comet formation

Properties of outer solar system pebbles during planetesimal formation from meteor observationsOPEN ACCESS

26/07/2024 09:38 · by karmaka · in comet, early chronology, meteor/meteoroid/bolide, planets/planetesimals, solar system

Peter Jenniskens, Paul R. Estrada, Stuart Pilorz, Peter S. Gural, Dave Samuels, Steve Rau, Timothy M.C. Abbott, Jim Albers, Scott Austin, Dan Avner, Jack W. Baggaley, Tim Beck, Solvay Blomquist, Mustafa Boyukata, Martin Breukers, Walt…

Compositional evidence for chondrule origins of low-Ca pyroxenes in comet Wild 2 and a giant cluster IDP

23/05/2024 09:45 · by karmaka · in carbonaceous chondrite, chondrule, comet, enstatite chondrite, ordinary chondrite

D. J. Joswiak, D. E. Brownlee, A. J. Westphal, Z. Gainsforth, M. Zhang, N. T. Kita MAPS, Version of Record online: 23 May 2024 LINK “A literature compilation of 1136 low-Ca pyroxene compositions from chondrules…

A Protosolar Nebula Origin for the Ices Agglomerated by Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko

08/03/2016 21:26 · by karmaka · in comet, early chronology, Rosetta, solar system, space missions

O. Mousis, J. I. Lunine, A. Luspay-Kuti, T. Guillot, B. Marty, M. Ali-Dib, P. Wurz, K. Altwegg, A. Bieler, M. Hässig, M. Rubin, P. Vernazza, and J. H. Waite The Astrophysical Journal Letters, Volume 819,…