Buseck Center for Meteorite Studies

This March, several members of the Center for Meteorites Studies presented new findings at the 48th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (LPSC), in Houston, Texas.  The Center's presentations covered a range of topics in meteoritics and cosmochemistry, including meteorites from asteroid Vesta, carbonaceous chondrites, meteorite petrology, the solar wind, and processes in the early Solar…

Monahans (1998) is an (H5) ordinary chondrite that fell in Ward County, Texas, the evening of March 22, 1998.   According to the Meteoritical Bulletin (MB 82): Two stones, weighing 1344 g and 1243 g, fell in the city of Monahans, Texas, after two sonic booms and a fireball were observed over a wide area…

Members of the Center for Meteorite Studies take space rocks to the 31st ASU Day at the Capitol! At this annual event highlighting ASU’s impact on the local community and economy, the university hosts elected officials, and showcases exhibits on the Senate Lawn at the Arizona State Capitol representing the best of Arizona State University….

Gazing at the night sky conjures deep questions about the universe. Meenakshi Wadhwa, professor in the School of Earth & Space Exploration and director of the Center for Meteorite Studies at Arizona State University, invites us to look at the planetary ‘Rosetta stones’ right here on Earth that can give us answers. Watch her recent…

Emilie Dunham received her B.S. in Astronomy (with minors in Geology and Physics) from Case Western Reserve University in 2014.  As an undergraduate student, Emilie worked with Dr. Ralph Harvey on comparing the petrology of martian meteorites and dolorites to understand the process that formed lithologic boundaries in the martian meteorite EETA79001. Excited to continue…