Jinju H5 Chondrite: A New Fall in Korea Having Numerous Vugs Filled with Vapor-Phase Crystallized Minerals
Choi B.-G., Kim H., Kim H., Lee J. I., Kim T. H., Ahn I., Yi K., Hong T. E. 78th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2015) Berkeley, USA July 27-31 2015 PDF (abstract)
The Vicência meteorite fall: A new unshocked (S1) weakly metamorphosed (3.2) LL chondrite
Keil, K., Zucolotto, M. E., Krot, A. N., Doyle, P. M., Telus, M., Krot, T. V., Greenwood, R. C., Franchi, I. A., Wasson, J. T., Welten, K. C., Caffee, M. W., Sears, D. W. G.,…
Žd’ár nad Sázavou is officially registered in the Meteoritical Bulletin Database
LINK 49°31.3’ N, 16°2.0’ E
Porangaba is officially registered in the Meteoritical Bulletin Database
Meteoritical Bulletin 23°09’36″S, 48°10’52″W Additional information about this witnessed fall can be found HERE
Unique large diamonds in a ureilite from Almahata Sitta 2008 TC3 asteroid
Masaaki Miyahara, Eiji Ohtani, Ahmed El Goresy, Yangting Lin, Lu Feng, Jian-Chao Zhang, Philippe Gillet, Toshiro Nagase, Jun Muto, Masahiko Nishijima Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 24 April 2015 doi:10.1016/j.gca.2015.04.035…
The Košice meteorite fall: Recovery and strewn field
Juraj Tóth, Ján Svoreň, Jiří Borovička, Pavel Spurný, Antal Igaz, Leonard Kornoš, Peter Vereš, Marek Husárik, Július Koza, Aleš Kučera, Pavel Zigo, Štefan Gajdoš, Jozef Világi, David Čapek, Zuzana Krišandová, Dušan Tomko, Jiří Šilha, Eva…
Variability, absorption features, and parent body searches in “spectrally featureless” meteorite reflectance spectra: Case study – Tagish Lake
M.R.M. Izawa, M.A. Craig, D.M. Applin, J.A. Sanchez, V. Reddy, L. LeCorre, P. Mann, E.A. Cloutis Icarus doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2015.04.013 published online 15 April 2015 LINK
CTBT infrasound network performance to detect the 2013 Russian fireball event
Pilger, Christoph; Ceranna, Lars; Ross, J. Ole; Le Pichon, Alexis; Mialle, Pierrick; Garcés, Milton A. Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 42, Issue 7, pp. 2523-2531 04/2015 Article first published online: 9 APR 2015 LINK
Orbit and dynamic origin of the recently recovered Annama’s H5 chondrite
Trigo-Rodríguez J.M., Lyytinen E., Gritsevich M., Moreno-Ibáñez M., Bottke W.F., Williams I., Lupovka V., Dmitriev V., Kohout T., Grokhovsky V. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society MNRAS (May 11, 2015) 449 (2): 2119-2127. doi:…
Glanerbrug meteorite memorial presented on 25th ‘fallday’
On 7 April 2015 at 14:00 UTC / 16:00 CEST a memorial with a plate to commemorate the fall of the Glanerbrug meteorite on 7 April 1990 (18:32:38 UTC) was revealed at the corner of…
Mineralogy, petrography, geochemistry, and classification of the Košice meteorite
Daniel Ozdín, Jozef Plavčan, Michaela Horňáčková, Pavel Uher, Vladimír Porubčan, Pavel Veis, Jozef Rakovský, Juraj Tóth, Patrik Konečný and Ján Svoreň Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12405 LINK
A second Porangaba meteorite has been found and presented to the public
On February 7 Renato Poltronieri was contacted by José Maria of Porangaba who had found a second meteorite weighing 425 grams. José Maria gave a fragment of 131 grams to Renato Poltronieri which was then…
The meteorite fall near Boumdeid, Mauritania, from September 14, 2011
