Depletion of Moderately Volatile Elements by Open-system Loss in the Early Solar NebulaOPEN ACCESS
Debanjan Sengupta, Paul R. Estrada, Jeffrey N. Cuzzi, and Munir Humayun The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 932, Number 2 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Rocky bodies of the inner solar system display a systematic depletion of…
Rudashevskyite in the Winchcombe CM Chondrite: A Sulfide from Either Nebular Condensation or Metasomatic Alteration
Jenkins L. E. Lee M. R. Daly L. King A. J. Einsile J. F. Salge T. MetSoc22 abstract [#6123] LINK “Rudashevskyite, / Related to sphalerite, / How did you get here?”
Phosphide-Rich Clasts in the C2-Ungrouped Tarda Meteorite
Smith L. R. * Haenecour P. H. Barnes J. J. Domanik K. Neuman M. Wang K. Ogliore R. MetSoc22 abstract [#6406] LINK “We have identified several phosphide-rich clasts in the C2-ungrouped Tarda meteorite. Through coordinated…
Phosphorus Speciation in Hydrous Carbonaceous Meteorites: Indications of the Degree of Oxidation During Hydrothermal Processing
MetSoc22 abstract [#6290] LINK “Results suggest P was incorporated into parent bodies as phosphide, and aqueous processing was most effective at oxidizing this to phosphate in Murchison, with a lesser degree of oxidation in Aguas…
Deciphering the Parent Bodies of Heated CMs
Prestgard T. J. Beck P. Bonal L. MetSoc22 abstract [#6187] LINK “Some Stage-II and III heated CM chondrites, and Elephant Moraine (EET) 83355, have spectra similar to C, Cg and/or X-type asteroids. A subset of…
The Aguas Zarcas Carbonaceous Chondrite Meteorite: A Study of Chondrules, Fine-Grained Rims, and Indications for a Heterogeneous Parent Body
Kouvatsis I. Cartwright J. A. Hames W. E. MetSoc22 abstract [#6308] LINK “We study the formation and evolution of fine-grained rims (FGRs) in the carbonaceous chondrite Aguas Zarcas.”
The Sequence of Carbonate Mineralization in the CM Carbonaceous Chondrites Revealed by the Winchcombe Meteorite
Lee M. R. Daly L. Trimby P. W. Piazolo S. MetSoc22 abstract [#6431] LINK “The recent CM fall Winchcombe contains a comprehensive collection of carbonates that track its progressive alteration.”
Curation of the Winchcombe CM Chondrite Fall
Almeida N. V. Bates H. C. King A. J. Smith C. L. Russell S. S. UKFAll Winchcombe Consortium MetSoc22 abstract [#6285] LINK “We describe the circumstances of the recovery and the process of curating the…
The Fall, Recovery, and Initial Analysis of the Winchcombe CM Chondrite
MetSoc22 abstract [#6443] LINK “We summarise the results of a consortium study of the Winchcombe CM chondrite fall.”
Paleomagnetic Investigation of the Oldest-Known Andesite Erg Chech 002
Maurel C. Gattacceca J. Barrat J.-A. MetSoc22 abstract [#6053] LINK “We present the first paleomagnetic study of the oldest-known andesitic meteorite Erg Chech 002. The meteorite holds a stable magnetic record, which may be attributed…
Tiglit: Aubrite Meteorite Fall in Morocco on December 2021
Chennaoui Aoudjehane H. * Agee C. B. Aoudjehane M. Zennouri L. MetSoc22 abstract [#6352] LINK “Tiglit is an aubrite eyewitnessed fall on Earth in the South of Morocco on December 9th, 2021. It’s a small…
Rapid Recovery of a New Chondrite Meteorite near Natchez, Mississippi
Welzenbach L. C. * Fries M. D. Cooke W. J. Moser D. Hicks S. Rassmussen E. Satterwhite C. E. Righter K. Sheikh D. Ruzicka A. M. Hutson M. L. Vargas R. Stream M. Eckley S….
The C3-Ungrouped Chondrite NWA 13053: Further Evidence for a Heterogeneous and Thermally Altered Carbonaceous Asteroid?
Findlay R. Franchi I. A. Greenwood R. C. Anand M. King A. J. Suttle M. Ensor G. MetSoc22 abstract [#6464] LINK “NWA 13053 is a C3-ungrouped chondrite that is one of many recently found in…
Correlated Two- and Three-Dimensional Mineralogy and Petrography of the C3.00-Ungrouped Chwichiya 002 AND C2- Ungrouped Tarda Carbonaceous Chondrites
Haenecour P. * Maisano J. Hanna R. D. Smith L. R. Barnes J. J. MetSoc22 abstract [#6425] LINK “We report initial results from our ongoing project to correlate 3D observations from micro-X-ray computed tomography (μXCT)…
Composition and Petrography of Recent Type 1 and 2 Carbonaceous Chondrite Falls
Wombacher F. Kerraouch I. Bischoff A. MetSoc22 abstract [#6219] LINK “We analysed the recent carbonaceous chondrite falls Flensburg C1, Kolang CM1/2, Aguas Zarcas CM2, Winchcombe CM2 and Tarda C2 together with the CM2 chondrites Murchison…
Isotopic Composition, Morphologies, and Functional Chemistry of Organic Matter within the Recent Observed Falls Tarda and Winchcombe
Vollmer C. * Leitner J. Bays C. King A. J. Schofield P. F. Araki T. Mosberg A. B. Kepaptsoglou D. Ramasse Q. M. Hoppe P. MetSoc22 abstract [#6296] LINK “We have investigated organic matter within…
A Coordinated Approach to Investigate the Heterogeneity of Aqueous Alteration at the Micro-Scale in the Winchcombe Meteorite, a CM Fall
Daly L. * Suttle M. D. Lee M. R. Bridges J. Hicks L. Martin P-E. Floyd C. J. Jenkins L. Salge T. King A. J. Almedia N. V. Johnson D. Trimby P. Mansour H. Wadsworth…
Geological History of the Winchcombe Meteorite — A New CM Chondrite Fall
Suttle M. D. * Daly L. Jones R. H. Jenkins L. Van Ginneken M. Mitchell J. T. Bridges J. C. Hicks L. J. Johnson D. Rollinson G. Taylor R. Genge M. J. Schröder C. Bonsall…
Krypton in the Chassigny meteorite shows Mars accreted chondritic volatiles before nebular gases
Sandrine Péron and Sujoy Mukhopadhyay Science, 16 Jun 2022 LINK Supplementary Materials (DOWNLOAD) “Volatile chemical elements are thought to have been delivered to Solar System terrestrial planets late in their formation, by accretion of chondritic…
Site selection for the Hayabusa2 artificial cratering and subsurface material sampling on Ryugu
Shota Kikuchi, Sei-ichiro Watanabe, Koji Wada, Takanao Saiki et al. Planetary and Space ScienceIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 16 June 2022 LINK “Highlights • Hayabusa2 aimed to collect subsurface samples from Ryugu excavated by…
Meteoritic materials within sulfate aerosol particles in the troposphere are detected with transmission electron microscopyOPEN ACCESS
