The nonmagnetic nucleus of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko
Hans-Ulrich Auster, Istvan Apathy, Gerhard Berghofer, Karl-Heinz Fornacon, Anatoli Remizov, Chris Carr, Carsten Güttler, Gerhard Haerendel, Philip Heinisch, David Hercik, Martin Hilchenbach, Ekkehard Kührt, Werner Magnes, Uwe Motschmann, Ingo Richter, Christopher T. Russell, Anita Przyklenk,…
Meteorite-catalyzed syntheses of nucleosides and of other prebiotic compounds from formamide under proton irradiation
Raffaele Saladino, Eleonora Carota, Giorgia Botta, Mikhail Kapralov, Gennady N. Timoshenko, Alexei Y. Rozanov, Eugene Krasavin, and Ernesto Di Mauro PNAS 2015 ; published ahead of print April 13, 2015, doi:10.1073/pnas.1422225112 LINK Supporting information (PDF)
Meteorite zircon constraints on the bulk Lu−Hf isotope composition and early differentiation of the Earth
Tsuyoshi Iizuka, Takao Yamaguchi, Yuki Hibiya, and Yuri Amelin PNAS 2015 ; published ahead of print April 13, 2015, doi:10.1073/pnas.1501658112 LINK Supporting information (PDF)
Dawn’s First Color Map of Ceres
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Comprehensive study of carbon and oxygen isotopic compositions, trace element abundances, and cathodoluminescence intensities of calcite in the Murchison CM chondrite
Wataru Fujiya, Naoji Sugiura, Yves Marrocchi, Naoto Takahata, Peter Hoppe, Kotaro Shirai, Yuji Sano, Hajime Hiyagon Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta doi:10.1016/j.gca.2015.04.010 in Press, available online 13 April 2015 LINK
A Search for Subkilometer-sized Ordinary Chondrite Like Asteroids in the Main-Belt
H.W. Lin, Fumi Yoshida, Y.T. Chen, W.H. Ip, C.K. Chang Icarus available online 11 April 2015 doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2015.04.007 LINK PDF (full text) The size-dependent effects of asteroids on surface regolith and collisional lifetimes suggest that small…
Thermal and near-infrared analyses of central peaks of Martian impact craters: Evidence for a heterogeneous Martian crust
C. Pan, A. D. Rogers and J. R. Michalski Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets article first published online DOI: 10.1002/2014JE004676 LINK
CTBT infrasound network performance to detect the 2013 Russian fireball event
Pilger, Christoph; Ceranna, Lars; Ross, J. Ole; Le Pichon, Alexis; Mialle, Pierrick; Garcés, Milton A. Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 42, Issue 7, pp. 2523-2531 04/2015 Article first published online: 9 APR 2015 LINK
Molecular nitrogen in comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko indicates a low formation temperature
M. Rubin, K. Altwegg, H. Balsiger, A. Bar-Nun, J.-J. Berthelier, A. Bieler, P. Bochsler, C. Briois, U. Calmonte, M. Combi, J. De Keyser, F. Dhooghe, P. Eberhardt, B. Fiethe, S. A. Fuselier, S. Gasc, T….
Tungsten isotopic evidence for disproportional late accretion to the Earth and Moon
Mathieu Touboul, Igor S. Puchtel & Richard J. Walker Nature (08 April 2015) | doi:10.1038/nature14355 LINK
The comet-like composition of a protoplanetary disk as revealed by complex cyanides
Karin I. Öberg, Viviana V. Guzmán, Kenji Furuya, Chunhua Qi, Yuri Aikawa, Sean M. Andrews, Ryan Loomis & David J. Wilner Nature 520, 198–201 (09 April 2015) | doi:10.1038/nature14276 LINK
Lunar tungsten isotopic evidence for the late veneer
Thomas S. Kruijer, Thorsten Kleine, Mario Fischer-Gödde & Peter Sprung Nature (2015)doi:10.1038/nature14360 Published online 08 April 2015 LINK
Orbit and dynamic origin of the recently recovered Annama’s H5 chondrite
Trigo-Rodríguez J.M., Lyytinen E., Gritsevich M., Moreno-Ibáñez M., Bottke W.F., Williams I., Lupovka V., Dmitriev V., Kohout T., Grokhovsky V. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society MNRAS (May 11, 2015) 449 (2): 2119-2127. doi:…
Glanerbrug meteorite memorial presented on 25th ‘fallday’
On 7 April 2015 at 14:00 UTC / 16:00 CEST a memorial with a plate to commemorate the fall of the Glanerbrug meteorite on 7 April 1990 (18:32:38 UTC) was revealed at the corner of…
Relationships between type I and type II chondrules: Implications on chondrule formation processes
Johan Villeneuve, Guy Libourel, Camille Soulié Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta available online 4 April 2015 doi:10.1016/j.gca.2015.03.033 LINK
Widespread oxidized and hydrated amorphous silicates in CR chondrites matrices: Implications for alteration conditions and H2 degassing of asteroids
Corentin Le Guillou, Hitesh G. Changela, Adrian J. Brearley Earth and Planetary Science Letters available online 3 April 2015 doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2015.02.031 LINK
Early accretion of protoplanets inferred from a reduced inner solar system 26Al inventory
Martin Schiller, James N. Connelly, Aslaug C. Glad, Takashi Mikouchi, Martin Bizzarro Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 420, 15 June 2015, Pages 45–54 doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2015.03.028 LINK
Systematic ranging and late warning asteroid impacts
D. Farnocchia, S. R. Chesley, M. Micheli arXiv:1504.00025 PDF (full text) LINK
A population of small refractory meteoroids in asteroidal orbits
M. Campbell-Brown Planetary and Space Science available online 2 April 2015 doi:10.1016/j.pss.2015.03.022 LINK
Multiple carriers of Q noble gases in primitive meteorites
Marrocchi, Yves ; Avice, Guillaume; Estrade, Nicolas Geophysical Research Letters 10.1002/2015GL063198 published online 1 April 2015 updated: Nov 17,2015 PDF (full text) LINK “The main carrier of primordial heavy noble gases in chondrites is thought…
Remembering Mike Drake
Jones, J., Righter, K., Chabot, N. and Jacobsen, S. (2015), Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12437 LINK
Is Vesta an Intact and Pristine Protoplanet?
