2021 LINK Update (9 November 2021, Draft version): PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Highlights • EL chondrite thermochronological data are used to construct…
Comparison of the 57Fe hyperfine parameters for iron-bearing phases in some undifferentiated and differentiated meteorites
M. I. Oshtrakh & A.A. Maksimova Hyperfine Interactions, Volume 242, Article number: 16Published: 29 October 2021 LINK “A comparison of the 57Fe hyperfine parameters obtained for the iron-bearing phases in some undifferentiated and differentiated meteorites…
Tintigny meteorite: The first Belgian achondrite
Hamed Pourkhorsandi, Vinciane Debaille, Jérôme Gattacceca, Richard Greenwood, Thierry Leduc, Marleen De Ceukelaire, Sophie Decrée, Steven Goderis Planetary and Space ScienceIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 29 October 2021 LINK “Highlights • Tintigny meteorite fell…
Moons are planets: Scientific usefulness versus cultural teleology in the taxonomy of planetary scienceOPEN ACCESS
Philip T. Metzger, W.M. Grundy, Mark V. Sykes, Alan Stern, James F. Bell III, Charlene E. Detelich, Kirby Runyon, Michael Summers IcarusAvailable online 28 October 2021 LINKPDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Highlights • Vital issues were not…
Shock-induced H loss from pyroxene and maskelynite in a Martian meteorite and the mantle source δD of enriched shergottites
J.-M. Dudley, A.H. Peslier, R.L. Hervig Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaAvailable online 28 October 2021 LINK “Assessing the water abundance and hydrogen isotopic signature (δD) of the Martian interior dictates our understanding of the formation of…
Relationship Between the H5 Chondrite Composition, Structure and Mechanical Properties from the Example of NWA 12370 and Pultusk
S. A. Voropaev, I. I. Nugmanov, N. V. Dushenko, T. G. Kuz’mina, A. V. Korochantsev, V. G. Senin, A. A. Eliseev & Yan Jianguo Solar System Research, Volume 55, pages 409–419 (2021)Published: 25 October 2021…
CHOS gas/fluid-induced reduction in ureilites
Andrew D. Langendam, Andrew G. Tomkins, Katy A. Evans, Nicholas C. Wilson, Colin M. MacRae, Natasha R. Stephen, Aaron Torpy Meteoritics & Planetary ScienceVersion of Record online: 28 October 2021 LINK “Ureilite meteorites contain regions…
Specific heat and thermal history of the Sariçiçek howardite
Cisem Altunayar-Unsalan, Ozan Unsalan, Marian A. Szurgot, Radosław A. Wach Meteoritics & Planetary ScienceVersion of Record online: 27 October 2021 LINK “Meteorites are excavated fragments from asteroid surfaces and planets, and determining their thermophysical properties…
Sample return of primitive matter from the outer Solar SystemOPEN ACCESS
P. Vernazza, P. Beck, O. Ruesch, A. Bischoff, L. Bonal, G. Brennecka, R. Brunetto, H. Busemann, J. Carter, C. Carli, C. Cartier, M. Ciarniello, V. Debaille, A. Delsanti, L. D’Hendecourt, E. Füri, O. Groussin, A….
