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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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Araguainha Dome, Brazil: A polygonal impact structure due to a complex pre‐impact regional structural framework

Meteoritics &Planetary Science, EarlyView.
Abstract We investigated the structural framework of the north–northwestern Paraná Basin in Brazil to test whether the pre‐impact structures in this region may have had any influence on the first‐order formation and morphostructure of the Araguainha impact structure (AIS).
Renato B. Bernardes, Wolf U. Reimold, Roger L. Gibson, Julia B. Curto Ma, Adolfo B. Silva, Natalia Hauser   +5 more
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Geochemical investigation of impactites from the Boltysh impact structure and possible relationship to early Danian sediments from the Umbria–Marche Basin, Italy

Meteoritics &Planetary Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Within the Danian Scaglia Rossa Formation appears a regionally correlatable horizon cutting across multiple sections and outcrops within the Umbria–Marche Basin of NE Italy, where it is intercalated with uniform pelagic carbonate successions. This horizon is called “ALE layer” and has tentatively been interpreted as a fine‐grained volcanic ash.
Toni Schulz, Sophia Wernitznig, Christian Koeberl, Bérengère Mougel, Alessandro Montanari, Frédéric Moynier   +5 more
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Visible, near‐, and thermal infrared spectra of asteroid Bennu samples: Relationship to and implications for remote sensing of carbonaceous asteroids

Meteoritics &Planetary Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Remote spectroscopy is used to characterize the mineralogy and infer the history of planetary bodies. Carbonaceous asteroids, such as B‐type (101955) Bennu, represent the earliest stages of planet formation. B types have a blue (negative) spectral slope and comprise <5% of asteroids.
V. E. Hamilton, E. A. Cloutis, R. E. Milliken, P. Haenecour, D. R. Golish, K. J. Domanik, T. J. McCoy, L. P. Keller, A. A. Simon, H. H. Kaplan, C. A. Goodrich, S. A. Sandford, D. Applin, T. Hiroi, D. H. Hill, N. G. Lunning, F. M. McCubbin, S. A. Eckley, C. J. Snead, E. H. Blumenfeld, J. E. Aebersold, C. Schultz, N. Bowles, K. A. Shirley, S. S. Russell, J. J. Barnes, T. J. Zega, D. N. DellaGiustina, A. J. Ryan, D. P. Glavin, J. P. Dworkin, H. C. Connolly Jr., D. S. Lauretta   +32 more
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Lunar imaging and ionospheric calibration for the Lunar Cherenkov technique [PDF]

, 2013
The Lunar Cherenkov technique is a promising method for UHE neutrino and cosmic ray detection which aims to detect nanosecond radio pulses produced during particle interactions in the Lunar regolith.
Mevius, M., Scholten, O., R. McFadden, M. Mevius, McFadden, R., O. Scholten   +5 more
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LifeMet: Report on the 2024–2025 meteorite recovery expedition in Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica for the study of microbe–meteorite interactions

Meteoritics &Planetary Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Since the discovery of nine meteorites near the Yamato mountains in 1969, Antarctica has been recognized as a superb location for meteorite recovery. While Antarctic recovery expeditions prioritize meteorite preservation for mineralogical and planetary studies, meteorites are not typically collected for biological applications.
Rachael Lappan, Rachel S. Kirby, Andrew G. Tomkins   +2 more
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The role of composition in the spectral evolution of carbonaceous asteroids as informed by Bennu sample return

Meteoritics &Planetary Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Near‐Earth rubble‐pile asteroids Bennu and Ryugu are part of the carbonaceous taxonomic complex (C‐complex), and samples returned from both bodies resemble the most aqueously altered carbonaceous chondrites. However, telescopic and spacecraft visible–near infrared (VIS–NIR) reflectance spectra of Ryugu exhibit a red (positive) spectral slope ...
Ralph E. Milliken, Takahiro Hiroi, Victoria E. Hamilton, Cody D. Schultz, Ed A. Cloutis, Hannah H. Kaplan, Melissa K. Kontogiannis, Nathalia Vega‐Santiago, Dani N. DellaGiustina, Harold C. Connolly Jr., Dante S. Lauretta   +10 more
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Stardust Mine: A 2024 gabbroic shergottite from Arizona, USA

Meteoritics &Planetary Science, EarlyView.
Abstract This study provides an initial characterization of Stardust Mine, a fresh gabbroic enriched shergottite collected in Arizona, USA, in September 2024 and is the first Martian meteorite to be unequivocably collected on US soil. Analysis was conducted on the type specimen and finds that Stardust Mine is composed of equal proportions of pyroxene ...
Jennifer T. Mitchell, Natasha R. Stephen, Zsuzsanna P. Allerton, Weiming Ding, Xin‐Yuan Zheng   +4 more
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Technologies for Lunar Resource Assessment [PDF]

, 1992
Included talks on NASA's and DOE's role in Space Exploration Initiative, lunar geology, lunar resources, the strategy for the first lunar outpost, and an industry perspective on lunar resources.

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Mineralogy, mineral chemistry, and redox equilibria in ten aggregate particles from asteroid Bennu

Meteoritics &Planetary Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Examination of 10 Bennu aggregate particles has revealed the presence of many phases which taken together can provide constraints on the oxygen fugacity (fO2) of Bennu samples. Phyllosilicates (saponite and serpentine), carbonates, oxides (magnetite, chromite), sulfides (pyrrhotite, pentlandite), phosphate (hydroxyapatite, Na‐Mg‐phosphate ...
K. Righter, J. Gorce, L. Le, K. Thomas‐Keprta, Z.E. Wilbur, L.P. Keller, Z. Gainsforth, T.J. McCoy, T.J. Zega, S.S. Russell, H.C. Connolly Jr., D.S. Lauretta   +11 more
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