G.J. Consolmagno, G.J. Golabek, D. Turrini, M. Jutzi, S. Sirono, V. Svetsov, K. Tsiganis Icarus available online 1 April 2015 doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2015.03.029 LINK
‘Vesta Trek’ released
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Thulium anomalies and rare earth element patterns in meteorites and Earth: Nebular fractionation and the nugget effect
N. Dauphas, A. Pourmand Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta in press, arXiv:1503.08708 PDF (full text) LINK Update (11 April): doi:10.1016/j.gca.2015.03.037 LINK
Darkening of Mercury’s surface by cometary carbon
Megan Bruck Syal, Peter H. Schultz, Miriam A. Riner Nature Geoscience (2015) doi:10.1038/ngeo2397 published online 30 March 2015 LINK
Mineralogy, petrography, geochemistry, and classification of the Košice meteorite
Daniel Ozdín, Jozef Plavčan, Michaela Horňáčková, Pavel Uher, Vladimír Porubčan, Pavel Veis, Jozef Rakovský, Juraj Tóth, Patrik Konečný and Ján Svoreň Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12405 LINK
Prof. Phil Bland on the Australian Desert Fireball Network
Networks of cameras record fireballs in the sky Phil Bland, Professor of Planetary Science at Curtin University in Perth, describes the Australian Desert Fireball Network Science Show, ABC, 28 March 2015 (4:03 min.) AUDIO (MP3)…
The Composition of Vesta from the Dawn Mission
Thomas B. McCord, Jennifer E.C. Scully Icarus doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2015.03.022 accepted Manuscript, available online 27 March 2015 LINK (full text)
Extinct isotope heterogeneities in the mantles of Earth and Mars: Implications for mantle stirring rates
Jacobsen, S. B. and Yu, G. (2015) Meteoritics & Planetary Science doi: 10.1111/maps.12426 LINK
Shock-produced akimotoite in the Suizhou L6 chondrite
Ming Chen, XianDe Xie Science China Earth Sciences March 2015 LINK
Growth of asteroids, planetary embryos and Kuiper belt objects by chondrule accretion
Anders Johansen, Mordecai-Mark Mac Low, Pedro Lacerda Science Advances arXiv:1503.07347 accepted for publication, submitted 25 March 2015 LINK PDF (full text) Chondrules are millimeter-sized spherules that dominate primitive meteorites (chondrites) originating from the asteroid belt….
