Magnetite in CK and CV Chondrites: Evidence for Two Parent Bodies?
T. L. Dunn, J. Gross 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #1105 PDF LINK
A 33S Anomaly in CM Chondrites
J. Labidi, J. Farquhar, D. L. Eldridge, H. Oduro, C. Alexander, G. Cody 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #1869 PDF LINK
Oxygen Isotope Systematics of Chondrules in R3 Clasts: A Genetic Link to Ordinary Chondrites
N. T. Kita, T. J. Tenner, C. Defouilloy, D. Nakashima, T. Ushikubo, A. Bischoff 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #2053 PDF LINK
Hafnium-Tungsten Age of Allende Chondrules and Matrix
G. Budde, T. Kleine, T. S. Kruijer, K. Metzler 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #2262 PDF LINK
Miller Range 090657: A Very Pristine Renazzo-Like (CR) Carbonaceous Chondrite
J. Davidson, C. M. O’D. Alexander, D. L. Schrader, L. R. Nittler, R. Bowden 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #1603 PDF LINK
Impact Melting of CV and CM Chondrites
N. G. Lunning, C. M. Corrigan, H. Y. McSween, T. J. Tenner, N. T. Kita 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #2076 PDF LINK
Multiple Aqueous Events in the Nakhlite Meteorite North West Africa (NWA) 817
H. Breton, M. R. Lee, D. F. Mark 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #1929 PDF LINK
Evidence for Late-Stage Magmatic or Subsolidus Reduction in Paired Anomalous Lodranites Northwest Africa 8410 and 8422
S. M. Kuehner, A. J. Irving, K. Ziegler, M. Jost, A. Aaronson 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #2411 PDF LINK
Study of Soluble Organic Compounds from Martian Regolith Breccia NWA 7533 by Orbitrap Mass Spectrometry
F.-R. Orthous-Daunay, R. Thissen, L. Flandinet, A. Néri, V. Vuitton, P. Beck 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #2564 PDF LINK
Semarkona: Constraining Chondrule and Chondrite Formation
A. Hubbard, D. S. Ebel 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #2695 PDF LINK
Comparative Non-Destructive Study of the Zaklodzie and NWA 4301 Enstatite Achondrites via Micro-Computed Tomography
D. D. Uribe, P. J. A. McCausland, M .R. M. Izawa, R. L. Flemming, J. U. Umoh, D. W. Holdsworth 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #2817 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
Genetic Link Between Fluffy Type A, Compact Type A and Type B CAIs from CV3 Chondrites NWA 3118 and Efremovka
M. A. Ivanova, A. N. Krot, G. J. MacPherson 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #2371 PDF LINK
A TEM Study of the Fine-Grained Material of the NWA 7533 Martian Regolith Breccia
H. Leroux, M. Marinova, D. Jacob, R. H. Hewins, B. Zanda, M. Humayun, J. P. Lorand 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #1832 PDF LINK
The Thermal and Alteration History of NWA 8114 Martian Regolith
J. L. MacArthur, J. C. Bridges, L. J. Hicks, S. J. Gurman 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #2295 PDF LINK
FTIR and Fluorescence Spectroscopic Analyses of NWA 7034: Organic Terrestrial Contamination and Its Association with High Nickel Regions
S. Wirick, G. J. Flynn, J. Brandes, L. Miller, R. Sm 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #2348 PDF LINK
Monazite, Chevkinite-Perrierite and Xenotime in Martian Breccia Meteorite NWA 7034
Y. Liu, C. Ma 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #1287 PDF LINK
NWA 8694, a Ferroan Chassignite
R. H. Hewins, B. Zanda, S. Pont, M. Humayun, N. Assayag, P. Cartigny 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #2249 PDF LINK
The Forgotten Uncertainties in Using Radiochronometry to Date Minerals that Formed in the Early Solar System — The Example of 53Mn
M. A. Tyra 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #2911 PDF LINK
High Abundance of Methylamine in the Orgueil (CI1) Meteorite
J. C. Aponte, J. P. Dworkin, J. E. Elsila 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #1075 PDF LINK
The Vital Roles of Water and Organics in the Early Solar System
C. M. O’D. Alexander 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #2744 PDF LINK
Tracking the Earliest Stages of Aqueous Alteration in the Mildly Altered CM Chondrite EET 96029
P. Lindgren, M. R. Lee 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #1760 PDF LINK
