Archive for July 22nd, 2025

An atlas of apatite and merrillite in martian meteorites: REE Geochemistry and a new tool for shergottite classificationOPEN ACCESS

22/07/2025 18:03 · by karmaka · in achondrite classification, ALH 84001, analysis techniques, chassignite, martian, nakhlite, NWA 7034 (basaltic breccia), shergottite, Tissint

Tahnee Burke, Andrew G. Tomkins, Zsanett Pinter, Andrew D. Langendam, Laura A. Miller MAPS, Version of Record online: 22 July 2025 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The phosphates, apatite and merrillite, are accessory phases in…

The Feasibility of a Spacecraft Flyby with the Third Interstellar Object 3I/ATLAS from Earth or MarsOPEN ACCESS

22/07/2025 09:40 · by karmaka · in space missions

Atsuhiro Yaginuma, Tessa Frincke, Darryl Z. Seligman, Kathleen Mandt, Daniella N. DellaGiustina, Eloy Peña-Asensio, Aster G. Taylor, Michael C. Nolan Submitted to AAS Journals, draft version July 22, 2025 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “We investigate the…

Spectroscopic Characterization of Interstellar Object 3I/ATLAS: Water Ice in the ComaOPEN ACCESS

22/07/2025 09:30 · by karmaka · in comet, D-type, reflectance spectra, water

Bin Yang, Karen J. Meech, Michael Connelley, Jacqueline V. Keane submitted to ApJL PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “We present optical and near-infrared spectroscopy of the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS, obtained with Gemini-S/GMOS and NASA IRTF/SpeX on 2025…