Early stages of core segregation recorded by Fe isotopes in an asteroidal mantle
J.A. Barrat, O. Rouxel, K. Wang, F. Moynier, A. Yamaguchi, A. Bischoff, J. Langlade Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 419, 1 June 2015, Pages 93–100 LINK Ureilite meteorites are achondrites that are debris of…
Density and Charge of Pristine Fluffy Particles from Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko
M. Fulle et al. The Astrophysical Journal Letters Volume 802 Number 1 ApJ 802 L12. doi:10.1088/2041-8205/802/1/L12 published 24 März 2015 LINK
Asteroid (4) Vesta II: Exploring a geologically and geochemically complex world with the Dawn Mission
Timothy J. McCoy, Andrew W. Beck, Thomas H. Prettyman, David W. Mittlefehldt Chemie der Erde – Geochemistry doi:10.1016/j.chemer.2014.12.001 available online 24 March 2015 LINK
Spectroscopy of a κ-Cygnid fireball afterglow
José M. Madiedo Planetary and Space Science (accepted for publication on March 22, 2015 ) LINK PDF (full text)
Jupiter’s decisive role in the inner Solar System’s early evolution
Konstantin Batygin and Greg Laughlin PNAS 2015 ; published ahead of print March 23, 2015, doi:10.1073/pnas.1423252112 LINK Supporting Information (PDF)
Cosmogenic nuclides in the Košice meteorite: Experimental investigations and Monte Carlo simulations
Pavel P. Povinec, Jozef Masarik, Ivan Sýkora, Andrej Kováčik, Juraj Beňo, Matthias M. M. Meier, Rainer Wieler, Matthias Laubenstein and Vladimir Porubčan Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12380 LINK
Various aspects of the petrogenesis of the Martian shergottite meteorites
Jones, J. H. (2015), Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12421 LINK
Optical observations of meteors generating infrasound: Weak shock theory and validation
Silber, E. A., P. G. Brown, and Z. Krzeminski (2015) J. Geophys. Res. Planets, 120, doi:10.1002/2014JE004680 Article first published online: 18 MAR 2015 LINK
Common origins of RNA, protein and lipid precursors in a cyanosulfidic protometabolism
Bhavesh H. Patel, Claudia Percivalle, Dougal J. Ritson, Colm D. Duffy, John D. Sutherland Nature Chemistry (2015) doi:10.1038/nchem.2202 LINK Update (2 April 2015): Interview with John Sutherland in Science Friday Podcast (26 March 2015 /…
Olivine and pyroxene from the mantle of asteroid 4 Vesta
Nicole G. Lunning, Harry Y. McSween Jr., Travis J. Tenner, Noriko T. Kita, Robert J. Bodnar Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 418, 15 May 2015, Pages 126–135 LINK
Thermal evolution and sintering of chondritic planetesimals II. Improved treatment of the compaction process
Hans-Peter Gail, Stephan Henke and Mario Trieloff A&A Volume 576, April 2015 LINK
A search for shocked quartz grains in the Allerød-Younger Dryas boundary layer
Van Hoesel, A., Hoek, W. Z., Pennock, G. M., Kaiser, K., Plümper, O., Jankowski, M., Hamers, M. F., Schlaak, N., Küster, M., Andronikov, A. V. and Drury, M. R. (2015), Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi:…
Microscopic impactor debris in the soil around Kamil crater (Egypt): Inventory, distribution, total mass, and implications for the impact scenario
Luigi Folco, Massimo D’Orazio, Agnese Fazio, Carole Cordier, Antonio Zeoli, Matthias van Ginneken and Ahmed El-Barkooky Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12427 LINK
A new calibration to determine the closure temperatures of Fe-Mg ordering in augite from nakhlites
M. Alvaro, M. C. Domeneghetti, A. M. Fioretti, F. Cámara and L. Marinangeli Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12436 LINK
The Nature of Primitive R Chondrite Material: Characterization of an R3.2 Clast in Mount Prestrud 95404
K. E. Miller, D. S. Lauretta , H. C. Connolly , K. Nagashima , and K. Domanik 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015) PDF LINK
Large bolide disintegrates above Swiss Alps (15 March, 19:44 UTC)
Large bolide with fragmentations and detonations, at least 8.8 seconds The end of the trajectory was probably above the high Alps in Switzerland, just southsoutheast of Lake Lucerne. Update (16 March 2015): First trajectory calculation…
A second Porangaba meteorite has been found and presented to the public
On February 7 Renato Poltronieri was contacted by José Maria of Porangaba who had found a second meteorite weighing 425 grams. José Maria gave a fragment of 131 grams to Renato Poltronieri which was then…
Pulse-laser irradiation experiments of Murchison CM2 chondrite for reproducing space weathering on C-type asteroids
Moe Matsuoka, Tomoki Nakamura, Yuki Kimura, Takahiro Hiroi, Ryosuke Nakamura, Satoshi Okumura, Sho Sasaki Icarus available online 14 March 2015 doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2015.02.029 LINK
Second natural quasicrystal ever found in ancient meteorite
