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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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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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Extensive Intrusive Magmatism in the Lunar Farside Apollo and South Pole–Aitken Basins, Chang’e-6 Landing Site

The Astrophysical Journal Letters
Lunar igneous activities, including intrusive magmatism and extrusive volcanism, and their products contain significant information about the lunar interior and its thermal state. Their distribution is asymmetrical on the nearside and farside, reflecting
Yuqi Qian, James Head, Joseph Michalski, Shengxia Gong, Wei Yang, Zilong Wang, Long Xiao, Xianhua Li, Guochun Zhao   +8 more
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Mineralogical Mapping of Pyroxene and Anorthosite in Dryden Crater Using M³ Hyperspectral Data

Engineering Proceedings
This study investigates the mineral composition of the lunar Dryden Crater using Moon Mineralogy Mapper (M3) data. A RGB false-color composite reveals distinct pyroxene, anorthosite, and possibly spinel distribution patterns.
Iskren Ivanov, Lachezar Filchev
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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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Evidence for silicate dissolution on Mars from the Nakhla meteorite [PDF]

, 2013
Veins containing carbonates, hydrous silicates and sulphates that occur within and between grains of augite and olivine in the Nakhla meteorite are good evidence for the former presence of liquid water in the Martian crust.
Smith, C.L., Tomkinson, T., Stuart, F. M., Lee, M.R., Stuart, F.M., Smith, C. L., Lee, M. R., Mark, D. F., Mark, D.F.   +8 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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Global Silicate Mineralogy of the Moon from the Diviner Lunar Radiometer

Science, 2010
Lunar Reconnaissance The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter reached lunar orbit on 23 June 2009. Global data acquired since then now tell us about the impact history of the Moon and the igneous processes that shaped it. Using the Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter, Head et al.
Greenhagen, B, Lucey, P, Wyatt, M, Glotch, T, Allen, C, Arnold, J, Bandfield, J, Bowles, N, Donaldson Hanna, K, Hayne, P, Song, E, Thomas, I, Paige, D   +12 more
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Space Weathering–driven Coupled Loss of S and Fe from Troilite on the Moon

The Astrophysical Journal Letters
Space weathering of sulfides is a key mechanism for the sulfur and iron anomalies on the surfaces of the Moon and other airless bodies. However, the detailed pathway for how space weathering modifies S and Fe contents in iron sulfide remains poorly ...
Chenkun Sun, Wen Yu, Xiaoping Zhang, Xiaojia Zeng, Yanxue Wu, Mingchao Xiong, Renrui Liu, Jiahui Liu   +7 more
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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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