M. E. Zolensky

Johnson Space Center — United States

Physics and Astronomy · Physical Sciences

72h-index22.4kcitations1.1kworks4.22yr avg
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Research Topics

Astro and Planetary Science(882), Planetary Science and Exploration(495), Isotope Analysis in Ecology(269), High-pressure geophysics and materials(142), Geological and Geochemical Analysis(108)

Publications1.1k total

Petrogenesis and Provenance of Unique Amphibole-Bearing Carbonaceous Chondrite Almahata Sitta 202: Further Evidence for a Ceres-Sized, Water-Rich Parent Body
Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta·2026
Reflectance spectroscopy (200-4200 nm) of the red-sloped C2 carbonaceous chondrites MET 00432, Tagish Lake, Tarda, and WIS 91600 (“CT” grouplet)
Icarus·2026
Constraining the origins of terrestrial stratospheric solid aerosols over the 1981-2020 period
2025Open Access
Sample Return Missions: Rosetta Stones Returned from the First Small Bodies in the Solar System
Space Science Reviews·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Origins of stratospheric particles through an updated automated classification: revisiting the 1981-2020 period of the NASA Cosmic Dust Collections
2025Open Access
Probing Extraterrestrial Nitrogen: Partial Fluorescence Yield N-XANES Spectroscopy of Carbonaceous Chondrites and Xenolithic Clasts
2025
Echoes of a salty ocean on Ryugu
Nature Astronomy·2024
Composition and Mineralogy of Nuclei Material of Short Period Comets Revealed by Recent Spacecraft Missions
Space Science Reviews·2024· 4 citedOpen Access
Microscopic slickenside as a record of weak shock metamorphism in the surface layer of asteroid Ryugu
Meteoritics and Planetary Science·2024· 4 citedOpen Access
Atmospheric collection of extraterrestrial dust at the Earth's surface in the mid‐Pacific
Meteoritics and Planetary Science·2024· 3 citedOpen Access
Mid-infrared Measurements of Ion-irradiated Carbonaceous Meteorites: How to Better Detect Space Weathering Effects
The Planetary Science Journal·2024· 3 citedOpen Access
Late Pebble Accretion of Comet 81P/Wild 2 Nucleus: Evidence from a Plagioclase-bearing Chondrule Fragment, Pyxie
The Astrophysical Journal·2024· 2 citedOpen Access
Assessing the contamination of the Earth’s stratospheric aerosol layer due to space activities
2024Open Access
Leonard Medal Citation for Monica Grady
Meteoritics and Planetary Science·2024· 1 citedOpen Access
Incipient space weathering on asteroid 162173 Ryugu recorded by pyrrhotite
Meteoritics and Planetary Science·2024· 2 citedOpen Access
Micrometeorite collections: a review and their current status
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences·2024· 24 citedOpen Access
Three-dimensional textures of Ryugu samples and their implications for the evolution of aqueous alteration in the Ryugu parent body
Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta·2024· 12 citedOpen Access
Assessing stratospheric aerosols contamination due to space activities
2024Open Access
Microstructural and chemical features of impact melts on Ryugu particle surfaces: Records of interplanetary dust hit on asteroid Ryugu
Science Advances·2024· 16 citedOpen Access
Curation protocol of Phobos sample returned by Martian Moons eXploration
Meteoritics and Planetary Science·2024· 5 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Tomoki Nakamura(13), A. Tsuchiyama(9), Scott A. Sandford(9), P. Tsou(8), Alexander N. Krot(8), T. Hiroi(8), T. Noguchi(8), D. E. Brownlee(7), T. Mikouchi(6), Toru Yada(6), Ryuji Okazaki(6), Masanao Abe(6), T. Stephan(5), F. J. Stadermann(5), K. Nakamura‐Messenger(5), G. Matrajt(5), L. P. Keller(5), A. T. Kearsley(5), M. Gounelle(5), J. P. Bradley(5)