Porphyritic olivine chondrules with enstatite chondrite isotopic composition as a main building block of Earth
Yves Marrocchi, Tahar Hammouda, Maud Boyet, Guillaume Avice, Alessandro Morbidelli Earth and Planetary Science LettersVolume 659, 1 June 2025, 119337Available online 30 March 2025, Version of Record 30 March 2025 LINK “Highlights “The nature and…
The atmospheric entry of cometary impactorsOPEN ACCESS
Richard J Anslow, Amy Bonsor, Zoe R Todd, Robin Wordsworth, Auriol S P Rae, Catriona H McDonald, Paul B Rimmer accepted for publication in MNRAS PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Cometary impacts play an important role in…
Evidence of solar wind irradiation on mineral grains embedded in matrix of the Northwest Africa 801 CR chondrite
Sohei Wada, Ken-ichi Bajo, Tomoya Obase, Hisayoshi Yurimoto MAPS, Version of Record online: 31 March 2025 LINK “Solar wind (SW) is preserved in meteorites as abundant solar noble gases. We performed in situ 4He isotope…
Orbit, meteoroid size, and cosmic ray exposure history of the Aguas Zarcas CM2 breccia
Peter Jenniskens, Gerardo J. Soto, Gabriel Goncalves Silva, Oscar Lücke, Pilar Madrigal, Tatiana Ballestero, Carolina Salas Matamoros, Paulo Ruiz Cubillo, Daniela Cardozo Mourao, Othon Cabo Winter, Rafael Sfair, Clemens E. Tillier, Jim Albers, Laurence A….
Classifying meteorites with MetNet: A deep learning approach using reflectance spectroscopy
Roshan Nath, Soham Mali, Denesh K., Neha Panwar, Abhishek J. Verma, Avadh Kumar, Ramakant R. Mahajan, Amit Basu Sarbadhikari, M. E. Varela, Shuhrat A. Ehgamberdiev, Tvisha Kapadia, Neeraj Srivastava MAPS, Version of Record online: 27…
Highly Heterogeneous Parent Body of the Rare Andesitic Erg Chech 002 Meteorite Revealed by the Revisited Mn–Cr Isotopic SystematicsOPEN ACCESS
Bing Yang, Runlian Pang, Qing Wang, Anning Zhang, Wei Du and Liping Qin The Planetary Science Journal, Volume 6, Number 3 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Erg Chech 002 (EC 002), an andesitic meteorite, has…
An experimental study of trace element partitioning into troilite during iron meteorite crystallizationOPEN ACCESS
Nancy L. Chabot, Colin D. Hamill, Evangela E. Shread, Richard D. Ash, Catherine M. Corrigan MAPS, Version of Record online: 25 March 2025 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Troilite is a common phase in iron…
Kumtag 061: A heavily shocked brachinite
Yuwei Zhang, Dongliang Zhang, Thomas Smith, P. M. Ranjith, Huaiyu He, Guangming Song, Yan Fan & Shijie Li Acta Geochimica, Published: 21 March 2025 LINK “Brachinite is a group of primitive achondrites that enables investigating…
Near- and mid-infrared spectral diversity in the Aguas Zarcas carbonaceous chondrite and implications for inferring aqueous processes on primitive asteroids using remote sensing
Cody Schultz, Ralph E. Milliken, Joseph Boesenberg, Imene Kerraouch MAPS, Version of Record online: 21 March 2025 LINK “CM carbonaceous chondrites are complex brecciated meteorites that exhibit significant chemical, mineralogic, and petrographic diversity both between…
Protoplanetary cores drove chondrule formationOPEN ACCESS
Mohamad Ali-Dib, Craig Walton resubmitted to MNRAS in February 2025 after revision (preprint 21 Mars 2025) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Chondrules are small spherical objects that formed at high temperatures early in the history of the…
An overview of the petrography and petrology of particles from aggregate sample from asteroid BennuOPEN ACCESS
Harold C. Connolly Jr, Dante S. Lauretta, Timothy J. McCoy, Sara S. Russell, Pierre Haenecour, Anjani Polit, Jessica J. Barnes, Thomas J. Zega, Hisayoshi Yurimoto, Noriyuki Kawasaki, Kevin Righter, Guy Libourel, Marc Portail, Vincent Guigoz,…