The Glue that Holds Worlds Together: Abundance, Origin and Significance of Amorphous Fe, Mg Silicate in Carbonaceous Chondrites
K. T. Howard, J. Davidson, C. M. O’D. Alexander, N. M. Abreu 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #2244 PDF LINK
Lithologies Making Up CM Carbonaceous Chondrites and Their Link to Space Exposure Ages
T. Gregory, M. E. Zolensky, A. Trieman, E. Berger, L. Le, A. Fagan, A. Takenouchi, M. A. Velbel, K. Nishiizumi 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #1227 PDF LINK
Igneous Petrology and Geochemistry of the Tissint Meteorite
J. B. Balta, M. E. Sanborn, A. Udry, M. Wadhwa, H. Y. McSween 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #1267 PDF LINK
Water in Martian Meteorites: Oxygen Isotope Compositions
O. V. Maltsev, K. Ziegler, Z. D. Sharp, C. B. Agee 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #2268 PDF LINK
Composition of Fine-Grained Bulk Matrix and Protobreccia Clast Matrix in Northwest Africa 7034: Implications for the Composition of the Martian Crust
F. M. McCubbin, A. Simonetti, C. K. Shearer, A. R. Santos, J. M. D. Day, J. W. Boyce, N. Muttik, C. B. Agee 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #1723 PDF LINK
Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy Sampling in Martian Polymict Breccia Northwest Africa 7034
S. R. Gordon, H. E. Newsom, S. Clegg, M. D. Dyar, C. B. Agee 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #2232 PDF LINK
Petrology of Iron, Titanium, and Phosphorus Rich Clasts Within Martian Meteorite Northwest Africa 7034
A. R. Santos, C. B. Agee, F. M. McCubbin, C. K. Shearer 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #1941 PDF LINK
Northwest Africa 8535: Unique Dunitic Angrite
C. B. Agee, H. M. Miley, K. Ziegler, M. N. Spilde 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #2681 PDF LINK
Hafnium-Tungsten Chronology of the Ureilite Parent Body
G. Budde, T. S. Kruijer, M. Fischer-Gödde, A. J. Irving, T. Kleine 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #2293 PDF LINK
Petrogenesis of Lunar Poikilitic Impact Melt Meteorite Oued Awlitis 001
A. Wittmann, R. L. Korotev, B. L. Jolliff, A. J. Irving 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #1141 PDF LINK
Oxygen Isotopes in Microchondrules and Rine Grained Rims: Co-Gentic Origin of Chondrules, Micro-Chondrules and Rims in UOCs?
B. Jacobsen, J. N. Bigolski, E. Dobrică, M. K. Weisberg, A. J. Brearley, I. D. Hutcheon 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #2929 PDF LINK
An Amoeboid Olivine Aggregate Surrounded by an Igneous Ferroan Olivine-Rich Rim from CO3.0 Chondrite DOM 08006
K. Nagashima, A. N. Krot, C. Park 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #2477 PDF LINK
Fine-Grained Rims and Matrix in Unequilibrated Ordinary Chondrites: A Comparative Study of Northwest Africa 5717 (Ung. 3.05) and Semarkona (LL3.00)
J. N. Bigolski, M. E. Zolensky, R. Christoffersen, M. K. Weisberg, Z. Rahman 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #2126 PDF LINK
A Search for Cosmic Symplectite in the Acfer 094 and Miller Range 07687 Meteorites
L. R. Nittler, J. Davidson, N. Liu, C. M. O’D. Alexander, R. M. Stroud 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #2097 PDF LINK
Nebular Fractionation (not Core Formation) is Responsible for the Heavy Silicon Isotope Compositions of Angrites and Earth
N. Dauphas, F. Poitrasson, C. Burkhardt 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #1417 PDF LINK
Effects of Secondary Processing on Presolar Grain Abundances and Compositions in the Unique Carbonaceous Chondrite Miller Range 07687
C. Floss, A. J. Brearley 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #1004 PDF LINK
Chemical Composition and Iron Oxidation State of the Amorphous Silicate Matrix in Acfer 094
T. Hopp, C. Vollmer, D. Lautenschläger, M. Pelka, J. Render 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #1172 PDF LINK
High-Precision SIMS Chondrule Oxygen Isotope Ratios from the Yamato 82094 Ungrouped Carbonaceous Chondrite
T. J. Tenner, M. Kimura, N. T. Kita 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #2162 PDF LINK
Differentiated Planetesimals with Chondritic Crusts: New Δ17O-ε54Cr Evidence in Unique, Ungrouped Achondrites for Partial Melting of the CV/CK and CO Parent Bodies
M. E. Sanborn, Q.-Z. Yin, A. J. Irving, T. E. Bunch 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #2259 PDF LINK
