Macroscopic Dust in Protoplanetary Disks—from Growth to Destruction
J. Deckers and J. Teiser The Astrophysical Journal 2014 ApJ 796 99. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/796/2/99 LINK
Ground-based IR observation of oxygen isotope ratios in the Venus atmosphere
N. Iwagami, G.L. Hashimoto, S. Ohtsuki, S. Takagi, S. Robert Planetary and Space Science available online 12 November 2014 LINK Correlation plot of δ17O and δ18O in Earth-Moon, Mars and Venus
PHILAE Lander has switched to stand by due to low power. All instruments off. – TIME TO CELEBRATE !
PHILAE Lander has switched to stand by due to low power. All instruments off. – TIME TO CELEBRATE ! (updated: 15 November, 00:36 UTC) Philae and Rosetta – scientific results will be presented at the…
‘Singing’ comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko
Sonification of oscillations in the magnetic field in comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko’s environment LINK
Compositional diapirism as the origin of the low albedo terrain and vaporization at mid-latitude on Ceres
D. Shoji and K. Kurita Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets doi: 10.1002/2014JE004695 LINK
Sutter’s Mill – Meteoritics & Planetary Science (MAPS) Theme Issue
Meteoritics & Planetary Science Thematic Issue focuses only on Sutter’s Mill LINK November 2014 Volume 49, Issue 11 Pages i–i, 1987–2127
“Strict vigil has curbed meteorite smuggling activity in Oman”
Strict vigil has curbed meteorite smuggling activity in Oman by FAHAD AL MUKRASHI Times of Oman, November 10, 2014 ARCHIVE LINK (updated: 9 September 2020)
The OSIRIS-REx target asteroid (101955) Bennu: Constraints on its physical, geological, and dynamical nature from astronomical observations.
Lauretta, D. S., Bartels, A. E., Barucci, M. A., Bierhaus, E. B., Binzel, R. P., Bottke, W. F., Campins, H., Chesley, S. R., Clark, B. C., Clark, B. E., Cloutis, E. A., Connolly, H. C.,…
Tinajdad (H5) Fall, 9 September 2014, Morocco official in Meteoritical Bulletin Database
Tinajdad (H5) Fall, 9 September 2014, Morocco registered in Meteoritical Bulletin Database LINK
Was the Chelyabinsk meteoroid a fragment of Potentially Hazardous Asteroid (86039) 1999 NC43?
Reddy, Vishnu; Sanchez, Juan; Klima, Rachel; Cloutis, Edward A.; Izawa, Matthew R.; Le Corre, Lucille; Mann, Paul American Astronomical Society, DPS meeting #46, #213.10 LINK
Can We Distinguish Between Shock-Darkened and Space-Weathered Asteroids?
Kohout, Tomas; Penttila, Antti; Gritsevich, Maria; Britt, Daniel; Reddy, Vishnu; Mann, Paul; Haloda, Jakub; Halodova, Patricie; Grokhovsky, Viktor; Yakovlev, Grigoriy; Cuda, Jan; Filip, Jan; Muinonen, Karri; Zboril, Radek American Astronomical Society, DPS meeting #46, #506.02…
Presolar materials and isotope anomalies in the unique carbonaceous chondrite Miller Range 07687
J. Davidson, L. R. Nittler, and C. M. O’D. Alexander. Goldschmidt 2014, Abstract #503 LINK
Petrography, stable isotope compositions, microRaman spectroscopy, and presolar components of Roberts Massif 04133: A reduced CV3 carbonaceous chondrite
Davidson, J., Schrader, D. L., Alexander, C. M. O’D., Lauretta, D. S., Busemann, H., Franchi, I. A., Greenwood, R. C., Connolly, H. C., Domanik, K. J. and Verchovsky, A. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12377…
The ATLAS OF METEORITES is finally available as hardback book
LINK Atlas of Meteorites Authors: Monica Grady, The Open University and The National History Museum, UK Giovanni Pratesi, Museo di Storia Naturale, Università di Firenze Vanni Moggi Cecchi, Museo di Scienze Planetarie, Provincia di Prato…
HL Tau’s protoplanetary disk
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Investigating the Hydration of CM2 meteorites by IR spectroscopy
S Góbi, Á Kereszturi, P Beck, E Quirico, B Schmidt Workshop on the Modern Analytical Methods Applied to Earth and Planetary Sciences, held 1 November 2014 in Sopron, Hungary. LPI Contribution No. 1821 LINK (PDF)…
Meteor northeast of Grenaa, Jutland, Denmark, 4 November, 20:17 UTC
Seen from Oslo in southern direction. The bolide was also recorded for 2 seconds by Jesper Green from Silkeborg in Denmark* and the bearing reveals that the meteor coming from an eastsoutheasterly direction ended its…
Effects of magma ocean crystallization and overturn on the development of 142Nd and 182W isotopic heterogeneities in the primordial mantle
Stephanie M. Brown, Linda T. Elkins-Tanton, Richard J. Walker Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 408, 15 December 2014, Pages 319–330 LINK
A computational investigation of adsorption of organics on mineral surfaces: Implications for organics delivery in the early solar system
A.M. Asaduzzaman, T.J. Zega, Slimane Laref, K. Runge, P.A. Deymier, Krishna Muralidharan Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 408, 15 December 2014, Pages 355–361 LINK
Mineralogy of V-type asteroids as a constraining tool of their past history
S.F.A. Batista, T.M. Seixas, M.A. Salgueiro da Silva, R.M.G. de Albuquerque Planetary and Space Science DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2014.10.012 available online 4 November 2014 LINK
Classification of hydrous meteorites (CR, CM and C2 ungrouped) by phyllosilicate fraction: PSD-XRD modal mineralogy and planetesimal environments
K.T. Howard, C.M.O’D. Alexander, D.L. Schrader, K.A. Dyl DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2014.10.025 available online 4 November 2014 LINK Here we report the bulk mineralogies and degrees of hydration in 37 different carbonaceous chondrites: Renazzo-like (CR), Mighei-like (CM),…
Meteor and trail in time lapse
