Meteoritic Amino Acids: Diversity in Compositions Reflects Parent Body Histories by Jamie E. Elsila, José C. Aponte, Donna G. Blackmond, Aaron S. Burton, Jason P. Dworkin, Daniel P. Glavin

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Identifying the wide diversity of extraterrestrial purine and pyrimidine nucleobases in carbonaceous meteorites by Yasuhiro Oba, Yoshinori Takano, Yoshihiro Furukawa, Toshiki Koga, Daniel P. Glavin, Jason P. Dworkin, Hiroshi Naraoka

“…All DNA/RNA nucleobases were identified in carbonaceous meteorites. Having been provided to the early Earth as a component in carbonaceous meteorites, these molecules might have played a role for the emergence of genetic functions in early life.…”
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Early crustal processes revealed by the ejection site of the oldest martian meteorite by A. Lagain, S. Bouley, B. Zanda, K. Miljković, A. Rajšić, D. Baratoux, V. Payré, L. S. Doucet, N. E. Timms, R. Hewins, G. K. Benedix, V. Malarewic, K. Servis, P. A. Bland

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EVOLUTION OF COMET-LIKE ORBITS OF METEORITE- PRODUCING GROUPS AND THEIR PARENT BODIES by N. A. Konovalova, Yu. M. Gorbanev, N. H. Davruqov

“…The D SH -criterion of Southworth and Hawkins [4], which is a quantitative measure of orbital similarity, has remained below 0.3 [5] for about 5,000 years in the groups of Neuschwanstein and Mason Gully meteorites and for about 3,500 to 4,500 years in the groups of Benešov and Park Forest meteorites. …”
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Elemental composition and physical characteristics of the massive meteorite of the Saudi empty quarter by M.S. AlSalhi, V. Masilamani, Nasser Alarifi, W. Aslam Farooq, M. Atif, Shahid Ramay, Hayat Saeed Althobaiti, Saqib Anwar, Ibrahim Elkhedr, Bassam A. Abuamarah

“…The meteorite found in the Empty Quarter of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) is the largest meteorite found in the KSA and has the shape of an irregular ellipsoid with semi-axes of 0.65 m, 0.38 m, and 0.27 m; a density of 6400 kg/m3; and a mass of 2550 kg. …”
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Investigation of structural, mechanical, magnetic properties and hysteresis modelling of Dawasir meteorite by M. Atif, Saqib Anwar, W.A. Farooq, Muhammad Ali Shar, Bassam Abuamarah, M.S. AlSalhi, V. Masilaimani, Nasser Alarifi, Ibrahim El-Khedr, K.S. Alimgeer

“…The hardness testing showed that the meteorite consisted of a soft material with 22.5 HRC Rockwell hardness. …”
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Meteorite paleomagnetism - From magnetic domains to planetary fields and core dynamos by Jaime Urrutia-Fucugauchi, Ligia Pérez-Cruz, Daniel Flores-Gutiérrez

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Results of an Eight-Year Extraction of Phosphorus Minerals within the Seymchan Meteorite by Maheen Gull, Tian Feng, Matthew A. Pasek

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Mineralogy of Silicate-Natrophosphate Immiscible Inclusion in Elga IIE Iron Meteorite by Victor V. Sharygin

“…Rare type of silicate inclusions found in the Elga iron meteorite (group IIE) has a very specific mineral composition and shows silicate (≈90%)–natrophosphate (≈10%) liquid immiscibility due to meniscus-like isolation of Na-Ca-Mg-Fe phosphates. …”
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The First Evidence about the Meteorite of Belogradchik in Bulgarian Language (1874) [In Bulgarian] by B.V.Toshev

Subjects: “…meteorite of Belogradchik…”
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A Mechanism of the Strange Isotopic Fractionation of Oxygen Found in Meteorite and Laboratory by J. Yang, S. K. Kim, K. S. Soh, J. H. Yee, S. W. Kim, K. H. Kim, K. W. Yoo

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Chiral selection, isotopic abundance shifts, and autocatalysis of meteoritic amino acids by Michael A. Famiano, Richard N. Boyd, Takashi Onaka, Toshitaka Kajino

“…The discovery of amino acids in meteorites has presented two clues to the origin of their processing subsequent to their formation: a slight preference for left-handedness in some of them and isotopic anomalies in some of their constituent atoms. …”
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The First Instrumentally Documented Fall of an Iron Meteorite: Orbit and Possible Origin by Ihor Kyrylenko, Oleksiy Golubov, Ivan Slyusarev, Jaakko Visuri, Maria Gritsevich, Yurij N. Krugly, Irina Belskaya, Vasilij G. Shevchenko

Subjects: “…Iron meteorites…”
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Challenges of identifying putative planetary-origin meteorites of non-igneous material by Yana Anfinogenova, John Anfinogenov

“…This paper summarizes the challenges of identifying planetary-origin meteorites of non-igneous composition - particularly those of sedimentary origin. …”
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Galactic cosmic ray effects on iron and nickel isotopes in iron meteorites by Cook, David L., Leya, Ingo, Schonbachler, Maria

“…The minimal effects of GCRs on Fe and Ni isotopes should not hamper the search for nucleosynthetic variations in these two elements or the application of the 60Fe‐60Ni chronometer in iron meteorites or chondrites.…”
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Fast delivery of meteorites to Earth after a major asteroid collision. by Heck, P, Schmitz, B, Baur, H, Halliday, A, Wieler, R

“…Such an efficient meteorite delivery track, however, has not been verified. …”

The thermal evolution of asteroids inferred from Hf-W dating of meteorites by Kleine, T, Touboul, M, Burkhardt, C, Bourdon, B, Halliday, A, Zipfe, J, Irving, A

Probing the early stages of shock-induced chondritic meteorite formation at the mesoscale by Rutherford, M, Chapman, D, Derrick, J, Patten, J, Bland, P, Rack, A, Collins, G, Eakins, D

“…Chondritic meteorites are fragments of asteroids, the building blocks of planets, that retain a record of primordial processes. …”

Oxygen isotope evidence for rapid mixing of the HED meteorite parent body by Wiechert, U, Halliday, A, Palme, H, Rumble, D

Visible and infrared spectral analysis of the Winchcombe Meteorite for comparison with planetary Surfaces by Shirley, KA, Curtis, RJ, Bates, HC, King, AJ, Bowles, NE