Archive for March 21st, 2025

Spectral Effects of Shock Darkening on Ordinary Chondrite and Howardite, Eucrite, and Diogenite MeteoritesOPEN ACCESS

21/03/2025 17:18 · by karmaka · in asteroid, C-type, diogenite, eucrite, HED achondrite, howardite, ordinary chondrite, parent body, parent body, reflectance spectra, S-type, shock metamorphism, V-type

Juan A. Sanchez, Vishnu Reddy, Lucille Le Corre, Neil Pearson and Adam Battle The Planetary Science Journal, Volume 6, Number 3 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Impacts are the most ubiquitous processes on planetary bodies…

Metal–Forsterite Condensate Nodules and H-L-LL Compositions

21/03/2025 17:11 · by karmaka · in AOA, carbonaceous chondrite, H, L, LL, ordinary chondrite, OSIRIS-REx / 101955 Bennu, refractory inclusions, ungrouped

Denton S. Ebel, Marina E. Gemma, Michael K. Weisberg, Jon M. Friedrich MAPS, Version of Record online: 21 March 2025 LINK “Compared to the carbonaceous chondrites (CCs), ordinary chondrites (OCs) are depleted in Mg and…

Near- and mid-infrared spectral diversity in the Aguas Zarcas carbonaceous chondrite and implications for inferring aqueous processes on primitive asteroids using remote sensing

21/03/2025 17:05 · by karmaka · in Aguas Zarcas, aqueous alteration, carbonaceous chondrite, CM, witnessed fall

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

21/03/2025 09:20 · by karmaka · in chondrule, chondrule formation, early chronology, planets/planetesimals, solar system

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…