Kouji Adachi, Naga Oshima, Nobuyuki Takegawa, Nobuhiro Moteki & Makoto Koike Communications Earth & Environment, Volume 3, Article number: 134 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “When meteorites impact the Earth’s atmosphere, they fractionalize and ablate,…
A Review of the Lunar 182Hf-182W Isotope System ResearchOPEN ACCESS
Zhen Yang, Guiqin Wang, Yuming Xu, Yuling Zeng, Zhaofeng Zhang Minerals 2022, 12(6), 759REVIEW, Published: 15 June 2022 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “In recent years, the extinct nuclide 182Hf-182W system has been developed as…
Evidence of water on the lunar surface from Chang’E-5 in-situ spectra and returned samplesOPEN ACCESS
Jianjun Liu, Bin Liu, Xin Ren, Chunlai Li, Rong Shu, Lin Guo, Songzheng Yu, Qin Zhou, Dawei Liu, Xingguo Zeng, Xingye Gao, Guangliang Zhang, Wei Yan, Hongbo Zhang, Lihui Jia, Shifeng Jin, Chunhua Xu, Xiangjin…
Environmental assessment in the prelaunch phase of Hayabusa2 for safety declaration of returned samples from the asteroid (162173) Ryugu: background monitoring and risk management during development of the sampler systemOPEN ACCESS
Kanako Sakamoto, Yoshinori Takano, Hirotaka Sawada, Ryuji Okazaki, Takaaki Noguchi, Masayuki Uesugi, Hajime Yano, Toru Yada, Masanao Abe, Shogo Tachibana & The Hayabusa2 Project Team Earth, Planets and Space, Volume 74, Article number: 90 LINK…
Samples returned from the asteroid Ryugu are similar to Ivuna-type carbonaceous meteoritesOPEN ACCESS
Tetsuya Yokoyama, Kazuhide Nagashima, Izumi Nakai, Edward D. Young, 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…
On the origin and evolution of the asteroid Ryugu: A comprehensive geochemical perspectiveOPEN ACCESS
Eizo NAKAMURA , Katsura KOBAYASHI, Ryoji TANAKA, Tak KUNIHIRO, Hiroshi KITAGAWA, Christian POTISZIL, Tsutomu OTA, Chie SAKAGUCHI, Masahiro YAMANAKA, Dilan M. RATNAYAKE, Havishk TRIPATHI, Rahul KUMAR, Maya-Liliana AVRAMESCU, Hidehisa TSUCHIDA, Yusuke YACHI, Hitoshi MIURA, Masanao…
Orbital characterization of superbolides observed from space: Dynamical association with near-Earth objects, meteoroid streams and identification of hyperbolic projectilesOPEN ACCESS
E. Peña-Asensio, J. M. Trigo-Rodríguez, A. Rimola Accepted for publication in The Astronomical Journal PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “There is an unceasing incoming flux of extraterrestrial materials reaching the Earth’s atmosphere. Some of these objects produce…
Nanodiamond of Meteorites: Concentrations and Isolation Kinetics of Possible Initial Xenon Components
A. V. Fisenko & L. F. Semjonova Geochemistry International, Volume 60, pages 530–536Published: 06 June 2022 LINK “The uncertainty in the isotope compositions of the initial (primary) xenon components responsible for its measured composition in…
IVA iron meteorites as Late-Stage Crystallization Products Affected by Multiple Collisional EventsOPEN ACCESS
Alan E. Rubin, Bidong Zhang, Nancy L. Chabot Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 2 June 2022 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) “Although IVA irons have O- and Cr-isotopic compositions resembling those of equilibrated…
Link between Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Size and Aqueous Alteration in Carbonaceous Chondrites Revealed by Laser Mass Spectrometry
Katerina Slavicinska, Dumitru, Duca, Dmitrii, Egorov, Tirthankar Mitra, Yvain Carpentier, Cristian Focsa, Christopher J.Bennett, Claire Pirim ACS Earth and Space ChemistryPublication Date (Web): June 2, 2022 LINK “The organic inventories of carbonaceous chondrites (CCs) provide…
Zolenskyite, FeCr2S4, a new sulfide mineral from the Indarch meteorite
Zolenskyite, FeCr2S4, a new sulfide mineral from the Indarch meteorite Chi Ma; Alan E. Rubin American Mineralogist June 01, 2022, Vol.107, 1030-1033 LINK “Zolenskyite (IMA 2020-070), FeCr2S4, is a new sulfide mineral that occurs within…
Are there any pristine comets? Constraints from pebble structureOPEN ACCESS
Uri Malamud, Wolf A. Landeck, Dorothea Bischoff, Christopher Kreuzig, Hagai B. Perets, Bastian Gundlach, Jurgen Blum MNRAS 000, 1-?? (2022)Preprint: 2 June 2022 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) We show that if comets (or any small icy…
Lifetime of the Outer Solar System Nebula from Carbonaceous ChondritesOPEN ACCESS
Cauê S. Borlina, Benjamin P. Weiss, James F. J. Bryson, Philip J. Armitage JGR: PlanetsFirst Published: 30 May 2022 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Key Points Paleomagnetic measurements of CO chondrites suggest solar nebula dissipation…
Detection of Cosmic Fullerenes in the Almahata Sitta Meteorite: Are They an Interstellar Heritage?OPEN ACCESS
Hassan Sabbah, Mickaël Carlos, Peter Jenniskens, Muawia H. Shaddad, Jean Duprat, Cyrena A. Goodrich, and Christine Joblin The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 931, Number 2 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Buckminsterfullerene, C60, is the largest molecule…
Structure of differentiated planetesimals: A chondritic fridge on top of a magma ocean
Cyril Sturtz, Angela Limare, Marc Chaussidon, Édouard Kaminski IcarusIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 28 May 2022 LINK “Highlights • We study the formation and the thermal evolution of planetesimals that accreted undifferentiated material during…
The unusual low Mg rock clasts from Lohawat Howardite, India: Petrogenetic implications
Dwijesh Ray & Sambhunath Ghosh Journal of Earth System Science, Volume 131, Article number: 125 (2022)Published: 26 May 2022 LINK “We report here a few, unusual, low Mg rock clasts from Lohawat howardite, a megaregolith…
A Numerical Approach Using a Finite Element Model to Constrain the Possible Interior Layout of (16) PsycheOPEN ACCESS
Yaeji Kim and Masatoshi Hirabayashi The Planetary Science Journal, Volume 3, Number 5 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Asteroid (16) Psyche (278×238×171 km in size) is notable for the largest M-type asteroid and has the…
The Timing of Potential Last Nucleosynthetic Injections into the Protosolar Molecular Cloud Inferred from 41Ca–26Al Systematics of Bulk CAIsOPEN ACCESS