Early Initiation of Inner Solar System Formation at the Dead-zone Inner EdgeOPEN ACCESS
Takahiro Ueda, Masahiro Ogihara, Eiichiro Kokubo, and Satoshi Okuzumi The Astrophysical Journal Letters, Volume 921, Number 1 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The inner solar system possesses a unique orbital structure in which there are…
Three‐dimensional petrography of the Tucson meteorite
Jon M. Friedrich, Michael K. Weisberg, Lucille C. Malecek, C. E. Nehru Meteoritics & Planetary ScienceFirst Published: 27 October 2021 LINK “We use X-ray microtomography (µCT) and digital data extraction techniques for the three-dimensional (3-D)…
Presolar Grain Isotopic Ratios as Constraints to Nuclear and Stellar Parameters of Asymptotic Giant Branch Star Nucleosynthesis
Sara Palmerini, Maurizio Busso, Diego Vescovi, Eugenia Naselli, Angelo Pidatella, Riccardo Mucciola, Sergio Cristallo, David Mascali, Alberto Mengoni, Stefano Simonucci et al The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 921, Number 1 LINK “Recent models for evolved low-mass…
Low total abundances and a predominance of n-ω-amino acids in enstatite chondrites: Implications for thermal stability of amino acids in the inner solar system
Danielle N. Simkus, José C. Aponte, Jamie E. Elsila, Hannah L. McLain, Eric T. Parker, Jason P. Dworkin, Daniel P. Glavin Meteoritics & Planetary ScienceVersion of Record online: 25 October 2021 LINK “Investigating the organic…
Addendum: Meteoritic evidence for a Ceres-sized water-rich carbonaceous chondrite parent asteroidOPEN ACCESS
V. E. Hamilton, C. A. Goodrich, A. H. Treiman, H. C. Connolly Jr, M. E. Zolensky & M. H. Shaddad Nature AstronomyPublished: 25 October 2021 LINK Addendum to Nature Astronomy Meteoritic evidence for a Ceres-sized…
Are radicals responsible for of the variable deuterium enrichments in chondritic insoluble organic material?
C.M.O’D. Alexander, M.J. Nilges, G.D. Cody, C.D.K. Herd Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaAvailable online 22 October 2021 LINK “The insoluble organic material (IOM) in primitive chondritic meteorites is very enriched in D (up to δD≈3500 ‰…
Numerous chondritic impactors and oxidized magma ocean set Earth’s volatile depletionOPEN ACCESS
Haruka Sakuraba, Hiroyuki Kurokawa, Hidenori Genda & Kenji Ohta Scientific Reports, Volume 11, Article number: 20894 (2021) LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Earth’s surface environment is largely influenced by its budget of major volatile elements:…
Constraints on the ice composition of carbonaceous chondrites from their magnetic mineralogy
Sanjana Sridhar, James F.J. Bryson, Ashley J. King, Richard J. Harrison Earth and Planetary Science LettersVolume 576, 15 December 2021, 117243 LINK “Highlights • Aqueous alteration was a key event during the history of carbonaceous…
Delayed and variable late Archaean atmospheric oxidation due to high collision rates on Earth
S. Marchi, N. Drabon, T. Schulz, L. Schaefer, D. Nesvorny, W. F. Bottke, C. Koeberl & T. Lyons Nature GeosciencePublished: 21 October 2021 LINK “Frequent violent collisions of impactors from space punctuated the geological and…
A New “Non-energetic” Route to Complex Organic Molecules in Astrophysical Environments: The C + H2O → H2CO Solid-state Reaction
Alexey Potapov, Serge A. Krasnokutski, Cornelia Jäger, and Thomas Henning The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 920, Number 2 LINK “The solid-state reaction C + H2O → H2CO was studied experimentally following the co-deposition of C atoms…
Aqueous Alteration on Asteroids Simplifies Soluble Organic Matter MixturesOPEN ACCESS
Junko Isa, François-régis Orthous-Daunay, Pierre Beck, Christopher D. K. Herd, Veronique Vuitton, and Laurène Flandinet The Astrophysical Journal Letters, Volume 920, Number 2 LINK PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Biologically relevant abiotic extraterrestrial soluble organic matter (SOM)…
Lucy Mission to the Trojan Asteroids: Science GoalsOPEN ACCESS
Harold F. Levison, Catherine B. Olkin, Keith S. Noll, Simone Marchi, James F. Bell III, Edward Bierhaus, Richard Binzel, William Bottke, Dan Britt, Michael Brown, Marc Buie, Phil Christensen, Joshua Emery, Will Grundy, Victoria E….