video shot on October 16th, 2014 by Wes Eisenhauer outside of Custer, South Dakota. (120 consecutive 30 second exposures) Originally posted HERE by Wes Eisenhauer on October 31, 2014 Watch in HD (full screen) original…
Raman and SEM-EDS Study of Chelyabinsk LL5-6 Chondrite Breccia
Cambero, J.M. Trigo-Rodríguez, A. Bischoff and N. Mestres Modern Analytical Methods I Workshop on the Modern Analytical Methods Applied to Earth and Planetary Sciences (methods 2014) PDF LINK
Cathodoluminescence Microscopy and Spectroscopy of Forsterite from the Tagish Lake Meteorite: An Implication for the Luminescence – Based Astromineralogy
Gucsik A. * Nishido H. Ninagawa K. Gyollai I. Izawa M. Kereszturi A. Modern Analytical Methods I Workshop on the Modern Analytical Methods Applied to Earth and Planetary Sciences (methods 2014) PDF LINK
Multiple Ion Counting in Noble Gas Mass Spectrometry
Ott U.* Baecker B. Trieloff M. Modern Analytical Methods I Workshop on the Modern Analytical Methods Applied to Earth and Planetary Sciences (methods 2014) PDF LINK
Terrestrial Ages of Meteorites from Hot and Cold Deserts Determined from Cosmogenic Radionuclides
Jull A. J. T. Modern Analytical Methods I Workshop on the Modern Analytical Methods Applied to Earth and Planetary Sciences (methods 2014) PDF LINK
Spectral Probing of Impact-Generated Vapor in Laboratory Experiments
Peter H. Schultz, Clara A. Eberhardy Icarus, available online 31 October 2014 LINK (abstract)
Liquefaction of sedimentary rocks during impact crater development
J.P. Hippertt, C. Lana, R.F. Weinberg, E. Tohver, M. Schmieder, R. Scholz, L. Gonçalves, J.F. Hippertt LINK
Early accretion of water in the inner solar system from a carbonaceous chondrite–like source
Adam R. Sarafian,Sune G. Nielsen,Horst R. Marschall,Francis M. McCubbin, and Brian D. Monteleone Science 31 October 2014: Vol. 346 no. 6209 pp. 623-626 DOI: 10.1126/science.1256717 LINK Materials and Methods – Supplementary Text (PDF) Earth’s Water…
Replacement of olivine by serpentine in the Queen Alexandra Range 93005 carbonaceous chondrite (CM2): Reactant-product compositional relations, and isovolumetric constraints on reaction stoichiometry and elemental mobility during aqueous alteration
Michael A. Velbel, Eric K. Tonui, Michael E. Zolensky Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, available online 30 October 2014 LINK
Dynamical Evolution of the Earth-Moon Progenitors – Whence Theia?
Billy Quarles, Jack J. Lissauer Accepted for publication in Icarus (Submitted on 27 Oct 2014) PDF LINK LINK
Eight billion asteroids in the Oort cloud
Andrew Shannon, Alan P. Jackson, Dimitri Veras, Mark Wyatt Accepted for publication in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Main Journal (Submitted on 27 Oct 2014) PDF LINK LINK
Fluid-induced organic synthesis in the solar nebula recorded in extraterrestrial dust from meteorites
Vollmer C, Demie Kepaptsoglou D, Leitner J, Busemann H, Spring NH, Ramasse QM, Hoppe P, Nittler LR (2014) Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 111, 43, 15338–15343 LINK The direct association of both IDP-like…
Become a Smithsonian Digital Volunteer and transcribe the correspondence from the National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Division of Meteorites, Correspondence Records (circa 1970-1988)
LINK SIA RU000548, National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Division of Meteorites, Correspondence, circa 1970-1988 For our next Miscellaneous Adventure, you chose to open up Record Unit 548, the National Museum of Natural History’s Division…
Lunar Resources: A Review
Ian A. Crawford accepted for publication in ‘Progress in Physical Geography’ PDF LINK (full text) LINK (abstract)
Astro & cosmo-chemical consequences of accretion bursts I: the D/H ratio of water
James E. Owen, Emmanuel Jacquet (Submitted on 24 Oct 2014), accepted for publication in MNRAS PDF LINK (full text) LINK (abstract) We find that the accretion bursts result in a significantly lower (D/H) water ratio…
Science goals and mission concept for the future exploration of Titan and Enceladus
G. Tobie, N.A. Teanby, A. Coustenis, R. Jaumann, F. Raulin, J. Schmidt, N. Carrasco, A.J. Coates, D. Cordier, R. De Kok, W.D. Geppert, J.-P. Lebreton, A. Lefevre, T.A. Livengood, K.E. Mandt, G. Mitri, F. Nimmo,…
Dr. Günther Kletetschka – talk in London on 25 Nov 2014
How to Find a Meteorite Czech geologist and geophysicist Dr. Günther Kletetschka, who investigated the fallen meteorite found in Russia last year, will speak about meteorites, his work at NASA and other things terrestrial. This…
PARIS: THE SLIGHTLY ALTERED, SLIGHTLY METAMORPHOSED CM THAT BRIDGES THE GAP BETWEEN CMs AND COs
Bourot-Denism, M.; Zanda, B.; Marrocchi, Y.; Greenwood, R. C.; Pont, S.; Hewins, R. H.; Franchi, I. A. and Cornen, G. 41st Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, 1-5 March 2010, Houston, Texas PDF LINK
Conference about Morasko meteorite at Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań on 12 November 2014
Registration until 31 October 2014 admission is FREE, registration is necessary LINK (translated) LINK (Original) the programme: LINK (translated) LINK (Original)
AMBITION: PHILAE touch down: 12 November ~16:35 CET
LINK AMBITION (HD) (Lukasz Sobisz, Simulation TD, Platige Image) Lukasz Sobisz (quote from AMBITION – The Making Of)
Machtenstein meteorite handover at Munich Show 2014
More detailed information about the MACHTENSTEIN meteorite can be found HERE. The Machtenstein meteorite had been bought from the owners, the finder Mr Landmann and the keeper Mr Hartl, for a five-digit Euro amount by…
A collisional origin to earth’s non-chondritic composition?