Buhl S., Toueirjenne C., Hofmann B., Laubenstein M., Wimmer K. Meteorites Vol. 3, Nos. 1–2, 2014, 5–18 DOI 10.5277/met140101 PDF (full text) Meteorites (Vol. 3) Publishers: Wrocław University of Technology, Faculty of Geoengineering, Mining and…
Chelyabinsk main mass weighs 505 kg on average
(updated 26 January 13:11 CET) Since the former gravimetric measurements of the Chelyabinsk main mass to determine its final weight were not precise the museum staff has found a new scale to weigh the Chelyabinsk…
Isotopic composition of carbon and nitrogen in ureilitic fragments of the Almahata Sitta meteorite
Downes, H., Abernethy, F. A. J., Smith, C. L., Ross, A. J., Verchovsky, A. B., Grady, M. M., Jenniskens, P. and Shaddad, M. H. (2015), Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12413 LINK
First two meteorites from the São Paulo bolide on 9 January 2015 (15:35 local time) have been found near Porangaba, São Paulo, Brazil
Additional and deviating information about this witnessed fall (updated after registration in the Meteoritical Bulletin on 24 May 2015) can be found HERE (Last update of text below on 24 March 2015) The meteorite weighs…
[Žd’ár nad Sázavou] A second meteorite (39.3 grams) of the Czech bolide on 9 December 2014 was found near Vatín on January 12 by Czech astronomers, first meteorite classified as type L3.9
A second meteorite with a weight of 39.3 grams was found around noon on 12 January 2015 by astronomers of the Czech Astronomical Institute (Astronomický ústav Akademie věd České republiky (AsÚ)) according to Czech television…
A second meteorite (41 grams) of the Czech bolide on 9 December 2014 was found near Vatín by Czech astronomers, first meteorite classified as type L3.9
A second meteorite with a weight of 41 grams was found around noon on 12 January 2015 by astronomers of the Czech Astronomical Institute (Astronomický ústav Akademie věd České republiky (AsÚ)) according to the Czech…
[Žd’ár nad Sázavou] First meteorite found near Nová Ves, close to Nového Města na Moravě on 20 December, ~3 p.m. CET/ Meteorite fall near Rudolec, Jihlava district, Czech Republic, 9 December, 16:16:45-54 UT UTC
Update (24 May 2015) Žd’ár nad Sázavou was registered in the Meteoritical Bulletin Database on 24 May 2015 LINK UPDATE (2 January 2015): A report from the Czech Astronomical Society about the meteorite search expedition,…
60 years ago: Mrs Hodges and the Sylacauga meteorite
November 30, 1954, at 18:46 UTC Oak Grove, Alabama The Sylacauga, Talladega County, Alabama, Aerolite Swindel, G. W. & Jones, W. B. Meteoritics, volume 1, number 2, page 125. (1954) The Sylacauga, Alabama Meteorite: The…
New data on the Braunschweig meteorite (L6) – a recent fall in Germany (2013)
Rupert Hochleitner (MSCM, Muenchen), Viktor Hoffmann (Univ. Muenchen, Univ. Tuebingen), Melanie Kaliwoda (MSCM Muenchen), R. Bartoschwewitz (Bartoschewitz Met. Lab. Germany) PDF LINK
Gravimetric measurements of the Chelyabinsk main mass to determine its final weight / Coordinates at Lake Chebarkul memorial finally corrected
Gravimetric measurements of the Chelyabinsk main mass to determine its current weight on 14 November 2014 LINK LINK (original) According to Arkady Ovcharenko (Аркадий Овчаренко) from the Geophysical Institute of the Ural Branch of the…
Sutter’s Mill – Meteoritics & Planetary Science (MAPS) Theme Issue
