Arya Udry and Chris DeFelice (both Geoscience), along with Zoe Wilbur, '18 BS Geology; Rachel Rahib, '15 BS Geology and '18 MS Geoscience; and Logan Combs, '18 MS Geoscience, "Reclassification of Four Aubrites as Enstatite Chondrite Impact Melts: Potential Geochemical Analogs for Mercury" in the Meteoritics and Planetary Science Journal. This study, in collaboration with NASA Johnson Space Center, Rutgers, and the University of New Mexico, focuses on the geochemistry and mineral compositions of four meteorites originating from the asteroid belt. These unique meteorites, called enstatite chondrite impact melts, represent geochemical analogs to Mercury, a planet from which we do not have samples. DeFelice is a PhD student.
