Meteorite Studies (BCMS) personnel recently participated in the annual meeting of the NASA-chartered Extraterrestrial Materials Analysis Group (ExMAG). ExMAG is a community-based, interdisciplinary group that provides a forum for discussion and analysis of matters concerning the collection, curation, and analysis of extraterrestrial samples, including planning future sample return missions. Center Research Scientist Dr. Jemma Davidson […]
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Center scientists present new research at MetSoc 2023
This August, Center scientists presented new findings at the annual meeting of the Meteoritical Society in Los Angeles, on the University of California, Los Angeles campus. Established in 1933, The Meteoritical Society is an international organization dedicated to the promotion of research and education in planetary science with emphasis on the studies of meteorites and […]
Announcing the 2021-22 Nininger Meteorite Awardees
The ASU Center for Meteorite Studies is pleased to announce that Zoë Wilbur, a Ph.D. Candidate at the University of Arizona is the recipient of the 2021-22 Nininger Meteorite Award, and Cauê Borlina, a Blaustein Postdoctoral Fellow at Johns Hopkins University received an Honorable Mention for the award. The Nininger Meteorite Award recognizes outstanding student […]
Welcome, Imène Kerraouch
We are pleased to welcome Dr. Imène Kerraouch, who joins the Center as a Postdoctoral Research Scholar working under Center Director Prof. Rhonda Stroud. Imène received her Ph.D. from Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster in 2022, and studies formational processes in primitive chondrites and the early Solar System. She is currently examining samples returned by JAXA‘s Hayabusa2 […]
Djati-Pengilon
Djati-Pengilon is an ordinary (H6) chondrite that fell the afternoon of March 19, 1884 in the Ngawi Regency of Indonesia. A single stone weighing over 365 lb (166 kg) was recovered from the Aloesta river following a fireball and detonations. According to the Meteoritical Society, the high-iron (H) chemical group of ordinary chondrites is distinguished […]
