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Torrington

Posted on August 2, 2021 (September 10, 2021) by BCMS

Torrington is an ordinary (H6) meteorite that fell in 1944, in Wyoming.

Photo copyright ASU/CMS/D. Schrader.

Torrington meteorite

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Lissa

Note: While we usually feature a meteorite that's fallen in the current month, our Curator, Dr. Laurence Garvie, liked this photo so much that we decided to share it now, rather than waiting. Lissa is an ordinary (L6) chondrite that fell at 3:30PM on September 3, 1808, in what is now the Czech Republic, near [...]

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The Graduate College is celebrating 85 years of graduate education! 🎓

Today #graduate students have access to the Buseck Center for Meteorite Studies (@ASUMeteorites), founded in 1960 and home to the world's largest university-based #meteorite collection.

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6 Nov

Our #meteorite gallery is a Hidden Gem! Thanks, @abc15, for the shout-out! Video and more at
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#November’s #Meteorite of the Month is Bath Furnace, an ordinary (L6) chondrite meteorite that fell the evening of Nov 15th, 1902, in Bath County, #Kentucky.
https://meteorites.asu.edu/meteorites/bathfurnace

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Meenakshi (Mini) Wadhwa @minwadhwa ·

15 Oct

Even torrential downpours today couldn’t keep people away from Earth & Space Exploration Day! Wonderful to see our @SESEASU students, staff, researchers sharing the excitement of our work with all the kids (young and old!)! #ESEDay

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14 Oct

Nice piece of Rhonda talking up the @ASUMeteorites collection. Phoenix folks come over tomorrow to @SESEASU
for Earth and Space Exploration day!
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