Compositional evidence for chondrule origins of low-Ca pyroxenes in comet Wild 2 and a giant cluster IDP
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…
Comet 81P/Wild 2 dust impactors of Stardust turnip-like tracks analogous to cluster IDPs
Mingming Zhang, Noël Chaumard, Céline Defouilloy, William O. Nachlas, Donald E. Brownlee, David J. Joswiak, Andrew J. Westphal, Zack Gainsforth, Kouki Kitajima, Noriko T. Kita Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaAvailable online 24 February 2024 LINK “We…
Microstructural and chemical features of impact melts on Ryugu particle surfaces: Records of interplanetary dust hit on asteroid RyuguOPEN ACCESS
Megumi Matsumoto, Junya Matsuno, Akira Tsuchiyama, Tomoki Nakamura, Yuma Enokido, Mizuha Kikuiri, Aiko Nakato, Masahiro Yasutake, Kentaro Uesugi, Akihisa Takeuchi, […] Yuichi Tsuda Science Advances19 Jan 2024Vol 10, Issue 3 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS)…
Linking meteorites to their asteroid parent bodies: The capabilities of dust analyzer instruments during asteroid flybysOPEN ACCESS
Lisa Maria Eckart, Jon K. Hillier, Frank Postberg, Simone Marchi, Zoltan Sternovsky MAPSVersion of Record online: 04 September 2023 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Linking meteorites to their asteroid parent bodies remains an outstanding issue….
High reactivity of condensed amorphous silicate and implication for chondrites
Morgano Maxime, Le Guillou Corentin, Leroux Hugues, Marinova Maya, Dohmen Ralf IcarusIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 10 June 2023 LINK “Amorphous silicates are abundant in extraterrestrial objects such as interplanetary dust particles and primitive…
Diverse Oxygen Isotopic Compositions Among Cometary Vapor-Phase Condensates
Kainen L. Utt, Ryan C. Ogliore, Nan Liu, Alexander N. Krot, John P. Bradley, Donald E. Brownlee, David J. Joswiak Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaAvailable online 24 November 2022 LINK “Filamentary enstatite crystals, formed by gas-solid…
Antarctic micrometeorite composed of CP and CS IDP-like material: A micro-breccia originated from a partially ice-melted comet-like small body
Takaaki Noguchi, Rikako Matsumoto, Hikaru Yabuta, Hanae Kobayashi, Akira Miyake, Hiroshi Naraoka, Ryuji Okazaki, Naoya Imae, Akira Yamaguchi, A. L. David Kilcoyne, Yasuo Takeichi, Yoshio Takahashi MAPSVersion of Record online: 20 October 2022 LINK “Asteroids…
Diverse Assemblage of Presolar and Solar System Materials in Anhydrous Interplanetary Dust Particles: Coordinated NanoSIMS and TEM AnalysesOPEN ACCESS
A.N. Nguyen, K. Nakamura-Messenger, L.P. Keller, S. Messenger Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 9 September 2022 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) “A coordinated TEM and NanoSIMS isotopic imaging study of microtome sections of…
Exploring refractory organics in extraterrestrial particlesOPEN ACCESS
Alexey Potapov, Maria Elisabetta Palumbo, Zelia Dionnet, Andrea Longobardo, Cornelia Jäger, Giuseppe Baratta, Alessandra Rotundi, Thomas Henning accepted for publication in ApJ LINK Update (23 August 2022): The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 935, Number 2Published: 23…
Comparison of Ryugu Particles with IDPs and Comet Samples
Brownlee D. E. Joswiak D. J. Nakamura T. Morita T. Amano K. et al. PDF LPSC 2022 abstract [#1774] “TEM studies compare 50µm Ryugu particles with comet samples and stratospheric IDPs. Ryugu is similar to…
Polyaromatic Units Set the Albedo of Dark Extraterrestrial MaterialsOPEN ACCESS
Romain Maupin, Zahia Djouadi, Rosario Brunetto, Obadias Mivumbi, Christophe Sandt and Ferenc Borondics The Planetary Science Journal, Volume 3, Number 1, 20 January 2022 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Primitive extraterrestrial materials are generally dark,…
The appearance of a ‘fresh’ surface on 596 Scheila as a consequence of the 2010 impact eventOPEN ACCESS
Sunao Hasegawa, Michael Marsset, Francesca E. DeMeo, Schelte J. Bus, Masateru Ishiguro, Daisuke Kuroda, Richard P. Binzel, Josef Hanus, Akiko M. Nakamura, Bin Yang, Pierre Vernazza Accepted for publication in ApJ Letters PDF (OPEN ACCESS)…
3He flux obtained from South Pole air and snow-ice and its connection to interplanetary dust particles
Kenneth A. Farley, Susan Taylor, Jonathan Treffkorn, James H. Lever, Anthony L. Gow Meteoritics & Planetary ScienceVersion of Record online: 15 November 2021 LINK “Researchers have characterized extraterrestrial (ET) helium, likely carried by interplanetary dust…
Sample return of primitive matter from the outer Solar SystemOPEN ACCESS
P. Vernazza, P. Beck, O. Ruesch, A. Bischoff, L. Bonal, G. Brennecka, R. Brunetto, H. Busemann, J. Carter, C. Carli, C. Cartier, M. Ciarniello, V. Debaille, A. Delsanti, L. D’Hendecourt, E. Füri, O. Groussin, A….
