Prebiotic synthesis on meteorite parent bodies: Insights from hydrogen and carbon isotope models
Laura Chimiak, John Eiler Chemical GeologyAvailable online 30 November 2023, 121828 LINK “Several mechanisms could produce the biorelevant organic compounds contained in carbonaceous meteorites. The ratio of heavy-to-light stable isotopes can constrain a compound’s formation…
A dunite fragment in meteorite Northwest Africa (NWA) 11421: A piece of the Moon’s mantleOPEN ACCESS
Allan H. Treiman, Julia Semprich American Mineralogist (2023) 108 (12): 2182–2192 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) “A centimeter-sized fragment of dunite, the first recognized fragment of Moon mantle material, has been discovered in the lunar highlands breccia…
A slowly cooled deep crust on asteroid 4 Vesta and the recent impact history of rubble pile vestoids recorded by diogenitesOPEN ACCESS
F. Jourdan, T. Kennedy, L. Foreman, C. Mayers, E. Eroglu, A. Yamaguchi Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 29 November 2023 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) “In this study, we investigate the 40Ar/39Ar systematics…
Influx of nitrogen-rich material from the outer Solar System indicated by iron nitride in Ryugu samplesOPEN ACCESS
Toru Matsumoto, Takaaki Noguchi, Akira Miyake, Yohei Igami, Mitsutaka Haruta, Yusuke Seto, Masaaki Miyahara, Naotaka Tomioka, Hikaru Saito, Satoshi Hata, Dennis Harries, Aki Takigawa, Yusuke Nakauchi, Shogo Tachibana, Tomoki Nakamura, Megumi Matsumoto, Hope A. Ishii,…
The optical, seismic, and infrasound signature of the March 5 2022, bolide over Central ItalyOPEN ACCESS
Marco Olivieri, Davide Piccinini, Gilberto Saccorotti, Dario Barghini, Daniele Gardiol, Nicola Alessandro Pino, Maurizio Ripepe, Giulio Betti, Giorgio Lacanna & Lorenzo Arcidiaco Scientific Reports, Volume 13, Article number: 21135Published: 30 November 2023 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF…
The nature of insoluble organic matter in Sutter’s Mill and Murchison carbonaceous chondrites: Testing the effect of x-ray computed tomography and exploring parent body organic molecular evolution
George D. Cody, Conel M. O’D. Alexander, Dionysis I. Foustoukos, Henner Busemann, Scott Eckley, Aaron S. Burton, Eve L. Berger, Michael Nuevo, Scott A. Sandford, Daniel P. Glavin, Jason P. Dworkin, Harold C. Connolly Jr,…
The Magnesium Isotope Composition of Samples Returned from Asteroid RyuguOPEN ACCESS
Martin Bizzarro, Martin Schiller, Tetsuya Yokoyama, Yoshinari Abe, Jérôme Aléon, Conel M. O’D. Alexander, Sachiko Amari, Yuri Amelin, Ken-ichi Bajo, Audrey Bouvier et al The Astrophysical Journal Letters, Volume 958, Number 2Published: 2023 November 24…
The impact history and prolonged magmatism of the angrite parent bodyOPEN ACCESS
B. G. Rider-Stokes, M. Anand, L. F. White, J. R. Darling, R. Tartèse, M. J. Whitehouse, I. Franchi, R. C. Greenwood, G. Degli-Alessandrini MAPSVersion of Record online: 27 November 2023 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS)…
Olivine microstructure and thermometry in olivine-phyric shergottites Sayh al Uhaymir 005 and Dar al Gani 476OPEN ACCESS
Eleanor S. Jennings, Peter Coull MAPSVersion of Record online: 27 November 2023 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Olivine-phyric shergottites are relatively young Martian meteorites that resemble primitive mantle-derived melts, so offer insight into the causes…
Mineralogical anatomy of the Cr-rich quenched angrite Northwest Africa 12774: Implication to mantle heterogeneity
Yang He, Ai-Cheng Zhang, Yongbo Peng, Jia Liu, Liping Qin Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 23 November 2023 LINK “Angrites are a small group of basaltic meteorites and their origin is…
Investigating the role of incident ion flux in solar wind space weathering of carbon-rich asteroidal regolith via H+and He+irradiation of the Murchison meteorite
D.L. Laczniak, M.S. Thompson, R. Christoffersen, C.A. Dukes, R.V. Morris, L.P. Keller IcarusIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 23 November 2023 LINK “We present results from a set of low and high flux 1 keV/amu H+…
Nanophase magnetite in matrix of anomalous EL3 chondrite Northwest Africa (NWA) 8785
M. K. Weisberg, M. E. Zolensky, M. Kimura, K. T. Howard, D. S. Ebel, M. L. Gray, C. M. O’D. Alexander MAPSVersion of Record online: 23 November 2023 LINK “NWA 8785 is a remarkable EL3…
Geophysical and structural analyses of the Middlesboro impact structure, Kentucky, USA: Reactivation of a thrust detachment of the Appalachian foreland fold-and-thrust beltOPEN ACCESS
