High precision nickel isotope measurements of early Solar System materials and the origin of nucleosynthetic disk variabilityOPEN ACCESS
Georgy V. Makhatadze (Георгий В. Махатадзе), Martin Schiller, Martin Bizzarro Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 30 December 2022 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) “Various chemical elements including nickel (Ni) exhibit mass-independent isotope heterogeneity…
Detection of ferric iron in an exsolved lunar pyroxene using electron energy loss spectroscopy (EELS): Implications for space weathering and redox conditions on the Moon
Brittany A. Cymes, Katherine D. Burgess, Rhonda M. Stroud MAPSVersion of Record online: 29 December 2022 LINK “To shed light on the mechanism of formation of nanophase iron particles (npFe) in space-weathered materials from airless bodies, we…
From whom Bells tolls: Reclassifying Bells among CR chondrites and implications for the formation conditions of CR parent bodies
Yves Marrocchi, Emmanuel Jacquet, Julia Neukampf, Johan Villeneuve, Michael E. Zolensky MAPSVersion of Record online: 29 December 2022 LINK “The ungrouped carbonaceous chondrite (CC) Bells has long been considered petrographically similar to CM chondrites based on its matrix abundance…
Tissemouminites: A new group of primitive achondrites spanning the transition between acapulcoites and winonaitesOPEN ACCESS
A. Stephant, C. Carli, M. Anand, A. Néri, J. Davidson, G. Pratesi, T. Cuppone, R. C. Greenwood, I. A. Franchi MAPSVersion of Record online:28 December 2022 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The Northwest Africa (NWA) 090 meteorite, initially classified as an acapulcoite, presents…
Methods and tools for handling, transportation, weighing, and pelletization applied to the initial analysis of volatile components in the Hayabusa2 samplesOPEN ACCESS
Ryuji Okazaki, Shinji Yamanouchi, Kazuhiko Shimada, Atsushi Baba, Fumio Kitajima & Toru Yada Earth, Planets and Space, Volume 74, Article number: 190Published: 27 December 2022 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The Hayabusa2 spacecraft succeeded in sampling and returning…
Al-Mg and U-Pb chronological records of Erg Chech 002 ungrouped achondrite meteorite
Philip M. Reger, Yvonne Roebbert, Wladimir Neumann, Abdelmouhcine Gannoun, Marcel Regelous, Winfried H. Schwarz, Thomas Ludwig, Mario Trieloff, Stefan Weyer, Audrey Bouvier Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 23 December 2022 LINK…
The Winchcombe meteorite—A regolith breccia from a rubble pile CM chondrite asteroidOPEN ACCESS
M. D. Suttle, L. Daly, R. H. Jones, L. Jenkins, M. Van Ginneken, J. T. Mitchell, J. C. Bridges, L. J. Hicks, D. Johnson, G. Rollinson, R. Taylor, M. J. Genge, C. Schröder, P. Trimby, H. Mansour, S. Piazolo, E. Bonsall, T. Salge, R. Heard, R. Findlay, A. J. King, H. C. Bates, M. R. Lee, N. R….