Oxygen isotope systematics of crystalline silicates in a giant cluster IDP: A genetic link to Wild 2 particles and primitive chondrite chondrules
Mingming Zhang, Céline Defouilloy, David J. Joswiak, Donald E. Brownlee, Daisuke Nakashima, Guillaume Siron, Kouki Kitajima, Noriko T. Kita Earth and Planetary Science LettersVolume 564, 15 June 2021, 116928 LINK “Highlights • Five out of…
Insoluble organic matter in chondrites: Archetypal melanin-like PAH-based multifunctionality at the origin of life?
Marco d’Ischia, Paola Manini, Zita Martins, Laurent Remusat, Conel M.O’D. Alexander, Cristina Puzzarini, Vincenzo Barone, Raffaele Saladino Physics of Life ReviewsAvailable online 18 March 2021 LINK “Highlights • The IOM in chondrites is remarkably similar…
Evidence for differentiation of the most primitive small bodiesOPEN ACCESS
B. Carry, P. Vernazza, F. Vachier, M. Neveu, J. Berthier J. Hanus, M. Ferrais, L. Jorda, M. Marsset, M. Viikinkoski, P. Bartczak, R. Behrend, Z. Benkhaldoun, M. Birlan, J. Castillo-Rogez, F. Cipriani, F. Colas, A….
Evidence for the presence of chondrule‐ and CAI‐derived material in an isotopically anomalous Antarctic micrometeorite
Bastien Soens, Martin D. Suttle, Ryoga Maeda, Frank Vanhaecke, Akira Yamaguchi, Matthias Van Ginneken, Vinciane Debaille, Philippe Claeys, Steven Goderis Meteoritics & Planetary ScienceVersion of Record online: 24 November 2020 LINK “We report the discovery…
New insights into the structure and formation of coals, terrestrial and extraterrestrial kerogens from resonant UV Raman spectroscopy
Eric Quirico, Lydie Bonal, Gilles Montagnac, Pierre Beck, Bruno Reynard Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 1 June 2020 LINK “Resonant UV (244 nm-excitation) Raman spectroscopy was used to characterize a series…
Sampling interplanetary dust from Antarctic air
S. Taylor, J. H. Lever, K. D. Burgess, R. M. Stroud, D. E. Brownlee, L. R. Nittler, A. Bardyn, C. M. O’D. Alexander, K. A. Farley, J. Treffkorn, S. Messenger, P. J. Wozniakiewicz Meteoritics &…
The effects of atmospheric entry heating on organic matter in interplanetary dust particles and micrometeorites
M.E.I. Riebe, D.I. Foustoukos, C.M.O’D. Alexander, A. Steele, G.D. Cody, B.O. Mysen, L.R. Nittler Earth and Planetary Science LettersVolume 540, 15 June 2020, 116266 LINK “Highlights • Atmospheric entry heating altered the organic matter in…
The effects of atmospheric entry heating on organic matter in interplanetary dust particlesOPEN ACCESS
E.I. Riebe, Dionysis I. Foustoukos, Conel M.O’D. Alexander, Andrew Steele, George D. Cody, Bjorn Mysen, Larry R. Nittler Submitted to Earth and Planetary Science Letters (EPSL) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Interplanetary dust particles (IDPs) were likely…
Organics preserved in anhydrous interplanetary dust particles: Pristine or not?OPEN ACCESS
Queenie H. S. Chan, Ian A. Franchi, Xuchao Zhao, Alice Stephant, Ian P. Wright, Conel M. O’D. Alexander Meteoritics & Planetary Science First Published: 19 November 2019 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The chondritic‐porous…
Cosmic dust fluxes in the atmospheres of Earth, Mars, and VenusOPEN ACCESS
Juan Diego Carrillo-Sánchez, Juan Carlos Gómez-Martín, David L. Bones, David Nesvorný, Petr Pokorný, Mehdi Benna, George J. Flynn, John M.C. Plane Icarus Available online 2 August 2019 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The ablation…
Oxygen isotopic composition of an enstatite ribbon of probable cometary originOPEN ACCESS
Ryan C. Ogliore, Donald E. Brownlee, Kazuhide Nagashima, David J. Joswiak, Josiah B. Lewis, Alexander N. Krot, Kainen L. Utt, Gary R. Huss Meteoritics & Planetary Science First Published: 23 July 2019 PDF (OPEN ACCESS)…
Rocky Planetesimal Formation Aided by Organics
Kazuaki A. Homma, Satoshi Okuzumi, Taishi Nakamoto, and Yuta Ueda The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 877, Number 2 LINK “The poor stickiness of silicate dust grains is a major obstacle to the formation of rocky planetesimals….