Luca Bindi, Nan Yao, Chaney Lin, Lincoln S. Hollister, Christopher L. Andronicos, Vadim V. Distler, Michael P. Eddy, Alexander Kostin, Valery Kryachko, Glenn J. MacPherson, William M. Steinhardt, Marina Yudovskaya, Paul J. Steinhardt Scientific Reports,…
The August θ-Aquillid fireballs and possible relationship with the asteroid 2004MB6
Kokhirova, G. I. and Babadzhanov, P. B. (2015) Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12431 LINK
Amino acid analyses of R and CK chondrites
Burton, A. S., McLain, H., Glavin, D. P., Elsila, J. E., Davidson, J., Miller, K. E., Andronikov, A. V., Lauretta, D. and Dworkin, J. P. (2015) Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12433 LINK
Hydrogen and major element concentrations on 433 Eros: Evidence for an L- or LL-chondrite-like surface composition
Peplowski, P. N., Bazell, D., Evans, L. G., Goldsten, J. O., Lawrence, D. J. and Nittler, L. R. (2015) Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12434 LINK
Igneous and shock processes affecting chassignite amphibole evaluated using chlorine/water partitioning and hydrogen isotopes
Giesting, P. A., Schwenzer, S. P., Filiberto, J., Starkey, N. A., Franchi, I. A., Treiman, A. H., Tindle, A. G. and Grady, M. M. (2015), Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12430 LINK
Impact-related noncoaxial deformation in the Pułtusk H chondrite inferred from petrofabric analysis
Krzesińska, A., Gattacceca, J., Friedrich, J. M. and Rochette, P. (2015), Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12429 LINK
Tracking the source of the enriched martian meteorites in olivine-hosted melt inclusions of two depleted shergottites, Yamato 980459 and Tissint
T.J. Peters, J.I. Simon, J.H. Jones, T. Usui, R. Moriwaki, R.C. Economos, A.K. Schmitt, K.D. McKeegan Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 418, 15 May 2015, Pages 91–102 doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2015.02.033 LINK
Neutral Na in Cometary Tails as a Remnant of Early Aqueous Alteration
Y. Ellinger, F. Pauzat, O. Mousis, A. Guilbert-Lepoutre, F. Leblanc, M. Ali-Dib, M. Doronin, E. Zicler, and A. Doressoundiram The Astrophysical Journal Letters Volume 801 Number 2 ApJ 801 L30. doi:10.1088/2041-8205/801/2/L30 LINK
Chelyabinsk, Zond IV, and a possible first-century fireball of historical importance
Hartmann, W. K. (2015) Meteoritics & Planetary Science doi: 10.1111/maps.12428 LINK Comment on “Chelyabinsk, Zond IV, and a possible first‐century fireball of historical importance” William K. Hartmann, Alexander Forte, Alina SABYR Meteorit Planet Sci. ….
Formation and transformations of Fe-rich serpentines by asteroidal aqueous alteration processes: A nanoscale study of the Murray chondrite
Agnès Elmaleh, Franck Bourdelle, Florent Caste, Karim Benzerara, Hugues Leroux, Bertrand Devouard Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta doi:10.1016/j.gca.2015.03.007 available online 12 March 2015 LINK
Paleomagnetic and rock magnetic study of the Mistastin Lake impact structure (Labrador, Canada): Implications for geomagnetic perturbation and shock effects
Gwenaël Hervé, Stuart A. Gilder, Cassandra L. Marion, Gordon R. Osinski, Jean Pohl, Nikolai Petersen, Paul J. Sylvester Earth and Planetary Science Letters doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2015.02.011 LINK
The 2015 J. Lawrence Smith Medal awarded to Hiroko Nagahara
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Early Evolution of the Earth-Moon System with a Fast-Spinning Earth
Jack Wisdom, ZhenLiang Tian Icarus available online 7 March 2015 doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2015.02.025 LINK
Origin of native silicon and iron silicides in the Dhofar 280 lunar meteorite
M. A. Nazarov, S. I. Shornikov, S. I. Demidova Petrology March 2015, Volume 23, Issue 2, pp 168-175 LINK
Possible serpentine relicts in lunar meteorites
S. I. Demidova, M. A. Nazarov, T. Ntaflos, F. Brandstätter Petrology March 2015, Volume 23, Issue 2, pp 116-126 LINK
Characteristics and origin of the components of the carbonaceous chondrite NWA 470
M. A. Ivanova, M. I. Petaev Petrology March 2015, Volume 23, Issue 2, pp 150-167 <a href=”http://link.springer.com/article/10.1134%2FS0869591115020058″ target=”_blank”><strong>LINK</strong></a>
Incorporation of water into olivine during nebular condensation: Insights from density functional theory and thermodynamics, and implications for phyllosilicate formation and terrestrial water inventory
Abu Asaduzzaman, Krishna Muralidharan and Jibamitra Ganguly Meteoritics & Planetary Science doi: 10.1111/maps.12409 Article first published online: 6 MAR 2015 LINK
Organic molecules in the Sheepbed Mudstone, Gale Crater, Mars
C. Freissinet, D. P. Glavin, P. R. Mahaffy, K. E. Miller, J. L. Eigenbrode, R. E. Summons, A. E. Brunner, A. Buch, C. Szopa, P. D. Archer Jr, H. B. Franz, S. K. Atreya, W….
