Radar-Enabled Recovery of the Sutter’s Mill Meteorite, a Carbonaceous Chondrite Regolith Breccia
Abstract
In April 2012, a meteor was witnessed over the Sierra Nevada Mountains in California. Jenniskens et al. (p. 1583 ) used a combination of photographic and video images of the fireball coupled with Doppler weather radar images to facilitate the rapid recovery of meteorite fragments. A comprehensive analysis of some of these fragments shows that the Sutter's Mill meteorite represents a new type of carbonaceous chondrite, a rare and primitive class of meteorites that contain clues to the origin and evolution of primitive materials in the solar system. The unexpected and complex nature of the fragments suggests that the surfaces of C-class asteroids, the presumed parent bodies of carbonaceous chondrites, are more complex than previously assumed.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Pub Defense Publication
- Publication Date
- Dec 21, 2012
- Source ID
- 10.1126/science.1227163
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- (the Sutter’s Mill Meteorite Consortium)
- Aaron S. Burton
- Akane Yamakawa
- Alexander N. Krot
- Alexander Verchovsky
- Andrew M. Davis
- Andrew Steele
- Beverly Girten
- Cin-ty A. Lee
- Daniel P. Glavin
- David Barnes
- Denton S. Ebel
- Derek Sears
- Doug Klotz
- Edward D. Young
- Elizabeth A. Silber
- Gary R. Eppich
- George Cooper
- Hiroyuki Takechi
- Igor Puchtel
- Issaku E. Kohl
- Jamie E. Elsila
- Jason P. Dworkin
- Jeffrey A. Fries
- Jim Albers
- Jon M. Friedrich
- Jonathan A. Lawton
- Josh Wimpenny
- Jérôme Gattacceca
- Kazuhide Nagashima
- Kazumasa Ohsumi
- Kees C. Welten
- Keisuke Nagao
- Ken Smith
- Kenji Hagiya
- Kenneth L. Verosub
- Kunihiko Nishiizumi
- Marc D. Fries
- Marc W. Caffee
- Mark H. Thiemens
- Matthias Laubenstein
- Michael Lerche
- Michael Zolensky
- Michel Nuevo
- Mike Hankey
- Monica E. Erdman
- Monica Grady
- Morgan H. Nunn
- Mourad Harir
- Norbert Hertkorn
- Peter G. Brown
- Peter Jenniskens
- Philipp R. Heck
- Phillipe Schmitt-kopplin
- Pierre Rochette
- Qing-zhu Yin
- Richard J. Walker
- Robert Beauford
- Robert Matson
- Ryan Ogliore
- Ryuji Okazaki
- Sandra Pizzarello
- Sarah Roeske
- Scott A. Sandford
- Simon P. Worden
- Steven B. Simon
- Takahiro Hiroi
- Takashi Mikouchi
- Thomas A. Cahill
- Yasunori Hamajima
- Zelimir Gabelica
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