Type B–type C CAI in a CR chondrite: Evidence for multiple melting events, gas–melt interaction, and oxygen-isotope exchange
Kirsten Larsen, Alexander N. Krot, Daniel Wielandt, Kazuhide Nagashima, Guy Libourel, Martin Bizzarro MAPS, Version of Record online: 20 March 2025 LINK “A coarse-grained igneous calcium-aluminum-rich inclusion (CAI) N-53, 4.3 × 5.9 mm in size, from the CR…
Comparison of the earliest NC and CC planetesimals: Evidence from ungrouped iron meteoritesOPEN ACCESS
Fridolin Spitzer, Christoph Burkhardt, Thomas S. Kruijer, Thorsten Kleine Update (24 March 2025): Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Isotope anomalies in meteorites reveal a fundamental dichotomy between non-carbonaceous- (NC) and…
Site-specific D-H exchange of amino acids under asteroidal hydrothermal conditions
Yuanyuan He, Flavio Siro Brigiano, Michel Sablier, Nadezda Khodorova, David Boulesteix, Arnaud. Buch, Peter Reinhardt, Sylvain Bernard, Laurent Remusat Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaAvailable online 19 March 2025 LINK “Amino acids detected in carbonaceous chondrites are…
Investigating the relationship between bolide entry angle and apparent direction of infrasound signal arrivalsOPEN ACCESS
Elizabeth A. Silber Accepted for publication in Pure and Applied Geophysics (18 March 2025) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Infrasound sensing offers critical capabilities for detecting and geolocating bolide events globally. However, the observed back azimuths, directions…
NH-rich organic compounds from the carbonaceous asteroid (162173) Ryugu: nanoscale spectral and isotopic characterizationsOPEN ACCESS
L. G. Vacher, V. T. H. Phan, L. Bonal, M. Iskakova, O. Poch, P. Beck, E. Quirico, R. C. Ogliore Submitted to Meteoritics and Planetary Science – December 26, 2024 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The detection…
A Pre-flyby View on the Origin of Asteroid Donaldjohanson, a Target of the NASA Lucy MissionOPEN ACCESS
Simone Marchi, David Vokrouhlický, David Nesvorný, William F. Bottke, Josef Ďurech and Harold F. Levison The Planetary Science Journal, Volume 6, Number 3 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) PDF 2 (OPEN ACCESS) “The NASA Lucy…
Review of asteroid, meteor, and meteorite-type linksOPEN ACCESS
Peter Jenniskens, Hadrien A. R. Devillepoix MAPS, Version of Record online:17 March 2025 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “With the goal to determine the origin of our meteorites in the asteroid belt, video and photographic…
Revealing the relationship between 2-D and 3-D chondrule size–frequency distribution in a meteoriteOPEN ACCESS
Dominik C. Hezel, Knut Metzler, Mara Hochstein MAPS, Version of Record online: 15 March 2025 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Chondrule size–frequency distributions provide important information to understand the origin of chondrules. Size–frequency distributions are…
Loss and accretion of moderately volatile elements K and Na in Australasian microtektites from Antarctica
M. Del Rio, L. Folco, E. Mugnaioli, S. Goderis, M. Masotta Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 12 March 2025 LINK “Recent studies on alkali metals, Ar-, Fe- and K-isotope distribution in…
Mid-infrared absorption spectra and mass absorption coefficients for 23 chondrites: dependence on composition and grain sizeOPEN ACCESS
Grace A. Batalla-Falcon, Lucas A. Cieza, Roberto Lavin, Millarca Valenzuela, Andreas Morlok, Prachi Chavan, Cecilia Farias, Giovanni Leone, Daniel Moncada accepted by A&A PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “We present mid-infrared transmission spectra from 2 to 23…