Yaray Ku, Michail I. Petaev, and Stein B. Jacobsen The Astrophysical Journal Letters, Volume 931, Number 1Published: 23 May 2022 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Short-lived radionuclides (SLRs) provide important information about the chronology of…
Chondrule formation via impact jetting in the icy outer solar system
Melissa D. Cashion, Brandon C. Johnson, Alexander N. Krot, Katherine Kretke, Shigeru Wakita, Thomas M. Davison IcarusIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 24 May 2022 LINK “Highlights • Jetting during icy impacts is proposed to…
The dissipation of the solar nebula constrained by impacts and core cooling in planetesimals
Alison C. Hunt, Karen J. Theis, Mark Rehkämper, Gretchen K. Benedix, Rasmus Andreasen & Maria Schönbächler Nature AstronomyPublished: 23 May 2022 LINK “Rapid cooling of planetesimal cores has been inferred for several iron meteorite parent…
Low surface strength of the asteroid Bennu inferred from impact ejecta deposit
M. E. Perry, O. S. Barnouin, R. T. Daly, E. B. Bierhaus, R.-L. Ballouz, K. J. Walsh, M. G. Daly, D. N. DellaGiustina, M. C. Nolan, J. P. Emery, M. M. Al Asad, C. L….
Alignment of fractures on Bennu’s boulders indicative of rapid asteroid surface evolution
Marco Delbo, Kevin J. Walsh, Christophe Matonti, Justin Wilkerson, Maurizio Pajola, Manar M. Al Asad, Chrysa Avdellidou, Ronald-Louis Ballouz, Carina A. Bennett, Harold C. Connolly Jr., Daniella N. DellaGiustina, Dathon R. Golish, Jamie L. Molaro,…
The Heterogeneous Surface of Asteroid (16) PsycheOPEN ACCESS
Saverio Cambioni, Katherine de Kleer, Michael Shepard JGR PlanetsFirst published: 19 May 2022 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Main-belt asteroid (16) Psyche is the largest M-type asteroid, a class of object classically thought to be…
Enstatite chondrites: condensation and metamorphism under extremely reducing conditions and contributions to the EarthOPEN ACCESS
Yangting Lin Progress in Earth and Planetary Science LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Enstatite chondrites are a small clan of meteorites, only ~ 1% out of all meteorite collection. However, they are the most reduced meteorites and…
The Nature of Low-Albedo Small Bodies from 3-μm Spectroscopy: One Group that Formed Within the Ammonia Snow Line and One that Formed Beyond ItOPEN ACCESS
Andrew S. Rivkin, Joshua P. Emery, Ellen S. Howell, Theodore Kareta, John W. Noonan, Matthew Richardson, Benjamin N. L. Sharkey, Amanda A. Sickafoose, Laura M. Woodney, Richard J. Cartwright, Sean Lindsay, Lucas T. Mcclure Accepted…
3D porosity structure of the earliest solar system materialOPEN ACCESS
Romy D. Hanna, Richard A. Ketcham, David R. Edey & Josh O’Connell Scientific Reports, Volume 12, Article number: 8369Published: 19 May 2022 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Carbonaceous chondrites (CCs) contain the earliest preserved Solar…
The noble gas inventory in metal samples and troilite inclusions from IIIAB iron meteorites: Reinvestigating the live129I-129Xe dating methodOPEN ACCESS
Thomas Smith, Ingo Leya MAPSVersion of Record online:19 May 2022 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The live 129I-129Xe dating technique, which internally corrects for shielding, is particularly well suited for large iron meteorites, for which…
Constraints on the emplacement of Martian nakhlite igneous rocks and their source volcano from advanced micro-petrofabric analysisOPEN ACCESS
S. Griffin, L. Daly, T. Keller, S. Piazolo, L. V. Forman, M. R. Lee, R. J. Baumgartner, P. W. Trimby, G. K. Benedix, A. J. Irving, B. Hoefnagels JGR PlanetsAvailable online 16 May 2022 LINK…
Asteroid 2008 TC3, not a polymict ureilitic but a polymict C1 chondrite parent body? Survey of 249 Almahata Sitta fragmentsOPEN ACCESS
Addi Bischoff, Lukas Bannemann, Stephan Decker, Samuel Ebert, Siegfried Haberer, Ursula Heitmann, Marian Horstmann, Kerstin I. Klemm, Ann-Kathrin Kraemer, Sarah Lentfort, Markus Patzek, Jakob Storz, Mona Weyrauch MAPSVersion of Record online: 14 May 2022 LINK…
The effects of highly reduced magmatism revealed through aubrites
Zoë E. Wilbur, Arya Udry, Francis M. McCubbin, Kathleen E. vander Kaaden, Christopher DeFelice, Karen Ziegler, Daniel Kent Ross, Timothy J. McCoy, Juliane Gross, Jessica J. Barnes, Nick Dygert, Ryan A. Zeigler, Brent D. Turrin,…
A Review of Research on Grove Mountains CM-Type ChondritesOPEN ACCESS
Wenjie Shen, Zhipeng Liang, Tianxiang Zou, Zhijun Yang, Weisheng Hou, Meng Zhou and Jialin Gong Minerals 2022, 12(5), 619 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “CM chondrite is the most important carbonaceous chondrite containing abundant Ca,…
Laboratory construction and curation scheme for returned samples of the chang’e-5 missionOPEN ACCESS
Hongwei Yang, Ruihong Yang & Qian Wang Geoscience Letters, Volume 9, Article number: 19 (2022) LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The analysis of samples returned from a planetary body is important to understand the origin,…
New minerals in type A inclusions from Allende and clues to processes in the early solar system: Paqueite, Ca3TiSi2(Al,Ti,Si)3O14, and burnettite, CaVAlSiO6
Chi Ma, John R. Beckett, François L. H. Tissot, George R. Rossman MAPSVersion of Record online: 12 May 2022 LINK “Paqueite (Ca3TiSi2[Al,Ti,Si]3O14; IMA 2013-053) and burnettite (CaVAlSiO6; IMA 2013-054) are new refractory minerals, occurring as…
The scale of a martian hydrothermal system explored using combined neutron and x-ray tomographyOPEN ACCESS
Josefin Martell, Carl Alwmark, Luke Daly, Stephen Hall, Sanna Alwmark, Robin Woracek, Johan Hektor, Lukas Helfen, Alessandro Tengattini and Martin Lee Science Advances • 11 May 2022 • Vol 8, Issue 19 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF…
Morphology of Meteorite Surfaces Ablated by High-Power Lasers: Review and ApplicationsOPEN ACCESS
Anna Křivková, Vojtěch Laitl, Elias Chatzitheodoridis, Lukáš Petera, Petr Kubelík, Antonín Knížek, Homa Saeidfirozeh, Barbora Drtinová, Václav Čuba, Dan Páclík, Tomáš Mocek, Jan Brajer, Jan Kaufman, Martin Divoký, Jakub Koukal, Roman Dudžák, Nikola Schmidt, Petr…
