The catastrophic break-up of the ureilite parent body: Modeling constraints on the debris sizeOPEN ACCESS
Andrea Patzer, Julia Kowalski, Tommaso Di Rocco, Andreas Pack MAPS, Version of Record online: 12 March 2024 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The ureilite parent body (UPB) was, in all likelihood, completely broken apart when…
How many Vesta-like bodies existed in the asteroid belt?OPEN ACCESS
T. H. Burbine, R. C. Greenwood, B. Zhang, P. C. Buchanan MAPS, Version of Record online: 24 January 2024 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Asteroid 4 Vesta is typically thought to be the parent body…
Magnetism of the Acapulco Primitive Achondrite and Implications for the Evolution of Partially Differentiated BodiesOPEN ACCESS
Elias N. Mansbach, Benjamin P. Weiss, Neesha R. Schnepf, Eduardo A. Lima, Cauê S. Borlina, Nilanjan Chatterjee, Jérôme Gattacceca, Minoru Uehara, Huapei Wang JGR PlanetsFirst published: 14 December 2023 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Primitive…
Thermal history of the Erg Chech 002 parent body: Early accretion and early differentiation of a small asteroidOPEN ACCESS
Wladimir Neumann, Robert Luther, Mario Trieloff, Philip M. Reger, Audrey Bouvier Draft version: 27 February 2023 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The history of accretion and differentiation processes in the planetesimals is provided by various groups of…
Gaia search for early-formed andesitic asteroidal crustsOPEN ACCESS
Marjorie Galinier, Marco Delbo, Chrysa Avdellidou, Laurent Galluccio, Yves Marrocchi Astronomy & Astrophysics manuscript (January 3, 2023) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Context. Andesitic meteorites are among the oldest achondrites known to date. They record volcanic events…
Thermochemical evolution of the acapulcoite–lodranite parent body: Evidence for fragmentation-disrupted partial differentiation
Michael P. Lucas, Nicholas Dygert, Jialong Ren, Marc A. Hesse, Nathaniel R. Miller, Harry Y. McSween MAPSVersion of Record online: 21 November 2022 LINK “Primitive achondrites of the acapulcoite–lodranite clan (ALC) are residues of partial…
Origin of Nitrogen Isotopic Variations in the Rocky Bodies of the Solar SystemOPEN ACCESS
Damanveer S. Grewal The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 937, Number 25 October 2022 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Noncarbonaceous (NC; inner solar system) meteorites have lower 15N/14N ratios than carbonaceous (CC; outer solar system) meteorites. Whether…
The Fate of Nitrogen during Parent Body Partial Melting and Accretion of the Inner Solar System Bodies at Reducing Conditions
Rajdeep Dasgupta, Emily Falksen, Aindrila Pal, Chenguang Sun Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaAvailable online 23 September 2022 LINK “Evolution of nitrogen (N), a life-essential volatile element, in highly reduced magmatic systems is a key for the…
Asteroids accretion, differentiation, and break-up in the Vesta source region: evidence from cosmochemistry of mesosiderites
S. Iannini Lelarge, L. Folco, M. Masotta, R.C. Greenwood, S.S. Russell, H.C. Bates Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaAvailable online 11 May 2022 LINK “The cosmochemistry of meteorites provides unique clues on asteroids accretion, differentiation, collisional break-up…
Iron rich basaltic eucrites, implication on spectral properties and parental bodies
C. Carli, M. Ciarniello, A. Migliorini, G. Pratesi IcarusIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 14 August 2021 LINK “Highlights • VNIR absorption positions of eucrite shift at wavelength longer than typical basaltic achondrites.• Absorption shifts…
Tracing the origin and core formation of the enstatite achondrite parent bodies using Cr isotopes
Ke Zhu (朱柯), Frédéric Moynier, Martin Schiller, Harry Becker, Jean-Alix Barrat,Martin Bizzarro Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 8 June 2021 LINK “Enstatite achondrites (including aubrites) are the only differentiated meteorites that…
Evidence from achondrites for a temporal change in Nd nucleosynthetic anomalies within the first 1.5 million years of the inner solar system formation
Paul Frossard, Zhiguo Guo, Mary Spencer, Maud Boyet, Audrey Bouvier Earth and Planetary Science LettersVolume 566, 15 July 2021 LINK “Highlights • Nd isotope composition of planetesimals-derived achondrites is different than planetary bodies (Earth, Mars…
Petrology and Oxygen Isotopic Composition of Two Different Ungrouped Highly Magnesian, Reduced Ultramafic Achondrites (Northwest Africa 11562/12969 and Northwest Africa 13307): More Samples from Unknown Parent Bodies
A. J. Irving, Carpenter P. K., Ziegler K. 52nd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2021), Abstract #2244 PDF “We describe unusual highly magnesian, reduced harzburgitic, and websteritic achondrites which differ significantly from the more well-known…
Early sulfur‐rich magmatism on the ungrouped achondrite Northwest Africa 7325 differentiated parent body
Jing Yang, Yangting Lin, Hitesh Changela, Liewen Xie, Bin Chen, Jinhui Yang Meteoritics & Planetary ScienceVersion of Record online:08 September 2020 LINK “The ungrouped achondrite Northwest Africa (NWA) 7325 parent body underwent a severe impact…
The common origin of family and non-family asteroids
Stanley F. Dermott, Apostolos A. Christou, Dan Li, Thomas. J. J. Kehoe & J. Malcolm Robinson Nature Astronomy (2018) LINK “All asteroids are currently classified as either family, originating from the disruption of known bodies1,…
Basaltic material in the main belt: a tale of two (or more) parent bodies?OPEN ACCESS
S. Ieva,E. Dotto, D. Lazzaro, D. Fulvio,D. Perna, E. Mazzotta Epifani, H. Medeiros, M. Fulchignoni accepted for publication to MNRAS PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The majority of basaltic objects in the main belt are dynamically connected…
The ungrouped achondrite Northwest Africa (NWA) 7325: Spectral reflectance properties and implications for parent body identification
Edward A. Cloutis, Vishnu Reddy, David T. Blewett Icarus In Press, Available online 24 April 2018 LINK “Highlights • the ungrouped achondrite NWA 7325 has been spectrally characterized • NWA 7325 reflectance spectra show diagnostic…
A nonmagnetic differentiated early planetary body
Benjamin P. Weiss, Huapei Wang, Thomas G. Sharp, Jérôme Gattacceca, David L. Shuster, Brynna Downey, Jinping Hu, Roger R. Fu, Aaron T. Kuan, Clément Suavet, Anthony J. Irving, Jun Wang, Jiajun Wang Earth and Planetary…
Petrogenesis and Provenance of Ungrouped Achondrite Northwest Africa 7325 from Petrology, Trace Elements, Oxygen, Chromium and Titanium Isotopes, and Mid-IR Spectroscopy
Cyrena A. Goodrich, Noriko T. Kita, Qing-Zhu Yin, Matthew E. Sanborn, Curtis D. Williams, Daisuke Nakashima, Melissa D. Lane, Shannon Boyle Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 5 January 2017 LINK…