A dehydrated space-weathered skin cloaking the hydrated interior of RyuguOPEN ACCESS
Takaaki Noguchi, Toru Matsumoto, Akira Miyake, Yohei Igami, Mitsutaka Haruta, Hikaru Saito, Satoshi Hata, Yusuke Seto, Masaaki Miyahara, Naotaka Tomioka, Hope A. Ishii, John P. Bradley, Kenta K. Ohtaki, Elena Dobrică, Hugues Leroux, Corentin Le…
Oxygen isotope evidence from Ryugu samples for early water delivery to Earth by CI chondritesOPEN ACCESS
Richard C. Greenwood, Ian A. Franchi, Ross Findlay, James A. Malley, Motoo Ito, Akira Yamaguchi, Makoto Kimura, Naotaka Tomioka, Masayuki Uesugi, Naoya Imae, Naoki Shirai, Takuji Ohigashi, Ming-Chang Liu, Kaitlyn A. McCain, Nozomi Matsuda, Kevin…
The Miller 03356 IVA iron: Insights into the formation mechanism of microplessite
D. Ray, S. Ghosh, M. Paliwal, S. Mishra, J. Jha Planetary and Space ScienceIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 19 December 2022 LINK “The Miller 03356, IVA iron was earlier reported as a fragment of…
TANXI meteorite fall (H6, >10.7 kg) in Tanxi (檀溪镇), Pujiang County (浦江县), Jinhua (金华市), Zhejiang Province (浙江省), China at ~17:48:42- (CST)/ 9:48:42 (UT) on 15 December 2022
Last update: 21 January 2023 Meteorite fall (H6) in and around the villages Maodian, Chengtou and Siqian, within Tanxi Township, Pujiang County, Jinhua, Zhejiang Province, China. According to media reports it fell around 17:48:42 (CST)…
Raman instrument calibration for astromaterials and analysis of Mars return samples
Ryan Scott Jakubek, Marc D. Fries MAPS, Version of Record online: 17 December 2022 LINK “The study of astromaterials generally involves the distribution of limited sample to many laboratories for analysis. Maximum scientific yield for a…
Oxygen isotopes of anhydrous primary minerals show kinship between asteroid Ryugu and comet 81P/Wild2OPEN ACCESS
Noriyuki Kawasaki, Kazuhide Nagashima, Naoya Sakamoto, Toru Matsumoto, Ken-ichi Bajo, Sohei Wada, Yohei Igami, Akira Miyake, Takaaki Noguchi, Daiki Yamamoto, Sara S. Russell, Yoshinari Abe, Jérôme Aléon, Conel M. O’D. Alexander, Sachiko Amari, Yuri Amelin, Martin…
Insistency between the Ancient Mars and Moon Impact Records of Megameter-scale CratersOPEN ACCESS
Stuart J. Robbins The Planetary Science Journal, Volume 3, Number 12 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Impact crater populations provide a record of the bombardment history of a planetary body. These craters reveal an intense…
An observing campaign to search for meteoroids of Bennu at EarthOPEN ACCESS
Peter Jenniskens, Dante S. Lauretta, Lindsey R. Koelbel, Martin C. Towner, Phil Bland, Steve Heathcote, Tim Abbott, Emmanuel Jehin, Toni Hanke, Elise Fahl, Rynault van Wyk, Tim Cooper, Jack W. Baggaley, Dave Samuels, Peter S….
AFM Force Measurements to Explore Grain Contacts with Relevance for Planetary MaterialsOPEN ACCESS
Keanna Jardine, Adrienne Dove and Laurene Tetard The Planetary Science Journal, Volume 3, Number 12Published: 15 December 2022 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Most small asteroids are defined as “rubble piles” or bodies with zero…
Soluble Sulfur-Bearing Organic Compounds in Carbonaceous Meteorites: Implications for Chemical Evolution in Primitive Asteroids
Hiroshi Naraoka, Minako Hashiguchi, and Ryuji Okazaki ACS Earth Space ChemistryPublication Date: December 14, 2022 LINKSupporting Information (PDF) “Sulfur comprises various compound forms in natural environments and could have played important roles in chemical evolution…
Chondrite diversity revealed by chromium, calcium and magnesium isotopesOPEN ACCESS
Ke Zhu, Martin Schiller, Frédéric Moynier, Mirek Groen, Conel M. O’D. Alexander, Jemma Davidson, Devin L. Schrader, Addi Bischoff, Martin Bizzarro Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 13 December 2022 LINK (OPEN…
A comment to: “The manufacture and origin of the Tutankhamun meteoritic iron dagger” by Matsui et al.