Amy Bonsor, Zoë M. Leinhardt, Philip J. Carter, Tim Elliott, Michael J. Walter, Sarah T. Stewart Icarus, DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2014.10.019available online 23 October 2014 LINK
Chondrule destruction in nebular shocks
Emmanuel Jacquet, Christopher Thompson The Astrophysical Journal arXiv:1410.6015 (Submitted on 22 Oct 2014) LINK (abstract) PDF LINK
Linear spectropolarimetry: a new diagnostic tool for the classification and characterization of asteroids
Bagnulo S, Cellino A,Sterzik MF (2014) Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society MNRAS (January 01, 2015) 446 (1): L11-L15. doi: first published online October 22, 2014 LINK
Geochemical diversity of shergottite basalts: Mixing and fractionation, and their relation to Mars surface basalts
Treiman, A. H. and Filiberto, J. (2014) Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12363 LINK
Accretion and differentiation of the terrestrial planets with implications for the compositions of early-formed Solar System bodies and accretion of water
Accretion and differentiation of the terrestrial planets with implications for the compositions of early-formed Solar System bodies and accretion of water D.C. Rubie, S.A. Jacobson, A. Morbidelli, D.P. O’Brien, E.D. Young, J. de Vries, F….
Geomagnetic field effects of the Chelyabinsk meteoroid
Geomagnetic field effects of the Chelyabinsk meteoroid Chernogor, L. F. Geomagnetism and Aeronomy, Volume 54, Issue 5, pp.613-624 (22 September 2014) 10.1134/S001679321405003X (Original Russian Text © L.F. Chernogor, 2014, published in Geomagnetizm i Aeronomiya, 2014,…
Mineral and chemical composition of the Jezersko meteorite—A new chondrite from Slovenia
Mineral and chemical composition of the Jezersko meteorite—A new chondrite from Slovenia Miler, M., Ambrožič, B., Mirtič, B., Gosar, M., Šturm, S., Dolenec, M. and Jeršek, M. (2014) Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 49: 1875–1887. doi:…
The 18.07 kg Asuka 12389 (LL3-6) on permanent display in Muséum des Sciences naturelles in Brussels, Belgium.
The 18.07 kg Asuka 12389 (LL3-6) on permanent display in Muséum des Sciences naturelles in Brussels, Belgium. Asuka 12389 (in the museum) Asuka 12389 (in situ) LINK
Atmospheric hydrogen peroxide and Eoarchean iron formations
Pecoits, E., Smith, M. L., Catling, D. C., Philippot, P., Kappler, A. and Konhauser, K. O. (2014), Geobiology doi: 10.1111/gbi.12116 LINK update (7 November 2014): Life’s History in Iron by Aaron L. Gronstal in Astrobiology
Si-bearing metal and niningerite in Almahata Sitta fine-grained ureilites and insights into the diversity of metal on the ureilite parent body
Si-bearing metal and niningerite in Almahata Sitta fine-grained ureilites and insights into the diversity of metal on the ureilite parent body Marian Horstmann, Munir Humayun, Mario Fischer-Gödde, Addi Bischoff and Mona Weyrauch Meteoritics & Planetary…
The Orgueil meteorite: 150 years of history
The Orgueil meteorite: 150 years of history Matthieu Gounelle and Michael E. Zolensky Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 49: 1769–1794. doi: 10.1111/maps.12351 Article first published online: 16 OCT 2014 LINK Abstract The goal of this paper…
In situ biological Resources: Soluble Nutrients and Electrolytes in carbonaceous asteroids/meteorites. Implications for astroecology and space populations
In situ biological Resources: Soluble Nutrients and Electrolytes in carbonaceous asteroids/meteorites. Implications for astroecology and space populations Michael N. Mautner Planetary and Space Science DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2014.10.001 In Press, Available online 16 October 2014 LINK
On the origin and composition of Theia: Constraints from new models of the Giant Impact
On the origin and composition of Theia: Constraints from new models of the Giant Impact Matthias M.M. Meier, Andreas Reufer, Rainer Wieler Icarus 242:316-328 (2014) PDF LINK LINK (abstract) Knowing the isotopic composition of Theia,…
