Eucrites are achondritic stony meteorites, many of which originate from the surface of the asteroid 4 Vesta and are part of the HED meteorite clan. They...
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are named after the initial letters of the three subgroups: Howardites Eucrites Diogenites Angrites Aubrites Lunar meteorites are meteorites that originated...
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hemisphere. Debris from these events has fallen to Earth as howardite–eucrite–diogenite (HED) meteorites, which have been a rich source of information...
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a clan (subgroup) of achondrite meteorites. HED stands for "howardite–eucrite–diogenite". These achondrites came from a differentiated parent body and...
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distinct members known. They are a regolith breccia consisting mostly of eucrite and diogenite fragments, although carbonaceous chondrules and impact melt...
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April 1, 2007. Retrieved April 2, 2007. Drake, Michael J. (2001). "The eucrite/Vesta story". Meteoritics & Planetary Science. 36 (4): 501–513. Bibcode:2001M&PS...
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from asteroid 4 Vesta, also called basaltic achondrites) Howardite group Eucrite group Diogenite group Angrite group Aubrite group (enstatite achondrites)...
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Western Australia on which it fell in October 1960. It is classified as a eucrite achondrite, a kind of stony meteorite. A fireball was observed "with sparks...
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also matches ancient eucrite chondrites, which originate from the asteroid Vesta in the outer asteroid belt. CI, CM, and eucrite chondrites are believed...
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Mittlefehldt, David W. (June 2015). "Asteroid (4) Vesta: I. The howardite-eucrite-diogenite (HED) clan of meteorites". Geochemistry. 75 (2): 155–183. Bibcode:2015ChEG...
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Aba Panu 2018 Nigeria Oyo L3 107 Aouinet Legraa 2013 Algeria Tindouf Eucrite-unbr 105 Mahbas Arraid 2013 Western Sahara Guelmim-Es Semara LL6 107 ...
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Ardnamurchan B. O'Driscoll, V.R. Troll, R.J. Reavy and P. Turner; 2005, The Great Eucrite intrusion of Ardnamurchan, Scotland: Reevaluating the ring-dike concept...
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; Tatsumoto, M. (11 December 1980). "Lu–Hf total-rock isochron for the eucrite meteorites". Nature. 288 (5791): 571–574. Bibcode:1980Natur.288..571P....
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Five percent of the meteoritic samples found on Earth, the howardite–eucrite–diogenite (HED) meteorites, are thought to be the result of a collision...
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Andrioniškis, Anykščiai District Municipality, Lithuania. It is a rare eucrite that contains maskelynite (a glassy phase found in some meteorite impact...
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howardites are a mix of diogenites and eucrites, with diogenites being the lower or deeper material in an asteroid, and eucrites being more surface originating...
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"cluster" at this date, but span between 2.5 and 3.9 Ga. Dating of howardite, eucrite and diogenite (HED) meteorites and H chondrite meteorites originating from...
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principal members. Vestian asteroids have a composition akin to cumulate eucrites (HED meteorites). They are thought to have originated deep within Vesta's...
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Lodranite Ureilite Winonaite Asteroidal Angrite Aubrite HED Diogenite Eucrite Howardite Lunar Impact breccia Mare basalts List Martian Basaltic Breccia...
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animal. HED – abbreviation for three basaltic achondrite groups howardite, eucrite and diogenite. HED meteorite – a clan of basaltic achondrites. Hexahedrite...
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surface is rather uniform, dominated by howardite—a mixture of diogenite and eucrite with large amounts of orthopyroxene and olivine: 31 —with a few outliers...
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other meteorites coming out of the Australian Millbillillie meteorite (eucrite achondrite) strewn field. It was bought as a Millbillillie by Haag, but...
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November 2013). "Dawn; the Vesta-HED connection; and the geologic context for eucrite, diogenites, and howardites". Meteoritics & Planetary Science. 48 (11):...
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revealed by high-precision U–Pb dating and trace element chemistry of eucrite zircon". Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 409: 182–192. Bibcode:2015E&PSL...
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J. (1997). "A magma ocean on Vesta: Core formation and petrogenesis of eucrites and diogenites". Meteoritics & Planetary Science. 32 (6): 929–944. Bibcode:1997M&PS...
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23, 1966). Duke, Michael B., and Leon T. Silver. 1967. "Petrology of eucrites, howardites and mesosiderites," Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, Volume...
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classified into the HED meteorite clan (possibly from asteroid 4 Vesta) and eucrite sub-group. The fall was witnessed by many and dozens of fragments were...
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O'Driscoll, B.; Troll, V. R.; Reavy, R. J.; Turner, P. (2006-03-01). "The Great Eucrite intrusion of Ardnamurchan, Scotland: Reevaluating the ring-dike concept"...
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named after Rose, and he is credited with coining the terms howardite and eucrite. Elemente der Krystallographie (1830) – Elements of crystallography....
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an anomalous basaltic achondritic meteorite. Originally classified as a eucrite, it was thought to belong to a group of meteorites that originated from...
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