A New Unequilibrated Chondrite Lithology Discovered in the Murchison CM2 Meteorite
G. K. Benedix, S. S. Russell, L. V. Forman, A. W. R. Bevan, P. A. Bland 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #1143 PDF LINK
Organic Matter in the Unique Carbonaceous Chondrite Miller Range 07687: A Coordinated In Situ NanoSIMS, FIB-TEM, and XANES Study
J. Davidson, L. R. Nittler, R. M. Stroud, A. Takigawa, B. T. De Gregorio, C. M. O’D. Alexander, A. L. D. Kilcoyne, G. D. Cody 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #1609 PDF…
Searching for Potassium Host Phases in Preparation for Ar-Ar Analysis of Brachinite and Brachinite-Like Achondrites
S. B. Beard, T. D. Swindle, K. J. Domanik 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #2568 PDF LINK
Northwest Africa 7135: An Unusual Reduced, Unequilibrated Chondrite Containing Oldhamite, Daubreelite, Schreibersite and Djerfisherite, and with a Unique Oxygen Isotopic Composition
A. J. Irving, S. M. Kuehner, K. Ziegler, F. Kuntz, P. P. Sipiera 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #2437 PDF LINK
NWA 5363/NWA 5400 and the Earth: Isotopic Twins or Just Distant Cousins?
C. Burkhardt, N. Dauphas, H. Tang, M. Fischer-Gödde, L. Qin, J. H. Chen, A. Pack, S. S. Rout, P. R. Heck, D. A. Papanastassiou 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #2732 PDF LINK
Differences Within Carbonaceous Chondrite Groups from a Comparative ICP-MS Bulk Chemistry
M. Martínez-Jiménez, J. M. Trigo-Rodríguez, J. Alonso-Azcárate 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #1122 PDF LINK
Petrology of Ungrouped and Anomalous Achondrites SaU 493, NWA 4470, NWA 6962, and NWA 5297
D. R. Dunlap, Y. J. Ku, L. A. J. Garvie, M. Wadhwa 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #2570 PDF LINK
Petrologic and Isotopic Classification of Ungrouped Achondrite NWA 8186: Implications for a CK/CV Asteroidal Origin
P. Srinivasan, F. M. McCubbin, C. B. Agee, K. Ziegler, M. E. Sanborn, Q.-Z. Yin 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #1472 PDF LINK
26Al-26Mg Systematics in Chondrules of an Ungrouped Type 3.05 Chondrite NWA 5717
H. Tang, M.-C. Liu, K. D. McKeegan, N. Dauphas 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #2245 PDF LINK
Recycling of an Asteroid via a Comet Inferred from the Chelyabinsk Meteorite
E. Nakamura, T. Kunihiro, H. Kitagawa, K. Kobayashi, T. Ota, C. Sakaguchi, Y. Shimaki, R. Tanaka, T. Tsujimori, M. Yamanaka, G. E. Bebout, V. I. Grokhovsky, O. N. Koroleva, K. D. Litasov, V. Malkovets 46th…
Physical Characterization of Chelyabinsk-Sized (~20 meter) Near-Earth Asteroids: Implications for Impact Hazard, Meteorite Source Bodies, and Human Exploration
V. Reddy, R. R. Landis, J. A. Sanchez, P. S. Hardersen, B. Burt, F. E. DeMeo, M. J. Gaffey, L. Le Corre 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #1289 PDF LINK
Snow Compaction During the Chelyabinsk Meteorite Fall
R. Luther, A. Lukashin, N. Artemieva, V. Shuvalov, K. Wünnemann 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #1724 PDF LINK
Magnetic, In Situ, Mineral Characterization of Chelyabinsk Meteorite Thin Section
L. Nabelek, M. Mazanec, S. Kdyr, G. Kletetschka 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #3006 PDF LINK
Modeling the Chelyabinsk Impact, 2
D. G. Korycansky 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #1144 PDF LINK
26Al and 10Be Activities in Chelyabinsk (LL5): Implications for Cosmic-Ray Exposure History
J. Park, G. F. Herzog, L. E. Nyquist, C.-Y. Shih, M.-K. Haba, K. Nagao 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #1453 PDF LINK
Formation of Carbon-Rich Grains by the Chelyabinsk and Nio Meteoritic Showers
Y. Miura, T. Tanosaki 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #1666 PDF LINK
Chelyabinsk Ar-Ar Ages — A Young Heterogeneous LL5 Chondrite
F. N. Lindsay, G. F. Herzog, J. Park, B. D. Turrin, J. S. Delaney, C. C. Swisher III 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #2226 PDF LINK
Mineralogy, Petrology, Chronology, and Exposure History of the Chelyabinsk Meteorite and Parent Body
K. Righter, P. Abell, D. Agresti, E. L. Berger, A. S. Burton, J. S. Delaney, M. D. Fries, E. K. Gibson, R. Harrington, G. F. Herzog, L. P. Keller, D. Locke, F. Lindsay, T. J….