Oxygen isotope ratios of FeO-poor chondrules in CR3 chondrites: Influence of dust enrichment and H2O during chondrule formation
Travis J. Tenner, Daisuke Nakashima, Takayuki Ushikubo, Noriko T. Kita, Michael K. Weisberg Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, available online 15 October 2014 DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2014.09.025 LINK
Reanalysis of the Benešov bolide and recovery of polymict breccia meteorites – old mystery solved after 20 years
Pavel Spurný, Jakub Haloda, Jiří Borovička, Lukáš Shrbený and Patricie Halodová Published online: 14 October 2014 DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201424308 LINK (full text) PDF LINK (full text) Abstract The main motivation for this work was to explain…
Infrared imaging spectroscopy with micron resolution of Sutter’s Mill meteorite grains
Mehmet Yesiltas, Yoko Kebukawa, Robert E. Peale, Eric Mattson, Carol J. Hirschmugl and Peter Jenniskens Meteoritics & Planetary Science Article first published online: 13 OCT 2014 | DOI: 10.1111/maps.12321 LINK Abstract Synchrotron-based Fourier transform infrared…
Chromium isotopic systematics of the Sutter’s Mill carbonaceous chondrite: Implications for isotopic heterogeneities of the early solar system
Akane Yamakawa and Qing-Zhu Yin Meteoritics & Planetary Science Article first published online: 13 OCT 2014 | DOI: 10.1111/maps.12346 LINK Abstract Recent studies have shown that major meteorite groups possess their own characteristic 54Cr values,…
Diamond xenolith and matrix organic matter in the Sutter’s Mill meteorite measured by C-XANES
Yoko Kebukawa, Michael E. Zolensky, A. L. David Kilcoyne, Zia Rahman, Peter Jenniskens and George D. Cody Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12312 Article first published online: 13 OCT 2014 LINK Abstract The Sutter’s Mill…
Subsurface Failure in Spherical Bodies: A Formation Scenario for Linear Troughs on Vesta’s Surface
A.M. Stickle, P.H. Schultz, D.A. Crawford Icarus Volume 247, February 2015, Pages 18–34 LINK How a giant impact formed asteroid Vesta’s ‘belt’(3.11.2014)
Earth and Mars in one photo viewed from lunar orbit
PHOTO VIDEO Information Mars and Earth as viewed from lunar orbit on 24 May 2014. Mars was about 112.5 million km away when this image was acquired, and the Earth was about 376,687 km from…
Calcium-48 isotopic anomalies in bulk chondrites and achondrites: Evidence for a uniform isotopic reservoir in the inner protoplanetary disk
Nicolas Dauphas, James H. Chen, Junjun Zhang, Dimitri A. Papanastassiou, Andrew M. Davis, Claudia Travaglio Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 407, 1 December 2014, Pages 96–108 LINK The Earth has identical 48Ca isotopic composition…
Munich Show 2014 – METEORITE Theme Book available
Munich Show 2014 – METEORITE Theme Book available The Theme Book of the meteorite exhibition at the Munich Show 2014 can be ordered here: LINK
Atmospheric mass loss during planet formation: The importance of planetesimal impacts
Hilke E. Schlichting, Re’em Sari, Almog Yalin Icarus DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2014.09.053 LINK
A water–ice rich minor body from the early Solar System: The CR chondrite parent asteroid
Devin L. Schrader, Jemma Davidson, Richard C. Greenwood, Ian A. Franchi, Jenny M. Gibson Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 407, 1 December 2014, Pages 48–60 DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2014.09.030 LINK Update (11 October): PDF LINK (free…
Ionospheric response to the entry and explosion of the South Ural superbolide
Yu. Ya. Ruzhin, V. D. Kuznetsov (Pushkov Institute of Terrestrial Magnetism, Ionosphere, and Radio Wave Propagation, Russian Academy of Sciences (IZMIRAN), Troitsk, Moscow, Russia V. M. Smirnov (Kotel’nikov Institute of Radio Engineering and Electronics, Russian…
New 40Ar/39Ar dating of the Clearwater Lake impact structures (Québec, Canada) – Not the binary asteroid impact it seems?
