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CMS Director Collects Meteorites in Antarctica!
CMS Director Meenakshi Wadhwa spent this winter in Antarctica, collecting meteorites as part of the Antarctic Search for Meteorites (ANSMET) 2012-2013 field season. You can read her blogs from the field, as well as those of other ANSMET team members, here! […]
Hessle
New Year’s Day Meteorite! Hessle is an ordinary (H5) chondrite that fell south of Uppsala, Sweden January 1, 1869, shortly after noon. This was the first meteorite fall ever witnessed in Sweden, and was seen by a number of people as they were leaving church. It was an overcast day in Hessle, so the bright […]
Sena
Sena is an ordinary (H4) chondrite that fell November 17, 1773, near Sarinena, Spain. The meteorite was later analyzed by the French chemist J. L. Proust, who may have been the first to recommend cold deserts, such as polar regions, for meteorite recovery. He determined this in 1805, based on the iron-nickel inclusions in Sena […]
Zagami
Zagami is a martian meteorite that fell near Katsina, Nigeria the afternoon of October 3, 1962. The meteorite’s impact startled a local farmer, as the stone embedded itself in his cornfield, a short 10 feet from where he was standing! With 18 kg recovered, Zagami is the largest martian meteorite on record. Zagami is classified […]