Albert Jambon MAPS, Version of Record online: 13 December 2022 LINK “Matsui et al. (2022) performed X-ray fluorescence RF analyses of Tutankhamun’s dagger and its hilt. Although the approach is indeed interesting, this work has…
Impact-induced devolatilization of four ungrouped ataxites and the formation of a silica glass spherule in ALHA77255
Alan E. Rubin, Bidong Zhang MAPS, Version of Record online:13 December 2022 LINK “Allan Hills A77255, Babb’s Mill (Blake’s Iron), Nordheim, and Chinga are ungrouped ataxitic iron meteorites that are similar to the IAB group…
Contribution of Ryugu-like material to Earth’s volatile inventory by Cu and Zn isotopic analysis
Marine Paquet, Frederic Moynier, Tetsuya Yokoyama, Wei Dai, Yan Hu, Yoshinari Abe, Jérôme Aléon, Conel M. O’D. Alexander, Sachiko Amari, Yuri Amelin, Ken-ichi Bajo, Martin Bizzarro, Audrey Bouvier, Richard W. Carlson, Marc Chaussidon, Byeon-Gak Choi,…
Mature lunar soils from Fe-rich and young mare basalts in the Chang’e-5 regolith samples
Xuejin Lu, Jian Chen, Zongcheng Ling, Changqing Liu, Xiaohui Fu, Le Qiao, Jiang Zhang, Haijun Cao, Jianzhong Liu, Zhiping He & Rui Xu Nature Astronomy (2022)Published: 12 December 2022 LINK “Space weathering on airless bodies…
Direct measurement of decimetre-sized rocky material in the Oort cloud
Denis Vida, Peter G. Brown, Hadrien A. R. Devillepoix, Paul Wiegert, Danielle E. Moser, Pavol Matlovič, Christopher D. K. Herd, Patrick J. A. Hill, Eleanor K. Sansom, Martin C. Towner, Juraj Tóth, William J. Cooke…
Potassium isotope heterogeneity in the early Solar System controlled by extensive evaporation and partial recondensationOPEN ACCESS
Yan Hu, Frédéric Moynier & Martin Bizzarro Nature Communications, Volume 13, Article number: 7669Published: 12 December 2022 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Volatiles are vital ingredients for a habitable planet. Angrite meteorites sample the most…
Investigating the igneous petrogenesis of Martian volcanic rocks using augite quantitative textural analysis of the Yamato nakhlitesOPEN ACCESS
Sammy Griffin, Arya Udry, Luke Daly, Lucy Victoria Forman, Martin R. Lee, Benjamin E. Cohen MAPS, Version of Record online: 11 December 2022 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “To better understand volcanism on planetary bodies…
Making the Solar SystemOPEN ACCESS
John Chambers Accepted for publication in the Astrophysical Journal PDF (OPEN ACCESS) Update (16 February 2023): The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 944, Number 2LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “We model the early stages of planet formation…
A changing thermal regime revealed from shallow to deep basalt source melting in the MoonOPEN ACCESS
Yash Srivastava, Amit Basu Sarbadhikari, James M. D. Day, Akira Yamaguchi & Atsushi Takenouchi Nature Communications, Volume 13, Article number: 7594 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Sample return missions have provided the basis for understanding…
The Lunar Breccia Dhofar 1442: Noble Gases, Nitrogen, and Carbon Released by Stepwise Combustion and CrushingOPEN ACCESS
E. V. Korochantseva, A. B. Verchovsky & A. V. Korochantsev Geochemistry International, Volume 60, pages 1192–1206Published: 08 December 2022 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Stepwise crushing and combustion methods were applied to study the KREEP-rich…
Assessment of petrologic subtypes, subgroups, and pairing within CV chondrites in the US Antarctic meteorite collection
Kevin Righter, Ryan S. Jakubek, Marc D. Fries, John Schutt, Kellye Pando, Roger Harrington MAPS, Version of Record online: 08 December 2022 LINK “Carbonaceous chondrites of the Vigarano group (CV) are primitive (nearly un-metamorphosed) meteorites…
Nanostructural domains in martian apatites that record primary subsolidus exsolution of halogens: Insights into nakhlite petrogenesisOPEN ACCESS
Marina Martínez, Charles K. Shearer, and Adrian J. Brearley American Mineralogist, peer-reviewed, final accepted preprint PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The microstructures of selected F-, Cl-, OH-bearing martian apatite grains, two in Northwest Africa (NWA) 998 (cumulus…
Gamma-Ray-Induced Amino Acid Formation in Aqueous Small Bodies in the Early Solar SystemOPEN ACCESS
