Jacob Kuiper
A5022582626- Astro and Planetary Science
- Planetary Science and Exploration
- Spinal Hematomas and Complications
- Geological and Geochemical Analysis
- Isotope Analysis in Ecology
- Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute
2010-2019
Royal Meteorological Society
2009
The asteroid impact near the Russian city of Chelyabinsk on 15 February 2013 was largest airburst Earth since 1908 Tunguska event, causing a natural disaster in an area with population exceeding one million. Because it occurred era modern consumer electronics, field sensors, and laboratory techniques, unprecedented measurements were made event meteoroid that caused it. Here, we document account what happened, as understood now, using comprehensive data obtained from astronomy, planetary...
Abstract– On October 7, 2008, asteroid 2008 TC 3 impacted Earth and fragmented at 37 km altitude above the Nubian Desert in northern Sudan. The area surrounding asteroid’s approach path was searched, resulting first recovery of meteorites from an observed space. This also remains a fragile “cometary” PE = IIIa/b type fireball. In subsequent searches, over 600 mostly small 0.2–379 g (named “Almahata Sitta”) with total mass 10.7 kg were recovered 30 × 7 area. Meteorites fell along track 1.3 −1...
Abstract A carbonaceous chondrite was recovered immediately after the fall near village of Diepenveen in Netherlands on October 27, 1873, but came to light only 2012. Analysis sodium and poly‐aromatic hydrocarbon content suggests little contamination from handling. is a regolith breccia with an overall petrology consistent CM classification. Unlike most other chondrites, bulk oxygen isotopes are extremely 16 O rich, apparently dominated by signature anhydrous minerals, distributed steep...