Asteroids accretion, differentiation, and break-up in the Vesta source region: evidence from cosmochemistry of mesosiderites
S. Iannini Lelarge, L. Folco, M. Masotta, R.C. Greenwood, S.S. Russell, H.C. Bates Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaAvailable online 11 May 2022 LINK “The cosmochemistry of meteorites provides unique clues on asteroids accretion, differentiation, collisional break-up…
Determining the Relative Cratering Ages of Regions of Psyche’s SurfaceOPEN ACCESS
S. Marchi, E. Asphaug, J. F. Bell III, W. F. Bottke, R. Jaumann, R. S. Park, C. A. Polanskey, T. H. Prettyman, D. A. Williams, R. Binzel, R. Oran, B. Weiss & C. T. Russell…
Prolonged early migration of dust from the inner Solar System to the comet-forming region
Devin L. Schrader, Jemma Davidson Earth and Planetary Science LettersVolume 589, 1 July 2022, 117552 LINK “Highlights • We present olivine compositions from uequilibrated ordinary chondrites (UOCs).• UOC chondrule olivine compositionally matches olivine thought unique…
TEM analyses of in situ presolar grains from unequilibrated ordinary chondrite LL3.0 SemarkonaOPEN ACCESS
Sheryl A. Singerling, Larry R. Nittler, Jens Barosch, Elena Dobrica, Adrian J. Brearley, Rhonda M. Stroud Accepted for publication in Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta on May 5, 2022 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) Update (11 May 2022):…
Artificial weathering of an ordinary chondrite: Recommendations for the curation of Antarctic meteoritesOPEN ACCESS
Matthias van Ginneken, Vinciane Debaille, Sophie Decrée, Steven Goderis, Alan B. Woodland, Penelope Wozniakiewicz, Marleen De Ceukelaire, Thierry Leduc, Philippe Claeys MAPSVersion of Record online: 05 May 2022 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Meteorites are…
A Numerical Approach to Deriving Statistical Estimates of the Residual Mass, the Impact Point, and Other Meteorite Parameters from the Bright Section of the Trajectory
M. A. Krivov Computational Mathematics and ModelingPublished: 05 May 2022 LINK “Meteorite flight in the Earth’s atmosphere can be uniquely described by a system of ordinary differential equations (ODE), which requires two initial conditions and…
Chondritic breccias: An optical microscopic classification
M. Kimura, A. Yamaguchi Polar ScienceIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 1 May 2022 LINK “Numerous meteorites are breccias, indicating asteroid collisions. Herein we systematically investigate brecciated chondrites to efficiently and quickly classify large numbers…
Measurement of Thermal Diffusivity Distribution for Murray and Murchison Meteorites Using Lock-in Thermography
International Journal of Thermophysics, Volume 43, Article number: 97Published: 03 May 2022 LINK “It is important to know the thermophysical properties (thermal diffusivity, specific heat, etc.) for meteorites and small samples from asteroids to understand…
Atomic-scale structure and non-stoichiometry of meteoritic hibonite: A transmission electron microscope study
Jangmi Han, Ichiro Ohnishi, Akira Yasuhara, Lindsay P. Keller American Mineralogist (2022) 107 (5): 873–884 LINK “Hibonite (CaAl12O19) is a common refractory mineral in Ca-Al-rich inclusions (CAIs) in primitive meteorites. Transmission electron microscope (TEM) studies…
The morphometry of small impact craters on Bennu: Relationships to geologic units, boulders, and impact armoringOPEN ACCESS
R. Terik Daly, Olivier S. Barnouin, Edward B. Bierhaus, Michael G. Daly, Jeffrey A. Seabrook, Ronald L. Ballouz, Hari Nair, Raymond C. Espiritu, Erica R. Jawin, David Trang, Daniella N. DellaGuistina, Keara N. Burke, Juliette…
Geochemical and mineralogical classification of four new shergottites: NWA 10441, NWA 10818, NWA 11043, and NWA 12335OPEN ACCESS
Kenneth J. Orr, Lucy V. Forman, Kai Rankenburg, Noreen J. Evans, Bradley J. McDonald, Belinda Godel, Gretchen K. Benedix MAPSVersion of Record online: 27 April 2022 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Martian meteorites are rare;…
Early Solar System instability triggered by dispersal of the gaseous disk
Beibei Liu, Sean N. Raymond & Seth A. Jacobson Nature, Volume 604, pages 643–646Published: 27 April 2022 LINK “The Solar System’s orbital structure is thought to have been sculpted by an episode of dynamical instability…
Determination of olivine fayalite–forsterite composition in ordinary chondrites by X‐ray diffraction
V. E. Di Cecco, B. C. Hyde, K. T. Tait, R. I. Nicklin MAPSFirst Published: 27 April 2022 LINK “Ordinary chondrites account for the majority of the described meteorites on Earth. To expand the toolbox…
Core segregation during pebble accretion
Peter Olson, Zachary Sharp, Susmita Garai Earth and Planetary Science LettersVolume 587, 1 June 2022, 117537 LINK “Highlights • Pebble accretion builds terrestrial protoplanets in a few million years.• Core segregation is synchronized to the…
The Radiation Environment of Ceres and Implications for Surface Sampling
T.A. Nordheim, J.C. Castillo-Rogez, M.N. Villarreal, J.E.C. Scully, and E.S. Costello AstrobiologyPublished Online: 21 Apr 2022 LINK “Ceres is a large water-rich dwarf planet located within the asteroid belt. Its surface displays evidence of material…
Identifying the wide diversity of extraterrestrial purine and pyrimidine nucleobases in carbonaceous meteoritesOPEN ACCESS
Yasuhiro Oba, Yoshinori Takano, Yoshihiro Furukawa, Toshiki Koga, Daniel P. Glavin, Jason P. Dworkin & Hiroshi Naraoka Nature Communications, Volume 13, Article number: 2008Published: 26 April 2022 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) Supplementary Information “The…
Hydrogen emission from meteors and meteorites: Mapping traces of H2O molecules and organic compounds in small Solar system bodiesOPEN ACCESS
Pavol Matlovič, Adriana Pisarcčíková, Juraj Tóth, Pavel Mach, Peter Čermák, Stefan Loehle, Leonard Kornoš, Ludovic Ferrière, Jiří Šilha, David Leiser, Ranjith Ravichandran Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, stac927 LINK Update (2 May 2022):…
