[meteorite-list] TODAY: Meteorite lecture at UA-Lunar & Planetary Lab?????? Ms. Hill, ? ? Thank you!!. Excellent. Looking forward to a smooth landing and the analyses of findings in a future "Noticed" webinar. ? Again, perfect; history, progress, procedural processes and now just waiting for the unknown. ?John On 9/13/2023 11:14 AM, Hill, Dolores - (dhill1) via Meteorite-list wrote: > > **Hello Meteorite friends, > > > I apologize for the short notice. Here is a lecture of interest for > in-person or zoom. (One in-person attendee may win a really great door > prize). See below. > > Best regards, > > Dolores Hill > > > > *LPL Evening Lecture* > > Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2023 > > 7:00p.m. > > Kuiper 308 or Zoom webinar <https://bit.ly/LectureTomZega09132023> > > *Dr. Tom Zega* > > Professor, Lunar and Planetary Laboratory > > > *Relics of a Time Long Past: Deciphering the Origins of Our > Planetary System Through Analysis of Returned Samples* > > Our solar system formed from a spinning cloud of gas and dust some 4.5 > billion years ago. Our understanding of this early solar nebula has > largely been developed through the decades-long study of meteorites, > rocks from asteroids that hurtled through space before eventually > arriving on Earth. Asteroids are remnants of the earliest days of our > solar system, representing our most primitive solar system building > blocks. However, we lack an understanding of which asteroids > meteorites derive from, meaning we lose important context for > deciphering the origins of our solar system. This September, NASA > will, for the first time in its history, return a piece of an > asteroid. Led by the University of Arizona?s Lunar and Planetary > Laboratory, the OSIRIS-REx mission will return ?60 g of carbonaceous > asteroid Bennu. In my public evening lecture, I will provide an > overview of meteorites and what they tell us about the solar system as > well as an overview of this transformative mission, the plan for > sample analysis, and what we hope to learn about our origins by > measuring the returned samples. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > /This event is free and open to the public./ > > /All lectures will take place in the University of Arizona/*/?Kuiper > Space Sciences Lecture Hall room 308 and livestream?via Zoom > <https://bit.ly/LectureTomZega09132023>./*/?The building is located at > /*/1629 E. University Blvd/*/. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Parking in > university surface parking lots is free after 5 p.m. Please be careful > not to park in service or reserved spaces. Parking in the Cherry > Avenue Garage is available after 5 p.m. at a cost of $1.00 per hour./ > > *Register for Zoom webinar.* <https://bit.ly/LectureTomZega09132023> > > Learn more about *Professor Tom Zega* > <https://www.lpl.arizona.edu/faculty/zega>. > > For more information, visit the *LPL Evening Lecture Series * > <https://www.lpl.arizona.edu/calendar/evening-lectures>page. > > > > Dolores Hill > Sr. Research Specialist > Lunar & Planetary Laboratory > Kuiper Space Sciences Bldg. #92 > The University of Arizona > 1629 E. University Blvd. > Tucson, AZ 85721 > http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/ > > LPL Laboratory Safety Officer > Meteorite Collection Manager > LPL Outreach Coordinator > OSIRIS-REx sample analysis team > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > ______________________________________________ > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com > https://pairlist2.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://pairlist2.pair.net/pipermail/meteorite-list/attachments/20230913/d8cf9d4b/attachment.htm> |
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