New 40Ar/39Ar dating of the Clearwater Lake impact structures (Québec, Canada) – Not the binary asteroid impact it seems? Martin Schmieder, Winfried H. Schwarz, Mario Trieloff, Eric Tohver, Elmar Buchner, Jens Hopp, Gordon R. Osinski…
The negligible chondritic contribution in the lunar soils water
Alice Stephant and François Robert PNAS2014 111 (42)15007-15012; published ahead of print October 6, 2014, doi:10.1073/pnas.1408118111 LINK
Oxygen isotopes in cosmic spherules and the composition of the near Earth interplanetary dust complex
Carole Cordier, Luigi Folco Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 5 October 2014 DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2014.09.038 LINK
Aqueous Alteration on Asteroids: Linking the Mineralogy and Spectroscopy of CM and CI Chondrites
M.M. McAdam, J.M. Sunshine, K.T. Howard, T.M. McCoy Icarus DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2014.09.041 LINK Abstract CM/CI meteorites range in degree of aqueous alteration suggesting differences in initially accreted materials including water ice and possible spatial heterogeneities within…
Interview with Russel Parry about his book on the Appley Bridge meteorite
Radio Lancashire, 3 October 2014 book launch: 13 October 2014 LINK The-Appley-Bridge-Meteorite (facebook) More information update (14 October): BBC TV report:
Earth’s Uranium and Thorium content and geoneutrinos fluxes based on enstatite chondrites
Marc Javoy, Edouard Kaminski Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 407, 1 December 2014, Pages 1–8 DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2014.09.028 LINK
Where Did the Ureilite Parent Body Accrete? Constraints from Chemical and Isotopic Compositions
Cyrena Goodrich, David P. O’Brien Abstract: Almahata Sitta and other polymict ureilites contain a remarkable diversity of materials, including EH, EL, OC, R- and CB chondrites, in addition to the dominant ureilitic material [1]. These…
Bolide on the weather report 2 October 22:37 local time (2:37 UTC, 4:37 CEST), Montréal, Quebec, Canada
TVA evening news show Meteor was probably above New York State VIDEO (full screen) LINK
Calcium-aluminum-rich inclusions with fractionation and unknown nuclear effects (FUN CAIs): I. Mineralogy, petrology, and oxygen isotopic compositions
Alexander N. Krot, Kazuhide Nagashima, Gerald J. Wasserburg, Gary R. Huss, Dimitri Papanastassiou, Andrew M. Davis, Ian D. Hutcheone, Martin Bizzarro Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2014.09.027 Available online 2 October 2014 LINK Abstract We…
Mid-infrared emission spectroscopy of meteorite NWA 7325: Identifying the mineralogy with a non-destructive, remote-sensing technique
Melissa Lane, Cyrena Goodrich, Noriko Kita A polished chip of the Northwest Africa 7325 meteorite, a highly reduced, ungrouped achondrite [1-4], was analyzed using an FTIR spectrometer modified for emission measurements. The chip was roughly…
Trajectory, orbit, and spectroscopic analysis of a bright fireball observed over Spain on April 13, 2013
José M. Madiedo, Josep M. Trigo-Rodríguez, Jaime Zamorano, Leonor Ana-Hernández, Jaime Izquierdo, José L. Ortiz, Aberto J. Castro-Tirado, Alejandro Sánchez de Miguel, Francisco Ocaña, Sensi Pastor, José A. de los Reyes, David Galadí, Enrique de…
New meteorite registration system at the Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources
Apparently from now on meteorites that are imported into Korea or found in the country can (or even have to be) registered at the Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources (KIGAM) LINK LINK (machine-translated)…
The Uranium Isotopic Composition of the Earth and the Solar System
Alexander Goldmann, Gregory Brennecka, Janine Noordmann, Stefan Weyer, Meenakshi Wadhwa Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2014.09.008 In Press, Available online 30 September 2014 LINK Abstract Recent high-precision mass spectrometric studies of the uranium isotopic composition…
Analysis of ripple or flow-like features in NWA 3118 CV3 meteorite
Kereszturi Akos, Ormandi Szivia, Jozsa Sandor, Szabo Mate,Toth Maria DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2014.09.011 Planetary and Space Science Available online 28 September 2014 LINK Abstract Analysing NWA 3118 CV3 chondrite with optical microscopy and electron microprobe methods, mostly…
The meteorite craters in the Rezerwat przyrody Meteoryt Morasko in Poland in a LIDAR laser scan
The meteorite craters in the Rezerwat przyrody Meteoryt Morasko in Poland in a LIDAR laser scan PHOTO (full resolution 6600×3840) Source: GeoPortal / meteoritica.pl
Detection of a branched alkyl molecule in the interstellar medium: iso-propyl cyanide
Arnaud Belloche, Robin T. Garrod, Holger S. P. Müller, Karl M. Menten Science 26 September 2014: Vol. 345 no. 6204 pp. 1584-1587 DOI: 10.1126/science.1256678 LINK Abstract The largest noncyclic molecules detected in the interstellar medium…
Forming Chondrules in Impact Splashes. I. Radiative Cooling Model
Cornelis Petrus Dullemond, Sebastian Markus Stammler, and Anders Johansen The Astrophysical Journal Volume 794 Number 1 doi:10.1088/0004-637X/794/1/91 Published 25 September 2014 PDF LINK (full text) LINK LINK
The ancient heritage of water ice in the solar system
L. Ilsedore Cleeves, Edwin A. Bergin, Conel M. O’D. Alexander, Fujun Du, Dawn Graninger, Karin I. Öberg, Tim J. Harries LINK Science 26 September 2014: Vol. 345 no. 6204 pp. 1590-1593 DOI: 10.1126/science.1258055 “Abstract Identifying…
Seismo-ionospheric effects associated with ‘Chelyabinsk’ meteorite during the first 25 minutes after its fall
Oleg I.Berngardt arXiv:1409.5927 (submitted on 21 Sep 2014) PDF LINK LINK (abstract) This paper presents the properties of ionospheric irregularities elongated with Earth magnetic field during the first 25 minutes after the fall of the…
Space erosion and cosmic ray exposure ages of stony meteorites
David Parry Rubincam LINK Abstract Space erosion from dust impacts may set upper limits on the cosmic ray exposure (CRE) ages of stony meteorites. A meteoroid orbiting within the asteroid belt is bombarded by both…
NASA astrophysician Nikolaj Gorkavyj about shopping mall in form of Chelyabinsk meteoroid and smoke trail
The NASA astrophysician Nikolaj Gorkavyj from Chelyabinsk defends his idea to build a shopping mall in the form of the Chelyabinsk meteoroid and smoke trail, designed by Elena Markina. LINK LINK (Original) photo 1 photo…
The paradox between low shock-stage and evidence for compaction in CM carbonaceous chondrites explained by multiple low-intensity impacts
Paula Lindgren, Romy D. Hanna, Katherine J. Dobson, Tim Tomkinson, Martin R. Lee Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2014.09.014 (in press) Available online 18 September 2014 LINK
Revisiting Jovian-Resonance Induced Chondrule Formation
M. Nagasawa, K. K. Tanaka, H. Tanaka, T. Nakamoto, H. Miura, T. Yamamoto Submitted on 16 Sep 2014 PDF LINK LINK update (24 September 2014): The Astrophysical Journal Letters Volume 794, Number 1 Published 24…
Recent multi-kiloton impact events: are they truly random?