Processing in a transitional environment of CV and CK chondrites’ parent bodies in the light of mineralogical and petrological analysis of NWA 1465 CV3 meteorite
A. Kereszturi, Sz. Ormandi, S. Jozsa Planetary and Space Science available online 3 March 2015 doi:10.1016/j.pss.2015.02.016 LINK
Impact vaporization of planetesimal cores in the late stages of planet Formation
Richard G. Kraus, Seth Root, Raymond W. Lemke, Sarah T. Stewart, Stein B. Jacobsen, Thomas R. Mattsson Nature Geoscience 8, 269–272 doi:10.1038/ngeo2369 LINK Supplementary Information(PDF)
Photoluminescence of silicon-vacancy defects in nanodiamonds of different chondrites
A. A. Shiryaev, A. V. Fisenko, L. F. Semjonova, A. A. Khomich, I. I. Vlasov Meteoritics and Planetary Science PDF (full text) LINK
A new classification of Nyirábrany, an ordinary chondrite from Hungary
Mészáros M., Kereszturi A., Ditrói-Puskás Z. Meteorites Vol. 3, Nos. 1–2, 2014, 19–32 DOI 10.5277/met140102 PDF (full text) Meteorites (Vol. 3) Publishers: Wrocław University of Technology, Faculty of Geoengineering, Mining and Geology; Polish Meteorite Society
The meteorite fall near Boumdeid, Mauritania, from September 14, 2011
Buhl S., Toueirjenne C., Hofmann B., Laubenstein M., Wimmer K. Meteorites Vol. 3, Nos. 1–2, 2014, 5–18 DOI 10.5277/met140101 PDF (full text) Meteorites (Vol. 3) Publishers: Wrocław University of Technology, Faculty of Geoengineering, Mining and…
Volatile Delivery to Planets from Water-rich Planetesimals around Low Mass Stars
Fred J. Ciesla, Gijs D. Mulders, Ilaria Pascucci, Daniel Apai accepted to ApJ PDF LINK (full text) LINK
A primordial origin for the composition similarity between the Earth and the Moon
Alessandra Mastrobuono-Battisti, Hagai B. Perets, Sean N. Raymond accepted for publication in Nature PDF LINK LINK Updated (9 April 2015): PDF LINK
Nucleosynthetic strontium isotope anomalies in carbonaceous chondrites
Tetsuya Yokoyama, Yusuke Fukami, Wataru Okui, Nobuaki Ito, Hiroshi Yamazaki Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 416, 15 April 2015, Pages 46–55 doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2015.01.040 LINK
A Significant Amount of Crystalline Silica in Returned Cometary Samples: Bridging the Gap between Astrophysical and Meteoritical Observations
Mathieu Roskosz and Hugues Leroux The Astrophysical Journal Letters , ApJ801 L7 doi:10.1088/2041-8205/801/1/L7 LINK
The two views of Ceres
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Petrology of igneous clasts in Northwest Africa 7034: Implications for the petrologic diversity of the martian crust
Alison R. Santos, Carl B. Agee, Francis M. McCubbin, Charles K. Shearer, Paul V. Burger, Romain Tartèse, Mahesh Anand Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta available online 25 February 2015 LINK
Zirconium isotope evidence for the heterogeneous distribution of s–process materials in the solar system
W. Akram, M. Schönbächler, S. Bisterzo, R. Gallino Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta available online 24 February 2015 LINK
Mn-Cr dating of Fe- and Ca-rich olivine from ‘quenched’ and ‘plutonic’ angrite meteorites using Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry
Seann J. McKibbin, Trevor R. Ireland, Yuri Amelin, Peter Holden Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta available online 21 February 2015 doi:10.1016/j.gca.2015.02.019 LINK
Hf-W chronology of the eucrite parent body
Mathieu Touboul, Peter Sprung, Sarah A. Aciego, Bernard Bourdon, Thorsten Kleine Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta available online 21 February 2015 doi:10.1016/j.gca.2015.02.018 LINK
Low 60Fe abundance in Semarkona and Sahara 99555
Haolan Tang, Nicolas Dauphas The Astrophysical Journal, in press. arXiv:1502.05611 PDF LINK (full text) LINK
Petrography and composition of Martian regolith breccia meteorite Northwest Africa 7475
Wittmann, A., Korotev, R. L., Jolliff, B. L., Irving, A. J., Moser, D. E., Barker, I. and Rumble, D. (2015) Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 50: 326–352. doi: 10.1111/maps.12425 first published online: 19 FEB 2015 LINK…
Dawn probe to look for a habitable ocean on Ceres
Eric Hand Science 20 February 2015: Vol. 347 no. 6224 pp. 813-814 DOI: 10.1126/science.347.6224.813 LINK
Mineralogy and Surface Composition of Asteroids
Vishnu Reddy, Tasha L. Dunn, Cristina A. Thomas, Nicholas A. Moskovitz, Thomas H. Burbine Chapter to appear in the Space Science Series Book: Asteroids IV PDF LINK (full text) LINK
Isotopic mass fractionation laws for magnesium and their effects on 26Al-26Mg systematics in solar system materials
Andrew M. Davis, Frank M. Richter, Ruslan A. Mendybaev, Philip E. Janney, Meenakshi Wadhwa, Kevin D. McKeegan Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta available online 16 February 2015 LINK
Formation of Phobos and Deimos via a giant impact
Robert I. Citron, Hidenori Genda, Shigeru Ida Icarus Volume 252, 15 May 2015, Pages 334–338 doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2015.02.011 LINK
The Northwest Africa (NWA) 5790 meteorite: A mesostasis-rich nakhlite with little or no Martian aqueous alteration (OPEN ACCESS)
Tomkinson, T., Lee, M. R., Mark, D. F., Dobson, K. J. and Franchi, I. A. (2015) Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12424 PDF LINK (OPEN ACCESS)
Morphological Study of Insoluble Organic Matter from Carbonaceous Chondrites: Correlation with Petrologic Grade
