Morphological analysis of polar landing regions for a solar powered ice drilling mission
Icarus Elsevier 411 (2024) 115927
Bidirectional reflectance distribution function measurements of the Winchcombe meteorite using the Visible Oxford Space Environment Goniometer
Meteoritics and Planetary Science Wiley (2023)
Characteristics of de Gerlache crater, site of girlands and slope exposed ice in a lunar polar depression
Icarus Elsevier 388 (2022) 115231
The Winchcombe meteorite, a unique and pristine witness from the outer solar system
Science Advances American Association for the Advancement of Science 8:46 (2022) eabq3925
Abstract:
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 formed during fluid-rock reactions, and carbon- and nitrogen-bearing organic matter including soluble protein amino acids. The near-pristine hydrogen isotopic composition of the Winchcombe meteorite is comparable to the terrestrial hydrosphere, providing further evidence that volatile-rich carbonaceous asteroids played an important role in the origin of Earth’s water.NASA's Lunar Trailblazer Mission: A Pioneering Small Satellite for Lunar Water and Lunar Geology
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 00 (2022) 1-14