Petrography, mineralogy, and geochemistry of a new lunar magnesian feldspathic meteorite Northwest Africa 11460
Haijun Cao, Zongcheng Ling, Jian Chen, Xiaohui Fu, Yongliao Zou Meteoritics & Planetary ScienceVersion of Record online: 21 October 2021 LINK “Lunar meteorite Northwest Africa (NWA) 11460 has been classified as a polymict breccia, composed…
Mineralogy, petrology, and oxygen‐isotope compositions of magnetite ± fayalite assemblages in CO3, CV3, and LL3 chondrites
Alexander N. Krot, Patricia M. Doyle, Kazuhide Nagashima, Elena Dobrică, Michail I. Petaev Meteoritics & Planetary ScienceFirst Published: 20 October 2021 LINK “We report on the mineralogy, petrology, and O-isotope compositions of magnetite and fayalite…
The Dark Side of PlutoOPEN ACCESS
Tod R. Lauer, John R. Spencer, Tanguy Bertrand, Ross A. Beyer, Kirby D, Runyon, Oliver L White, Leslie A. Young, Kimberly Ennico, William B. McKinnon, Jeffrey M. Moore, Catherine B. Olkin, S. Alan Stern and…
Energy signature of ton TNT-class impacts: analysis of the 22 December 2018 fireball over Western Pyrenees
S Anghel, E Drolshagen, T Ott, M Birlan, F Colas, D A Nedelcu, D Koschny, B Zanda, S Bouley, S Jeanne, A Malgoyre, C Blanpain, J Gattacceca, L Jorda, J Lecubin, J L Rault, J…
Dependence of the initial internal structure of chondrule rim on dust size distributionOPEN ACCESS
Hiroaki Kaneko, Sota Arakawa, Taishi Nakamoto Accepted for publication in Icarus PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Coarse objects in chondrites such as chondrules and CAIs are mostly coated with fine-grained rims (FGRs). FGRs can be formed on…
Cooling rates and impact histories of group IAB and other IAB complex iron meteorites inferred from zoned taenite and the cloudy zone
Joseph I. Goldstein, Edward R. D. Scott, Timothy B. Winfield, Jijin Yang Meteoritics & Planetary ScienceVersion of Record online: 18 October 2021 LINK “Metallographic cooling rates of 10–20 K Myr−1 were obtained for four IAB…
A revised trapped melt model for iron meteorites applied to the IIIAB groupOPEN ACCESS
Nancy L. Chabot, Bidong Zhang Meteoritics & Planetary ScienceVersion of Record online: 18 October 2021 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “As the largest magmatic iron meteorite group, the IIIAB group is often used to investigate…
Specific Heat Capacity Measurements of Selected Meteorites for Planetary Surface Temperature Modeling
Sylvain Piqueux, Tuan H. Vu, Jonathan Bapst, Laurence A.J. Garvie, Mathieu Choukroun, Christopher S. Edwards JGR PlanetsFirst published: 16 October 2021, accepted for publication and undergone full peer review LINK “Key Points Specific heat capacity…
Paleomagnetic evidence for a disk substructure in the early solar systemOPEN ACCESS
Cauê S. Borlina, Benjamin P. Weiss, James F. J. Bryson, Xue-Ning Bai, Eduardo A. Lima, Nilanjan Chatterjee, and Elias N. Mansbach Science Advances15 Oct 2021, Vol 7, Issue 42 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS)Supplementary Materials…
GAUSS – genesis of asteroids and evolution of the solar systemOPEN ACCESS
A sample return mission to Ceres Xian Shi, Julie Castillo-Rogez, Henry Hsieh, Hejiu Hui, Wing-Huen Ip, Hanlun Lei, Jian-Yang Li, Federico Tosi, Liyong Zhou, Jessica Agarwal, Antonella Barucci, Pierre Beck, Adriano Campo Bagatin, Fabrizio Capaccioni,…
Carbonaceous-chondrite inclusions in the Kapoeta achondritic meteorite studied by Mössbauer spectroscopy
Yassir A. Abdu Hyperfine Interactions, Volume 242, Article number: 5 (2021)Published: 13 October 2021 LINK “Kapoeta is an achondrite meteorite containing mm-sized carbonaceous-chondrite inclusions that are thought to have been incorporated into its parent body…
Earth’s accretion inferred from iron isotopic anomalies of supernova nuclear statistical equilibrium originOPEN ACCESS