Lars Wihanto, Thomas Kenkmann MAPSVersion of Record online: 23 November 2023 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “This paper reports on the Middlesboro impact structure (36°37′03″ N; 83°43′39″ W), a complex impact structure located in the Appalachian foreland…
Campo del Cielo modeling and comparison with observations: II. Funnels and cratersOPEN ACCESS
R. Luther, A. Schmalen, N. Artemieva MAPSVersion of Record online: 22 November 2023 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The Campo del Cielo impact structure exhibits several penetration funnels and impact craters. Here, we model the…
Mineralogy and petrology of fine-grained samples recovered from the asteroid (162173) Ryugu
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…
Deciphering recycling processes during solar system evolution from magnesium-rich relict olivine grains in type II chondrules
Gabriel A. Pinto, Emmanuel Jacquet, Alexandre Corgne, Felipe Olivares, Johan Villeneuve, Yves Marrocchi Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 21 November 2023 LINK “Ferromagnesian chondrules present a remarkable dichotomy between reduced (type…
The iron oxidation state of Ryugu samples
Mathieu Roskosz, Pierre Beck, Jean-Christophe Viennet, Tomoki Nakamura, Barbara Lavina, Michael Y. Hu, Jiyong Zhao, Esen E. Alp, Yoshio Takahashi, Tomoyo Morita, Kana Amano, Hisayoshi Yurimoto, Takaaki Noguchi, Ryuji Okazaki, Hikaru Yabuta, Hiroshi Naraoka, Kanako…
Pervasive aqueous alteration in the early Solar System revealed by potassium isotopic variations in Ryugu samples and carbonaceous chondrites
Yan Hu, Frédéric Moynier, Wei Dai, Marine Paquet, Tetsuya Yokoyama, 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, Nicolas…
Search for carbonaceous chondrites evidence on Vesta through the detection of carbonatesOPEN ACCESS
G. Massa, E. Palomba, A. Longobardo, M. Angrisani, C. Gisellu, F. Dirri, M.C. De Sanctis, A. Raponi, F.G. Carrozzo, M. Ciarniello IcarusIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 15 November 2023 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) “Highlights Study…
A curation for uncontaminated Hayabusa2-returned samples in the extraterrestrial curation center of JAXA: from the beginning to present dayOPEN ACCESS
Toru Yada, Masanao Abe, Masahiro Nishimura, Hirotaka Sawada, Ryuji Okazaki, Yoshinori Takano, Kanako Sakamoto, Tatsuaki Okada, Aiko Nakato, Miwa Yoshitake, Yuki Nakano, Kasumi Yogata, Akiko Miyazaki, Shizuho Furuya, Ayako S. Iwamae, Shunichi Nakatsubo, Kentaro Hatakeda,…
Phyllosilicates with embedded Fe-based nanophases in Ryugu and Orgueil
Hugues Leroux, Corentin Le Guillou, Maya Marinova, Sylvain Laforet, Jean-Christophe Viennet, Bahae-Eddine Mouloud, Adrien Teurtrie, Francisco de la Peña, Damien Jacob, Daniel Hallatt, Mario Pelaez Fernandez, David Troadec, Takaaki Noguchi, Toru Matsumoto, Akira Miyake, Yohei…
Nondestructive determination of the physical properties of Antarctic meteorites: Importance for the meteorite—parent body connectionOPEN ACCESS
T. A. Harvey, J. L. MacArthur, K. H. Joy, D. Sykes, N. V. Almeida, R. H. Jones MAPSVersion of Record online: 14 November 2023 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Photogrammetry is a low-cost, nondestructive approach…
A newly revised estimation of bulk densities and examination of the shape of individual Ryugu grainsOPEN ACCESS
Toru Yada, Kasumi Yogata, Kentaro Hatakeda, Aiko Nakato, Masahiro Nishimura, Kana Nagashima, Kazuya Kumagai, Yuya Hitomi, Hiromichi Soejima, Rui Tahara, Rei Kanemaru, Arisa Nakano, Miwa Yoshitake, Ayako Iwamae, Shizuho Furuya, Akira Tsuchiyama, Shogo Tachibana, Tatsuhiro…
Critique of arXiv submission2308.15623, “Discovery of Spherules of Likely Extrasolar Composition in the Pacific Ocean Site of the CNEOS 2014-01-08 (IM1) Bolide”, by A. Loeb et alOPEN ACCESS
Steve Desch, Alan Jackson PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Recently a manuscript by Loeb et al. was uploaded to arXiv (preprint2308.15623) that asserted that the CNEOS bolide 2014-01-08 was interstellar; that spherules recovered from the seafloor near…
Compositional heterogeneity of insoluble organic matter extracted from asteroid Ryugu samples
Eric Quirico, Lydie Bonal, Yoko Kebukawa, Kana Amano, Hikaru Yabuta, Van T. H. Phan, Pierre Beck, Laurent Rémusat, Emmanuel Dartois, Cecile Engrand, Zita Martins, Laure Bejach, Alexandre Dazzi, Ariane Deniset-Besseau, Jean Duprat, Jérémie Mathurin, Gilles…