Yoko Kebukawa, Shinya Asano, Atsushi Tani, Isao Yoda, and Kensei Kobayashi ACS Central SciencePublication Date: December 7, 2022 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Carbonaceous chondrites contain life’s essential building blocks, including amino acids, and their…
Design of an in-situ science mission to a Jupiter Trojan
Michael Khan, Olivier Witasse, Waldemar Martens, Arnaud Boutonnet LINK Planetary and Space ScienceAvailable online 4 December 2022, “The NASA mission Lucy, launched in 2021, will perform flybys at several Jupiter Trojan asteroids. The logical next…
Expected Fragment Distribution from the First Interstellar Meteor CNEOS 2014-01-08OPEN ACCESS
Amory Tillinghast-Raby, Abraham Loeb, Amir Siraj Draft version December 5, 2022 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) “The fireball of the first interstellar meteor, CNEOS 2014-01-08 (IM1) (Siraj & Loeb 2019), was detected off the northern coast of…
Lithium and boron isotopic compositions of olivine in chondrules from carbonaceous and ordinary chondrite meteorites: implications for the origin of solar 11B/10B ratioOPEN ACCESS
Ming-Chang Liu, Marc Chaussidon, Nozomi Matsuda Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 5 December 2022 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) “The origin of solar 11B/10B ratio ∼4 remains an open question. It has been…
Insights into the petrogenetic history of the Northwest Africa 7635 augite-rich shergottite
Christopher D. K. Herd MAPSVersion of Record online: 04 December 2022 LINK “The petrogenesis of the Northwest Africa (NWA) 7635 Martian meteorite involved the entrainment of xenocrystic olivine grains into a relatively magnesian and oxidized…
Building a High-resolution Digital Terrain Model of Bennu from Laser Altimetry DataOPEN ACCESS
Jeff A. Seabrook, Michael G. Daly, Olivier S. Barnouin, Eric E. Palmer, Robert W. Gaskell, Hari Nair and Dante S. Lauretta The Planetary Science Journal, Volume 3, Number 12, Published: 2 December 2022 LINK (OPEN…
Statistical Chronometry of Meteorites. II. Initial Abundances and Homogeneity of Short-lived RadionuclidesOPEN ACCESS
Steven J. Desch, Daniel R. Dunlap, Curtis D. Williams, Prajkta Mane, Emilie T. Dunham Submitted to Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta PDF (OPEN ACCESS) Update (published in Icarus, 6 May 2023): LINK “• We present a…
Statistical chronometry of meteorites. I. A Test of 26Al homogeneity and the Pb-Pb age of the solar system’s t=0OPEN ACCESS
Steven J. Desch, Daniel R. Dunlap, Emilie T. Dunham, Curtis D. Williams, Prajkta Mane Submitted to Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta PDF (OPEN ACCESS) Update (published in Icarus, 6 May 2023, with new title): LINK “We…
Ar-Ar and U-Pb ages of Chelyabinsk and a re-evaluation of its impact chronology
Sky P. Beard, Timothy D. Swindle, Thomas J. Lapen, David A. Kring MAPS, Version of Record online: 01 December 2022 LINK “The LL5 chondrite Chelyabinsk has had numerous isotopic studies since its fall in 2013….
Analysis of the daylight fireball of July 15, 2021, leading to a meteorite fall and find near Antonin, Poland, and a description of the recovered chondriteOPEN ACCESS
Lukáš Shrbený,Agata M. Krzesińska,Jiří Borovička,Pavel Spurný,Zbigniew Tymiński,Kryspin Kmieciak MAPS, Version of Record online: 01 December 2022 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “We present the description of an observation of a fireball recorded during the sunrise…
Radioactive Isotopes as a Tool for Pairing Identification of the HAH 346—Hammadah al Hamra 346—Ordinary Chondrites from Two Separate Find AreasOPEN ACCESS
Magdalena Długosz-Lisiecka, Tomasz Jakubowski, Marcin Krystek and Ahmed ElMallul Minerals, Volume 12, Issue 12Published: 1 December 2022 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (DOWNLOAD) “In this study, low-background gamma spectrometry was used to confirm the identity of a…
Birth and decline of magma oceans in planetesimals. Part 2: Structure and thermal history of early accreted small planetary bodies
Cyril Sturtz, Angela Limare, Stephen Tait, Édouard Kaminski JGR Planets, First Published: 30 November 2022 LINK “Key Points We model the thermal and structural evolution of radiogenic heated early accreted planetesimals that experienced an internal…
