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New knowledge about shock events that affected the L‐chondrite parent body from two heavily shocked L6 meteorite finds

Meteoritics &Planetary Science, EarlyView.
Abstract We report new results from a study of shock‐related features in the L6 ordinary chondrites Northwest Africa (NWA) 4672 and NWA 12841. Our observations confirm the occurrence of eight high‐pressure (HP) minerals in each meteorite, namely, ringwoodite, majorite, akimotoite, wadsleyite, albitic jadeite, lingunite, tuite, and xieite.
I. Baziotis, L. Ferrière, C. Ma, J. Hu, D. Palles, P. D. Asimow   +5 more
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Noble gases and nitrogen in material from asteroid Bennu

Meteoritics &Planetary Science, EarlyView.
Abstract We report the elemental and isotopic abundances of all stable noble gases (helium, neon, argon, krypton, and xenon) in eight particles from asteroid Bennu returned by NASA's OSIRIS‐REx mission. We also report nitrogen abundances and isotopic ratios that were analyzed alongside neon and argon in four additional Bennu particles.
B. Marty, L. Zimmermann, E. Füri, D. V. Bekaert, J. J. Barnes, A. N. Nguyen, H. C. Connolly, D. S. Lauretta   +7 more
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THE CHANDRA X-RAY SURVEY OF PLANETARY NEBULAE (ChanPlaNS): PROBING BINARITY, MAGNETIC FIELDS, AND WIND COLLISIONS [PDF]

, 2012
We present an overview of the initial results from the Chandra Planetary Nebula Survey (ChanPlaNS), the first systematic (volume-limited) Chandra X-Ray Observatory survey of planetary nebulae (PNe) in the solar neighborhood.
J. Kastner, R. Montez, B. Balick, D. Frew, B. Miszalski, R. Sahai, E. Blackman, Y. Chu, O. Marco, A. Frank, M. Guerrero, J. López, V. Rapson, A. Zijlstra, E. Behar, V. Bujarrabal, R. Corradi, J. Nordhaus, Q. Parker, C. Sandin, D. Schonberner, N. Soker, J. Sokoloski, M. Steffen, T. Ueta, E. Science, Laboratory for Multiwavelength Astrophysics, R. I. O. Technology, D. Astronomy, U. Washington, D. Physics, Astronomy, M. R. C. F. Astronomy, Astrophysics, Astrophotonics, Macquarie University, South African astronomical Observatory, Southern African Large Telescope Foundation, Jet propulsion Laboratory, C. I. O. Technology., D. Physics, U. Rochester, U. Illinois, I. D. Astronom'ia, Glorieta de la Astronom'ia sn, I. D. Astronomía, Universidad Autonoma de Mexico, S. O. Physics, U. Manchester, Technion, Israel, O. Nacional, A. Henares, Spain, Instituto de Astrof'isica de Canarias, Tenerife, D. Astrof'isica, U. L. Laguna, Nsf Astronomy, A. Fellow, Center for Computational Relativity, Gravitation, Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam, Columbia Astrophysics Laboratory, Columbia University, U. Denver, Departamento de F'isica Te'orica, U. A. D. Madrid   +67 more
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Determining impact angle from the spatial distribution of shock metamorphism: A case study of the Gosses Bluff (Tnorala) impact structure, Australia

Meteoritics &Planetary Science, EarlyView.
Abstract The majority of planetary impacts occur at oblique angles. Impact structures on Earth are commonly eroded or buried, rendering the identification of the direction and angle of impact—using methods such as asymmetries in ejecta distribution, surface topographic expression, central uplift structure, and geophysical anomalies—challenging. In this
Eloise E. Matthews, Auriol S. P. Rae, Thomas Kenkmann, Nicholas E. Timms, Aaron J. Cavosie, Marian B. Holness   +5 more
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Vertical profiling of shock attenuation at the Rochechouart impact structure, France

Meteoritics &Planetary Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Rochechouart, south‐west France, is a complex impact structure. Here, we present the first report of shock barometry of quartz from what are likely parautochthonous basement units at depth, based on samples from the 2017 C.I.R.I.R drilling campaign. The crystallographic orientations of 725 sets of PDFs in 512 quartz grains in samples from four
P. Struzynska, S. Alwmark, C. Alwmark, M. H. Poelchau, P. Lambert   +4 more
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Graphite crystallinity and thermal record in Campo del Cielo IAB iron meteorite: A window into impact processing on a chondritic body

Meteoritics &Planetary Science, EarlyView.
Abstract The Campo del Cielo iron meteorite (IAB‐MG) provides a unique window into early solar system processes, particularly the formation and evolution of carbon phases in non‐magmatic iron meteorites. In this study, we conducted a systematic nanostructural investigation of three distinct graphite occurrences—cliftonite (type I), interstitial ...
Xiao Tian Deng, Hong Yi Chen, Yang Li, Jin Yu Zhang, Lan Fang Xie, Si Zhe Zhao, Zhuang Guo, Chen Li, Kai Rui Tai   +8 more
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Small but mighty: Impact hazards from iron Near‐Earth Objects

Meteoritics &Planetary Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Small asteroids can impact Earth unexpectedly, as demonstrated by the Chelyabinsk event in 2013. The warning times are likely to be short, and the first tools for fast hazard predictions have been developed in the last years for encounters with rocky or cometary objects, which quickly fragment in the atmosphere and cause airbursts. However, in
Robert Luther, Natalia Artemieva, Andrea Schmalen, Kai Wünnemann, Detlef Koschny, Richard Moissl   +5 more
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A geophysical investigation of the Roter Kamm impact crater, Namibia

Meteoritics &Planetary Science, EarlyView.
Abstract The Roter Kamm impact crater is located in the southern Namib Desert. The crater has a diameter of 2.5 km and belongs to the category of simple, bowl‐shaped impact craters, with an elevated rim of fractured target rock. The crater's interior is completely buried beneath sediments, preventing extensive surface investigations of the bedrock ...
Hannah Nienhaus, Pritam Yogeshwar, Wiebke Mörbe, Bülent Tezkan, Yajun Liu, Bufelo Lushetile, Martin Melles   +6 more
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A new channel for the detection of planetary systems through microlensing [PDF]

, 1997
We propose and evaluate the feasibility of a new strategy to search for planets via microlensing observations. This new strategy is designed to detect planets in "wide" orbits, i.e., with orbital separation, a, greater than ~1.5 R_E.
R. D. Stefano, Richard A. Scalzo Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, U. Chicago   +2 more
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Rapid terrestrial weathering of the CI1 carbonaceous chondrite find Oued Chebeika 002

Meteoritics &Planetary Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Alteration of historic CI1 meteorite falls during their curation demonstrates the susceptibility of smectite‐rich carbonaceous chondrites to terrestrial exposure. The discovery of Oued Chebeika 002 in Morocco in June 2024 presents a unique opportunity to document the earliest stages of weathering of a CI1 find.
Martin R. Lee, Jasper Glazer
wiley   +1 more source