Join us to celebrate the sciences, engineering, humanities and the arts with ASU and Arizona families, at ASU’s annual Open Door event! 1 PM to 5 PM, Saturday, February 22, 2025. As part of the Open Door event, the Buseck Center for Meteorite Studies will host an Open House featuring our Meteorite Gallery, rarities from the vault, […]
Apply for the 2025 Nininger Student Travel Award!
Apply by January 28, 2025. The Nininger Student Travel Award supports attendance of the 2025 Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (LPSC) of 4 School of Earth and Space Exploration (SESE) undergraduate and graduate students, to present their latest results in the field of meteoritics and planetary sciences. Awards will be up to $1000 for those attending […]
Season’s Greetings!
Compliments of the Season and best wishes for the New Year, from the Buseck Center for Meteorite Studies, home of the Carleton B. Moore Meteorite Collection! Photo: Dong Ujimqin Qi mesosiderite 54.9 g slice. Image © ASU/BCMS/Garvie. Click on the link below to learn more about the Dong Ujimqin Qi meteorite fall! This piece was […]
Ipiranga
Ipiranga is an ordinary (H6) chondrite that fell the morning of December 27, 1972, in Brazil. According to the Meteoritical Bulletin (MB 52): “A bright object heading in a westerly direction was seen to cross the cloudless morning sky of southwest Parana State. It appeared as an “airplane on fire” or a “flying torch” and […]
Chajari
Chajari is an ordinary (L5) chondrite that fell the afternoon of November 29, 1933, in Argentina. According to the Meteoritical Bulletin (MB 21): “The fall of the meteorite was accompanied by intense sounds resembling thunder followed by the sound of a blow on the ground. The stone was dug up from a depth of over […]