A window into atmospheric escape on early Mars provided by argon isotopes in a Martian meteorite
Chelsea D. Willett, William S. Cassata, Naomi E. Marks Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaAvailable online: 23 April 2022 LINK “Novel analytical approaches to determining the trapped 38Ar/36Ar ratio of gases contained within Martian meteorites are presented…
Synthesis of Amino Acids from Aldehydes and Ammonia: Implications for Organic Reactions in Carbonaceous Chondrite Parent BodiesOPEN ACCESS
Toshiki Koga and Hiroshi Naraoka ACS Earth and Space ChemistryPublication Date: April 22, 2022 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The Strecker cyanohydrin synthesis is a known mechanism for the formation of amino acids from aldehydes,…
Natural separation of two primordial planetary reservoirs in an expanding solar protoplanetary diskOPEN ACCESS
Beibei Liu, Anders Johansen, Michiel Lambrechts, Martin Bizzarro and Troels Haugbølle Science Advances • 22 Apr 2022 • Vol 8, Issue 16 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Meteorites display an isotopic composition dichotomy between noncarbonaceous…
The chemistry of the extraterrestrial carbonaceous stone “Hypatia”: A perspective on dust heterogeneity in interstellar spaceOPEN ACCESS
Jan D. Kramers, Georgy A. Belyanin, Wojciech J.Przybyłowicz, Hartmut Winkler, Marco A.G. Andreoli IcarusAvailable online 22 April 2022 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) “Highlights • The parent body of the carbonaceous, extraterrestrial stone “Hypatia” was primitive.• We…
Formation of fused aggregates under long-term microgravity conditions aboard the ISS with implications for early solar system particle aggregationOPEN ACCESS
Tamara E. Koch, Dominik Spahr, Beverley J. Tkalcec, Oliver Christ, Philomena-Theresa Genzel, Miles Lindner, David Merges, Fabian Wilde, Björn Winkler, Frank E. Brenker MAPSVersion of Record online: 21 April 2022 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS)…
GRO 95577 (CR1) as a mineralogical analogue for asteroid (101955) Bennu
Victoria E. Hamilton, Hannah H. Kaplan, Harold C. Connolly Jr, Cyrena A. Goodrich, Neyda M. Abreu, Amy A. Simon IcarusAvailable online 21 April 2022 LINK “Highlights • The only known CR1 meteorite is the best…
Fe-Ni sulfides in Tagish Lake: Implications for nebular and parent body conditions of formation
Miranda C. Holt, Christopher D. K. Herd MAPSVersion of Record online: 20 April 2022 LINK “This study examined nine pristine samples representing seven lithologies of the ungrouped C2 carbonaceous chondrite Tagish Lake from the University…
Karavannoe: Mineralogy, trace element geochemistry, and origin of Eagle Station group pallasites
Svetlana N. Teplyakova, Cyril A. Lorenz, Marina A. Ivanova, Munir Humayun, Nataliya N. Kononkova, Sergey E. Borisovsky, Alexander V. Korochantsev, Ian A. Franchi, Nina G. Zinovieva MAPSVersion of Record online: 20 April 2022 LINK “Karavannoe…
“The ice-organic-silicate contents of small solar system bodies: indicators for a comet to asteroid evolutionary pathway”OPEN ACCESS
Havishk Tripathi, Christian Potiszil, Ryoji Tanaka, Eizo Nakamura Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, stac1068Published: 20 April 2022 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) “Comets and asteroids have traditionally been separated categories, but main belt comets skew…
Evolved components in the eucrite parent body: Records in the layered eucrite Northwest Africa 8021
Yang He, Xiao-Wen Liu, Ai-Cheng Zhang MAPSVersion of Record online: 20 April 2022 LINK “In this study, we report the petrography and mineralogy of a brecciated eucrite Northwest Africa (NWA) 8021, which shows a locally…
Assessing the Sampleability of Bennu’s Surface for the OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return MissionOPEN ACCESS
Kevin J. Walsh, Edward B. Bierhaus, Dante S. Lauretta, Michael C. Nolan, Ronald-Louis Ballouz, Carina A. Bennett, Erica R. Jawin, Olivier S. Barnouin, Kevin Berry, Keara N. Burke, Bella Brodbeck, Rich Burns, Benton C. Clark,…
Discovery of a Meteor of Interstellar OriginOPEN ACCESS (16 April 2019 draft was updated on 19 April 2022)
Amir Siraj, Abraham Loeb Updated draft version: 19 April 2022, submitted to ApJL PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The earliest confirmed interstellar object, ‘Oumuamua, was discovered in the Solar System by Pan-STARRS in 2017, allowing for a…
New Constraints on the Composition and Initial Speed of CNEOS 2014-01-08
Amir Siraj, Abraham Loeb accepted for publication in RNAASSubmitted on 18 April 2022 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “We study the newly released light curve from the fireball of the first interstellar meteor CNEOS 2014-01-08. The measured…
Iron-60 in the Early Solar System Revisited: Insights from In Situ Isotope Analysis of Chondritic TroiliteOPEN ACCESS
János Kodolányi, Peter Hoppe, Christian Vollmer, Jasper Berndt, and Maren Müller The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 929, Number 1Published: 18 April 2022 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “We measured the nickel isotope composition of troilites from…
Preservation of Terrestrial Microorganisms and Organics Within Alteration Products of Chondritic Meteorites from the Nullarbor Plain, Australia
Alastair W. Tait, Siobhan A. Wilson, Andrew G. Tomkins, Jessica L. Hamilton, Emma J. Gagen, Alex I. Holman, Kliti Grice, Louisa J. Preston, David J. Paterson, and Gordon Southam Astrobiology, Vol. 22, No. 4Published Online:…
The Los Angeles martian diabase: Phosphate U-Th-Pb geochronology and mantle source constraints
Christopher R.M. McFarlane, John G. Spray Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaAvailable online 18 April 2022 LINK “In situ laser ablation inductively coupled mass spectrometry (LA ICP-MS) is used to determine the U-Th-Pb age of the phosphates…
Experimental constraints on the long-lived radiogenic isotope evolution of the MoonOPEN ACCESS
Joshua F. Snape, Alexander A. Nemchin, Tim Johnson, Stefanie Luginbühl, Jasper Berndt, Stephan Klemme, Laura J. Morrissey, Wim van Westrenen Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaAvailable online 18 April 2022 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) “This study presents the…
