The Winchcombe meteorite, a unique and pristine witness from the outer solar system.
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SUBMITTER: King AJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC9668287 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov
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The Winchcombe meteorite, a unique and pristine witness from the outer solar system.
King Ashley J AJ Daly Luke L Rowe James J Joy Katherine H KH Greenwood Richard C RC Devillepoix Hadrien A R HAR Suttle Martin D MD Chan Queenie H S QHS Russell Sara S SS Bates Helena C HC Bryson James F J JFJ Clay Patricia L PL Vida Denis D Lee Martin R MR O'Brien Áine Á Hallis Lydia J LJ Stephen Natasha R NR Tartèse Romain R Sansom Eleanor K EK Towner Martin C MC Cupak Martin M Shober Patrick M PM Bland Phil A PA Findlay Ross R Franchi Ian A IA Verchovsky Alexander B AB Abernethy Feargus A J FAJ Grady Monica M MM Floyd Cameron J CJ Van Ginneken Matthias M Bridges John J Hicks Leon J LJ Jones Rhian H RH Mitchell Jennifer T JT Genge Matthew J MJ Jenkins Laura L Martin Pierre-Etienne PE Sephton Mark A MA Watson Jonathan S JS Salge Tobias T Shirley Katherine A KA Curtis Rowan J RJ Warren Tristram J TJ Bowles Neil E NE Stuart Finlay M FM Di Nicola Luigia L Györe Domokos D Boyce Adrian J AJ Shaw Kathryn M M KMM Elliott Tim T Steele Robert C J RCJ Povinec Pavel P Laubenstein Matthias M Sanderson David D Cresswell Alan A Jull Anthony J T AJT Sýkora Ivan I Sridhar Sanjana S Harrison Richard J RJ Willcocks Francesca M FM Harrison Catherine S CS Hallatt Daniel D Wozniakiewicz Penny J PJ Burchell Mark J MJ Alesbrook Luke S LS Dignam Aishling A Almeida Natasha V NV Smith Caroline L CL Clark Brett B Humphreys-Williams Emma R ER Schofield Paul F PF Cornwell Luke T LT Spathis Vassilia V Morgan Geraint H GH Perkins Mark J MJ Kacerek Richard R Campbell-Burns Peter P Colas Francois F Zanda Brigitte B Vernazza Pierre P Bouley Sylvain S Jeanne Simon S Hankey Mike M Collins Gareth S GS Young John S JS Shaw Clive C Horak Jana J Jones Dave D James Nick N Bosley Steve S Shuttleworth Alan A Dickinson Paul P McMullan Ian I Robson Derek D Smedley Andrew R D ARD Stanley Ben B Bassom Richard R McIntyre Mark M Suttle Adam A AA Fleet Richard R Bastiaens Luc L Ihász Míra B MB McMullan Sarah S Boazman Sarah J SJ Dickeson Zach I ZI Grindrod Peter M PM Pickersgill Annemarie E AE Weir Colin J CJ Suttle Fiona M FM Farrelly Sarah S Spencer Ieun I Naqvi Sheeraz S Mayne Ben B Skilton Dan D Kirk Dan D Mounsey Ann A Mounsey Sally E SE Mounsey Sarah S Godfrey Pamela P Bond Lachlan L Bond Victoria V Wilcock Cathryn C Wilcock Hannah H Wilcock Rob R
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Direct links between carbonaceous chondrites and their parent bodies in the solar system are rare. The Winchcombe meteorite is the most accurately recorded carbonaceous chondrite fall. Its pre-atmospheric orbit and cosmic-ray exposure age confirm that it arrived on Earth shortly after ejection from a primitive asteroid. Recovered only hours after falling, the composition of the Winchcombe meteorite is largely unmodified by the terrestrial environment. It contains abundant hydrated silicates form ...[more]
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