Sterlitamak is a IIIAB iron meteorite that fell late on the night of May 17, 1990, in Russia. According to a paper published 2 years after the fall [M.I. Petaev (1992) Meteorite Sterlitamak — A New Crater Forming Fall. Meteoritics, 27(3), p. 276]: Many witnesses in South Bashkiria saw a very bright fireball (up to […]
Meteorites vs dinosaurs
Center students and scientists recently took touchable meteorites to the closing weekend of the Phoenix Zoo's Dinosaurs in the Desert exhibit, and DÍa del Niño event. How do you take on a T-Rex in the wild? With a well aimed Canyon Diablo iron meteorite, of course! Ph.D. candidate Zack Torrano demonstrates the proper stance to […]
Behind the scenes – Neptune mass spectrometer
Delve into current research at the Center with this periodic news feature, and catch a glimpse of what our students and scientists are working on right now! Center Ph.D. candidate Daniel Dunlap has been performing isotopic analyses on the Thermo Neptune multicollector plasma mass spectrometer, which involves periodic routine maintenance and cleaning of components. The […]
Center students receive Excellence Award
We are pleased to announce that Ph.D. candidates Emilie Dunham, Daniel Dunlap, and Zachary Torrano have been awarded Graduate Excellence Awards by ASU's College of Liberal Arts and Science. The college recognizes outstanding graduate students who have been nationally acknowledged through funded fellowships, scholarships, and grants. Eligible students receive funds to advance their research and […]
Nininger student travel award recipients
The Center for Meteorite Studies and the School of Earth and Space Exploration (SESE) are pleased to announce the winners of the 2018 Nininger Student Travel Award. The goal of this award is to support travel to the annual Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (LPSC) of up to 4 SESE undergraduate and graduate students to […]