Distinguishing the Origin of Asteroid (16) PsycheOPEN ACCESS
Linda T. Elkins-Tanton, Erik Asphaug, James F. Bell III, Carver J. Bierson, Bruce G. Bills, William F. Bottke, Samuel W. Courville, Steven D. Dibb, Insoo Jun, David J. Lawrence, Simone Marchi, Timothy J. McCoy, Jose…
Unique evidence of fluid alteration in the Kakowa (L6) ordinary chondriteOPEN ACCESS
I. P. Baziotis, C. Ma, Y. Guan, L. Ferrière, S. Xydous, J. Hu, M. A. Kipp, F. L. H. Tissot & P. D. Asimow Scientific Reports, Volume 12, Article number: 5520Published: 12 April 2022 LINK…
The Chicxulub impact and its environmental consequences
Joanna V. Morgan, Timothy J. Bralower, Julia Brugger & Kai Wünnemann Nature Reviews Earth & EnvironmentReview Article, Published: 12 April 2022 LINK “Key points The Chicxulub impact ended the Mesozoic era and was almost certainly…
Coordinated chemical and microstructural analyses of presolar silicate grains from AGB/RGB stars and supernovae in the CO3.0 chondrite Dominion Range 08006
Laura B. Seifert, Pierre Haenecour, Thomas J. Zega MAPSVersion of Record online: 11 April 2022 LINK “We report the structural and chemical analyses of six presolar silicate grains identified in situ in the CO3.0 carbonaceous…
Possible Implications of Relatively High Levels of Initial 60Fe in Iron Meteorites for the Non-Carbonaceous — Carbonaceous Meteorite Dichotomy and Solar Nebula FormationOPEN ACCESS
Alan P. Bossaccepted for ApJ PDF (OPEN ACCESS) Update (28 June 2022): The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 933, Number 1Published: 28 June 2022 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Cook et al. (2021) found that iron meteorites…
Did Earth eat its leftovers? Impact ejecta as a component of the late veneerOPEN ACCESS
Philip J. Carter, Sarah T. Stewart Draft version April 11, 2022, to be published in PSJ PDF (OPEN ACCESS) Update (19 April 2022):LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS)The Planetary Science Journal, Volume 3, Number 4 “The…
Nano-FTIR Investigation of the CM Chondrite Allan Hills 83100OPEN ACCESS
J. M. Young, T. D. Glotch, M. Yesiltas, V. E. Hamilton, L. B. Breitenfeld, H. A. Bechtel, S. N. Gilbert Corder, Z. Yao JGR PlanetsFirst published: 09 April 2022 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Mid-infrared…
A South Pole–Aitken impact origin of the lunar compositional asymmetryOPEN ACCESS
Matt J. Jones, Alexander J. Evans, Brandon C. Johnson, Matthew B. Weller, Jeffrey C. Andrews-Hanna, Sonia M. Tikoo and James T. Keane Science Advances • 8 Apr 2022 • Vol 8, Issue 14 LINK (OPEN…
Olivine aggregates reveal a complex collisional history of the main group pallasite parent bodyOPEN ACCESS
Nicolas P. Walte, Gregor J. Golabek MAPSVersion of Record online: 08 April 2022 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Olivine aggregates, bodies found in pallasites that consist of olivines with coherent grain boundaries and minor amounts…
Crater population on asteroid (101955) Bennu indicates impact armouring and a young surface
E. B. Bierhaus, D. Trang, R. T. Daly, C. A. Bennett, O. S. Barnouin, K. J. Walsh, R.-L. Ballouz, W. F. Bottke, K. N. Burke, M. E. Perry, E. R. Jawin, T. J. McCoy, H….
Glycine amino acid transformation under impacts by small solar system bodies, simulated via high-pressure torsion methodOPEN ACCESS
Kaveh Edalati, Ikuo Taniguchi, Ricardo Floriano & Augusto Ducati Luchessi Scientific Reports, Volume 12, Article number: 5677Published: 05 April 2022 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Impacts by small solar system bodies (meteoroids, asteroids, comets and…
Mission Overview and Scientific Contributions from the Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity Rover After Eight Years of Surface OperationsOPEN ACCESS
Ashwin R. Vasavadain Space Science Reviews218, Article number: 14 (2022)Published: 05 April 2022 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory mission, with its Curiosity rover, has been exploring Gale crater (5.4° S, 137.8° E) since…
Geologic Context of the OSIRIS-REx Sample Site from High-resolution Topography and ImagingOPEN ACCESS
O. S. Barnouin, E. R. Jawin, R. T. Daly, R.-L. Ballouz, M. G. Daly, J. A. Seabrook, P. Michel, Y. Zhang, C. L. Johnson, K. J. Walsh, M. M. Al Asad, R. Gaskell, J. Weirich,…
Hydrogen Burning of 29Si and Its Impact on Presolar Stardust Grains from Classical NovaeOPEN ACCESS
Lori Downen, Christian Iliadis, Art Champagne, Thomas Clegg, Alain Coc, and Jordi José The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 928, Number 2 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Presolar stardust grains found in primitive meteorites are believed to…
Meteoritic noble gas constraints on the origin of terrestrial volatilesOPEN ACCESS
Bernard Marty ICARUSIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 3 April 2022 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Highlights • The composition of noble gases in primitive meteorites have the potential to yield stringent constraints on…
Investigating S-type asteroid surfaces through reflectance spectra of ordinary chondritesOPEN ACCESS
J. Eschrig, L. Bonal, M. Mahlke, B. Carry, P.Beck, J. Gattacceca IcarusIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 3 April 2022 LINK Update (22 June 2022): PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Highlights • Reflectance spectroscopy• Petrography• Unequilibrated Ordinary…
Spinel in CV chondrules: Investigating precursor legacy and chondrule thermal histories
Nicolas Schnuriger, Camille Cartier, Johan Villeneuve, Valentina Batanova, Maxence Regnault, Yves Marrocchi MAPSVersion of Record online: 01 April 2022 LINK “In carbonaceous chondrites, Mg-spinel (MgAl2O4) grains are ubiquitous in refractory inclusions but rarely reported in…
The Formation of Terraces on Asteroid (101955) BennuOPEN ACCESS
O. S. Barnouin, M. G. Daly, J. A. Seabrook, Y. Zhang, F. Thuillet, P. Michel, J. H. Roberts, R. T. Daly, M. E. Perry, H. C. M. Susorney, E. R. Jawin, R.-L. Ballouz, K. J….
