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…
Giant Impact onto a Vesta-Like Asteroid and Formation of Mesosiderites through Mixing of Metallic Core and Surface CrustOPEN ACCESS
Keisuke Sugiura, Makiko K. Haba, Hidenori Genda accepted for publication in Icarus PDF (OPEN ACCESS) Update (24 February 2022): LINK “Mesosiderites are a type of stony-iron meteorites composed of a mixture of silicates and Fe-Ni…
Physical Characterization of Metal-rich Near-Earth Asteroids 6178 (1986 DA) and 2016 ED85OPEN ACCESS
Juan A. Sanchez, Vishnu Reddy, William F. Bottke, Adam Battle, Benjamin Sharkey, Theodore Kareta, Neil Pearson and David C. Cantillo The Planetary Science Journal, Volume 2, Number 5 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Metal-rich near-Earth…
Cosmogenic noble gas nuclides in zircons from the Estherville mesosiderite
Makiko K. Haba, Keisuke Nagao Meteoritics & Planetary ScienceVersion of Record online: 18 May 2021 LINK “Zirconium produces cosmogenic Kr through spallation reactions with cosmic rays. Meteoritic zircons (ZrSiO4) therefore possibly contain a significant amount…
Precise initial abundance of Niobium-92 in the Solar System and implications for p-process nucleosynthesis
Makiko K. Haba, Yi-Jen Lai, Jörn-Frederik Wotzlaw, Akira Yamaguchi, Maria Lugaro, and Maria Schönbächler PNAS February 23, 2021 118 (8) LINK “The niobium-92–zirconium-92 (92Nb–92Zr) decay system with a half-life of 37 Ma has great potential…
Insights from Siderophile Elements into the Impact Origin of Mesosiderites
Dhaliwal J. K., Horan M. F., Ash R. D., Bullock E. S., Carlson R. W. 52nd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2021), Abstract #2236 PDF “Space rocks and breccias / Iron-loving elements / How did…
The most primitive mesosiderite Northwest Africa 1878, subgroup 0
M. Kimura, N. Sugiura, A. Yamaguchi, K. Ichimura Meteoritics & Planetary ScienceFirst Published: 23 April 2020 LINK “All mesosiderites previously reported were subjected to thermal metamorphism and/or partial melting on the parent body. Therefore, their…
Two generations of exsolution lamellae in pyroxene from Asuka 09545: Clues to the thermal evolution of silicates in mesosiderite
Lidia Pittarello, Seann McKibbin, Akira Yamaguchi, Gang Ji, Dominique Schryvers, Vinciane Debaille, Philippe Claeys American Mineralogist Volume 104, Number 11, 1 November 2019 LINK “Mesosiderite meteorites consist of a mixture of crustal basaltic or gabbroic…
Mesosiderite formation on asteroid 4 Vesta by a hit-and-run collisionOPEN ACCESS
Makiko K. Haba, Jörn-Frederik Wotzlaw, Yi-Jen Lai, Akira Yamaguchi & Maria Schönbächler Nature Geoscience, 1–6 LINK PDF (OPEN ACCESS) (update: 31 March 2021) “Collision and disruption processes of protoplanetary bodies in the early Solar System…
UK meteorite search reconnaissance mission in Antarctica 2018/2019 – 36 meteorites found
Last update: 10 May 2022 On a blue icefield meteorite search reconnaissance mission members of the UK Polar Meteorite Exploration and Research team consisting of Katherine (Katie) Joy and field guide Julie Baum have found…
(16) Psyche: A mesosiderite-like asteroid?OPEN ACCESS
M. Viikinkoski, P. Vernazza, J. Hanus, H. Le Coroller, K. Tazhenova, B. Carry, M. Marsset, A. Drouard, F. Marchis, R. Fetick, T. Fusco, J. Durech, M. Birlan, J. Berthier, P. Bartczak, C. Dumas, J. Castillo-Rogez,…
Basaltic Lithic Clasts in Type 1A and 2A Mesosiderites: Trend Towards a Eucritic Composition
B. Baecker, B. A. Cohen, A. E. Rubin, B. Frasl, C. M. Corrigan 48th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2017), Abstract #2836 PDF
U–Pb and Hf–W dating of young zircon in Mesosiderite Asuka 882023
Koike, M., N. Sugiura, N. Takahata, A. Ishida, and Y. Sano Geophysical Research Letters 44 Accepted manuscript online: 27 January 2017 DOI: 10.1002/2016GL071609 LINK “Mesosiderites are unique stony-iron meteorites, composed of eucrite-like silicates and Fe–Ni…
Effect of parent body evolution on equilibrium and kinetic isotope fractionation: a combined Ni and Fe isotope study of iron and stony-iron meteorites
Stepan M. Chernonozhkin, Steven Goderis, Marta Costas-Rodríguez, Philippe Claeys, Frank Vanhaecke Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 9 May 2016 LINK “Various iron and stony-iron meteorites have been characterized for their…
Catching Constraints on the Parent Body Genesis of Mesosiderites and a Possible Link to HED (Howardite-Eucrite-Diogenite) Meteorites — A New Hope?
B. Baecker, B. A. Cohen 47th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2016), Abstract #2179 PDF
Geochemistry and oxygen isotope composition of main-group pallasites and olivine-rich clasts in mesosiderites: Implications for the “Great Dunite Shortage” and HED-mesosiderite connection
Richard C. Greenwood, Jean-Alix Barrat, Edward R.D. Scott, Henning Haack, Paul C. Buchanan, Ian.A. Franchi, Akira Yamaguchi, Diane Johnson, Alex W.R. Bevan, Thomas H. Burbine Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online…
Cooling rates of mesosiderites at intermediate temperatures
Naoji Sugiura (Univ. of Tokyo), Makoto Kimura (Ibaraki Univ.) PDF LINK
Geochemical characteristics and U-Pb age of metamorphic zircons from Estherville: constraints on the timing of mesosiderite formation
Makiko K. Haba (NIPR), Akira Yamaguchi (NIPR), Hiroyuki Kagi (The Univ. of Tokyo), Keisuke Nagao (The Univ. of Tokyo), Hiroshi Hidaka (Hiroshima Univ.) PDF LINK
