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
Decline of the lunar core dynamo
Sonia M. Tikoo, Benjamin P. Weiss, William S. Cassata, David L. Shuster Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 404, 15 October 2014, Pages 89–97 DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2014.07.010 LINK
Chromium Valences in Ureilite Olivine and Implications for Ureilite Petrogenesis
Goodrich CA, Sutton SR, Wirick S and Jercinovic MJ (in press) Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta Volume 122, 1 December 2013, Pages 280–305 [doi:10.1016/j.gca.2013.08.003] LINK
No nebular magnetization in the Allende CV carbonaceous chondrite
R.R. Fu, E.A. Lima, B.P. Weiss Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 404, 15 October 2014, Pages 54–66 DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2014.07.014 LINK
ALMA Confirms Comets Forge Organic Molecules in Their Dusty Atmospheres
LINK Nature 512, 234–235 (21 August 2014) doi:10.1038/512234d Published online 20 August 2014 Comets contain some of the oldest materials in the Solar System. Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) in Chile, Martin Cordiner…
Crystalline and amorphous matter in the Chelyabinsk meteorite: Evidence from Raman spectroscopy
T. N. Moroz, S. V. Goryainov, N. P. Pokhilenko, N. M. Podgornykh Doklady Earth Sciences July 2014, Volume 457, Issue 1, pp 831-834 Date: 05 Aug 2014 Doklady Akademii Nauk, 2014, Vol. 457, No. 1,…
Potential for analysis of carbonaceous matter on Mars using Raman spectroscopy
Hutchinson IB, Parnell J, Edwards HGM, Jehlicka J, Marshall CP, Harris LV, Ingley R Planetary and Space Science Volume 103, 15 November 2014, Pages 184–190 LINK
Comparative Study of two Chelyabinsk LL5 Ordinary Chondrite Fragments with Light Lithology and the Fusion Crust Using Mössbauer Spectroscopy
Maksimova, A. A.; Oshtrakh, M. I.; Petrova, E. V.; Chukin, A. V.; Grokhovsky, V. I.; Semionkin, V. A. PDF LINK
Oxygen Isotopic Composition of an Unusual Clast in the Paris CM Meteorite
Mostefaoui, S.; Caillet Komorowski, C.; Boudouma, O.; Godard, G.; Fialin, M. 77th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society, held September 7–12, 2014 in Casablanca, Morocco. LPI Contribution No. 1800, id.5267 PDF LINK
Cosmogenic Radionuclides in the Kosice H5 and Chelyabinsk LL5 Chondrites and Cosmic Ray Modulation
Alexeev, V.; Laubenstein, M.; Povinec, P.; Ustinova, G. PDF LINK
Study of Troilite in Bulk Samples of Farmington L5, Tsarev L5 and Chelyabinsk LL5 Ordinary Chondrites Using Mössbauer Spectroscopy: Application of the Full Static Hamiltonian
Maksimova, A. A.; Oshtrakh, M. I.; Klencsár, Z.; Petrova, E. V.; Chukin, A. V.; Kuzmann, E.; Homonnay, Z. PDF LINK
Physical Properties, Structure and Fracturing of the Chelyabinsk LL5 Meteorite Body
Grokhovsky, V. I.; Kohout, , T.; Gritsevich, M.; Koneva, E. V. PDF LINK
The Unique Differentiated Meteorite NWA 7325: Highly Reduced, Stark Affinities to E-Chondrites and Unknown Parental Planet
A. El Goresy, T. Nakamura, M. Miyahara, E. Ohtani, Ph. Gillet, K. Jogo, M. Yamanobe and H. Ishida PDF LINK
The Chelyabinsk Fall Highly Siderophile Element Abundance and 187Os/188Os Composition and Comparison with Ordinary and Carbonaceous Chondrites
Day, J. M. D.; Corder, C. A.; Dhaliwal, J. K.; Liu, Y.; Taylor, L. A. PDF LINK
Luminescence Characterization of Different Lithologies in Chelyabinsk LL5 Chondrite
Weinstein, I. A.; Vokhmintsev, A. S.; Ishchenko, A. V.; Grokhovsky, V. I. PDF LINK
Noble Gas and Mineralogical Studies of NWA 7325 Ungrouped Achondrite
Hasegawa, H.; Haba, M. K.; Nagao, K.; Mikouchi, T.; Bizzarro, M. PDF LINK
Abundance and Isotopic Composition of Xenon in the Ungrouped Achondrite NWA 7325
Crowther, S. A.; Jastrzebski, N. D.; Weber, I.; Hiesinger, H.; Gilmour, J. D. PDF LINK
Thermal Properties of Chelyabinsk Meteorite
Szurgot, M. PDF LINK
The Smoke Train of the Chelyabinsk Meteoroid
N. A. Artemieva and V. V. Shuvalov PDF LINK
Thermal History of Small Fragments During the Chelyabinsk Meteorite Fall
A. Lukashin, R. Luther, N. Artemieva, V. Shuvalov, K. Wünnemann . PDF LINK
Hyperbolic meteors: Interstellar or generated locally via the gravitational slingshot effect?
