The Winchcombe meteorite, a unique and pristine witness from the outer solar system

AJ King, L Daly, J Rowe, KH Joy, RC Greenwood… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Direct links between carbonaceous chondrites and their parent bodies in the solar system
are rare. The Winchcombe meteorite is the most accurately recorded carbonaceous …

The H content of aubrites: An evaluation of bulk versus in situ methods for quantifying water in meteorites

LD Peterson, ME Newcombe, CMOD Alexander… - Earth and Planetary …, 2023 - Elsevier
Aubrites and enstatite chondrites (ECs) are isotopically similar to the Earth and therefore
may resemble the primary materials that accreted to form our planet. Recent bulk H …

Winchcombe: An example of rapid terrestrial alteration of a CM chondrite

LE Jenkins, MR Lee, L Daly, AJ King… - … & Planetary Science, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Winchcombe is a CM chondrite that fell in England on February 28, 2021. Its rapid retrieval
was well characterized. Within two polished sections of Winchcombe, terrestrial phases …

[HTML][HTML] Clumped isotope and Δ17O measurements of carbonates in CM carbonaceous chondrites: New insights into parent body thermal and fluid evolution

M Clog, P Lindgren, S Modestou, A McDonald… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2024 - Elsevier
The CM carbonaceous chondrites are key archives for understanding the earliest history of
the solar system. Their C-complex asteroid parent body (ies) underwent aqueous alteration …

Recovery and curation of the Winchcombe (CM2) meteorite

SS Russell, AJ King, HC Bates… - … & Planetary Science, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The Winchcombe meteorite fell on February 28, 2021 and was the first recovered meteorite
fall in the UK for 30 years, and the first UK carbonaceous chondrite. The meteorite was …

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in carbonaceous chondrites can be used as tracers of both pre-accretion and secondary processes

M Lecasble, L Remusat, JC Viennet, B Laurent… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2022 - Elsevier
Carbonaceous chondrites contain a diverse suite of more or less soluble compounds,
including polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). These compounds are structured …

The formation and aqueous alteration of CM2 chondrites and their relationship to CO3 chondrites: A fresh isotopic (O, Cd, Cr, Si, Te, Ti, and Zn) perspective from the …

RC Greenwood, R Findlay, R Martins… - … & Planetary Science, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
As part of an integrated consortium study, we have undertaken O, Cd, Cr, Si, Te, Ti, and Zn
whole rock isotopic measurements of the Winchcombe CM2 meteorite. δ66Zn values …

The water content of CM carbonaceous chondrite falls and finds, and their susceptibility to terrestrial contamination

MR Lee, LJ Hallis, L Daly… - Meteoritics & Planetary …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
CM carbonaceous chondrites can be used to constrain the abundance and H isotopic
composition of water and OH in C‐complex asteroids. Previous measurements of the …

Extended time scales of carbonaceous chondrite aqueous alteration evidenced by a xenolith in L a P az Icefield 02239 (CM2)

MR Lee, C Floyd, PE Martin, X Zhao… - … & Planetary Science, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
LaPaz Icefield (LAP) 02239 is a mildly aqueously altered CM2 carbonaceous chondrite that
hosts a xenolith from a primitive chondritic parent body. The xenolith contains chondrules …

Iron and Sulfur Secondary Phases as Proxies of Aqueous Alteration on Chondrite Parent Bodies

S Fabre, E Bêche, J Esvan, Y Thébault… - ACS Earth and Space …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Hydrated phases encountered in meteorites are considered as clues of the earliest
interactions between their primary components and water in the solar system. We ran …