Ti-Cr-O Isotope Systematics of the Anomalous Eucrites and Martian Meteorites
C. D. Williams, M. E. Sanborn, Q. -Z. Yin 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #1671 PDF LINK
High-Precision 182W Measurements of Martian Meteorites for Constraining the Early Evolution of Mars
T. S. Kruijer, T. Kleine, L. Borg, M. Fischer-Gödde, A. J. Irving, A. Bischoff, C. B. Agee 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #1928 PDF LINK
Neodymium and Tungsten Isotope Systematics of Mars Inferred from the Augite Basaltic Meteorite NWA 8159
T. M. Kayzar, L. Borg, T. S. Kruijer, T. Kleine, G. Brennecka, C. Agee 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #2357 PDF LINK
The Mineralogical Record of fO2 Variation and Alteration in Northwest Africa 8159 (NWA 8159). Evidence for the Interaction Between a Mantle Derived Martian Basalt and a Crustal Component(s)
C. K. Shearer, A. S. Bell, P. V. Burger, F. M. McCubbin, C. Agee, J. Simon, J. J. Papike 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #1483 PDF LINK
Highly Siderophile Element and 187Re-187Os Isotopic Systematics of Ungrouped Achondrite Northwest Africa 7325
G. J. Archer, R. J. Walker, A. J. Irving 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #1987 PDF LINK
On-the-Fly Calibration for Rapid Raman Chondrite Classification
L. C. Welzenbach 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #2771 PDF LINK
The Dynamical Evolution of the Asteroid Belt
Alessandro Morbidelli, Kevin J. Walsh, David P. O’Brien, David A. Minton, William F. Bottke Asteroid IV PDF LINK (full text) LINK
Carbonate abundances and isotopic compositions in chondrites
C. M. O’D. Alexander, R. Bowden, M. L. Fogel and K. T. Howard Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12410 LINK We report the bulk C abundances, and C and O isotopic compositions of carbonates in…
Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko sheds dust coat accumulated over the past four years
R. Schulz et al Nature (2015), doi:10.1038/nature14159 LINK
Chelyabinsk main mass weighs 505 kg on average
(updated 26 January 13:11 CET) Since the former gravimetric measurements of the Chelyabinsk main mass to determine its final weight were not precise the museum staff has found a new scale to weigh the Chelyabinsk…
Chelyabinsk main mass weighs 505 kg on average
Since the former gravimetric measurements of the Chelyabinsk main mass to determine its final weight were not precise the museum staff has found a new scale to weigh the Chelyabinsk main mass again. The main…
Museo Geominero (Instituto Geológico y Minero de España) in Madrid acquires and exposes slice of Zaragoza meteorite
Madrid’s Museo Geominero (Instituto Geológico y Minero de España) * researcher Pablo Rafael Lozano acquired a slice of the Zaragoza * meteorite for the museum’s collection at the Munich Fair in October 2014. The meteorite…
Shock compression of stishovite and melting of silica at planetary interior conditions
M. Millot, N. Dubrovinskaia, A. Černok, S. Blaha, L. Dubrovinsky, D. G. Braun, P. M. Celliers, G. W. Collins, J. H. Eggert, and R. Jeanloz Science , Vol. 347 no. 6220 p. 443 , 23…
Constraining the source regions of lunar meteorites using orbital geochemical data
Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12412 Calzada-Diaz, A., Joy, K. H., Crawford, I. A. and Nordheim, T. A. (2015) LINK
High-resolution studies of double-layered ejecta craters: Morphology, inherent structure, and a phenomenological formation model
Wulf, G. and Kenkmann, T. (2015) Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12416 LINK
How to form planetesimals from mm-sized chondrules and chondrule aggregates
Daniel Carrera, Anders Johansen, Melvyn B. Davies PDF LINK (full text) LINK
Isotopic composition of carbon and nitrogen in ureilitic fragments of the Almahata Sitta meteorite
Downes, H., Abernethy, F. A. J., Smith, C. L., Ross, A. J., Verchovsky, A. B., Grady, M. M., Jenniskens, P. and Shaddad, M. H. (2015), Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12413 LINK
Cosmogenic radionuclides and mineralogical properties of the Chelyabinsk (LL5) meteorite: What do we learn about the meteoroid?