Formation of chondrule fine-grained rims from local nebular reservoirs
Gabriel A. Pinto, Yves Marrocchi, Emmanuel Jacquet, Felipe Olivares MAPSVersion of Record online: 31 March 2022 LINK “Chondrules are commonly surrounded by fine-grained rims (FGRs) whose origin remains highly debated; both nebular and parent body…
Accretion regions of meteorite parent bodies inferred from a two-endmember isotopic mixing model
Kang Shuai, Hejiu Hui, Liyong Zhou, Weiqiang Li Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical SocietyPublished: 29 March 2022 LINK “The diverse isotopic anomalies of meteorites demonstrate that the protoplanetary disk was composed of components from…
Characterization of achondritic cosmic spherules from the Widerøefjellet micrometeorite collection (Sør Rondane Mountains, East Antarctica)
Bastien Soens, Stepan M. Chernonozhkin, Claudia González de Vega, Frank Vanhaecke, Matthias van Ginneken, Philippe Claeys, Steven Goderis Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 29 March 2022 LINK “Achondritic micrometeorites represent one…
Petrochemistry and Oxygen Isotope of Karimati (L5) Chondrite, a 2009 Fall in Uttar Pradesh, India
D. Ray, D. K. Panda, G. Arora, S. Ghosh, S. V. S. Murty & S. Chakraborty Journal of the Geological Society of India, Volume 98, pages 323–328Published: 28 March 2022 LINK “Karimati, a single stone,…
Petrogenesis of Northwest Africa 8686: A ferroan olivine-phyric shergottite
Robert W. Nicklas, James M. D. Day, Zoltan Vaci, Arya Udry MAPSVersion of Record online: 26 March 2022 LINK “Northwest Africa (NWA) 8686 is an olivine-phyric shergottite containing up to ~500 μm long olivine crystals in…
No mineralogic or geochemical evidence of impact at Tall el-Hammam, a Middle Bronze Age city in the Jordan Valley near the Dead SeaOPEN ACCESS
Steven J. Jaret & R. Scott Harris Scientific Reports, Volume 12, Article number: 5189 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) Reference: A Tunguska sized airburst destroyed Tall el-Hammam a Middle Bronze Age city in the Jordan…
Three-axial shape distributions of pebbles, cobbles and boulders smaller than a few meters on asteroid RyuguOPEN ACCESS
Tatsuhiro Michikami, Axel Hagermann, Tomokatsu Morota, Yasuhiro Yokota, Seitaro Urakawa, Hiroyuki Okamura, Naoya Tanabe, Koki Yumoto, Tatsuki Ebihara, Yuichiro Cho, Carolyn M. Ernst, Masahiko Hayakawa, Masatoshi Hirabayashi, Naru Hirata, Chikatoshi Honda, Rie Honda, Shingo Kameda,…
Science Goals and Mission Concept for a Landed Investigation of MercuryOPEN ACCESS
Carolyn M. Ernst, Nancy L. Chabot, Rachel L. Klima, Sanae Kubota, Gabe Rogers, Paul K. Byrne, Steven A. Hauck II, Kathleen E. Vander Kaaden, Ronald J. Vervack Jr., Sébastien Besse, David T. Blewett, Brett W….
Ablation Rates of Organic Compounds in Cosmic Dust and Resulting Changes in Mechanical Properties During Atmospheric EntryOPEN ACCESS
David L. Bones, Juan Diego Carrillo Sánchez, Simon D. A. Connell, Alexander N. Kulak, Graham W. Mann, John M. C. Plane Earth and Space ScienceVolume 9, Issue 4First published: 24 March 2022 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF…
Multiscale correlated analysis of the Aguas Zarcas CM chondriteOPEN ACCESS
Zélia Dionnet, Alice Aléon-Toppani, Rosario Brunetto, Stefano Rubino, Martin D. Suttle, Cateline Lantz, Chrysa Avdellidou, Donia Baklouti, Ferenc Borondics, Zahia Djouadi, Francesco Greco, Eva Héripré, Tomoki Nakamura, Alessandra Rotundi, Mario Scheel MAPSVersion of Record online:…
Analysis and experimental investigation of Apollo sample 12032,366-18, a chemically evolved basalt from the Moon
Amanda C. Stadermann, Bradley L. Jolliff, Michael J. Krawczynski, Christopher W. Hamilton, Jessica J. Barnes MAPSVersion of Record online: 23 March 2022 LINK “Sample 12032,366-18 is a 41.2 mg basaltic rock fragment collected during the Apollo…
Short-Lived Radionuclides in Meteorites and the Sun’s Birth EnvironmentOPEN ACCESS
Steven J. Desch, Edward D. Young, Emilie T. Dunham, Yusuke Fujimoto, Daniel R. Dunlap Submitted as a chapter to Protostars and Planets VII PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The solar nebula contained a number of short-lived radionuclides…
A micrometeorite from a stony asteroid identified in Luna 16 soil
S. I. Demidova, M. J. Whitehouse, R. Merle, A. A. Nemchin, G. G. Kenny, F. Brandstätter, Th. Ntaflos & I. Dobryden Nature AstronomyPublished: 21 March 2022 LINK “Despite the intense cratering history of the Moon,…
The Karla impact structure (Russia) explored by potential-field investigations
Yoann Quesnel, Natalia S. Bezaeva, Dilyara M. Kuzina, Pierre Rochette, Jérôme Gattacceca, Minoru Uehara, Dmitry D. Badyukov, Bulat M. Nasyrtdinov, Dmitry A. Chareev, Cedric Champollion MAPSVersion of Record online: 21 March 2022 LINK “With no…
Smooth rims in Queen Alexandra Range (QUE) 99177: Fluid–chondrule interactions and clues on the geochemical conditions of the primordial fluid that altered CR carbonaceous chondrites
Marina Martínez, Adrian J. Brearley Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 19 March 2022 LINK “Queen Alexandra Range (QUE) 99177 is one of the least altered CR carbonaceous chondrite known, with mineralogical…