Timo Hopp, Nicolas Dauphas, Fridolin Spitzer, Christoph Burkhardt, Thorsten Kleine Accepted for publication in Earth and Planetary Science Letters PDF (OPEN ACCESS) Update (10 November 2021):Earth and Planetary Science LettersVolume 577, 1 January 2022LINK “Highlights…
New Multielement Isotopic Compositions of Presolar SiC Grains: Implications for Their Stellar Origins
Nan Liu, Jens Barosch, Larry R. Nittler, Conel M. O’D. Alexander, Jianhua Wang, Sergio Cristallo, Maurizio Busso, and Sara Palmerini The Astrophysical Journal Letters, Volume 920, Number 1 LINK “We report NanoSIMS Si and Mg–Al…
Learning about comets from the study of mass distributions and fluxes of meteoroid streams
Josep M Trigo-Rodríguez, Jürgen Blum Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, stab2827Published: 11 October 2021 LINK “Meteor physics can provide new clues about the size, structure, and density of cometary disintegration products, establishing a…
Space Weathering of the 3-micron Phyllosilicate Feature induced by Pulsed Laser IrradiationOPEN ACCESS
B.S Prince, M.J. Loeffler Icarus, available online 11 October 2021 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) LINK “Highlights • The effects of laser irradiation on CI and CM simulant samples have been studied using in situ spectroscopy of…
GOLDEN meteorite fall (L/LL5 chondrite, 1270 + 919 g) in Golden, British Colombia, Canada at around 23:33:43-49 MST on 3 October (5:33:43-49 UT, 4 Oct.) 2021
Last update: 8 November 2023 Ruth Hamilton holding her Golden meteorite. Photo: Ruth Hamilton In an article on the website of ‘The Golden Star’ on 8 October 2021 (3:50 pm) Claire Palmer reported that a…
Complementary nucleosynthetic isotope anomalies of Mo and W in chondrules and matrix in the Allende carbonaceous chondrite: The case for hydrothermal metamorphism and its implications
Ian S. Sanders, Edward R. D. Scott Meteoritics & Planetary ScienceVersion of Record online: 07 October 2021 LINK “The remarkable complementary isotopic relationship in the Allende chondrite between chondrules (depleted in s-process molybdenum and tungsten)…
Fine-regolith production on asteroids controlled by rock porosity
S. Cambioni, M. Delbo, G. Poggiali, C. Avdellidou, A. J. Ryan, J. D. P. Deshapriya, E. Asphaug, R.-L. Ballouz, M. A. Barucci, C. A. Bennett, W. F. Bottke, J. R. Brucato, K. N. Burke, E….
Eucrite-type achondrites: Petrology and oxygen isotope compositionsOPEN ACCESS
David W. Mittlefehldt, Richard C. Greenwood, Eve L. Berger, Loan Le, Zhan X. Peng, D. Kent Ross Meteoritics & Planetary ScienceVersion of Record online: 04 October 2021 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “We report petrologic…
An Almahata Sitta EL3 fragment: implications for the complex thermal history of enstatite chondritesOPEN ACCESS
M. Kimura, M. K. Weisberg, A. Takaki, N. Imae & A. Yamaguchi Progress in Earth and Planetary Science, Volume 8, Article number: 55 (2021) LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Almahata Sitta is a polymict breccia,…
Nucleosynthetic Pt isotope anomalies and the Hf-W chronology of core formation in inner and outer solar system planetesimalsOPEN ACCESS
Fridolin Spitzer, Christoph Burkhardt, Francis Nimmo, Thorsten Kleine Accepted for publication in Earth and Planetary Science Letters PDF (OPEN ACCESS) Update (6 October 2021): Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Volume 576, 15 December 2021LINK “The…
Physical Characterization of Metal-rich Near-Earth Asteroids 6178 (1986 DA) and 2016 ED85OPEN ACCESS
Juan A. Sanchez, Vishnu Reddy, William F. Bottke, Adam Battle, Benjamin Sharkey, Theodore Kareta, Neil Pearson and David C. Cantillo The Planetary Science Journal, Volume 2, Number 5 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Metal-rich near-Earth…































