Abstract: Regolith grains returned by the Hayabusa mission to asteroid 25143 Itokawa provide the only samples…
Author: New NASA STI
Chlorine in Lunar Basalts
Abstract: In the context of the lunar magma ocean (LMO) model, it is anticipated that chlorine…
Application of New Partition Coefficients to Modeling Plagioclase
Abstract: Previously, studies that determined the partition coefficient for an element, i, between plagioclase and the…
Interpretation of Ferroan Anorthosite Ages and Implications for the Lunar Magma Ocean
Abstract: Ferroan Anorthosites (FANs) are considered to have purportedly crystallized directly from the lunar magma ocean…
Rim Structure, Stratigraphy, and Aqueous Alteration Exposures Along Opportunity Rover’s Traverse of the Noachian Endeavour Crater
Abstract: The Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity has traversed 10.2 kilometers along segments of the west rim…
Feldspar Variability in Northwest Africa 7034
Abstract: The martian meteorite Northwest Africa 7034 (and pairings) is a breccia that provides important information…
Contamination Knowledge Strategy for the Mars 2020 Sample-Collecting Rover
Abstract: The Mars 2020 rover will collect carefully selected samples of rock and regolith as it…
Distinct Chlorine Isotopic Reservoirs on Mars: Implications for Character, Extent and Relative Timing of Crustal Interaction with Mantle-Derived Magmas, Evolution of the Martian Atmosphere, and the Building Blocks of an Early Mars
Abstract: The style, magnitude, timing, and mixing components involved in the interaction between mantle derived Martian…
Examination of Multiple Lithologies Within the Primitive Ordinary Chondrite NWA 5717
Abstract: Northwest Africa 5717 is a primitive (subtype 3.05) ungrouped ordinary chondrite which contains two apparently…
Dust Infall Onto Phobos and Deimos Can Explain Their Carbonaceous Reflectance Signature, Perhaps Overlying a Mars-Impact-Origin Core: A Hypothesis
Abstract: Discussions of Phobos' and Deimos' (henceforth P&D) origin(s) include an unresolved conflict: dynamical studies which…