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1 GEOL 2840: Asteroids & Meteorites Spring 2017 (1/26/2017 subject to change) Introduction & Overview Weisberg, M.K. et al. (2006), Systematics and evaluation of meteorite classification. In Meteorites and the Early Solar System II (Eds. Lauretta, D. and H.Y. McSween) Univ. Arizona Press, p Burbine T. H. (2014), Asteroids. In Treatise on Geochemistry, 2nd edition, vol. 2 (Eds. H.D. Holland and K.K. Turekian) Oxford: Elsevier, p O Brien, D.P. et al. (2007), The primordial excitation and clearing of the asteroid belt - Revisited, Icarus, 191, Melosh, H.J. (1984) Impact ejection, spallation, and the origin of meteorites. Icarus 59, Keil, K., Haack, H., and E.R.D. Scott (1994) Catastrophic fragmentation of asteroids: evidence from meteorites. Planet. Space Sci. 42(12),

2 Meteorite Isotopes Clayton, R.N., Grossman, L., Mayeda, T. (1973) A component of primitive nuclear composition in carbonaceous meteorites. Science 182, Clayton, R.N. (2004) Oxygen isotopes in meteorites, in Treatise on Geochemistry, Vol. 1: Meteorites, Comets, and Planets (A.M. Davis, ed.), Oxford: Elsevier, McKeegan, K.D. et al. (2011) The oxygen isotopic composition of the sun inferred from captured solar wind. Science 332,

3 Asteroid Surveys Discussion Summarizer: Pascuzzo Gradie and Tedesco (1982) Compositional structure of the asteroid belt. Science 216, Palumbo Levison, H. et al. (2009) Contamination of the asteroid belt by primordial trans- Neptunian objects, Nature, 460, Deutsch De Meo, F.E. and B. Carry (2013) The taxonomic distribution of asteroids from multi-filter all-sky photometric surverys, Icarus, 226, Sheppard DeMeo, F. E., Binzel, R. P., Slivan, S. M. & Bus, S. J. An extension of the Bus asteroid taxonomy into the near-infrared. Icarus 202, (2009). 3

4 Meteorite Ages & Timing of Asteroid Processes Discussion Summarizer: Sheppard Itoh, S. and H. Yurimoto (2003) Contemporaneous formation of chondrules and refractory inclusions in the early Solar System, Nature, 423, Wiggins Kleine, T. et al. (2009) Hf-W chronology of the accretion and early evolution of asteroids and terrestrial planets. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 73, Anzures Connelly, J.N. et al. (2012) The absolute chronology and thermal processing of solids in the solar protoplanetary disk, Science, 338, Denton Eugster, O., Lorenzetti, S., Krähenbühl, U., & Marti, K. (2007). Comparison of cosmicray exposure ages and trapped noble gases in chondrule and matrix samples of ordinary, enstatite, and carbonaceous chondrites. Meteoritics and Planetary Science, 42,

5 Chondrules, Ordinary Chondrites & S-Asteroids Discussion Summarizer: Kaufman Binzel et al. (1996) Spectral properties of near-earth asteroids: Evidence for sources of ordinary chondrite meteorites. Science 273, Palumbo Johnson, B. et al. (2015) Impact jetting as the origin of the chondrules, Nature, 517, Denton Kessel, R. et al. (2007), The thermal history of equilibrated ordinary chondrites and the relationship between textural maturity and temperature, GCA, 71, Sheppard Scott, E.R.D. (2007) Chondrites and the protoplanetary disk, Ann. Rev. Earth Planet. Sci. 35, Rubin, A. (2013) Secrets of primitive meteorites, Scientific American, February issue, p