Povinec, P. P., Laubenstein, M., Jull, A. J. T., Ferrière, L., Brandstätter, F., Sýkora, I., Masarik, J., Beňo, J., Kováčik, A., Topa, D. and Koeberl, C. (2015) Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12419 LINK
On the hunt for rare rock after meteorite falls from sky / Bolide, 20 December 2014, 00:25:00, 40 km east of Fairmont Hot Springs, British Columbia, Canada
Geoscience professor asking for public’s help to locate fragments 20 December, 2014, 00:25:00, 40 km east of Fairmont Hot Springs, British Columbia, Canada “Hildebrand says the apparent weakness displayed indicates this rock was unusual, probably…
Pure iron and other magnetic minerals in meteorites
D. M. Pechersky, G. P. Markov, V. A. Tsel’movich Solar System Research January 2015, Volume 49, Issue 1, pp 61-71 LINK Original Russian Text © D.M. Pechersky, G.P. Markov, V.A. Tsel’movich, 2015, published in Astronomicheskii…
Long-lived magnetism from solidification-driven convection on the pallasite parent body
James F. J. Bryson, Claire I. O. Nichols,Julia Herrero-Albillos, Florian Kronast,Takeshi Kasama, Hossein Alimadadi, Gerrit van der Laan, Francis Nimmo, Richard J. Harrison Nature 517, 472–475, (22 January 2015), doi:10.1038/nature14114 LINK (abstract) A rock hard…
Rheasilvia provenance of the Kapoeta howardite inferred from image 40Ar/39Ar feldspar ages
Fara N. Lindsay, Jeremy S. Delaney, Gregory F. Herzog, Brent D. Turrin, Jisun Park, Carl C. Swisher III Earth and Planetary Science Letters available online 19 January 2015 LINK
Evidence for an Anhydrous Carbonaceous Extrasolar Minor Planet
M. Jura, P. Dufour, S. Xu (许偲艺), B. Zuckerman, B. Klein, E. D. Young, and C. Melis The Astrophysical Journal Volume 799 Number 1 2015 ApJ 799 109. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/799/1/109 LINK
Evidence for an early nitrogen isotopic evolution in the solar nebula from volatile analyses of a CAI from the CV3 chondrite NWA 8616
Evelyn Füri, Marc Chaussidon, Bernard Marty Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, available online 20 January 2015 doi:10.1016/j.gca.2015.01.004 LINK
Ceres – seen by Dawn spacecraft
The Dawn spacecraft observed Ceres for an hour on Jan. 13, 2015, from a distance of 238,000 miles (383,000 kilometers). A little more than half of its surface was observed at a resolution of 27…
Reactive ammonia in the solar protoplanetary disk and the origin of Earth’s nitrogen
Dennis Harries,Peter Hoppe, Falko Langenhorst Nature Geoscience (2015) doi:10.1038/ngeo2339 LINK Supplementary Information (PDF) Yamato 793321
First chondritic meteorite from the São Paulo bolide on 9 January 2015 (15:35 local time) has been found near Porangaba, São Paulo, Brazil
Update (20 January 2015): Desculpa aí! With apologies to mister Paulo Gama! When first publishing about this fall yesterday, the owner of this website was not aware of Mr. Gama’s wish not to publish information…
Ice structure discovered at position 69°48’00.0″S 32°15’36.0″E on Roi Baudoin Ice Shelf, Princess Ragnhild Coast, Queen Maud Land, East Antarctica is not connected to 2004 superbolide
UPDATE (17 February 2015) The giant circular scar on the King Baudouin Ice Shelf: a glaciologist’s perspective Interview with Dr. Jan Lenaerts (17 February 2015) Taking a second look at the circular scar on the…
The ANSMET 2014 / 2015 Field Season ended on 17 January 2015
The ANSMET 2014 / 2015 Field Season ended on 17 January 2015 488 meteorites have been collected
Link between the potentially hazardous asteroid (86039) 1999 NC43 and the Chelyabinsk meteoroid tenuous
Vishnu Reddy, David Vokrouhlický, William F. Bottke, Petr Pravec, Juan A. Sanchez, Bruce L. Gary, Rachel Klima, Edward A. Cloutis, Adrián Galád, Tan Thiam Guan, Kamil Hornoch, Matthew R.M. Izawa, Peter Kušnirák, Lucille Le Corre,…
ANSMET 2014 / 2015 Field Season (488 meteorites found so far)
ANSMET 2014 / 2015 Field Season (488 meteorites found so far) 488 meteorites found so far (16th January) 119 meteorites found at a moraine, inofficially called ‘meteorite beach’.