C. de la Fuente Marcos, R. de la Fuente Marcos arXiv:1409.0452 revised 16 Sept 2014 ; Printed 17 September 2014 PDF LINK LINK It is customarily assumed that Earth-striking meteoroids are completely random, and that…
Painted Stone: Asteroids in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, by Alex Parker
VIDEO (FULL HD) LINK This animation shows the orbital motions of over 100,000 of the asteroids observed by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS), with colors illustrating the compositional diversity measured by the SDSS five-color…
The elemental composition of the Sun I. The intermediate mass elements Na to Ca
Pat Scott, Nicolas Grevesse, Martin Asplund, A. Jacques Sauval, Karin Lind, Yoichi Takeda, Remo Collet, Regner Trampedach, Wolfgang Hayek PDF LINK LINK The elemental composition of the Sun II. The iron group elements Sc to…
Semarkona: Lessons for chondrule and chondrite formation
Alexander Hubbard, Denton S. Ebel PDF LINK LINK update (22 September): LINK We consider the evidence presented by the LL3.0 chondrite Semarkona, including its chondrule fraction, chondrule size distribution and matrix thermal history. We show…
Defining the Flora Family: Orbital Properties, Reflectance Properties and Age
Melissa J. Dykhuis, Lawrence Molnar, Samuel J. Van Kooten, Richard Greenberg Icarus Available online 16 September 2014 LINK
Video of 3070 g Chelyabinsk meteorite found near Timiryazevskiy on 13 May 2013
In situ – video of the 3070 g Chelyabinsk meteorite found southwest of Timiryazevskiy on 13 May 2013 at 11 a.m. Video by Valerij Bogdanovskij
Condition of the Chelyabinsk main mass in September 2014
LINK LINK LINK LINK LINK LINK LINK photo credit: Natalya Gorshkova * (8 September 2014)
Implications for the origins of pure anorthosites found in the feldspathic lunar meteorites, Dhofar 489 group
Hiroshi Nagaoka, Hiroshi Takeda, Yuzuru Karouji, Makiko Ohtake, Akira Yamaguchi, Shigekazu Yoneda and Nobuyuki Hasebe Earth, Planets and Space 2014, 66:115 doi:10.1186/1880-5981-66-115 Published: 10 September 2014 PDF LINK LINK Remote observation by the reflectance spectrometers…
Fragmentation of colliding planetesimals with water content
Thomas I. Maindl, Rudolf Dvorak, Christoph Schäfer, Roland Speith Submitted on 8 Sep 2014 Submitted to IAU Symposium 310 Proceedings 4 pages, 2 figures PDF LINK LINK We investigate the outcome of collisions of Ceres-sized…
MetSoc2018 – 81st Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society in Moscow
The 81st Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society will be held in Moscow. It will be co-organized by the Ural Federal University (UrFU) LINK LINK UPDATE (5 August 2017)
Northwest Africa 8159: An approximately 2.3 Billion Year Old Martian Olivine-Bearing Augite Basalt
Simon, J. I., Peters, T. J., Tappa, M. J., Agee, C. B. Based on petrology, mineralogy, and bulk composition, the new NWA 8159 martian meteorite is distinct from all known samples from Mars. In particular,…
Meteor, 7 September, 6:57 a.m. local time, Catalunya, Spain
Meteor, 7 September, 6:57 a.m. local time, Catalunya, Spain smoke trail above Vall de Lord (photo: David Gaspar): PHOTO LINK LINK (Original) Video (4:56:47 – 4:56:52 UTC recorded in Folgueroles by Pep Pujols): VIDEO Imatge…
Composition, Mineralogy, and Porosity of Multiple Asteroid Systems from Visible and Near-infrared Spectral Data
Sean S. Lindsay, Franck Marchis, Joshua P. Emery, J. Emilio Enriquez, Marcelo Assafin Accepted to Icarus Subjects: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics arXiv:1409.0359 PDF LINK LINK We provide a taxonomic and compositional characterization of Multiple Asteroid…
An oxygen isotope study of Wark–Lovering rims on type A CAIs in primitive carbonaceous chondrites
Jean-David Bodénan, Natalie A. Starkey, Sara S. Russell, Ian P. Wright, Ian A. Franchi Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 401, 1 September 2014, Pages 327-336 LINK Calcium–aluminium-rich Inclusions (CAIs) and the thin Wark–Lovering (WL)…
Fragments of the Serooskerken mass of the Ellemeet meteorite on public display at Sonnenborgh observatory
The fragments of the Serooskerken mass of the Ellemeet meteorite have been on public display at the Sonnenborgh observatory in Utrecht, Netherlands, today. VIDEO LINK Jeroen de Jager was there and listened to the story…
Wolcott officially registered in the Meteoritical Bulletin Database
