Buseck Center for Meteorite Studies

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 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…

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 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 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…