ANSMET 2014 / 2015 Field Season (369 meteorites found so far)
ANSMET 2014 / 2015 Field Season (369 meteorites found so far) 369meteorites found so far (15th January)
7.75 kg mass of Chelyabinsk exhibited in Moscow from January 23, 2015 (updated February 4)
Update (22 January, 23:58 CET): The Chelyabinsk meteorite fragment has arrived in Moscow and arouses interest even before the actual opening of the exhibition on Friday, 23 January. First published January 15 16:00 CET The…
Mineralogy of some evolved LL chondrites with reference to asteroid materials and solar system evolution
Hiroshi Takeda, Hiroshi Nagaoka, Akira Yamaguchi, Yuzuru Karouji, Yuuki Yazawa Earth, Planets and Space 2015, 67:5 doi:10.1186/s40623-014-0167-x PDF LINK LINK (abstract)
Impact jetting as the origin of chondrules
Brandon C. Johnson, David A. Minton, H. J. Melosh, Maria T. Zuber Nature 517, 339–341(15 January 2015), doi:10.1038/nature14105 LINK update (12 April 2015): Ancient Jets of Fiery Rain (PDF) by G. Jeffrey Taylor Hawai’i Institute…
The formation of the solar system
S. Pfalzner, M. B. Davies, M. Gounelle, A. Johansen, C. Muenker, P. Lacerda, S. Portegies Zwart, L. Testi, M. Trieloff, D. Veras PDF (full text) LINK (abstract)
A second meteorite (41 grams) of the Czech bolide on 9 December 2014 was found near Vatín by Czech astronomers, first meteorite classified as type L3.9
A second meteorite with a weight of 41 grams was found around noon on 12 January 2015 by astronomers of the Czech Astronomical Institute (Astronomický ústav Akademie věd České republiky (AsÚ)) according to the Czech…
ANSMET 2014 / 2015 Field Season (340 meteorites found)
340 meteorites found (11th January) Two recently found meteorites: Suspected carbonaceous chondrite found 11 January 2015 Source
Asteroid (354) eleonora: Plucking an odd duck
Michael J. Gaffey, Vishnu Reddy, Sherry-Fieber-Beyer, Edward Cloutis Icarus doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2014.12.036 available online 9 January 2015 LINK
ANSMET 2014 / 2015 Field Season (almost 250 meteorites found so far)
almost 250 meteorites found so far (9th January)
Morphometry of small recent impact craters on Mars: size and terrain dependence, short-term modification
W. A. Watters, L. M. Geiger, M. Fendrock and R. Gibson Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets DOI: 10.1002/2014JE004630 available online 8 January 2015 LINK
Meteoroid impacts onto asteroids: a competitor for Yarkovsky and YORP
Paul A. Wiegert Icarus doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2014.12.022 available online 8 January 2015 LINK
Approximation by elementary functions for the solution of meteor physics equations (in Russian) / АППРОКСИМАЦИЯ РЕШЕНИЯ УРАВНЕНИЙ МЕТЕОРНОЙ ФИЗИКИ ЭЛЕМЕНТАРНЫМИ ФУНКЦИЯМИ
М.И. Грицевич, В.Т. Лукашенко, Л.И. Турчак M.I. Gritsevich, V.T. Lukashenko, L.I. Turchak LINK (DOC)
Meteoroids Interaction with the Earth Atmosphere
Turchak L.I., Gritsevich M.I. Journal of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Publishing House of the Warsaw University of Technology (Poland), том 44, № 4, с. 15-28 DOI accepted 17 November 2014 DOI: 10.2478/jtam-2014-0020 PDF LINK
ANSMET 2014 / 2015 Field Season ( >230 meteorites found so far)
>230 meteorites found so far (7th January)
New methodology to determine the terminal height of a fireball
Manuel Moreno-Ibáñez, Maria Gritsevich, Josep M. Trigo-Rodríguez Icarus doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2014.12.027 available online 7 January 2015 (updated 6 February 2015) PDF (full text) LINK
A partial melting study of an ordinary (H) chondrite composition with application to the unique achondrite Graves Nunataks 06128 and 06129
Usui, T., Jones, J. H. and Mittlefehldt, D. W. (2015) Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12392 LINK
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327 kg Gibeon in the Fersman Mineralogical Museum, Moscow
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Photochemical Escape of Oxygen from Early Mars
Jinjin Zhao, Feng Tian Icarus doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2014.12.032 available online 6 January 2015 LINK
Highly siderophile element (HSE) abundances in the mantle of Mars are due to core formation at high pressure and temperature
K. Righter, L. R. Danielson, K. M. Pando, J. Williams, M. Humayun, R. L. Hervig and T. G. Sharp Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12393 LINK
Siderophile and chalcophile element abundances in shergottites: Implications for Martian core formation
Shuying Yang, Munir Humayun, Kevin Righter, Gwendolyn Jefferson, Dana Fields and Anthony J. Irving Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12384 LINK
The Steinheim Basin impact crater (SW-Germany) – where are the ejecta?
