The anomalous polymict ordinary chondrite breccia of Elmshorn (H3-6)—Late reaccretion after collision between two ordinary chondrite parent bodies, complete disruption, and mixing possibly about 2.8 Gyr agoOPEN ACCESS
Addi Bischoff, Markus Patzek, Romain M. L. Alosius, Jean-Alix Barrat, Jasper Berndt, Henner Busemann, Detlev Degering, Tommaso Di Rocco, Mattias Ek, Jérôme Gattacceca, Jose R. A. Godinho, Dieter Heinlein, Daniela Krietsch, Colin Maden, Oscar Marchhart,…
A Non-Magnetized Chondrite Parent Body Revealed by Paleomagnetic Investigation of LL6 Chondrite NWA 14180
Haijun Li, Huapei Wang, Chen Wen, Ting Cao, Jiabo Liu JGR PlanetsFirst published: 17 May 2024 LINK “Magnetic records from meteorites provide valuable information about the formation and evolution of the solar system and planets….
Identifying parent bodies of meteorites among near-Earth asteroidsOPEN ACCESS
Albino Carbognani, Marco Fenucci accepted in MNRAS, Preprint 7 August 2023 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) LINK Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, stad2382 (4 August 2023) “Meteorites provide an important source of information about the…
Bulk mineralogy, water abundance, and hydrogen isotope composition of unequilibrated ordinary chondritesOPEN ACCESS
Helen Grant, Romain Tartèse, Rhian Jones, Laurette Piani, Yves Marrocchi, Ashley King, Thomas Rigaudier MAPSFirst published: 19 July 2023 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The origin and transport of water in the early Solar System…
Early solar system chronology from short-lived chronometersOPEN ACCESS
Aryavart Anand, Klaus Mezger GeochemistryInvited ReviewAvailable online 30 May 2023, 126004 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Age constraints on early solar system processes and events can be derived from meteorites and their components using…
Siderophile element and Hf-W isotope characteristics of the metal-rich chondrite NWA 12273 – Implication for its origin and chondrite metal formation
Huanxin Liu, Richard D. Ash, Yan Luo, D. Graham Pearson, Jingao Liu Earth and Planetary Science LettersVolume 612, 15 June 2023, 118162 LINK “Metal phases in primitive chondrites contain important information for understanding early Solar…
Protracted Timescales for Nebular Processing of First-formed Solids in the Solar SystemOPEN ACCESS
Prajkta Mane, Maitrayee Bose, Meenakshi Wadhwa, and Céline Defouilloy The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 946, Number 1, Published: 24 March 2023 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The calcium–aluminum-rich inclusions (CAIs) from chondritic meteorites are the first…
Formation, cooling history and age of impact events on the IIE iron parent body: evidence from the Miles meteorite
Rachel S. Kirby, Penelope L. King, Marc D. Norman, Trevor R. Ireland, Margaret Forster, Arthur D. Pelton, Ulrike Troitzsch, Nobumichi Tamura Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 28 October 2022 LINK “Most…
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…
On the origin of fluorine-poor apatite in chondrite parent bodiesOPEN ACCESS
Francis M. McCubbin, Jonathan A. Lewis, Jessica J. Barnes, Jeremy W. Boyce, Juliane Gross, Molly C. McCanta, Poorna Srinivasan, Brendan A. Anzures, Nicole G. Lunning, Stephen M. Elardo, Lindsay P. Keller, Tabb C. Prissel, and…
Early silicic magmatism on a differentiated asteroid
Robert W. Nicklas, James M. D. Day, Kathryn G. Gardner-Vandy & Arya Udry Nature GeosciencePublished: 04 August 2022 LINK “Unlike the other terrestrial planets, Earth has a substantial silica-rich continental crust with a bulk andesitic…
Investigating S-type asteroid surfaces through reflectance spectra of ordinary chondritesOPEN ACCESS
J. Eschrig, L. Bonal, M. Mahlke, B. Carry, P.Beck, J. Gattacceca IcarusIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 3 April 2022 LINK Update (22 June 2022): PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Highlights • Reflectance spectroscopy• Petrography• Unequilibrated Ordinary…