Paul A. Wiegert DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2014.06.031 Icarus, Volume 242, 1 November 2014, Pages 112–121 Available online 18 July 2014 LINK
1.8 ton iron meteorite found near Tschad and Sudan border
credit: Aziz Habibi
Reconstructing the Chelyabinsk event: pre-impact orbital evolution
de la Fuente Marcos, C.; de la Fuente Marcos, R. MNRAS (September 1, 2014) Vol. 443 L39-L43 First published online June 26, 2014 LINK
Reactivity and Survivability of Glycolaldehyde in Simulated Meteorite Impact Experiments
V.P. McCaffrey, N.E.B. Zellner, C.M. Waun, E.R. Bennett, E.K. Earl Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres February 2014, Volume 44, Issue 1, pp 29-42 PDF (full text) abstract
The Paris CM chondrite: Secondary minerals and asteroidal processing
Yves Marrocchi, Matthieu Gounelle, Ingrid Blanchard, Florent Caste, Anton T. Kearsley Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 49: 1232–1249. doi: 10.1111/maps.12329 LINK
Magnetic properties of the LL5 ordinary chondrite Chelyabinsk (fall of February 15, 2013)
Bezaeva, N. S., Badyukov, D. D., Nazarov, M. A., Rochette, P., Feinberg, J. M., Markov, G. P., Borschneck, D., Demory, F., Gattacceca, J., Borisovskiy, S. E. and Skripnik, A. Y. Meteoritics & Planetary Science Volume…
Mineralogy of Meteorite Chelyabinsk as Determined by Raman Spectroscopy
Voropaev, S. A.; Eliseev, A. A.; Petukhov, D. I. PDF LINK
Raman Characterization of Crystalline and Amorphous Matter in Meteorite “Chelyabinsk” (South Urals, Russia)
Goryainov, S. V.; Moroz, T. N.; Pokhilenko, N. P.; Podgornykh, N. M. PDF LINK
Cosmogenic 180W Variations in Meteorites and Re-assessment of a Possible 184Os-180W Decay System
Cook DL, Kruijer TS, Leya I and Kleine T. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta Volume 140, 1 September 2014, Pages 160–176 LINK
Water Delivery and Giant Impacts in the ‘Grand Tack’ Scenario
O’Brien DP, Walsh KJ, Morbidelli A, Raymond SN and Mandell AM (in press) Icarus Volume 239, 1 September 2014, Pages 74–84 LINK
Fossil records of high level of 60Fe in chondrules from unequilibrated chondrites
Mishra R.K. and Chaussidon M. Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 398, 15 July 2014, Pages 90–100 LINK
Jetting during vertical impacts of spherical projectiles
B.C. Johnson, T.J. Bowling, H.J. Melosh Icarus, doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2014.05.003 available online 15 May 2014 LINK
The Danebury Iron Age meteorite—An H5 ordinary chondrite “find” from Hampshire, England
Pillinger CT, Pillinger JM, Johnson D, Greenwood RC, Tindle AG, Jull AJT, Allen DH and Cunliffe B (in press) Meteoritics & Planetary Science Volume 49, Issue 6, pages 946–957, June 2014 LINK
Amoeboid olivine aggregates from CH carbonaceous chondrites
Krot AN, Park C and Nagashima K. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta Volume 139, 15 August 2014, Pages 131–153 LINK
Ion irradiation of Allende meteorite probed by visible, IR, and Raman spectroscopies
Brunetto et al. (in press) Icarus Volume 237, 15 July 2014, Pages 278–292 LINK
Coordinated NanoSIMS and FIB-TEM Analyses of Organic Matter and Associated Matrix Materials in CR3 Chondrites
Floss C, Le Guillou C and Brearley A. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta Volume 139, 15 August 2014, Pages 1–25 LINK
The Chemical Composition of the Sun from Helioseismic and Solar Neutrino Data
Villante FL, Serenelli AM, Delahaye F and Pinsonneault MH (2014) The Astrophysical Journal 787:13. ApJ 787 13. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/787/1/13 LINK
Correlated accretion ages and ε54Cr of meteorite parent bodies and the evolution of the solar nebula
Sugiura N and Fujiya W (in press) Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 49: 772–787. doi: 10.1111/maps.12292 LINK
A strongly hydrated microclast in the Rumuruti chondrite NWA 6828: Implications for the distribution of hydrous material in the solar system.