Elmar Buchner, Martin Schmieder Icarus available online 5 January 2015 doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2014.12.026 PDF DOWNLOAD LINK (open access) LINK
ANSMET 2014 / 2015 Field Season (187 meteorites found so far)
187 meteorites found so far (4th January)
Bolide seen from Loxton, Riverland district, South Australia, 2 January 2015, 13:39:12 UTC
Bolide seen from Loxton, Riverland district, South Australia, 2 January 2015, 13:39:12 UTC (3 December, 12:09:12 AM local) seen moving towards northnorthwest, at least 8 seconds Screenshot 1 Screenshot 2 Screenshot 3 Screenshot 4 Screenshot…
Correlated cosmogenic W and Os isotopic variations in Carbo and implications for Hf-W chronology
Liping Qin, Nicolas Dauphas, Mary F. Horan, Ingo Leya, Richard W. Carlson Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta doi:10.1016/j.gca.2014.11.015 available online 2 January 2015 LINK
NWA 8694 – a new Chassignite classified
NWA 8694 back-scattered electron microscope image photo: Labenne Meteorites Meteoritical Bulletin Database Writeup
ANSMET 2014 / 2015 Field Season (163 meteorites found so far)
163 finds so far (31 st December) Suspected carbonaceous meteorite Suspected iron meteorite Find on 27th December Find on 24th December
Complex organic molecules in protostellar environments in the SKA era
C. Codella, L. Podio, F. Fontani, I. Jiménez-Serra, P. Caselli, C. Ceccarelli, M.E. Palumbo, A. López-Sepulcre, M.T. Beltrán, B. Lefloch, J.R. Brucato, S. Viti, L. Testi PDF LINK LINK
Kainsaz meteorite in the Fersman Mineralogical Museum in Moscow
Kainsaz meteorite,fell in the USSR (Tatarstan) on September 13,1937 .Type: chondrite.Class: carbonaceous chondrite CO3.Found 15 instances . Total weight more than 210 kilograms .The weight of the largest individual instance is 102 kilograms . Moscow,Fersman…
Accretion of the Moon from non-canonical disks
Julien Salmon, Robin M. Canup Published in book “Origin of the Moon: Challenges and Prospects” (2014), Ed. David Stevenson and Alex Halliday, The Royal Society Publishing PDF LINK LINK
NWA 6255 meteorite − Thermophysical properties of interior and the crust
Katarzyna Łuszczek, Radosław A. Wach Meteorites Vol. 3, Nos. 1–2, 2014, 33–44 www.meteorites.pwr.wroc.pl DOI 10.5277/met140103 LINK
Grønlands jernalder kom fra rummet (Cape York, iron)
Grønlands jernalder kom fra rummet (videnskab, 29.12.2014) Polarfronten 3/2014 (Danish e-paper, pages 22-23) UPDATE (Text in English) Greenland’s Iron Age came from space (Science Nordic, 13.1.2015)
Potentially Hazardous Asteroid 2007 LE: Compositional Link to the Black Chondrite Rose City and Asteroid (6) Hebe
Sherry K. Fieber-Beyer, Michael J. Gaffey, William F. Bottke, Paul S. Hardersen Icarus, available online 24 December 2014 LINK
Origin of the lunar highlands Mg-suite: An integrated petrology, geochemistry, chronology, and remote sensing perspective
Charles K. Shearer, Stephen M. Elardo, Noah E. Petro, Lars E. Borg and Francis M. McCubbin American Mineralogist doi: 10.2138/am-2015-4817 v. 100 no. 1 p. 294-325 LINK
The formation and alteration of the Renazzo-like carbonaceous chondrites III: Toward understanding the genesis of ferromagnesian chondrules
Devin L. Schrader, Harold C. Connolly Jr., Dante S. Lauretta, Thomas J. Zega, Jemma Davidson and Kenneth J. Domanik first published online: 22 DEC 2014 | DOI: 10.1111/maps.12402 LINK
Formation of a small impact structure discovered within the Agoudal meteorite strewn field, Morocco
Lorenz, C. A., Ivanova, M. A., Artemieva, N. A., Sadilenko, D. A., Chennaoui Aoudjehane, H., Roschina, I. A., Korochantsev, A.V. and Humayun, M. (2014) Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12406 LINK
The distribution of megablocks in the Ries crater, Germany: Remote sensing, field investigation, and statistical analyses
