[meteorite-list] Seminar Announcement: The Cosmic Billiard – Meteorites and Their Impacts

[Ioannis Baziotis]

Apologize for multiple postings -

We are one month away!

Meteorites are rare objects containing precious information on the origin
of our solar system. They preserve evidence of processes that occurred on
asteroids in the first few million years of our solar system’s history, but
also of later stage events. These asteroids were heated by radioactive
decay, leading to thermal metamorphism and release of fluids. They also
experienced multiple collisions that left shock damage in the meteorites.
Some of these meteorites are finds — often recovered in Antarctica or in
hot deserts — but the most pristine ones are observed falls that are
quickly recovered after their landing on Earth, preventing terrestrial
alteration.

We are pleased to announce a five-hours seminar on the meteoritics science
with particular emphasis on importance of meteorites related with planetary
formation, sample return missions from other celestial bodies, and from
Antarctica. Further, the potential threat from near-earth asteroids is
small, but not Zero, and as such -and celebrating the recent "Asteroid
Day"- the "impact hazards (https://bit.ly/3zdTz4N)" is another unique topic
that will be discussed during the event. The seminar will be virtual from
Agricultural University of Athens on *Thursday July 7, 2022*.

Do not hesitate to visit our  website (
https://sites.google.com/view/meteor-athens2022), or the recent *Planetary
News *post: https://bit.ly/3xa4f1p); register here:
https://forms.gle/6Df5SB7VsPJH5vxE9).
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Ioannis Baziotis ibaziotis at aua.gr
Assistant Professor of Mineralogy and Petrology
Agricultural University of Athens
Laboratory of Mineralogy and Geology
Athens, 11855 Greece
(+30)-210-529-4155
Personal site: http://ibaziotis.wix.com/ioannis-baziotis
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