In-situ O-isotope analysis of relict spinel and forsterite in small (<200μm) Antarctic micrometeorites – samples of chondrules & CAIs from carbonaceous chondrites
N.G. Rudraswami, M.D. Suttle, Y. Marrocchi, S. Taylord, J. Villeneuve Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 19 March 2022 LINK “We report high-precision secondary ion mass spectrometer triple oxygen isotope systematics (95…
Cosmogenic records and noble gases in Mukundpura CM2.0 carbonaceous chondrite
Ramakant R. Mahajan, D. Raychaudhuri, A. Dutta, Anil D. Shukla Planetary and Space ScienceAvailable online 18 March 2022 LINK “Highlights • Cosmic ray exposure history of new carbonaceous chondrite Mukundpura is discussed.• Mukundpura CM2.0 chondrite…
The Solar Wind at (16) Psyche: Predictions for a Metal WorldOPEN ACCESS
Glyn A. Collinson, Li-Jen Chen, Lan K. Jian, and John Dorelli The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 927, Number 2Published: 2022, March 17 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “NASA’s Psyche spacecraft will carry a magnetometer to main-belt…
Comparison between Core-collapse Supernova Nucleosynthesis and Meteoric Stardust Grains: Investigating Magnesium, Aluminium, and ChromiumOPEN ACCESS
Jacqueline den Hartogh, Maria K. Petö, Thomas Lawson, Andre Sieverding, Hannah Brinkman, Marco Pignatari, and Maria Lugaro The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 927, Number 2Published: 2022 March 17 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Isotope variations of…
Presolar grain dynamics: creating nucleosynthetic variations through a combination of drag and viscous evolutionOPEN ACCESS
Mark A. Hutchison, Jean-David Bodénan, Lucio Mayer, Maria Schönbächler accepted for publication in MNRAS PDF (OPEN ACCESS) Update (21 March 2022): LINK “Meteoritic studies of solar system objects show evidence of nucleosynthetic heterogeneities that are…
Science Drivers for the Future Exploration of Ceres: From Solar System Evolution to Ocean World ScienceOPEN ACCESS
Julie Castillo-Rogez, Marc Neveu, Vassilissa Vinogradoff, Kelly E. Miller, Michael M. Sori, Federico Tosi, Britney Schmidt, Jennifer E. C. Scully, Mohit Melwani Daswani, Kynan Hughson The Planetary Science Journal, Volume 3, Number 3Published: March 16,…
Distinguishing between terrestrial and extraterrestrial organic compounds in the CM2 Aguas Zarcas carbonaceous chondrite: Implications for intrinsic organic matter
Libby D. Tunney, Patrick J. A. Hill, Christopher D. K. Herd, Robert W. Hilts, Miranda C. Holt MAPSVersion of Record online: 15 March 2022 LINK “Soluble organic matter analyses of astromaterials can provide valuable information…
Half-life and initial Solar System abundance of 146Sm determined from the oldest andesitic meteoriteOPEN ACCESS
Linru Fang, Paul Frossard, Maud Boyet, Audrey Bouvier, Jean-Alix Barrat, Marc Chaussidon, and Frederic Moynier PNASMarch 15, 2022 | 119 (12) LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The formation and differentiation of planetary bodies are dated…
Tungsten and molybdenum isotopic evidence for an impact origin of pallasites
Thomas S. Kruijer, Christoph Burkhardt, Lars E. Borg, Thorsten Kleine Earth and Planetary Science LettersVolume 584, 15 April 2022 LINK “Highlights • Strong isotopic and chronological link between pallasites and IIIAB iron meteorites.• Main-group pallasite…
Global geologic map of asteroid (101955) Bennu indicates heterogeneous resurfacing in the past 500,000 yearsOPEN ACCESS
R.-L. Ballouz, A.J. Ryan, H.H. Kaplan, M. Pajola, V.E. Hamilton, O.S. Barnouin, J.P. Emery, B. Rozitis, D.N. DellaGiustina, M.G. Daly, C.A. Bennett, D.R. Golish, M.E. Perry, R.T.Daly, E.B. Bierhaus, M.C. Nolan, H.L. Enos, D.S. Lauretta…
Dual storage and release of molecular oxygen in comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko
Adrienn Luspay-Kuti, Olivier Mousis, Françoise Pauzat, Ozge Ozgurel, Yves Ellinger, Jonathan I. Lunine, Stephen A. Fuselier, Kathleen E. Mandt, Karlheinz J. Trattner & Steven M. Petrinec Nature AstronomyPublished: 10 March 2022 LINK “One of the…
Ribose Synthesis in Carbonaceous PlanetesimalsOPEN ACCESS
Klaus Paschek, Kai Kohler, Ben K. D. Pearce, Kevin Lange, Thomas K. Henning, Oliver Trapp, Ralph E. Pudritz, and Dmitry A. Semenov Life 2022, 12(3), 404Published: 10 March 2022 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (DOWNLOAD) “The origin…
A Late Paleocene age for Greenland’s Hiawatha impact structureOPEN ACCESS
Gavin G. Kenny, William R. Hyde, Michael Storey, Adam A. Garde, Martin J. Whitehouse, Pierre Beck, Leif Johansson, Anne Sofie Søndergaard, Anders A. Bjørk, Joseph A. MacGregor, Shfaqat A. Khan, Jérémie Mouginot, Brandon C. Johnson,…
Non-protein amino acids identified in carbon-rich Hayabusa particles
Eric T. Parker, Queenie H. S. Chan, Daniel P. Glavin, Jason P. Dworkin MAPSVersion of Record online: 08 March 2022 LINK “Amino acid abundances in acid-hydrolyzed hot water extracts of gold foils containing five Category…