Planetesimal Impact Vapor Plumes and Nebular Shocks form Chondritic MixturesOPEN ACCESS
Sarah T. Stewart, Simon J. Lock, Philip J. Carter, Erik J. Davies, Michail I. Petaev, Stein B. Jacobsen draft, accepted March 7, 2025, submitted to The Planetary Science Journal PDF (OPEN ACCESS) Update: The Planetary…
Northwest Africa 16273: 4 Vesta’s mantle sampled during the giant impact
Ratiba Kared, Bertrand N. Moine, Jean-Luc Devidal, Abdelmadjid Seddiki Journal of African Earth SciencesAvailable online 4 March 2025, 105604 LINK “Highlight “We report here the results of a comprehensive petrological and geochemical study of Northwest…
Stress analysis of asteroids during atmospheric entry and implications for the breakup criterion
Théo A. Rulko, Aaditya Rau, Grégoire Chomette, Lorien Wheeler, Donovan Mathias , Jessie Dotson, Raúl Radovitzky Icarus, In Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 7 March 2025 LINK “Highlights “Observations of asteroid fragmentation upon atmospheric entry…
A Paleoarchaean impact crater in the Pilbara Craton, Western AustraliaOPEN ACCESS
Christopher L. Kirkland, Tim E. Johnson, Jonas Kaempf, Bruno V. Ribeiro, Andreas Zametzer, R. Hugh Smithies & Brad McDonald Nature Communications, Volume 16, Article number: 2224 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The role of meteorite…
Meteorite fall (>282 g, L4/5, S3) in Khalwat Nimgaon (खवळट लिमगाव/खालवत लिमगाव), Wadvani, Majalgaon, Beed district, Maharashtra, India at ~1.45-2 or 2-2.20 pm IST (~8:15-8:30 or 8:30-8:50 UTC) on 3 March 2025
Last update: 20 December 2025 (20:30 CET) Three meteorite masses or fragments (L4/5, S3) have been found in Khalwat Nimgaon (खालवत लिमगाव or खवळट लिमगाव) around location 19°06’19.2″N, 76°04’55.1″E at three fall sites in the…
Impact-induced ultra-high melting point oldhamite discovered in Chang’E-6 lunar soilOPEN ACCESS
Chen Li, Yang Li, Ronghua Pang, Jiyang Xie, Zixuan Han, Yuanyun Wen, Xiaojia Zeng, Li Wang, Ziyan Qin, Jie Yang, Wanbiao Hu, Jianzhong Liu, Xiongyao Li & Wenhui Ma Nature Communications, Volume 16, Article number:…
Measuring the Effects of Regolith Porosity on Mid-IR Spectra of the Allende MeteoriteOPEN ACCESS
Lonnie D. Dausend, Audrey C. Martin and Joshua P. Emery The Planetary Science Journal, Volume 6, Number 3, Published: 4 March 2025 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Mid-infrared (MIR; 5–35 μm) spectroscopy of laboratory meteorites…
Genesis and timing of KREEP-free lunar Mg-suite magmatism indicated by the first norite meteorite Arguin 002OPEN ACCESS
Zilong Wang, Wei Tian, Wei-RZ Wang, Tabb C. Prissel, Yankun Di, Yuqi Qian, Ping-Ping Liu, Wenzhe Fa & Ao Su Communications Earth & EnvironmentVolume 6, article number 170, Published: 01 March 2025 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF…
Meteoritical Bulletin updates
- Nanbaxian 008 (H3)
- Northwest Africa 18326 (LL7)
- Northwest Africa 18325 (Acapulcoite)
- Northwest Africa 17920 (CK6)
- Northwest Africa 17913 (CK5)
- Northwest Africa 17909 (Diogenite-pm)
- Northwest Africa 2647 (R3)
- Northwest Africa 16485 (Winonaite)
- Northwest Africa 18197 (Diogenite)
- Erfoud 001 (LL3)
- Northwest Africa 18345 (LL7)
- Northwest Africa 18342 (H3-4)
- Northwest Africa 18323 (Diogenite)
- Northwest Africa 18322 (Diogenite)
- Northwest Africa 18321 (Diogenite)
- Northwest Africa 18320 (Diogenite)
- Northwest Africa 18442 (Ureilite)
- Northwest Africa 18441 (Eucrite-melt breccia)
- Nagjir 005 (Lunar (melt breccia))
- Northwest Africa 18305 (Lunar (melt breccia))