Wolcott officially registered in the Meteoritical Bulletin Database LINK Wolcott 41°36.452’N, 73°0.742’W Connecticut, United States Fell: 19 April 2013 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L5) History: Shortly after 10 PM on 19 April 2013, a loud boom was heard…
Vicência officially registered in the Meteoritical Bulletin Database
The meteorite fall has been officially registered in the Meteoritical Bulletin Database: LINK Vicência 7°42.5’S, 35°25.66’W Pernambuco, Brazil Fell: 21 Sept 2013 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL3.2) History: Fell, September 21, 2013, ~15:00 hours local time (18:00 UTC),…
Samarium–neodymium chronology and rubidium–strontium systematics of an Allende calcium–aluminum-rich inclusion with implications for 146Sm half-life
N.E. Marks, L.E. Borg, I.D. Hutcheon, B. Jacobsen, R.N. Clayton Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 405, 1 November 2014, Pages 15–24 DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2014.08.017 Available online 29 August 2014 LINK
Nucleosynthetic W isotope anomalies and the Hf–W chronometry of Ca–Al-rich inclusions
Thomas S. Kruijer, Thorsten Kleine, Mario Fischer-Gödde, Christoph Burkhardt, Rainer Wieler Earth and Planetary Science Letters 403,317–327. DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2014.07.003 LINK
Aragonite, breunnerite, calcite and dolomite in the CM carbonaceous chondrites: High fidelity recorders of progressive parent body aqueous alteration
Martin R. Lee, Paula Lindgren, Mahmood R. Sofe Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta Available online 28 August 2014 LINK
Chondrule size and related physical properties: a compilation and evaluation of current data across all meteorite groups
Jon M. Friedrich, Michael K. Weisberg, Denton S. Ebel, Alison E. Biltz, Bernadette M. Corbett, Ivan V. Iotzov, Wajiha S. Khan, Matthew D. Wolman Earth and Planetary Astrophysics arXiv:1408.6581 Submitted on 27 Aug 2014 PDF…
Thomas W. Grau – Meteoritensuche in Europa
A talk by Thomas Grau at a ‘Tag der offenen Tür 2014’ on 19 July , 2014 LINK
Collision history written in rock
Nature 512, 350 (28 August 2014) doi:10.1038/512350c LINK
Impact chemistry of methanol: Implications for volatile evolution on icy satellites and dwarf planets, and cometary delivery to the Moon
Yasuhito Sekine, Hidenori Genda, Yuta Muto, Seiji Sugita, Toshihiko Kadono, Takafumi Matsui Icarus Available online 27 August 2014 DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2014.08.034 LINK
Sequential analysis of carbonaceous materials in Hayabusa-returned samples for the determination of their origin
Masayuki Uesugi, Hiroshi Naraoka, Motoo Ito, Hikaru Yabuta, Fumio Kitajima, Yoshinori Takano, Hajime Mita, Ichiro Ohnishi, Yoko Kebukawa, Toru Yada, Yuzuru Karouji, Yukihiro Ishibashi, Takaaki Okada and Masanao Abe Earth, Planets and Space 2014, 66:102…
The Chelyabinsk main mass today – Part II
by Sergey Lagutin VIDEO LINK
Chelyabinsk meteorite included as symbol at a bronze sculpture
Chelyabinsk meteorite included as symbol at a bronze sculpture covering the history of the city of Chelyabinsk The Finnish sculptor Rafael Saifulin has designed a 3.5 meter high and wide sculpture that might be erected…
Hydrocarbon Materials of Likely Interstellar Origin from the Paris Meteorite
S. Merouane, Z. Djouadi, L. Le Sergeant d’Hendecourt, B. Zanda, and J. Borg The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 756, Number 2 LINK (open access)
Record of the ancient martian hydrosphere and atmosphere preserved in zircon from a martian meteorite
A. A. Nemchin, M. Humayun, M. J. Whitehouse, R. H. Hewins, J-P. Lorand, A. Kennedy, M. Grange, B. Zanda, C. Fieni, D. Deldicque, Nature Geoscience (2014) doi:10.1038/ngeo2231 published online: 24 August 2014 LINK Supplementary materials:…
The Case of the Missing Ceres Family
Andrew S. Rivkin Erik Asphaug, William F. Bottke Icarus DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2014.08.007 available online 23 August 2014 LINK
“Hij is precies gefallen in een doosje met zijn naam drop”
Cartoon by Hein de Kort in Het Parool (23 August 2014) PHOTO
Arizona State University’s Center for Meteorite Studies Receives New Lunar Meteorite Donation!
Arizona State University’s Center for Meteorite Studies Receives New Lunar Meteorite Donation! Northwest Africa 7611, 311 grams donated by Jay Piatek LINK
Who owns found meteorites in Norway?
