Since 1961, the Arizona State University Buseck Center for Meteorite Studies has amassed and preserved one the world’s largest meteorite collections to enable research in planetary science and cosmochemistry, and to inspire students, educators, and the general public to learn about the Solar System and our place in it.
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Fall and classification of the Aguas Zarcas meteoriteCenter for Meteorite Studies Meteorite Curator Laurence Garvie is featured in a new article published in the journal Science on the meteorite Aguas Zarcas. Aguas Zarcas is a carbonaceous (CM2) meteorite that fell in Costa Rica April 23, 2019. One 280 g (approx 10 oz) piece struck a dog house, and another 1152 g (approx […] |
Fragments of asteroids may have jumped the gap in the early solar systemThis article originally appeared in ASU Now, and is reposted here with additional comments from Dr. J. Davidson. Using some cosmic detective work, a team of researchers has found evidence that tiny pieces of asteroids from the inner solar system may have crossed a gap to the outer solar system, a feat once thought to […] |