IDP-like Asteroids Formed Later than 5 Myr After Ca–Al-rich Inclusions
Marc Neveu and Pierre Vernazza The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 875, Number 1 Published 2019 April 10 LINK “The parent bodies of ordinary chondrites, carbonaceous CM chondrites, and interplanetary dust particles (IDPs) represent most of the…
Reflectance spectroscopy of insoluble organic matter (IOM) and carbonaceous meteorites
Hannah H. Kaplan, Ralph E. Milliken, Conel M. O’D. Alexander, Christopher D. K. Herd Meteoritics & Planetary Science First Published: 3 March 2019 LINK “Insoluble organic matter (IOM) is the major organic component of chondritic…
GEMS, hydrated chondritic IDPs, CI‐matrix material: Sources of water in 81P/comet Wild 2
Frans J. M. Rietmeijer Meteoritics & Planetary Science First published: 14 October 2018 LINK “So far there is no conclusive evidence for water in the nucleus of 81P/comet Wild 2. Recently magnetite in collected Wild…
Multiple generations of grain aggregation in different environments preceded solar system body formationOPEN ACCESS
Hope A. Ishii, John P. Bradley, Hans A. Bechtel, Donald E. Brownlee, Karen C. Bustillo, James Ciston, Jeffrey N. Cuzzi, Christine Floss, and David J. Joswiak PNAS June 11, 2018. 201720167; published ahead of print…
Spatial distribution of carbon dust in the early solar nebula and the carbon content of planetesimalsOPEN ACCESS
Hans-Peter Gail, Mario Trieloff A&A Volume 606, October 2017 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) “Context. A high fraction of carbon bound in solid carbonaceous material is observed to exist in bodies formed in the cold outskirts of…
The spatial distribution of carbon dust in the early solar nebula and the carbon content of planetesimalsOPEN ACCESS
Hans-Peter Gail, Mario Trieloff accepted by Astronomy & Astrophysics PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “A high fraction of carbon bound in solid carbonaceous material is observed to exist in bodies formed in the cold outskirts of the…
Refractory materials in comet samples.OPEN ACCESS
Joswiak, D. J., Brownlee, D. E., Nguyen, A. N., Messenger, S. Meteorit Planet Sci. doi:10.1111/maps.12877 LINK “Transmission electron microscope examination of more than 250 fragments, >1 μm from comet Wild 2 and a giant cluster…
Novel Experimental Simulations of the Atmospheric Injection of Meteoric Metals
J. C. Gómez Martín, D. L. Bones, J. D. Carrillo-Sánchez, A. D. James, J. M. Trigo-Rodríguez, B. Fegley Jr., and J. M. C. Plane The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 836, Number 2 Published February 23, 2017…
Modelling a short-wake meteor as a single or fragmenting body
M. Campbell-Brown Planetary and Space Science In Press, Available online 22 February 2017 LINK “An attempt is made to model a meteor observed with the Canadian Automated Meteor Observatory tracking system using a single body…
Diffusion of Oxygen Isotopes in Thermally Evolving Planetesimals and Size Ranges of Presolar Silicate GrainsOPEN ACCESS
S. Wakita, T. Nozawa, Y. Hasegawa accepted for publication in ApJ PDF (OPEN ACCESS) Update (13 February 2017): LINK “Presolar grains are small particles found in meteorites through their isotopic compositions which are considerably different…
Different origins or different evolutions? Decoding the spectral diversity among C-type asteroidsOPEN ACCESS
P. Vernazza, J. Castillo-Rogez, P. Beck, J. Emery, R. Brunetto, M. Delbo, M. Marsset, F. Marchis, O. Groussin, B. Zanda, P. Lamy, L. Jorda, O. Mousis, A. Delsanti, Z. Djouadi, Z. Dionnet, F. Borondics, B….