Hitesh G. Changela, George D. Cody, Conel M.O’D. Alexander, Z Peeters, Larry R. Nittler, Rhonda M. Stroud Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta available online 16 February 2015 doi:10.1016/j.gca.2015.02.007
Earth and Terrestrial Planet Formation
Seth A. Jacobson, Kevin J. Walsh accepted for publication in Early Earth, an AGU Monograph edited by James Badro and Michael J. Walter PDF LINK (full text) LINK(abstract)
Diverse impactors in Apollo 15 and 16 impact melt rocks: evidence from osmium isotopes and highly siderophile elements
Jingao Liu, Miriam Sharp, Richard D. Ash, David A. Kring, Richard J. Walker Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta available online 14 February 2015 doi:10.1016/j.gca.2015.02.004 LINK
Trace element geochemistry of ordinary chondrite chondrules: the type I/type II chondrule dichotomy
Emmanuel Jacquet, Olivier Alard, Matthieu Gounelle Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta available online 14 February 2015 doi:10.1016/j.gca.2015.02.005 LINK
Mn-Cr systematics in primitive meteorites: insights from mineral separation and partial dissolution
Christa Göpel, Jean-Louis Birck, Albert Galy, Jean-Alix Barrat, Brigitte Zanda Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta doi:10.1016/j.gca.2015.02.008 available online 14 February 2015 LINK
New Guidelines of Nomenclature Committee for meteorites from NWA
“Meteoritical Bulletin News Northwest Africa Reboot! (13 Feb 2015) The Nomenclature Committee has changed its Guidelines concerning meteorites from northwest Africa. Meteorites submitted with geographic coordinates will now be named using a system of Dense…
Mineralogy, petrology, and distribution of meteorites at the Whitecourt crater, Alberta, Canada
Newman, J. D. and Herd, C. D. K. (2015) Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12422 LINK
Effects of meteoroid shape on cosmogenic nuclide production processes
Masarik, J. and Beňo, J. (2015) Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12423 LINK
Chelyabinsk main mass’s current weight refined to 503.33 kg
On 2 February 2015 another precise weighing refined the current weight of the Chelyabinsk main mass as it is presented in the Chelyabinsk Museum to 503.33(3333333333) grams. In two years the main mass will be…
Chemical and mineralogical compositions of two grains recovered from asteroid Itokawa
Ebihara, M., Shirai, N., Sekimoto, S., Nakamura, T., Tsuchiyama, A., Matsuno, J., Matsumoto, T., Tanaka, M., Abe, M., Fujimura, A., Ishibashi, Y., Karouji, Y., Mukai, T., Okada, T., Uesugi, M. and Yada, T. (2015) Meteoritics…
Fe and O isotope composition of meteorite fusion crusts: possible natural analogues to chondrule formation?
Hezel, D. C., Poole, G. M., Hoyes, J., Coles, B. J., Unsworth, C., Albrecht, N., Smith, C., Rehkämper, M., Pack, A., Genge, M. and Russell, S. S. (2015) Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12414 LINK
A rock fragment related to the magnesian suite in lunar meteorite Allan Hills (ALHA) 81005
Allan H. Treiman, Juliane Gross American Mineralogist doi: 10.2138/am-2015-4800 v. 100 no. 2-3 p. 414-426 LINK
A micro-Raman and infrared study of several Hayabusa category 3 (organic) particles
Fumio Kitajima, Masayuki Uesugi, Yuzuru Karouji, Yukihiro Ishibashi, Toru Yada, Hiroshi Naraoka, Masanao Abe, Akio Fujimura, Motoo Ito, Hikaru Yabuta, Hajime Mita, Yoshinori Takano, Tatsuaki Okada Earth, Planets and Space 2015, 67:20 (11 February 2015)…
Small Near-Earth Asteroids as a Source of Meteorites
Jiří Borovička, Pavel Spurný, Peter Brown in Asteroids IV (chapter, accepted ) PDF LINK (full text) LINK
36.7 kg meteorite found at Elephant Moraine by Korean Antarctic reconnaissance helicopter search team
A Korean reconnaissance helicopter meteorite search team has apparently found a 36.7 kg meteorite with a diameter of ~30 cm at a location about 300km away from Jang Bogo Station on the Elephant Moraine (Antarctica)…
Chelyabinsk State Museum presents the temporary meteorite exhibition Метеориты Урала и России
The Chelyabinsk State Museum of Local History presents the meteorite exhibition Метеориты Урала и России to commemorate the second ‘fallday’ of the Chelyabinsk meteorite. The exhibition starts on 11 February and visitors will be able…
Modeling asteroid collisions and impact processes
Martin Jutzi, Keith Holsapple, Kai Wünneman, Patrick Michel Chapter to appear in the Space Science Series Book: Asteroids IV arXiv:1502.01844 PDF (full text) LINK
Growth of calcium-aluminum-rich inclusions by coagulation and fragmentation in a turbulent protoplanetary disk: observations and simulations
Sébastien Charnoz, Jérôme Aleon, Noël Chaumard, Kevin Baillie, Esther Taillifet Volume 252, 15 May 2015, Pages 440–453 doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2015.01.023 PDF (full text) LINK
Ceres – seen by Dawn III
This animation showcases a series of images NASA’s Dawn spacecraft took on approach to Ceres on Feb. 4, 2015 at a distance of about 90,000 miles (145,000 kilometers) from the dwarf planet. Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA/PSI
Fragments – radio drama by Laura Lomas
Fragments by Laura Lomas Radio Drama, BBC 4 6 February 14:15-15:00 UTC 29 days left to listen LISTEN (audio streaming) “a forecast meteoriteoid explosion” If only there were more of these in our nonfictional world!…
Compound Chondrules fused Cold
Alexander Hubbard Icarus arXiv:1502.01299 PDF LINK (full text) LINK (abstract) updated: 31 March 2015 LINK (abstract) doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2015.02.030
Micron-scale D/H heterogeneity in chondrite matrices: a signature of the pristine solar system water?