Sturm, S., Kenkmann, T., Willmes, M., Pösges, G. and Hiesinger, H. (2014) Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12408 LINK
Oxygen-isotope compositions of chondrule phenocrysts and matrix grains in Kakangari K-grouplet chondrite: Implication to a chondrule-matrix genetic relationship
Kazuhide Nagashima, Alexander N. Krot, Gary R. Huss Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta Volume 151, 15 February 2015, Pages 49–67 doi:10.1016/j.gca.2014.12.012 LINK
Leporello – Faszination Meteoriten (Austrian radio)
Leporello – Faszination Meteoriten (Austrian Radio ORF1, 17 December 2014, in German) Interviews with Regine Petersen about her book “A Short History of Meteorite Falls” and Ludovic Ferrière, meteorite curator at the Museum of Natural…
Geomorphological evidence for transient water flow on Vesta
Jennifer E.C. Scully, Christopher T. Russell, An Yin, Ralf Jaumann, Elizabeth Carey, Julie Castillo-Rogez, Harry Y. McSween, Carol A. Raymond, Vishnu Reddy, Lucille Le Corre Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 411, 1 February 2015,…
Gas composition of major volatile elements in protoplanetary discs and its implication for planet formation
Thiabaud Amaury, Marboeuf Ulysse, Alibert Yann, Leya Ingo, Mezger Klaus arXiv:1412.5784 PDF LINK LINK
A Carnian 40Ar/39Ar age for the Paasselkä impact structure (SE Finland)—An update
Winfried H. Schwarz, Martin Schmieder, Elmar Buchner, Mario Trieloff, Jarmo Moilanen and Teemu Öhman Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12407 article first published online: 18 DEC 2014 | DOI: 10.1111/maps.12407 LINK
Origin and history of ureilitic material in the solar system: The view from asteroid 2008 TC3 and the Almahata Sitta meteorite
Goodrich, C. A., Hartmann, W. K., O’Brien, D. P., Weidenschilling, S. J., Wilson, L., Michel, P. and Jutzi, M. (2014) Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12401 LINK
Petrology and trace element geochemistry of Tissint, the newest shergottite fall
J. Brian Balta, Matthew E. Sanborn, Arya Udry, Meenakshi Wadhwa and Harry Y. McSween Jr. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12403 LINK
Meteorites in the exhibition “Trésors de la Terre” in the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle in Paris (starting 19 December 2014)
Trésors de la Terre (19th – 31st December 2014)
Savik I mass of Cape York moved to Danish National Museum because of renovation of Geological Museum
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Case study of chondrule alteration with IR spectroscopy in NWA 2086 CV3 meteorite
A. Kereszturi, I. Gyollai, M. Szabó Planetary and Space Science available online 18 December 2014 LINK
Partitioning of light lithophile elements during basalt eruptions on Earth and application to Martian shergottites
Marie Edmonds Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 411, 1 February 2015, Pages 142–150 LINK
High spatial resolution geochemistry and textural characteristics of ‘microtektite’ glass spherules in proximal Cretaceous-Paleogene sections: insights into glass alteration patterns and precursor melt lithologies
Joke Belza, Steven Goderis, Jan Smit, Frank Vanhaecke, Kitty Baert, Herman Terryn, Philippe Claeys Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, available online 17 December 2014 LINK
The potentially hazardous asteroid (214869) 2007 PA8: an unweathered L chondrite analogue surface
S. Fornasier, I.N. Belskaya, D. Perna Icarus, available online 17 December 2014 LINK
The mineralogy and space weathering of a regolith grain from 25143 Itokawa and the possibility of annealed solar wind damage, asteroid
Dennis Harries, Falko Langenhorst Earth, Planets and Space 2014, 66:163 (16 December 2014) doi:10.1186/s40623-014-0163-1 PDF LINK 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))
