Refractory inclusions in carbonaceous chondrites: Records of early solar system processes

AN Krot - Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Chondrites consist of three major components: refractory inclusions (Ca, Al‐rich inclusions
[CAI s] and amoeboid olivine aggregates), chondrules, and matrix. Here, I summarize recent …

Constraining the evolutionary history of the Moon and the inner solar system: a case for new returned lunar samples

R Tartèse, M Anand, J Gattacceca, KH Joy… - Space Science …, 2019 - Springer
The Moon is the only planetary body other than the Earth for which samples have been
collected in situ by humans and robotic missions and returned to Earth. Scientific …

Conceptual design and aerodynamic analysis of a Mars octocopter for sample collection

K Zhu, Q Quan, K Wang, D Tang, B Tang, Y Dong… - Acta Astronautica, 2023 - Elsevier
Mars sampling is of great significance for the comprehensive study of Martian geological
evolution. The successful demonstration of the Ingenuity Helicopter reveals the potential of …

Radiogenic chromium isotope evidence for the earliest planetary volcanism and crust formation in the Solar system

K Zhu, H Becker, SJ Li, Y Fan, XN Liu… - Monthly Notices of the …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Erg Chech (EC) 002 is a meteorite with andesitic composition, potentially recording the lava
crystallization and crust formation of its parent body. Nucleosynthetic Cr isotope composition …

Uniform initial 10Be/9Be inferred from refractory inclusions in CV3, CO3, CR2, and CH/CB chondrites

ET Dunham, M Wadhwa, SJ Desch, MC Liu… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2022 - Elsevier
Short-lived radionuclides (SLRs) once present in the solar nebula can be used as probes of
the formation environment of our Solar System within the Milky Way Galaxy. The first-formed …

Short-lived nuclides in the early solar system: abundances, origins, and applications

AM Davis - Annual Review of Nuclear and Particle Science, 2022 - annualreviews.org
Several short-lived radionuclides (SLRs) were present in the first few million years of Solar
System history. Their abundances have profound impact on the timing of stellar …

An evolutionary system of mineralogy. Part I: Stellar mineralogy (> 13 to 4.6 Ga)

RM Hazen, SM Morison - American Mineralogist, 2020 - degruyter.com
Minerals preserve records of the physical, chemical, and biological histories of their origins
and subsequent alteration, and thus provide a vivid narrative of the evolution of Earth and …

Fingerprints of the protosolar cloud collapse in the Solar System. II. Nucleosynthetic anomalies in meteorites

E Jacquet, FC Pignatale, M Chaussidon… - The Astrophysical …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
The isotopic heterogeneity of the solar system shown by meteorite analyses is more
pronounced for its earliest objects, the calcium–aluminum-rich inclusions (CAIs). This …

[HTML][HTML] Episodic formation of refractory inclusions in the Solar System and their presolar heritage

KK Larsen, D Wielandt, M Schiller, AN Krot… - Earth and Planetary …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Refractory inclusions [Ca-Al-rich Inclusions (CAIs) and Amoeboid Olivine
Aggregates (AOAs)] in primitive meteorites are the oldest Solar System solids. They formed …

Isotopic evidence for the formation of the Moon in a canonical giant impact

SG Nielsen, DV Bekaert, M Auro - Nature communications, 2021 - nature.com
Isotopic measurements of lunar and terrestrial rocks have revealed that, unlike any other
body in the solar system, the Moon is indistinguishable from the Earth for nearly every …