Olivine settling in cosmic spherules during atmospheric deceleration: An indicator of the orbital eccentricity of interplanetary dustOPEN ACCESS
Matthew J. Genge, Martin Suttl Geophysical Research Letters 43 DOI: 10.1002/2016GL070874 First published: 19 October 2016 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) Key Points * Antarctic cosmic spherules with cumulate textures are reported * Numerical…
Predominantly Non-Solar Origin of Nitrogen in Lunar SoilsOPEN ACCESS
J. Mortimer, A.B. Verchovsky, M. Anand Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 11 August 2016 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) “Simultaneous static-mode mass spectrometric measurements of nitrogen, carbon, helium, neon, and argon, extracted…
Diffusion of Helium in SiC and Implications for Retention of Cosmogenic He
D.J. Cherniak, E.B. Watson, R. Trappisch, J.B. Thomas, D. Chaussende Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 11 August 2016 LINK “Diffusion of helium has been characterized in silicon carbide of cubic…
Typology of dust particles collected by the COSIMA mass spectrometer in the inner coma of 67P/Churyumov Gerasimenko
Y. Langevin, M. Hilchenbach, N. Ligier, S. Merouane, K. Hornung, C. Engrand, R. Schulz, J. Kissel, J. Rynö, P. Eng, the COSIMA team Icarus In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 29 January 2016 doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2016.01.027 LINK…
Elemental Composition of Primitive Anhydrous IDPs
G. Flynn, S. Wirick, S. R. Sutton, and A. Lanzirotti EPSC Abstracts Vol. 10, EPSC2015-117, 2015 European Planetary Science Congress 2015 PDF “We measured elemental compositions of five large anhydrous cluster interplanetary dust particles (IDPs)…
Gould’s Belt, interstellar clouds, and the Eocene–Oligocene helium-3 enhancement
David Parry Rubincam Icarus Volume 264, 15 January 2016, Pages 132–136 doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2015.09.015 Available online 25 September 2015 LINK “Drag from hydrogen in the interstellar cloud which formed Gould’s Belt may have sent interplanetary dust particle…
Organic and inorganic correlations for Northwest Africa 852 by synchrotron-based Fourier transform infrared microspectroscopy
Yesiltas, M., Peale, R. E., Unger, M., Sedlmair, J. and Hirschmugl, C. J. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12498 Article first published online: 21 SEP 2015 LINK “Relationships between organic molecules and inorganic minerals are…
Pristine stratospheric collection of interplanetary dust on an oil-free polyurethane foam substrate
Messenger, S., Nakamura-Messenger, K., Keller, L. P. and Clemett, S. J. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12473 LINK
Interplanetary Dust Particles as Samples of Icy Asteroids
P. Vernazza, M. Marsset, P. Beck, R. P. Binzel, M. Birlan, R. Brunetto, F. E. Demeo, Z. Djouadi, C. Dumas, S. Merouane, O. Mousis, and B. Zanda The Astrophysical Journal Letters Volume 806 Number 2…
Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko sheds dust coat accumulated over the past four years
R. Schulz et al Nature (2015), doi:10.1038/nature14159 LINK
Importance of water and organics in the early Solar System: From interstellar inheritance to planet formation
Conel M.O’D. Alexander (DTM, Carnegie Institution of Washington) PDF LINK
Formation of analogs of cometary nitrogen-rich refractory organics from thermal degradation of tholin and hcn polymer
Jean-Yves Bonnet, Eric Quirico, Arnaud Buch, Roland Thissen, Cyril Szopa, Nathalie Carrasco, Guy Cernogora, Nicolas Fray, Hervé Cottin, Lena Le Roy, Gilles Montagnac, Emmanuel Dartois, Rosario Brunetto, Cécile Engrand, Jean Duprat Icarus, available online 27…
Fluid-induced organic synthesis in the solar nebula recorded in extraterrestrial dust from meteorites
Vollmer C, Demie Kepaptsoglou D, Leitner J, Busemann H, Spring NH, Ramasse QM, Hoppe P, Nittler LR (2014) Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 111, 43, 15338–15343 LINK The direct association of both IDP-like…