Laurette Piani, François Robert, Laurent Remusat Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 415, 1 April 2015, Pages 154–164 arXiv:1502.01067 doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2015.01.039 PDF LINK LINK LINK
The ANSMET 2014 / 2015 Field Season – 562 meteorites collected
562 meteorites have been collected during the 2014/2015 season. 60% of these were collected on the morains. Together with the meteorites from the 2013/2014 season, which have been stored in Antarctica for a year, almost…
Sulfidization of Iron in the Dynamic Solar Nebula and Implications for Planetary Compositions
Fred J. Ciesla The Astrophysical Journal Letters Volume 800 Number 1 ApJ 800 L6. doi:10.1088/2041-8205/800/1/L6 published 4 Februar 2015. LINK
Asteroid Family Physical Properties
Joseph Masiero, Francesca DeMeo, Toshihiro Kasuga, Alex H. Parker arXiv:1502.00961 PDF LINK (full text) LINK
A new investigation of hydration in the M-type asteroids
Z.A. Landsman, H. Campins, N. Pinilla-Alonso, J. Hanuš, V. Lorenzi Icarus doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2015.01.021 available online 2 February 2015 LINK
NO MOON IN VIENNA – Fundraising to acquire lunar meteorite Oued Awlitis 001 has unfortunately failed
UNFORTUNATELY THE ACQUISITION OF OUED AWLITIS 001 FOR THE NHM in VIENNA HAS NOT BEEN SUCCESSFUL The acquisition of the beautiful lunar meteorite Oued Awlitis 001 (410,43 g) for the meteorite collection of the Museum…
Souss/Météorites – Un commerce juteux pour les nomades
Souss/Météorites – Un commerce juteux pour les nomades L’Economiste (Morocco), 28 January 2015 Souss/Météorites – Un commerce juteux pour les nomades (automatic English translation)
Exploring Exogenic Sources for the Olivine on Asteroid (4) Vesta
Lucille Le Corre, Vishnu Reddy, Juan A. Sanchez, Tasha Dunn, Edward A. Cloutis, Matthew R.M. Izawa, Paul Mann, Andreas Nathues Icarus, available online 30 January 2015 doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2015.01.018 LINK Exploring Exogenic Sources for the Olivine on…
46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference in The Woodlands, Texas (March 16–20, 2015) PROGRAM ONLINE
46th LPSC program and abstracts (PDF) 46th LPSC program and abstracts (PDF) Author Index to Program
High-Precision U-Pb and Pb-Pb Geochronology at UC Davis — First Results for EarlyTime Standards
M.H. Huyskens, M.E. Sanborn and Q.-Z. Yin 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #2340 PDF LINK
The Hummeln Structure (Sweden) — Impact Origin Confirmed and Its Link to the L-Chondrite Parent Body Break-Up Event
L. Ferrière, C. Alwmark, S. Holm-Alwmark, J. Ormö, H. Leroux, E. Sturkell 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #1758 LINK
Magnetic Fields in the Late-Stage Solar Nebula Recorded in CR Chondrites
Fu R. R., Weiss B. P., Schrader D. L. PDF LINK
NEBULAR SHOCKS: CHONDRULE FORMATION OR DESTRUCTION?
Emmanuel Jacquet, and Christopher Thompson PDF LINK
Onset of a Planetesimal Dynamo and the Lifetime of the Solar Nebular Magnetic Field
H. Wang, B. P. Weiss, B. G. Downey, J. Wang , Y. K. Chen-Wiegart , J. Wang , C. R.Suavet, R. R. Fu, E. A. Lima, and M. E. Zucolotto PDF LINK
The Feeding Zones of Terrestrial Planets and Insights into Moon Formation
Nathan A. Kaib, Nicolas B. Cowan Icarus, available online 29 January 2015 doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2015.01.013 PDF LINK (full text) LINK
Short-term variability on the surface of (1) Ceres. A changing amount of water ice?