Meteoritics & Planetary Science Thematic Issue focuses only on Sutter’s Mill LINK November 2014 Volume 49, Issue 11 Pages i–i, 1987–2127
Tinajdad (H5) Fall, 9 September 2014, Morocco official in Meteoritical Bulletin Database
Tinajdad (H5) Fall, 9 September 2014, Morocco registered in Meteoritical Bulletin Database LINK
Infrared imaging spectroscopy with micron resolution of Sutter’s Mill meteorite grains
Mehmet Yesiltas, Yoko Kebukawa, Robert E. Peale, Eric Mattson, Carol J. Hirschmugl and Peter Jenniskens Meteoritics & Planetary Science Article first published online: 13 OCT 2014 | DOI: 10.1111/maps.12321 LINK Abstract Synchrotron-based Fourier transform infrared…
Diamond xenolith and matrix organic matter in the Sutter’s Mill meteorite measured by C-XANES
Yoko Kebukawa, Michael E. Zolensky, A. L. David Kilcoyne, Zia Rahman, Peter Jenniskens and George D. Cody Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12312 Article first published online: 13 OCT 2014 LINK Abstract The Sutter’s Mill…
Ionospheric response to the entry and explosion of the South Ural superbolide
Yu. Ya. Ruzhin, V. D. Kuznetsov (Pushkov Institute of Terrestrial Magnetism, Ionosphere, and Radio Wave Propagation, Russian Academy of Sciences (IZMIRAN), Troitsk, Moscow, Russia V. M. Smirnov (Kotel’nikov Institute of Radio Engineering and Electronics, Russian…
Interview with Russel Parry about his book on the Appley Bridge meteorite
Radio Lancashire, 3 October 2014 book launch: 13 October 2014 LINK The-Appley-Bridge-Meteorite (facebook) More information update (14 October): BBC TV report:
New meteorite registration system at the Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources
Apparently from now on meteorites that are imported into Korea or found in the country can (or even have to be) registered at the Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources (KIGAM) LINK LINK (machine-translated)…
Video of 3070 g Chelyabinsk meteorite found near Timiryazevskiy on 13 May 2013
In situ – video of the 3070 g Chelyabinsk meteorite found southwest of Timiryazevskiy on 13 May 2013 at 11 a.m. Video by Valerij Bogdanovskij
Vicência officially registered in the Meteoritical Bulletin Database
The meteorite fall has been officially registered in the Meteoritical Bulletin Database: LINK Vicência 7°42.5’S, 35°25.66’W Pernambuco, Brazil Fell: 21 Sept 2013 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL3.2) History: Fell, September 21, 2013, ~15:00 hours local time (18:00 UTC),…
Tirhert (Eucrite, unbrecciated, fell 9 July 2014) officially classified
TIRHERT LINK 28.935°N, 8.905°W Guelmim-Es-Semara, Morocco Fell: 2014 Jul 9 Classification: HED achondrite (Eucrite, unbrecciated) History: (H. Chennaoui Aoudjehane, A. Aaronson, M. Aoudjehane, A. Bouferra, A. Bouragaa) On Wednesday, 9 July 2014 around 9:30 pm,…
The Ardón L6 ordinary chondrite: A long-hidden Spanish meteorite fall
Trigo-Rodríguez, J. M., Llorca, J., Weyrauch, M., Bischoff, A., Moyano-Cambero, C. E., Keil, K., Laubenstein, M., Pack, A., Madiedo, J. M., Alonso-Azcárate, J., Riebe, M., Wieler, R., Ott, U., Tapia, M. and Mestres, N. (2014)…
Crystalline and amorphous matter in the Chelyabinsk meteorite: Evidence from Raman spectroscopy
T. N. Moroz, S. V. Goryainov, N. P. Pokhilenko, N. M. Podgornykh Doklady Earth Sciences July 2014, Volume 457, Issue 1, pp 831-834 Date: 05 Aug 2014 Doklady Akademii Nauk, 2014, Vol. 457, No. 1,…