The Famenin fall and other ordinary chondrites intermediate between H and L groupsOPEN ACCESS
Hamed Pourkhorsandi, Jérôme Gattacceca, Pierre Rochette, Thomas Smith, Lydie Bonal, Massimo D’Orazio, Bertrand Devouard, Corinne Sonzogni, Vinciane Debaille Meteoritics & Planetary Scienceaccepted for publication, February 2022 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (DOWNLOAD) and PDF (OPEN ACCESS) Update…
Decoupling of chemical and isotope fractionation processes during atmospheric heating of micrometeorites
Seppe Lampe, Bastien Soens, Stepan M. Chernonozhkin, Claudia González de Vega, Matthias van Ginneken, Flore Van Maldeghem, Frank Vanhaecke, Billy P. Glass, Ian A. Franchi, Herman Terryn, Vinciane Debaille, Philippe Claeys, Steven Goderis Geochimica et…
Xenoliths in ordinary chondrites and ureilites: Implications for early solar system dynamics
Cyrena Anne Goodrich, David A. Kring, Richard C. Greenwood Meteoritics & Planetary ScienceFirst Published: 2 November 2021 LINK “Foreign clasts (xenoliths) in meteoritic breccias are a serendipitous source of information about the impact environment in…
Visible-infrared spectroscopy of ungrouped and rare meteorites brings further constraints on meteorite-asteroid connectionsOPEN ACCESS
L. Krämer Ruggiu, P. Beck, J. Gattacceca, J. Eschrig IcarusIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 1 March 2021 LINK Update (6 May 2021): PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The composition of asteroids gives crucial insights into the…
Chromium isotopic insights into the origin of chondrite parent bodies and the early terrestrial volatile depletion
Ke Zhu 朱柯, Frédéric Moynier, Martin Schiller, Conel M. O’D. Alexander, Jemma Davidson, Devin L. Schrader, Elishevah van Kooten, Martin Bizzarro Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaAvailable online 27 February 2021 LINK “Chondrites are meteorites from undifferentiated…
Comparison of the Murchison CM2 and Allende CV3 chondrites
Kim V. Fendrich, Denton, S. Ebel Meteoritics & Planetary ScienceVersion of Record online:09 February 2021 LINK “The size, distribution, abundance, and physical and chemical characteristics of chondritic inclusions are key features that define the chondrite…
Primordial porous structure of chondrite parent bodies due to self-gravityOPEN ACCESS
Tomomi Omura, Akiko M. Nakamura Accepted for publication in The Planetary Science Journal PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The porosity of an asteroid is important when studying the evolution of our solar system through small bodies and…
Evidence for early fragmentation-reassembly of ordinary chondrite (H, L, and LL) parent bodies from REE-in-two-pyroxene thermometry
Michael P. Lucas, Nick Dygert, Jialong Ren, Marc A. Hesse, Nathaniel R. Miller, Harry Y. McSween Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 17 September 2020 LINK “Ordinary chondrites (OCs) are variably thermally…
Accretion of a large LL parent planetesimal from a recently formed chondrule populationOPEN ACCESS
Graham H. Edwards and Terrence Blackburn Science Advances 15 Apr 2020:Vol. 6, no. 16, eaay8641DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aay8641 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Chondritic meteorites, derived from asteroidal parent bodies and composed of millimeter-sized chondrules, record the…
Aggregate Growth and Internal structures of Chondrite Parent Bodies Forming from Dense ClumpsOPEN ACCESS
Yuji Matsumoto, Shigeru Wakita, Yasuhiro Hasegawa, Shoichi Oshino accepted for publication in ApJ PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Major components of chondrites are chondrules and matrix. Measurements of the volatile abundance in Semarkona chondrules suggest that chondrules…