6 Carbonaceous Chondrites & Aqueous Alteration Discussion Summarizer: Deutsch Hiroi, T., Zolensky, M.E., Pieters, C.M., and Lipschutz, M.E. (1996) Thermal metamorphism of the C, G, B, and F asteroids seen from the 0.7-mm, 3-mm, and UV absorption strengths in comparison with carbonaceous chondrites. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 31, Anzures Rivkin, A.S. et al. (2002) Hydrated minerals on asteroids: The astronomical record. In Asteroids III (Eds. Bottke, Cellino, Paolicchi and Binzel) Univ. Arizona Press, p Kaufman Eiler, J.M. and N. Kitchen (2004) Hydrogen isotope evidence for the origin and evolution of the carbonaceous chondrites. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 68, Wiggins Zolensky, M.E., A.N. Krot, and G. Benedix (2008) Record of low-temperature alteration in asteroids. In Oxygen in the Solar System (Eds. D. Mittlefehldt and J. Jones), Reviews in Mineralogy & Geochemistry 68,

7 Differentiated Bodies, Igneous Processes, & Thermal Evolution Discussion Summarizer: Denton McSween, Ghosh, Grimm, Wilson and Young (2002) Thermal evolution models of asteroids. In Asteroids III, (Eds. Bottke, Cellino, Paolicchi and Binzel) Univ. Arizona Press, p Anzures Yang, J. et al. (2010) Main-group pallasites: Thermal history, relationship to IIIAB irons, and origin, GCA, 74, Sheppard Boesenberg, J.S., Delaney, J.S., and R.H. Hewins (2012) A petrological and chemical reexamination of Main Group pallasite formation. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 89, Kaufman McCoy, T.J. et al. (2002) Asteroid differentiation. In Meteorites and the Early Solar System II (Eds. Lauretta, D. and H.Y. McSween) Univ. Arizona Press, p Goldstein, J.I., Scott, E.R.D., and N.L. Chabot (2009) Iron meteorites: Crystallization, thermal history, parent bodies, and origin. Chemie de Erde 69,

8 The HEDs, Vesta and the Dawn Mission Discussion Summarizer: Palumbo Shearer, C.K. (2010) Petrogenetic relationships between diogenites and olivine diogenites: Implications for magmatism on the HED parent body. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 74, Deutsch Ammannito, E. (2013) Vestan lithologies mapped by the visual and infrared spectrometer on Dawn, Meteoritics and Planetary Science, 48, Pascuzzo McSween, H. et al. (2013) Composition of the Rheasilvia basin, a window into Vesta s interior. Journal of Geophysical Research 118, Denton McSween, H. et al. (2011) HED meteorites and their relationship to the geology of Vesta and the Dawn mission. Space Science Reviews 163, Keil, K. (2002) Geological history of asteroid 4 Vesta: The smallest terrestrial planet. In Asteroids III (Eds. Bottke, Cellino, Paolicchi and Binzel) Univ. Arizona Press, p

9 Asteroid Missions & Spacecraft Observations Discussion Summarizer: Wiggins Veverka, J. & al., E. NEAR at Eros: Imaging and Spectral Results. Science 289, (2000). Deutsch Abe, M. et al. Near-infrared spectral results of asteroid Itokawa from the Hayabusa spacecraft. Science 312, (2006). Palumbo Nakamura, T. et al. Itokawa Dust Particles: A Direct Link Between S-Type Asteroids and Ordinary Chondrites. Science 333, (2011). Pascuzzo Thomas, N. et al. (2012) The geomorphology of (21) Lutetia: Results from the OSIRIS imaging system onboard ESA s Rosetta spacecraft, Planetary and Space Science, 66, Tsuchiyama, A. et al. Three-Dimensional Structure of Hayabusa Samples: Origin and Evolution of Itokawa Regolith. Science 333, (2011). Robinson, Thomas, Ververka, Murchie and Wilcox (2002) The geology of 433 Eros. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 37, Veverka J. et al. (1997) NEAR's flyby of 253 Mathilde: Images of a C asteroid. Science 278, Fujiwara, A. et al. The rubble-pile asteroid Itokawa as observed by Hayabusa. Science 312, (2006). 9