D. Perna, Z. Kaňuchová, S. Ieva, S. Fornasier, M. A. Barucci, C. Lantz, E. Dotto, G. Strazzulla PDF LINK (full text) LINK
Evidence for a Widespread Basaltic Breccia Component in the Martian Low-Albedo Regions from the Reflectance Spectrum of Northwest Africa 7034
Kevin M. Cannon, John F. Mustard, Carl B. Agee Icarus, available online 29 January 2015 LINK Meteorite may represent ‘bulk background’ of Mars’ battered crust Brown University (January 30, 2015)
Formation of iddingsite veins in the martian crust by centripetal replacement of olivine: Evidence from the nakhlite meteorite Lafayette (OPEN ACCESS PDF)
M.R. Lee, T. Tomkinson, L.J. Hallis, D.F. Mark Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta Volume 154, 1 April 2015, Pages 49–65 doi:10.1016/j.gca.2015.01.022 available online 28 January 2015 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)
Ceres – seen by Dawn spacecraft II
This animation of the dwarf planet Ceres was made by combining images taken by NASA’s Dawn spacecraft on January 25, 2015. The spacecraft’s framing camera took these images, at a distance of about 147,000 miles…
Towards understanding the dynamical evolution of asteroid 25143 Itokawa: constraints from sample analysis
Harold C Connolly, Dante S Lauretta, Kevin J Walsh, Shogo Tachibana, William F Bottke Earth, Planets and Space 2015, 67:12 (27 January 2015) PDF LINK (full text) LINK
Formation and Growth of Bodies in the Early Solar System: From Turbulence Motion to Revolving Motion of the Particles and Small Bodies
T. R. Abdulmyanov 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #1016 PDF LINK
Petrology and Cosmochemistry of a Suite of R Chondrites
Z. A. Torrano, D. W. Mittlefehldt, Z. X. Peng 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #1229 PDF LINK
Refractory Inclusions Recycled During Formation of Porphyritic Chondrules from CH Carbonaceous Chondrites
A. N. Krot, K. Nagashima, E. M. M. E. van Kooten, M. Bizzarro 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #1596 PDF LINK
Cooling Rates of Type I Chondrules from the Renazzo CR2 Chondrite: Implications for Chondrule Formation
N. Chaumard, M. Humayun, B. Zanda, R. H. Hewins 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #1907 PDF LINK
Primary Feldspar in Semarkona (LL3.00) Chondrules
J. A. Lewis, R. H. Jones 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #2067 PDF LINK
Analyzing Unclassified Meteorites
R. G. Mayne, S. Crossley, J. Gregory 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #2118 PDF LINK
A Short Time Interval for the Formation of Chondrules’ Precursors
T. H. Luu, E. D. Young, M. Gounelle, M. Chaussidon 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #2110 PDF LINK Short time interval for condensation of high-temperature silicates in the solar accretion disk Han…
Atypical Amino Acid Structural and Isotopic Compositions in the CR2 Chondrite Miller Range 090001 and the CH3 Chondrite Sayh al Uhaymir 290
A. S. Burton, J. E. Elsila, E. T. Parker, D. P. Glavin, J. P. Dworkin, R. Bartoschewitz 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #2242 PDF LINK
Processes Affecting the CR Chondrites Parent Body: Petrology, Mineralogy and Chemical Composition of the Matrices of Antarctic CR Carbonaceous Chondrites
N. M. Abreu 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #2561 PDF LINK
Measurement of Thermal Properties of the Ordinary Chondrites Relevant to Planet-Forming Processes
K. A. McCain, F. J. Ciesla, P. R. Heck, S. S. Rout, M. Pellin, C. Malliakas, J. F. Mitchell 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #2730 PDF LINK
Meteoritical Bulletin updates
- Nanbaxian 008 (H3)
- Northwest Africa 18326 (LL7)
- Northwest Africa 18325 (Acapulcoite)
- Northwest Africa 17920 (CK6)
- Northwest Africa 17913 (CK5)
- Northwest Africa 17909 (Diogenite-pm)
- Northwest Africa 2647 (R3)
- Northwest Africa 16485 (Winonaite)
- Northwest Africa 18197 (Diogenite)
- Erfoud 001 (LL3)
- Northwest Africa 18345 (LL7)
- Northwest Africa 18342 (H3-4)
- Northwest Africa 18323 (Diogenite)
- Northwest Africa 18322 (Diogenite)
- Northwest Africa 18321 (Diogenite)
- Northwest Africa 18320 (Diogenite)
- Northwest Africa 18442 (Ureilite)
- Northwest Africa 18441 (Eucrite-melt breccia)
- Nagjir 005 (Lunar (melt breccia))
- Northwest Africa 18305 (Lunar (melt breccia))