Greshake A. Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 49: 824–841. doi: 10.1111/maps.12295 LINK
Hydrothermal origin of hexagonal CaAl2Si2O8 (dmisteinbergite) in a compact type A CAI from the Northwest Africa 2086 CV3 chondrite
Fintor K, Park C, Nagy S, Pál-Molnár E and Krot AN (in press) Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 49: 812–823. doi: 10.1111/maps.12294 LINK
Space weathering simulations through controlled growth of iron nanoparticles on olivine
Kohouta T et al. (in press) Icarus Volume 237, 15 July 2014, Pages 75–83 LINK
The amino acid composition of the Sutter’s Mill CM2 carbonaceous chondrite
Burton AS, Glavin DP, Elsila JE, Dworkin JP, Jenniskens P and Yin Q-Z Meteoritics & Planetary Science Volume 49, Issue 11, pages 2074–2086, November 2014 LINK
Chelyabinsk meteorite explains unusual spectral properties of Baptistina Asteroid Family
Vishnu Reddy et al. Icarus Volume 237, 15 July 2014, Pages 116–130 LINK
Brachinite meteorites: Partial melt residues from an FeO-rich asteroid
Keil K (in press) Chemie der Erde – Geochemistry Volume 74, Issue 3, October 2014, Pages 311–329 LINK Brachinites are ultramafic, dunitic to wherlitic, unbrecciated and essentially unshocked rocks that are low in SiO2 (∼36–39…
Ferric saponite and serpentine in the nakhlite martian meteorites
Hicks LJ, Bridges JC and Gurman SJ Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta Volume 136, 1 July 2014, Pages 194–210 LINK (open access)
Olivine-rich rims surrounding chondrules in the Mokoia CV3 carbonaceous chondrite: Further evidence for parent-body processes
Tomeoka K and Ohnishi I Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta Volume 137, 15 July 2014, Pages 18–34 LINK
Investigation of Pyridine Carboxylic Acids in CM2 Carbonaceous Chondrites: Potential Precursor Molecules for Ancient Coenzymes
Smith KE, Callahan MP, Gerakines PA, Dworkin JP and House CH Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta Volume 136, 1 July 2014, Pages 1–12 LINK
The abundance and stability of “water” in type 1 and 2 carbonaceous chondrites (CI, CM and CR)
Garenne A, Beck P, Montes-Hernandez G, Chiriac R, Toche F, Quirico E, Bonal L and B. Schmitt B (in press) Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta Volume 137, 15 July 2014, Pages LINK
The Almahata Sitta polymict breccia and the late accretion of asteroid 2008 TC3
Horstmann M and Bischoff A (in press) Chemie der Erde – Geochemistry Volume 74, Issue 2, June 2014, Pages 149–183 LINK
Highly siderophile elements in Earth’s mantle as a clock for the Moon-forming impact
Jacobson SA, Morbidelli A, Raymond SN, O’Brien DP, Walsh KJ and Rubie DC (2014) Nature 508, 84–87 (03 April 2014) doi:10.1038/nature13172 LINK Using HSE abundance measurements13, 14, we determine a Moon-formation age of 95 ± 32 Myr after…
Carbon-rich Planet Formation in a Solar Composition Disk
Ali-Dib M, Mousis O, Jean-Marc Petit J-M and Lunine JI (2014) The Astrophysical Journal 785:125. ApJ 785 125. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/785/2/125 LINK
The nature of Earth’s building blocks as revealed by calcium isotopes
Valdes MC, Moreira M, Foriel J and Moynier F. Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 394, 15 May 2014, Pages 135–145 LINK
