The Nininger Meteorite Award application deadline is February 1, 2019. Applications for the 2018 Nininger Meteorite Award, for undergraduate and graduate students pursuing research in meteoritical sciences, are now being accepted! The Nininger Meteorite Award recognizes outstanding student achievement in the meteoritical sciences as embodied by an original research paper. Papers must cover original research conducted […]
Bensour
Bensour is an ordinary (LL6) chondrite that fell in Morocco, in 2002, near the border with Algeria. An article published in Meteorite Times magazine describes the fall, as recounted by an eye witness: "I was out tending camels when at about 4:00 in the afternoon on Sunday, February 10, 2002, I saw a light in […]
Nininger Student Travel Award closes Jan 23
The Nininger Student Travel Award application deadline is January 23, 2019. The Nininger Student Travel Award supports travel to the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (LPSC) of up to 4 School of Earth & Space Exploration undergraduate and graduate students to present their latest results. For details on the award and application process, click here! […]
Apply by Feb 1 for the Nininger Meteorite Award
The Nininger Meteorite Award application deadline is February 1, 2019. Applications for the 2018 Nininger Meteorite Award, for undergraduate and graduate students pursuing research in meteoritical sciences, are now being accepted! The Nininger Meteorite Award recognizes outstanding student achievement in the meteoritical sciences as embodied by an original research paper. Papers must cover original research conducted […]
Rowena
Rowena, an ordinary (H6) chondrite found in Australia, in January of 1962. Over 34 kg of the Rowena meteorite were recovered after it was unearthed while plouging a paddock, in northern New South Wales; the plough had broken the meteorite into several pieces. These pieces were sent from the Mining and Geological Museum, in Sydney, […]
