Meteoritics & Planetary Science

The journal of the Meteoritical Society

[Meteoritical Society @MeteoriticalSoc]

Check out this new special issue of Philosophical Transactions A:  "Dust in the Solar System and Beyond" compiled and edited by Nozair Khawaja and colleagues:

https://t.co/Fp7ZHkDfq7

[Astrobiology @astrobiology]

The Habitable Worlds Observatory Summer Face-to-Face Meeting
https://t.co/mHkYGnuzb3 #Astrobiology #Astronomy #telescope #exoplanet

[Barringer Crater Co @barringermeteor]

https://t.co/rGCaHD1ykI

[ARCHIVED - NASA Europa Clipper @EuropaClipper]

More tantalizing observations from the #JunoMission! In October, our spacecraft will set out to take an even closer look. Here's how we'll use our science instruments to study Europa from the inside out: https://t.co/rZzioK89B1

[American Astronomical Society (AAS) @AAS_Office]

NEW VIDEO! Amanda Sickafoose (@planetarysci) & Mark Lewis (@Trinity_U) chat about their article on rings: https://t.co/2Kb3G9UeQ6

The AAS Journal Author Series connects authors w/ their article, their human story & the larger #astronomy community. #ExploreAstronomy #TheGoodStuff

[Planetary Science Institute (PSI) @planetarysci]

@NASA @PutzigThan @Mars_Polar @DrMattSiegler The International-Mars Ice Mapper (I-MIM) mission is a Mars orbiter developed by NASA in collaboration with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (@JAXA_en), the Canadian Space Agency (@csa_asc), and the Italian Space Agency (@ASI_spazio).

[Norbert Schörghofer @norbertinhawaii]

1/6 New paper is out: "Semi-implicit Solver for the Heat Equation with Stefan–Boltzmann Law Boundary Condition" https://t.co/g9OeNcTqt5 via @AAS_Publishing @planetarysci @AAS_PSJ @OxUniEarthSci

[JGR-Planets @jgrplanets]

Water Transport in the Mars Northern Winter Polar Atmosphere: Observations and Simulations. https://t.co/qdjkncHX8C Study finds that water enters the northern winter polar vortex in the middle atmosphere (10– 50 km) on Mars, forming a vertically extended ice cloud.

[Richard Palin @richardmpalin]

New paper led by @nickmwroberts and JDHM at @Caltech on how the trace element signature of crustal melts is not always a reliable indicator for depth of formation, and thus estimates of ancient crustal thickness... a cautionary tale!

https://t.co/zmurI526MN

[Meteoritical Society @MeteoriticalSoc]

Check out this new paper in Meteoritics & Planetary Science #MAPS by R. J. Macke et al. on "Low-temperature thermal and physical properties of lunar meteorites".
https://t.co/ApYJDC6CBT

[Red Investigación Bólidos y Meteoritos (SPMN) @RedSpmn]

WE OBTAINED THE TRAJECTORY & HELIOCENTRIC ORBIT of the 18 May #superbolide over #Spain & #Portugal using #SPMN #CitizenScience & @esa AllSky7 data. A work prepublished in @ResearchGate by @Eloy_PeAs, @pgrebolt, @Josep_Trigo, @_paramoreta & @RainerKresken
🔖https://t.co/v3FEAlFR4i

[Caltech @Caltech]

A Caltech-led mission to map greenhouse gasses globally has been named a finalist by NASA.
https://t.co/MjM3un7hcE

[The SETI Institute @SETIInstitute]

#PPOD: Mimas drifts along in its orbit against the azure backdrop of Saturn's northern latitudes in this true-color view. The long, dark lines on the atmosphere are shadows cast by the planet's rings. Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute/CICLOPS

[USGS Astrogeology @USGS_AstroGeo]

We think of Earth as having all the water, but the outer solar system has us beat! Check out this free downloadable poster from the PLANETS project: https://t.co/OQUUtZWapm
#STEM #STEAM

[Planetary Society @exploreplanets]

This Martian crater is not only enormous, it's smooth. Find out why ⬇️
https://t.co/KpAgHm8X4W

[Dr Ben Rider-Stokes @Briderstokes]

Gathering some extremely interesting data at #NordSIMS with Martin Whitehouse! 🔬 Can’t wait to present some of this at @MetSoc2024 & @BPSC2024Leic 🚀 See you soon ✨

[JGR-Planets @jgrplanets]

Nanoscale Spectroscopic Identification and Characterization of Minerals and Organic Matter in Ryugu Particles. https://t.co/01sBLocnly Ryugu particles show incomplete and heterogeneous aqueous alteration and experience minimal and varying thermal metamorphism.

[Phil Metzger @DrPhiltill]

Now published. These show lunar lander blast is 4-10x worse than we had believed.

“Erosion rate of lunar soil under a landing rocket, part 1: Identifying the rate limiting physics.”

https://t.co/uILZTJ0YyI

“…part 2: Benchmarking & predictions.”

https://t.co/eoyteBcWzh

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[Wiley in research @wileyinresearch]

Could the Winchcombe meteorite unlock Solar System secrets? 🔬🚀

New @MeteoriticsPS (@MeteoriticalSoc) research reveals its complex history and unexpected compositions, challenging previous theories.

More in @IFLScience. ⬇️
https://t.co/NpOCyhTi8p

[Dr. Neeraja Chinchalkar @neerajac1412]

So happy that my first PhD paper is out! We looked at #zircon microstructures and reported evidence of precursor cubic zirconia for the first time at the West Clearwater Lake impact structure in #Canada

@drcrater @DrTMNZ