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Oriented Meteorites: Sculpture by Fire

UCLA Meteorite Gallery Lecture Series

Lecture by Nick Gessler, Duke University

The fiery passage of rocks from space through the atmosphere melts, erodes and rearranges their surfaces resulting in both regular and chaotic patterns of great beauty. Nick Gessler will discuss the physics and aesthetics of these phenomena with respect to the newest addition to the UCLA Meteorite Gallery: a meteorite that maintained its orientation during atmospheric passage and that was recently found near Baker, California.

Free and open to the public

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Sunday, June 19th 2016 from 2.30 pm -3.00 pm

UCLA Slichter Hall, Room 3853

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595 Charles Young Drive East

Los Angeles, CA 90095


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