10 Discussion Summarizer: Denton Martian Meteorites Greenwood, J. P., Itoh, S., Sakamoto, N., Vicenzi, E. P. & Yurimoto, H. Hydrogen isotope evidence for loss of water from Mars through time. Geophysical Research Letters 35, 5 (2008). Wiggins Lapen, T.J. (2010) A younger age for ALH84001 and its geochemical link to Shergottite sources in Mars, Science, 328, Kaufman Moser, D.E. et al. (2013) Solving the Martian meteorite age conundrum using microbaddeleyite and launch-generated zircon, Nature, 499, Pascuzzo Agee, C. et al. (2013) Unique meteorite from early Amazonian Mars: Water-rich basaltic breccia Northwest Africa 7034, Science, 339, Bridges, J.C. and P. Warren (2006) The SNC meteorites: basaltic igneous processes on Mars, Journal of the Geological Society, London 163, Leshin, L., Epstein, S. & Stolper, E. M. Hydrogen isotope geochemistry of SNC meteorites. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 60, (2003). Mane, P. et al. Hydrogen isotopic composition of the Martian mantle inferred from the newest Martian meteorite fall, Tissint. Meteorit Planet Sci 51, (2016). McSween, H. Y. What have we learned about Mars from SNC meteorites? Meteoritics 29, (1994). 10

11 Lunar Meteorites Discussion Summarizer: Anzures Korotev, R. L., Jolliff, B. L., Zeigler, R. A., Gillis, J. J. & Haskin, L. A. Feldspathic lunar meteorites and their implications for compositional remote sensing of the lunar surface and the composition of the lunar crust. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 67, (2003). Kaufman Gross, J., Treiman, A. H. & Mercer, C. N. Lunar feldspathic meteorites: Constraints on the geology of the lunar highlands, and the origin of the lunar crust. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 388, (2014). Wiggins Joy, K. H., Crawford, I. A., Russell, S. S. & Kearsley, A. T. Lunar meteorite regolith breccias: An in situ study of impact melt composition using LA-ICP-MS with implications for the composition of the lunar crust: Lunar meteorite regolith breccias. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 45, (2010). Palumbo Joy, K. & Arai, T. Lunar meteorites: new insights into the geological history of the Moon. Astronomy & Geophysics 54, (2013). Takeda, H. et al. Magnesian anorthosites and a deep crustal rock from the farside crust of the moon. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 247, (2006). Korotev, R.L. (2005) Lunar geochemistry as told by lunar meteorites. Chem. der Erde 65, Treiman, A. H., Maloy, A. K., Shearer, C. K. & Gross, J. Magnesian anorthositic granulites in lunar meteorites Allan Hills A81005 and Dhofar 309: Geochemistry and global significance: Lunar magnesian granulite. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 45, (2010). 11

12 Ceres Discussion Summarizer: Deutsch Feierberg, M., Lebofsky, L., & Larson, H. (1981). Spectroscopic evidence for aqueous alteration products on the surfaces of low-albedo asteroids. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 45, Anzures Buczkowski, D. L. et al. The geomorphology of Ceres. Science 353, (2016). Sheppard Hiesinger, H. et al. Cratering on Ceres: Implications for its crust and evolution. Science 353, (2016). Pascuzzo Milliken, R.E. and A. Rivkin (2009) Brucite and carbonate assemblages from altered olivine-rich materials on Ceres. Nature Geoscience 2, Ammannito, E. et al. Distribution of phyllosilicates on the surface of Ceres. Science 353, (2016). Combe, J. P. et al. Detection of local H2O exposed at the surface of Ceres. Science 353, (2016). Küppers, M. et al. Localized sources of water vapour on the dwarf planet (1) Ceres. Nature 505, (2015). Ruesch, O. et al. Cryovolcanism on Ceres. Science 353, (2016). Fodera Serio, G., A. Manara, and P. Sicoli (2006) Giuseppe Piazzi and the discovery of Ceres. in Asteroids III Mccord, T. B., & Sotin, C. (2005). Ceres: Evolution and current state. Journal of Geophysical Research, 110(E5), 14. doi: /2004je

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