Physical Properties, Structure and Fracturing of the Chelyabinsk LL5 Meteorite Body
Grokhovsky, V. I.; Kohout, , T.; Gritsevich, M.; Koneva, E. V. PDF LINK
The Smoke Train of the Chelyabinsk Meteoroid
N. A. Artemieva and V. V. Shuvalov PDF LINK
Thermal History of Small Fragments During the Chelyabinsk Meteorite Fall
A. Lukashin, R. Luther, N. Artemieva, V. Shuvalov, K. Wünnemann . PDF LINK
Reconstructing the Chelyabinsk event: pre-impact orbital evolution
de la Fuente Marcos, C.; de la Fuente Marcos, R. MNRAS (September 1, 2014) Vol. 443 L39-L43 First published online June 26, 2014 LINK
Magnetic properties of the LL5 ordinary chondrite Chelyabinsk (fall of February 15, 2013)
Bezaeva, N. S., Badyukov, D. D., Nazarov, M. A., Rochette, P., Feinberg, J. M., Markov, G. P., Borschneck, D., Demory, F., Gattacceca, J., Borisovskiy, S. E. and Skripnik, A. Y. Meteoritics & Planetary Science Volume…
Mineralogy of Meteorite Chelyabinsk as Determined by Raman Spectroscopy
Voropaev, S. A.; Eliseev, A. A.; Petukhov, D. I. PDF LINK
The Almahata Sitta polymict breccia and the late accretion of asteroid 2008 TC3
Horstmann M and Bischoff A (in press) Chemie der Erde – Geochemistry Volume 74, Issue 2, June 2014, Pages 149–183 LINK
The Sutter’s Mill meteorite: Thermoluminescence data on thermal and metamorphic history
Sears, D. W. and Beauford, R. Meteoritics & Planetary Science Volume 49, Issue 11, pages 2047–2055, November 2014
A comprehensive study of distribution laws for the fragments of Košice meteorite
Gritsevich M, Vinnikov V, Kohout T, Tóth J, Peltoniemi J, Turchak L and Virtanen J Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 49: 328–345. doi: 10.1111/maps.12252 Volume 49, Issue 3, pages 328–345, March 2014
Infrasound detection of the Chelyabinsk meteor at the USArray
Catherine D. de Groot-Hedlin, Michael A.H. Hedlin Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 402, 15 September 2014, Pages 337–345 DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2014.01.031 LINK
Chelyabinsk Airburst, Damage Assessment, Meteorite Recovery, and Characterization
Olga P. Popova, Peter Jenniskens, Vacheslav Emel’yanenko, Anna Kartashova, Eugeny Biryukov, Sergey Khaibrakhmanov, Valery Shuvalov, Yurij Rybnov, Alexandr Dudorov, Victor I. Grokhovsky, Dmitry D. Badyukov, Qing-Zhu Yin, Peter S. Gural, Jim Albers, Mikael Granvik, Läslo…
The trajectory, structure and origin of the Chelyabinsk asteroidal impactor
Jiří Borovička, Pavel Spurný, Peter Brown, Paul Wiegert, Pavel Kalenda, David Clark & Lukáš Shrbený Nature (2013) doi:10.1038/nature12671, Published online 06 November 2013 LINK
Earth-viewing satellite perspectives on the Chelyabinsk meteor event
Miller SD, Straka III WC, Bachmeier AS, Schmit TJ, Partain PT and Noh Y-J (2013) PNAS 110:18092-18097. LINK
Mineralogy, reflectance spectra, and physical properties of the Chelyabinsk LL5 chondrite – insight into shock-induced changes in asteroid regoliths
Kohout T, Gritsevich M, Grokhovsky VI, Yakovlev GA, Haloda J, Halodova P, Michallik RM, Penttilä A and Muinonen K Icarus Volume 228, 15 January 2014, Pages 78–85 LINK
The Murchison Meteorite Story
John Lovering describes his excitement at seeing the Murchison meteorite and its scientific significance. VIDEO (MP4) Transcript: This particular fragment is one of the pieces of the Murchison meteorite that fell in Victoria in 1969….