Gull, gråstein, fossiler og meteoritter by Marianne Reusch LINK Gold, stones, fossils and meteorites by Marianne Reusch LINK (English)
ELLEMEET (Serooskerken mass) has been found, but it’s damaged
The meteorite was found near a tennis court (about 2 km from the observatory, 52° 4’36.91″N, 5° 9’18.46″E ). Unfortunately it has been damaged. PHOTO (by Esther Monsma) Bas Nugteren is glad to have the…
Selecting asteroids for a targeted spectroscopic survey
D.A. Oszkiewicz, T. Kwiatkowski, T. Tomov, M. Birlan, S. Geier, A. Penttilä, M. Polińska Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP) arXiv:1408.4288, submitted 19 Aug 2014
ELLEMEET (Serooskerken mass) meteorite stolen from Sonnenborgh observatory in Utrecht
Interview with Bas Nugteren, director of the Sonnenborgh Observatory NOS , 20 August 2014 ———————————————————————————————————— automatic translation:Last night, 18 on August 19, broke into Sonnenborgh – museum & observatory in # Utrecht. The burglars have…
Mineralogy texture and chemistry of the Ellicott meteorite using scanning electron microscope and energy disperse spectroscopy (SEM/EDS)
Salman Z. Khalaf, Ali T. Yassin, Salih M. Awadh, Rafaa Z. Jassim Arabian Journal of Geosciences August 2014 Date: 06 Aug 2014 DOI 10.1007/s12517-014-1572-y LINK
Handheld and non-destructive methodologies for the compositional investigation of meteorite fragments
Vincenza Crupi, Alessandra Giunta, Barry Kellett, Francesca Longo, Giacomo Maisano, Domenico Majolino, Antonella Scherillo and Valentina Venuti Anal. Methods, 2014,6, 6301-6309 DOI: 10.1039/C4AY00253A Received 29 Jan 2014, Accepted 07 May 2014 First published online 08…
Solar system chemical abundances corrected for systematics
Guillermo Gonzalez MNRAS (September 1, 2014) 443 (1): L99-L103. doi: 10.1093/mnrasl/slu083 First published online July 10, 2014 LINK PDF-LINK It has been assumed that CI chondrite meteorites are the least affected by fractionation processes, given…
The Chelyabinsk main mass today
Video: Consigliori
Alteration processes in the CV chondrite parent body based on analysis of NWA 2086 meteorite
Kereszturi, A., Blumberger, Z., Józsa, S., May, Z., Müller, A., Szabó, M. and Tóth, M. (2014). Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12336 LINK
Evidence for interstellar origin of seven dust particles collected by the Stardust spacecraft
Andrew J. Westphal et al. Science 345, 6198, 786-791 [DOI: 10.1126/science.1252496] LINK
A critical analysis of shock models for chondrule formation
Sebastian M. Stammler, Cornelis P. Dullemond Icarus, Volume 242, 1 November 2014, Pages 1–10 DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2014.07.024 Available online 1 August 2014 LINK
Chelyabinsk triptych completed
After one year the Ural painter Albert Rastjapi / Альберт Растяпи has completed his Chelyabinsk triptych LEFT PANEL CENTRAL PANEL RIGHT PANEL LINK (Original) English machine translation: LINK
A fossil winonaite-like meteorite in Ordovician limestone: A piece of the impactor that broke up the L-chondrite parent body?
Birger Schmitz, Gary R. Huss, Matthias M.M. Meier, Bernhard Peucker-Ehrenbrink, Ross P. Church, Anders Cronholm, Melvyn B. Davies, Philipp R. Heck, Anders Johansen, Klaus Keil, Per Kristiansson, Greg Ravizza, Mario Tassinari, Fredrik Terfelt Earth and…
Tirhert (Eucrite, unbrecciated, fell 9 July 2014) officially classified
TIRHERT LINK 28.935°N, 8.905°W Guelmim-Es-Semara, Morocco Fell: 2014 Jul 9 Classification: HED achondrite (Eucrite, unbrecciated) History: (H. Chennaoui Aoudjehane, A. Aaronson, M. Aoudjehane, A. Bouferra, A. Bouragaa) On Wednesday, 9 July 2014 around 9:30 pm,…
Cosmic ray exposure and pre-atmospheric size of the Gebel Kamil iron meteorite
Ott, U., Merchel, S., Herrmann, S., Pavetich, S., Rugel, G., Faestermann, T., Fimiani, L., Gomez-Guzman, J. M., Hain, K., Korschinek, G., Ludwig, P., D’Orazio, M. and Folco, L. (2014) Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12334…
Records of the Moon-forming impact and the 470 Ma disruption of the L chondrite parent body in the asteroid belt from U-Pb apatite ages of Novato (L6)
Yin, Q.-Z., Zhou, Q., Li, Q.-L., Li, X.-H., Liu, Y., Tang, G.-Q., Krot, A. N. and Jenniskens, P. (2014) Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.1234 LINK Novato, a newly observed fall in the San Francisco…
More chips off of Asteroid (4) Vesta: characterization of eight Vestoids and their HED meteorite analogs
Paul S. Hardersen, Vishnu Reddy, Rachel Roberts, Amy Mainzer Earth and Planetary Astrophysics, arXiv:1408.2731 Icarus, accepted for publication, August 12, 2014 PDF-LINK