Constraining ordinary chondrite composition via near-infrared spectroscopy
Adriana M. Mitchell, Vishnu Reddy, Benjamin N.L. Sharkey, Juan A. Sanchez, Thomas H. Burbine, Lucille Le Corre, Cristina A. Thomas Icarus In Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 30 August 2019 LINK “Highlights • Ordinary chondrites…
Evidence for a Unique Carbonaceous Chondrite Parent Body (‘CX’) and Another One with a Dunitic Mantle
A. J. Irving, S. M. Kuehner, L. A. J. Garvie, K. Ziegler, M. E. Sanborn, Q.-Z. Yin, P. P. Sipiera, G. M. Hupe, B. Hoefnagels 50th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2019), Abstract #2542 PDF…
Brecciation among 2280 ordinary chondrites – constraints on the evolution of their parent bodies
Addi Bischoff, Maximilian Schleiting, Rainer Wieler, Markus Patzek Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Available online 20 July 2018 LINK “After accretion of meteorite parent bodies, larger and smaller collisions have led to significant modifications…
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,…
Solution of the CAI Storage Problem, and the Time and Place of Formation of Meteorite Parent Bodies
S. J. Desch, A. Kalyaan, C. M. O’D. Alexander 49th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2018), Abstract #2335 abstract
Impact splash chondrule formation during planetesimal recyclingOPEN ACCESS
Tim Lichtenberg, Gregor J. Golabek, Cornelis P. Dullemond, Maria Schönbächler, Taras V. Gerya, Michael R. Meyer accepted for publication in Icarus associated blog article (6 Nov 2017) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Chondrules are the dominant bulk…
Young asteroid mixing revealed in ordinary chondrites: The case of NWA 5764, a polymict LL breccia with L clasts.
Gattacceca, J., Krzesińska, A. M., Marrocchi, Y., Meier, M. M. M., Bourot-Denise, M. and Lenssen, R. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12942 LINK “Polymict chondritic breccias—rocks composed of fragments originating from different chondritic parent bodies—are…
Contribution of early impact events to metal-silicate separation, thermal annealing, and volatile redistribution: Evidence in the Pułtusk H chondrite
Agata M. Krzesińska Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12933 First published: 14 August 2017 LINK “Three-dimensional X-ray tomographic reconstructions and petrologic studies reveal voluminous accumulations of metal in Pułtusk H chondrite. At the contact of…
Ejection of Chondrules from Fluffy MatricesOPEN ACCESS
Sota Arakawa Accepted for publication in ApJ Draft version PDF (OPEN ACCESS) update (8 September 2017): LINK The Astrophysical Journal Volume 846, Number 2 “Chondritic meteorites primarily contain millimeter-sized spherical objects, the so-called chondrules; however,…
Live(?) 60Fe During Aqueous Alteration of Chondrite Parent Bodies: Evidence from UOCs and CV Chondrites
P. H. Donohue, G. R. Huss, K. Nagashima, M. Telus 48th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2017), Abstract #2307 LINK
The accretion and impact history of the ordinary chondrite parent bodies
Terrence Blackburn, Conel M. O’D. Alexander, Richard Carlson, Linda T. Elkins-Tanton Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 9 December 2016 LINK “A working timeline for the history of ordinary chondrites includes…
Mn-Cr ages and formation conditions of fayalite in CV3 carbonaceous chondrites: Constraints on the accretion ages of chondritic asteroids
Kaori Jogo, Tomoki Nakamura, Motoo Ito, Shigeru Wakita, Mikhail Yu. Zolotov, Scott R. Messenger Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 21 November 2016 LINK “Chondritic planetesimals are among the first planetary…
Evaluating the Evidence for Magnetic Dynamos in Chondritic Parent Bodies
Fu R. R. * Weiss B. P. Krot A. N. Kehayias P. Glenn D. R. Fintor K. Pál-Molnár E. Bryson J. F. J. Walsworth R. L. 79th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2016) #6078…