Physical Characterization of Active Asteroid (6478) Gault

1Juan A. Sanchez,2Vishnu Reddy,3Audrey Thirouin,4Edward L. Wright,5,6Tyler R. Linder,2Theodore Kareta,2Benjamin Sharkey
The Astrophysical Journal Letters 881, L6 Link to Article [DOI
https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/ab31ac]
1Planetary Science Institute, 1700 East Fort Lowell Road, Tucson, AZ 85719, USA
2Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona, 1629 East University Blvd, Tucson, AZ 85721-0092, USA
3Lowell Observatory, 1400 West Mars Hill Road, Flagstaff, AZ 86001, USA
4Division of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of California Los Angeles, 430 Portola Plaza, Box 951547, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1547, USA
5Astronomical Research Institute, 1015 Cr 1300N, Sullivan, IL 61951, USA
6University of North Dakota, Clifford Hall Room 512, 4149 University Avenue Stop 9008, Grand Forks, ND 58202, USA

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Formation of Transition Alumina Dust around Asymptotic Giant Branch Stars: Condensation Experiments using Induction Thermal Plasma Systems

1,2Aki Takigawa,3Tae-Hee Kim,4Yohei Igami,2Tatsuki Umemoto,2,7Akira Tsuchiyama,5Chiyoe Koike,2Junya Matsuno,6Takayuki Watanabe
The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 878, L7 Link to Article [DOI
https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/ab1f80]
1The Hakubi Center for Advanced Research, Kyoto University, Kitashirakawa-Oiwakecho, Sakyo, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
2Division of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Kyoto University, Kitashirakawa-Oiwakecho, Sakyo, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
3Institute for Nuclear Science and Technology, Department of Nuclear and Energy Engineering, Jeju National University, 102 Jejudaehak-ro, Jeju-si, Jeju, 63243, Republic of Korea
4Institute of Materials and Systems for Sustainability, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8603, Japan
5Department of Physics, Ritsumeikan University, 1-1-1 Nojihigashi, Kusatsu-shi, Shiga 525-8577, Japan
6Department of Chemical Engineering, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
7Present addresses: Research Organization of Science and Technology, Ritsumeikan University, 1-1-1 Nojihigashi, Kusatsu, Shiga 525-8577, Japan, and Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences 511 Kehua Street, Wushan, Tianhe District, Guangzhou, 510640, China.

 

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A statistical analysis of the H/L ratio of ordinary chondrite finds and falls: A comparison of Oman finds with other populations

1Ioannis Kouvatsis,2Beda A. Hofmann
Meteoritics & Planetary Science (in Press) Link to Article [https://doi.org/10.1111/maps.13410]
1Institute of Geological Sciences, University of Bern, Baltzerstrasse 1 + 3, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
2Natural History Museum Bern, Bernastrasse 15, 3005 Bern, Switzerland
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Hot and cold deserts have been thoroughly searched for meteorites in the past decades, which has led to a large inventory of classified meteorites. H‐ and L‐chondrites are the most abundant meteorites in all collections, and many authors used the H/L ratio as a characteristic parameter in comparing meteorite populations. H/L ratios (after pairing) vary from 0.90 in observed falls up to 1.74 in El Médano (Atacama Desert). In this study, we investigate the H/L ratio of 965 unpaired H‐ and L‐chondrites collected in Oman and compare this population with observed falls and other hot desert collections. We find a mass dependence of the H/L ratio among hot desert finds and identify mechanisms such as fragmentation during weathering and fall that have an impact on the H/L ratio. We employ the Kolmogorov–Smirnov and Mann–Whitney U statistical tests to compare the mass distributions of H‐ and L‐chondrites and to test the relationship between the similarity of mass distributions and the H/L ratio. We conclude that the variations of the H/L ratios observed in various populations are a sampling artifact resulting from secondary effects and observational bias, expressed in differences of the H and L mass distributions which are not observed in falls, and not due to variations in H/L of the meteorite flux. The H/L ratio of 0.90 observed among recent falls is considered as most representative for the overall meteorite flux, at least since the Late Pleistocene.

 

The Widmanstätten pattern

1Jeremy B. Tatum
Meteoritics & Planetary Science (in Press) Link to Article [https://doi.org/10.1111/maps.13403]
1Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Victoria, PO Box 1700, STN CSC, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, V8P 2Y2
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A table is provided to determine the angles within the Widmanstätten pattern as a function of orientation of the slice, and methods are provided to solve the inverse problem, namely to determine the orientation of the slice from measurements of the Widmanstätten pattern.

Alkali‐halogen metasomatism of the CM carbonaceous chondrites

1M. R. Lee,1B. E. Cohen,2A. J. King
Meteoritics & Planetary Science (in Press) Link to Article [https://doi.org/10.1111/maps.13405]
1School of Geographical and Earth Sciences, University of Glasgow, Gregory Building, Lilybank Gardens, Glasgow, G12 8QQ UK
2Department of Earth Science, Natural History Museum (London), Cromwell Rd, London, SW7 5BD UK
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Meteorite Hills (MET) 01075 is unique among the CM carbonaceous chondrites in containing the feldspathoid mineral sodalite, and hence it may provide valuable evidence for a nebular or parent body process that has not been previously recorded by this meteorite group. MET 01075 is composed of aqueously altered chondrules and calcium‐ and aluminum‐rich inclusions (CAIs) in a matrix that is predominantly made of serpentine‐ and tochilinite‐rich particles. The chondrules have been impact flattened and define a foliation petrofabric. Sodalite occurs in a 0.6 mm size CAI that also contains spinel, perovskite, and diopside together with Fe‐rich phyllosilicate and calcite. By analogy with feldspathoid‐bearing CAIs in the CV and CO carbonaceous chondrites, the sodalite is interpreted to have formed by replacement of melilite or anorthite during alkali‐halogen metasomatism in a parent body environment. While it is possible that the CAI was metasomatized in a precursor parent body, then excavated and incorporated into the MET 01075 parent body, in situ metasomatism is the favored model. The brief episode of relatively high temperature water–rock interaction was driven by radiogenic or impact heating, and most of the evidence for metasomatism was erased by subsequent lower temperature aqueous alteration. MET 01075 is very unusual in sampling a CM parent body region that underwent early alkali‐halogen metasomatism and has retained one of its products.