The water content of CM carbonaceous chondrite falls and finds, and their susceptibility to terrestrial contaminationOPEN ACCESS
Martin R. Lee, Lydia J. Hallis, Luke Daly, Adrian J. Boyce MAPSVersion of Record online: 12 November 2023 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “CM carbonaceous chondrites can be used to constrain the abundance and H…
Plenoptic imaging of meteorite shape change during plasma wind tunnel experiments
M. Eberhart, S. Loehle, J. Vaubaillon, P. Matlovič, J. Tóth IcarusAvailable online 11 November 2023, 115868 LINK “Experimental meteors are produced by exposing samples of meteoritic material to an air plasma flow in an arcjet…
Meteorite temperature measurements during ground testing
David Leiser, Christian Dürnhofer, Erik Poloni, Stefan Löhle, Pavol Matlovič, Juraj Tóth, Jérémie Vaubaillon IcarusAvailable online 11 November 2023, 115867 LINK “Ground testing meteorite samples offer in-situ measurements of known materials in conditions that occur…
Water circulation in Ryugu asteroid affected the distribution of nucleosynthetic isotope anomalies in returned sampleOPEN ACCESS
Tetsuya Yokoyama Meenakshi Wadhwa Tsuyoshi Iizuka Vinai Rai Ikshu Gautam Yuki Hibiya Yuki Masuda Makiko K. Haba Ryota Fukai Rebekah Hines Nicole Phelan Yoshinari Abe Jérôme Aléon Conel M. O’D. Alexander Sachiko Amari Yuri Amelin…
Cosmogenic radionuclides in the Cavezzo meteorite: Gamma-ray measurement and detection efficiency simulationsOPEN ACCESS
Ilaria Bizzarri, Dario Barghini, Paolo Colombetti, Daniele Gardiol, Sara Rubinetti, Salvatore Mancuso, Mario Di Martino, Giovanni Pratesi, Vanni Moggi Cecchi, Nora Groschopf, Andrea Aquino, Matthias Laubenstein, Narendra Bhandari, Carla Taricco Applied Radiation and IsotopesVolume 194,…
Trace elements in IVA iron meteorites explained by limited solid–liquid equilibration during inward solidification
Zhongtian Zhang IcarusAvailable online 7 November 2023, 115860 LINK “Iron meteorites are windows into the formation and evolution of planetesimal cores. The trace element compositions of IVA iron meteorites are enigmatic; specifically, to explain the…
Thermal decomposition as the activity driver of near-Earth asteroid (3200) Phaethon
Eric MacLennan & Mikael Granvik Nature AstronomyPublished: 02 November 2023 LINK “Near-Earth asteroid (3200) Phaethon exhibits activity during its perihelion passage at 0.14 au from the Sun and is the likely parent body of the annual…
Half-life of the nuclear cosmochronometer 176Lu measured with a windowless 4π solid angle scintillation detectorOPEN ACCESS
Takehito Hayakawa, Toshiyuki Shizuma & Tsuyoshi Iizuka Communications Physics, Volume 6, Article number: 299Published: 03 November 2023 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The 176Lu-176Hf nuclear decay is a powerful tool to measure the age of…
Chemical and genetic characterization of the ungrouped pallasite LieksaOPEN ACCESS
Emily M. Chiappe, Richard D. Ash, Arto Luttinen, Sari Lukkari, Jukka Kuva, Connor D. Hilton, Richard J. Walker MAPSVersion of Record online: 03 November 2023 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The meteorite Lieksa was found…
Petrogenesis of the Dar al Gani (DaG) 1.1 Ma ejection-paired olivine-phyric shergottites and implications for ~470 Ma Martian volcanismOPEN ACCESS
Tarryn Aucamp, Geoffrey H. Howarth, Chad J. Peel, Gelu Costin, James M. D. Day, Petrus le Roux, James M. Scott, Ansgar Greshake, Rainer Bartoschewitz MAPS Version of Record online: 01 November 2023 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF…
Moon-forming impactor as a source of Earth’s basal mantle anomalies
Qian Yuan, Mingming Li, Steven J. Desch, Byeongkwan Ko, Hongping Deng, Edward J. Garnero, Travis S. J. Gabriel, Jacob A. Kegerreis, Yoshinori Miyazaki, Vincent Eke & Paul D. Asimow Nature, Volume 623, pages 95–99Published: 01…
OSIRIS-APEX: An OSIRIS-REx Extended Mission to Asteroid ApophisOPEN ACCESS
Daniella N. DellaGiustina, Michael C. Nolan, Anjani T. Polit, Michael C. Moreau, Dathon R. Golish, Amy A. Simon, Coralie D. Adam, Peter G. Antreasian, Ronald-Louis Ballouz, Olivier S. Barnouin et al. The Planetary Science Journal,…
Nanostructural domains in martian apatites that record primary subsolidus exsolution of halogens: Insights into nakhlite petrogenesis
Marina Martínez, Charles K. Shearer, Adrian J. Brearley American MineralogistVolume 108, Number 11 LINK “The microstructures of selected F-, Cl-, and OH-bearing martian apatite grains, two in Northwest Africa (NWA) 998 (cumulus apatites, embedded in…
