Degassing of early-formed planetesimals restricted water delivery to Earth

ME Newcombe, SG Nielsen, LD Peterson, J Wang… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
The timing of delivery and the types of body that contributed volatiles to the terrestrial planets
remain highly debated,. For example, it is unknown if differentiated bodies, such as that …

Sequential Lonsdaleite to Diamond Formation in Ureilite Meteorites via In Situ Chemical Fluid/Vapor Deposition

AG Tomkins, NC Wilson, C MacRae… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Ureilite meteorites are arguably our only large suite of samples from the mantle of a dwarf
planet and typically contain greater abundances of diamond than any known rock. Some …

The H2O content of the ureilite parent body

LD Peterson, ME Newcombe, CMOD Alexander… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2023 - Elsevier
The fate of highly volatile elements (H, C, F, Cl and S) during planetary accretion and
differentiation is debated. Recent analyses of water in non-carbonaceous chondrites (RC …

Widespread production of silica-and alkali-rich melts at the onset of planetesimal melting

M Collinet, TL Grove - Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 2020 - Elsevier
We present the results of melting experiments on a suite of carbonaceous and ordinary
chondritic compositions (CV, CM, CI, H and LL) performed at low pressure (0.1–13.1 MPa) …

Asteroid 2008 TC3, not a polymict ureilitic but a polymict C1 chondrite parent body? Survey of 249 Almahata Sitta fragments

A Bischoff, L Bannemann, S Decker… - … & Planetary Science, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract On October 7, 2008, the asteroid 2008 TC3 exploded as it entered the Earth's
atmosphere, producing significant dust (in the atmosphere) and delivering thousands of …

Detection of cosmic fullerenes in the Almahata Sitta meteorite: are they an interstellar heritage?

H Sabbah, M Carlos, P Jenniskens… - The Astrophysical …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Buckminsterfullerene, C 60, is the largest molecule observed to date in interstellar and
circumstellar environments. The mechanism of formation of this molecule is actively …

Shock degree and graphite geothermometry in ureilites NWA 6871 and NWA 3140

O Christ, A Barbaro, FE Brenker, P Nimis… - … & Planetary Science, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Carbon aggregates from two differently shocked ureilites were analyzed to gain insight into
the shock transformation of graphite to diamond in ureilites, which happened when the …

Nickel and chromium stable isotopic composition of ureilites: Implications for the Earth's core formation and differentiation of the ureilite parent body

K Zhu, JA Barrat, A Yamaguchi… - Geophysical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
We report the first Ni and Cr stable isotope data for ureilite meteorites that are the mantle
residue of a carbon‐rich differentiated planet. Ureilites have similar Ni stable isotope …

Formation of primitive achondrites by partial melting of alkali-undepleted planetesimals in the inner solar system

M Collinet, TL Grove - Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Acapulcoites-lodranites, ureilites, brachinites, brachinite-like achondrites and
winonaites are the main groups of primitive achondrites. They are variably depleted in …

An exploration of whether Earth can be built from chondritic components, not bulk chondrites

CMOD Alexander - Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 2022 - Elsevier
Here, two of a range of possible models are explored that assume that:(i) two of the main
chondritic components (chondrules and refractory inclusions) dominated the Earth's building …